Fiona Bochel
Yoga

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Jillian Burns 
Zumba

More about Jillian coming soon.

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Hazel Cameron
Mature Moves, Fit to Dance

Hazel teaches Mature Moves on Wednesday mornings – gentle exercise, movement & dance class for the over 50s. More about Hazel coming soon.

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Mark Cameron
Hip Hop 16+, Musical Theatre, Show Stoppers, Jazz, Outreach

Mark Cameron was born and raised in the North East of Scotland, where his passion for performing and dance began. Starting his training at the Edinburgh’s Telford College, Mark then continued on to London Studio Centre.

He has performed all over the world from Paris, Tokyo, Florida, Australia, Europe and the UK. He started his professional career working for Disneyland Paris in the world premier of Animagique. He also was a dancer/aerialist in Tarzan, Encore and The Lion King in Tokyo Disney and Florida. Mark has danced around the world with cruise lines such as Celebrity Cruises, Transocean Tours, Princess Cruises and P&O Australia. He worked with Cirque de Soleil in Las Vegas, Michael Curry in Paris, William Forsyth in Australia and was Dance Captain on the “Best of the Musicals” Germany Tour. He has performed in many pantomimes, plays and devised pieces around the world.

Mark has choreographed for many Scottish and UK companies. He has worked as a dance tutor/choreographer for Scottish Youth Theatre in Aberdeen and Glasgow and also Stagecoach UK. He has choreographed many corporate events in the UK and Europe (Hamlet, Chevron Oil, Barclays Bank, Bacardi). TV and film work include Braveheart, Vodafone, Corona, Bacardi, D2 Clothing, Asda, Barclays Bank and a few music videos.

Mark teaches various styles of dance from musical theatre and jazz to contemporary, hip hop, ballroom and many more.

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Sarah Dyce
Bellydance

Sarah first started bellydance in 2008. After attending one term at Citymoves she discovered an aptitude for the dance and continued learning. She first began learning from Maureen Phyfer and Elaine Robertson. She studies Egyptian, American Tribal Style and Tribal Fusion bellydance. She has taught several workshops on American Tribal Style. 

Sarah has attended several workshops, including two by Deirdre McDonald from Hips With Attidude, and a sword workshop with Briar. Her performances include several charity gigs and for Citymoves.

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Audrey Fraser
Mini Movers, Tap

BA Hons Dance Ed, RAD RTS, SDTA Member Modern Branch, SDTA Associate Highland Branch

Audrey started dancing at the age of 3. Her teaching career began in 1997 as a student teacher, and since then has increased her knowledge and experience assisting and teaching various disciplines of dance including ballet, tap, modern, jazz, highland and contemporary, as well as gaining teaching qualifications with the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), and Scottish Dance Teachers Association (SDTA).

In 2008 Audrey graduated at the University of Surrey with a BA Hons in Dance Education after studying with the RAD. She is currently studying ISTD teaching qualifications in Modern and Tap.

Audrey has been teaching freelance for Citymoves since 2006, at their studio and in schools and community groups across Aberdeen City and shire, working with all ages of children, adults and special needs groups. As well as teaching full-time in Inverurie and Aberdeen, Audrey also enjoys choreographing for various shows and productions with local groups including Inverurie panto (Trap4 productions) and Lyric Musical Society.  

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Kristina Harrison
Irish

Kristina started Irish dancing at the age of ten and instantly fell in love with the curly wigs, sequin dresses, poodle socks and Irish ways. Competitively dancing with the Haughey McAuley for 8 years on both a solo and team level, she has travelled from the UK to Canada to represent her dance school at numerous Feiseanna. As Aberdeenshire had no Irish dance schools Kristina unfortunately had to stop Irish dancing when she moved to Aberdeen in 2005 for University. Keeping up her fitness and love for dance by attending numerous Citymoves classes and volunteering on a regular basis she became a well known face around the studio.

After getting back into Irish dancing in 2012, Kristina’s passion for Irish dance was rekindled and she decided to try her hand at teaching. She is currently an Irish tutor at the Aberdeen University Dance Society and, after the success of Citymoves’ summer drop in sessions, started up a new class at Citymoves! Kristina loves introducing Irish dancing to new people and encourages anyone who has thought about trying it out to come along and have some fun!

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Ergun Karasalih 
Salsa

In 2007, on a sunny day in Cyprus, a friend of Ergun persuaded him to   join a Salsa class. He fell in love with Salsa at first sight and has been following his passion since then. He was a member of his local Salsa group for three years, performing in different festivals around Cyprus during this period.

After moving to Aberdeen, Ergun gradually increased his level of dancing. He has been a member of Aberdeen University Dance Society for three years and he has been an active Salsa tutor for two years in the society.

He has attended international Salsa congresses in different countries such as Bulgaria, Cyprus and the United Kingdom to grow as a dancer and has had the privilege of taking workshops from some world-renowned Salsa artists; Mouze Konate (France), Anne y Anici (Germany), Ansima Ballet (Italy)  and Santo Rico Dance Company (USA) to name a few. He also dances different styles such as bachata, cha cha cha, panchanga, merengue and tango. All these help him to create his own unique style of dancing and teaching.

Now he is enjoying sharing his passion for dancing and teaching with his Citymoves family.

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Sara Kemal 
Fusion

More about Sara coming soon

Olga Koshchiienko Pearce

Alison MacBeth
Contemporary, Youth Ballet

Alison began her training while still at school with a 3 year scholarship to Scottish Ballet’s Education Programme. She did her professional training at Rambert School of Dance in London. After graduation she joined Diversions, the National Dance Company of Wales.  Alison left Diversions to develop her own work, funded by the Welsh Arts Council.

Returning to her native Scotland in 1990, Alison has been Dance Artist in Residence at MacRobert Arts Centre in Stirling and Dance Development Officer at Citymoves, 1999 – 2001. She is currently freelance, teaching and choreographing.

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Heather McKenna
Scottish Country Dancing

Heather started Scottish Country Dancing when she was 10, in Edinburgh and then auditioned and was part of the RSCDS Edinburgh Branch Demonstration team until moving to Aberdeen in 2002. She danced for many years in their Edinburgh Festival Fringe show as well as representing the Society on dance trips to Japan and Spain.

She completed the RSCDS teaching certificate in 1998 and has taught children’s classes since then. She is one of the RSCDS Medal assessors and has been trained to mentor trainee teachers.

As part of her class work, she trains teams to compete in Music Festivals in Aberdeen and Inverness with some success, as well as providing displays and performances when required.

Scottish Country dancing is first and foremost a hobby and Heather is passionate about passing on this traditional dance style as a skill for life.

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Laura Murray
Hip Hop Youth, Jumping Beans, Pilates, Street Dance

Dancing since the age of two, Laura trained with the Levena Taylor School of Dance in Inverurie in a variety of styles including ballet, tap, jazz, highland and Irish jig and later started attending hip hop classes at Citymoves as a young teenager. She was a member of ‘Elevate’, Citymoves’ Contemporary Youth Dance Company, for four years giving her the opportunity to work with some well-respected choreographers and develop her passion for dance, and spent a year at Haverford and Bryn Mawr College in the USA studying Dance alongside her degree in International Relations and History.

Since graduating University, Laura has been working in marketing and student recruitment for the University of Aberdeen. She is also a qualified fitness instructor and certified Pilates tutor.

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Amy Park
Bring It Boys, Contemporary, Mini Movers, Outreach

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Elaine Robertson
Bellydance

Elaine teaches Oriental dance, or bellydance as it is more commonly known, and has been studying this form of dance since 2002.

A latecomer to dance following a “mis-spent youth” in Japanese martial arts, Elaine discovered a love of Egyptian bellydance initially by attending a workshop with Edinburgh-based dancer Hilary Thacker. On moving to Aberdeen, Elaine began to train with Maureen Phyfer and continues to do so. She also attends workshops and residential courses to further develop her understanding of the dance, and performs occasionally as part of Maureen Phyfer’s Belly Delight troupe.

In addition to dancing, Elaine is also a keen runner, and combined her two passions in 2007 to persuade ten bellydancers to shimmy their way through a very wet and windswept Race For Life in aid of Cancer Research UK.

Elaine is a member of the Foundation for Community Dance, the Northern Arabic Dance Association and the Mosaic Arabic Dance Network.

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Innis Robertson
Jazz

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Emma Sinclair
Ballet

Emma began her dance training with Anne Forsyth at the Aberdeen Academy of Dance where she was given the opportunity to perform at His Majesty’s Theatre in the Christmas pantomimes and with Scottish Ballet in The Nutcracker and Peter Pan.  In 1995, Emma was part of a group of students from the Aberdeen Academy of Dance who travelled to perform with the Saiga Ballet in Japan. 

Continuing her training at Ballet West, Emma completed Royal Academy of Dance examinations to Advanced level and competed in competitions such as the Molly Lake Award, where she was a semi-finalist, and the prestigious Prix de Lausanne.  Emma performed and toured with the Ballet West company in classic productions such as ‘SwanLake’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ as well as in new pieces ‘Scottish Symphony’, ‘Gershwin’, ‘Celebration’ and ‘Anything Goes’.  She also performed as a guest artist with The Manx Ballet Company in their production of ‘La Boutique Fantasque’. 

Having taught a range of ballet classes at Citymoves over the past ten years, Emma has also choreographed many pieces for Citymoves shows.

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Natalie Tough
Outreach

More about Natalie coming soon.