LIVE ~ LOVE ~ DANCE
About the McCaw School of Dance
Our History
The McCaw School of Dance has been established in the Rossendale Valley since the early 1980s and continues to provide the highest quality of dance training to children of all ages. Throughout the years the McCaw School of Dance has seen hundreds of students grow in both confidence and ability as they learn to develop their dance techniques.
We are proud to maintain a 100% pass rate in all RAD and ISTD exams, with many of our students achieving distinctions.
Principle &
Owner
Charlotte Ormerod
BA Hons, RADTC, DDE Modern, LISTD Tap
Charlotte trained at Stella Mann College of Dance in London for 3 years and Preston’s Dance Academy for a further 2 years qualifying with a Diploma in Performing Arts and a Teaching Diploma. She has also gained her Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Teaching Certificate (Distinction) and her Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (ISTD) Diploma in Dance Education, Modern and Licentiate Tap.
Charlotte also gained a BA Hons. in professional practice in dance from Middlesex University.
Charlotte has been part of the McCaw School of Dance since she was 4 years old and started teaching at the school in 2005. Charlotte took up the position of Principal and Owner of the school in 2010. Charlotte has been teaching children and adults of all ages in the Valley since 2005, but prior to this Charlotte was a professional dancer. Professional credits include:
Sesame Street Live Germany Tour, playing Bert
P&O Cruises' Pride of Bilbao (Dance Captain/Singer/Dancer)
Celebrity Cruises' Summit and Zenith (Singer/Dancer)
Jiving Through the Fifties at the NEC Arena, Birmingham (Dancer)
Casino de le Vallee, Italy (Dancer)
True Diversity (Singer/Dancer)
Tribulicious performing as Kylie Minogue (Singer/Dancer)
Choreographer and performer for Just Imagine UK.
Charlotte is an award winning choreographer (NODA) and has choreographed many shows for various local theatre companies.
Meet The Team
Emma Cookson-Wood
I trained from age 3 in Ballet, Tap, Modern & Jazz following the ISTD and RAD syllabus. I knew I wanted to be a Dance Teacher from a very young age and follow in my amazing teachers footsteps!! At age 11 I also began training as an Irish Dancer and this quickly became one of my favourite dance styles. I even appeared in some performances of 'The Essence of Ireland' during their UK tour at age 15. I was lucky enough to attend a dance school that gave lots of opportunity to perform in the many professional shows that came to Blackpool’s theatres so I have had lots of performance experience over the past 20+ years.
At 18 I went on to study at Preston's Dance College for 3 years, where I trained to become a professional dancer and qualified Dance Teacher in ISTD Tap and Modern. As well as Tap and Modern, other styles I am confident in include; Irish Dance, Musical Theatre Jazz/technique, Lyrical, Commercial/Street and Ballet.
My biggest passion in life is Musicals!!!! I LOVE them!! They bring such joy and really inspire me within my teaching and choreography. Since finishing my training I joined an Amateur Dramatics Company doing musicals in Blackpool as a performer and recently as Assistant Choreographer.
Fayhe Louise Mitchell
Fayhe Louise Mitchell has choreographed and won over 200 UK National Dance and Cheerleading Championships.
Choreographed and won several European championship titles.
Competed as an athlete and represented England at 3 x World Championships in Orlando, Florida.
Team England Hip Hop Coach 2019 for the ICU World Championships Orlando, Florida.
Choreographed and competed with FLM Tenacity who placed 5th and 3rd in the nations cup at the USASF World Championships, Florida.
Fayhe holds a First Class Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance.
Choreographed and has appeared as a dancer for many professional events including A Question of Sport, Saturday Night Live Tour with Paddy McGuiness and Celebrity Football.
Qualified hip hop course delivery for ADC.
Anya Grzebieniowski
Anya is going to be working at McCaw School of Dance as one of our holiday workshop leaders. Anya has been workshop leader on many of McCaw School of Dance Summer Schools. She is highly talented, amazing with the children and has lots of professional performance experience under her belt already!
Anya holds a fully enhanced DBS, first aid qualification
and her Safeguarding Levels 1 & 2.
Anya trained at McCaw School of Dance from the age 7 years old and is excited to be joining the teaching staff as holiday workshop leader.
At the age of 18, Anya was accepted into the prestigious Bird College Conservatoire of Dance and Musical Theatre in Kent. Anya's goal is to be a professional dancer and performer on Cruises and The West End.
With Charlotte as her teacher, Anya achieved her Advanced 2 Tap - passed with Distinction, Intermediate Modern - passed with Distinction and Intermediate Ballet - passed with a merit.
Anya's professional credits include:
McCaw School of Dance Summer School workshop leader and choreographer.
Just Imagine UK -Dancer and actor performing at party’s, and other large co-operate events and Holiday camp workshop leader.
Zombie Flash Mob, Accrington Town Hall 2019
Greatest Showman, Accrington Christmas Light Switch On, 2019
North Pole Experience, Accrington Town Hall 2022
Holiday Camps, 2021 & 2022