lian yoga dance
Teaching has always been Lian’s passion. At the age of 18 Lian started teaching
dance which developed into establishing her own highly successful dance school
Learning Curves Dance which she ran for 20 years. Lian has had numerous
highlights during her teaching career from choreographing team performances at
London theatres including Her Majesty’s Theatre, Sadler’s Wells and The Royal
Albert Hall and Birmingham performance venues such as the NEC and the Symphony
Hall. She has also travelled with her students overseas to Europe and Asia
performing at Disneyland Paris and Beijing Theatre, China. Lian has trained over
500 students for team performances, prepared over 3000 students for 32 IDTA
examination sessions and received Freestyle Scholarship Awards nominations for 5
professional candidates and 18 amateur students. She has judged at numerous ADFP
Freestyle Dance Competitions, including the prestigious international Disco Kid
Competition at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom. Lian was honoured to lecture for
the IDTA (International Dance Teachers Association), hosting amateur and
professional workshops. She has produced, directed and choreographed over 16
theatre shows, raised over £10,000 for charity, formed the successful Performing
Arts Project with sister school StarStruck Performing Arts Academy, taught GCSE
dance at Arden School, cultivated successful relationships and taught classes in
over 16 Primary and Secondary Schools in Solihull and Warwickshire and launched
a second Dance School in Southam, Warwickshire. After further professional
development and with a keen interest in anatomy and physiology, Lian qualified
to train candidates to professional teacher level. To date she has trained 26
individuals to professional dance teacher status, 5 of whom have received IDTA
Scholarship nominations and 1 student who has gained the 2020 John Dilworth
Scholarship in the Freestyle category. Now Lian has added yoga to her long list
of qualifications and is a Yoga Alliance Professional 250 hour qualified
Teacher. Lian enjoys teaching Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga. Lian successfully teaches
online and face to face classes. Yoga and dance complement each other
beautifully and through her training Lian can bring elements of each discipline
to enhance her teaching.
