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Livia Maciejowska
Artistic Director Livia is an enthusiastic and creative teacher who holds a BA (HONS) Contemporary Arts (Dance) from the Manchester Metropolitan University and a Professional Diploma in Dance Studies from Laban, a conservatoire of Contemporary Dance in Greenwich. Following her graduation in 2004, she was appointed to the Education and Community department at Laban, where she was responsible for the short courses for children and adults. Here, she was inspired to build her own community dance company, Too Cool for Skool.
"All I ever wanted to do was dance. Inspired by my teacher Miss Elizabeth Roberts, I began Classical ballet and Tap dancing aged 3 years old and later expanded my skills to include Musical Theatre, Jazz and Street dance, culminating in Contemporary Dance.
My sessions encourage every participant to dance for the sake of dancing and to ensure we all find our inner rhythm, without feeling pressured by expectations to be the best for example, to jump the highest or have the
greatest degree of flexibility. We celebrate all our achievements with an informal presentation to our friends and family at the end of each term/course." |
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Gemma Coldicott
Gemma joined Too Cool for Skool in September 2008. Her warm personality and versatility as a teacher enables her to apply her skills to children and adults with ease and compassion.
"Since graduating from Laban in 2007 with a post graduate certificate in Community Dance I have worked in Primary Schools, Day Centres and Nursing homes, Special Needs Schools and Health Centres. I specialise in teaching Contemporary, Creative and Jazz Dance bringing fusions of other styles such as African, Hip Hop and Bollywood to suit the interests and needs of the group".
Gemma teaches dance on the national curriculum and also has been involved with numerous youth projects for children aged 10 – 15 years old. Most recently working with the Lewisham Holocaust Memorial Day, for which she lead a series of workshops, culminating in a 6-minute performance.
In her spare time, Gemma also teaches "Performing Arts" workshops at Lewisham and Morley Colleges. |
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Gerda Skrickiene
Gerda joined Too Cool for Skool in November 2007. Originally from Lithuania, and with a young family of her own, Gerda is a conscientious and caring teaching assistant with extensive experience working with young children.
"Having recently graduated with a diploma in teaching aerobics to adults from Kingston Upon Thames College, I combine the theories of aerobic fitness and contemporary dance. I also love to introduce a flavour of Lithuanian dance to my lessons, which includes aspects of Ballet and Modern "Character" dancing". |