MY BACKGROUND

I am 31 years old with an 18 month old baby boy. I was born with vertical talipes but from as long as I can remember I have wanted to dance and so from the age of 5 whilst still wearing heel cups and boots and being turned away from 1 dance school, I started dancing with  a small, local dance school and fell in love with it. It was predominantly ballet, tap and modern going through grades, reaching grade 5 ballet and my dream of dancing on pointe. That was as far as I knew my feet would let me go in all reality but it was amazing and so at 18 I went on to do visual and performing arts at the University of Birmingham, studying music, drama and dance which taught me a different style of dance in contemporary. I did my practical dissertation on Isadora Duncan where I went into schools and taught the style to children and did a performance of my own in a documentary style video. After my 2:2 degree, I took a career in ecommerce management but my love for dance never left. I taught dance (baby ballet and tap) and drama for Betty Fox Stage School for a few years and taught dance for a local dance school, which included adult tap. I also started my own adult tap class for 2 years and then fell pregnant. Since falling pregnant with Noah I have not done much dance or exercise and have missed it so much. I attended my first fitsteps class a few months ago, loved it and was inspired to give it a go…………