All the DanceWorks teachers speak fluent Spanish and English - and while most classes are taught in English, Spanish students always receive a very warm welcome with care being taken to ensure they feel included. The studio has given Sotogrande and the local community a centre for young people to pursue the performing arts: classes in Dance, Music and Drama are offered and the teaching standards are exceptionally high.

 

  

Jacqui began her ballet training at age six attending a private dance school in the West Midlands. She worked through the Royal Academy of Dancing (RAD) syllabus up to the highest level examination, Solo Seal. At age eleven she was awarded a scholarship with the RAD, which she held for 5 consecutive years. She won the Carshalton Cup for Best Scholar in 1984 at the age of sixteen.

She became a junior member of the West Midlands Youth Ballet (WMYB) aged ten, and was soloist in the company by the age of fifteen. The WMYB, as well as the annual performances at Warwick University Arts Centre, also performed at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, The Haymarket Theatre, Leicester and at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Jacqui has been teaching ballet in Sotogrande since 1994 and in 2004 established DanceWorks as a Youth Dance Company. Each year the company performs in a local professional theatre and Jacqui directs, coordinates and choreographs for this spectacular amateur event.

In April 2006 she opened the DanceWorks studios in Sotogrande, giving the company a permanent home to work and grow from, and extending a variety of dance classes to all ages.
 
Cyril began working as a professional teacher and choreographer in 1994. In the same year he also became French champion of Fitness and Hip Hop. Between 1994 and 1999 he worked in Paris with one of France's most recognized fitness and Hip Hop teachers, Gilles Danard, and was travelling to Los Angeles and New York twice a year to attend Fitness conventions and to train with the best US dance choreographers and instructors.

He has been working in Marbella since 1999 and was artistic director for the Blue Elephant production company, where he was a personal trainer for their main artist Nicola Jones.

Since then he has also worked for MMI teaching Hip Hop, and as a choreographer for their groups and their main artist Laura Krier. He works in several gyms in Marbella as a personal trainer and teaching fitness and Hip Hop to adults.

Cyril has worked with DanceWorks since its conception in 2004 teaching Hip Hop to the students, and creates diverse, exciting and original choreography for various age groups for the annual performances.



  
 
Fiona began dancing at the age of five, winning a scholarship to Elmhurst Ballet School at the age of eleven. She left at age sixteen to dance in an international show in Madrid. As a principal dancer for a touring company she has danced in Greece, Spain and Italy.

Fiona moved to Marbella in 1995 and trained for a teaching qualification with the IDTA syllabus. She is a qualified teacher for ballet, tap and modern jazz, and runs her own school in Marbella.

Fiona has worked with DanceWorks since its conception in 2004 teaching Modern Jazz and Tap, and has created some outstanding choreography for the company’s annual performances.