The Team
The Board of Directors are Deloris Martin, Chris Pearman, William McGill & Linda Rutter
Deloris ‘Dolly’ Martin – Chief Executive
Dolly has 20 years of experience in the field of dance. Her talent area is street and hip hop making her the best teacher in this genre. She has appeared on TV, danced with many artists and is a professional choreographer. She teaches hip hop, zumba, club dance and burlesque. Dolly has designed the Dance F4ward and Dance On Prescription programmes and is currently developing the health and well-being programmes.
Chris ‘Mama’ Pearman – Funding Director
Chris has a wide and varied experience within the education sector. She has a BTEC Nursery Nursing Certificate plus 15 years working in Early Years Education. She also has a High Scope Curriculum Implementation Certificate, Further and Adult Education Teaching Certificate, First Line Management Certificate and N.V.Q. Level 3 in Management. All of which make her brilliant at managing and caring for our project participants.
Jennifer ‘Pinky’ Oswald – Artistic Director
Pinky is the dance coordinator for North East Dance. She has an extensive knowledge of dance and fitness and has been dancing since the age of 4 where she studied disciplines such as tap, modern, ballet and contemporary. She is the coach for Sunderland University dance squad and has won more awards for her choreography than any other University coach in the North East. Pinky is a very popular teacher and her classes are always full due to her passion for dance and fitness and her infectious personality!
Mark ‘Marky Moo’ Johnson – Finance Director
Marc is our finance manager, he deals with the day to day financials of the company. He is able to help you with your enquiries, bookings and can offer expert advice on North East Dance and its activities. Mark is also responsible for the Zumba Fitness North East activities which are part of North East Dance.
Clare Rochester – Project Manager
She is an expert in many areas of dance and both adults and children enjoy taking part in any lessons that Clare teaches. Clare has been dancing since the age of 2 and has studied disciplines such as ballet, tap, modern and contemporary. She attended Elwick Academy of Dance where she trained to receive her British Association of Teachers of Dancing. Clare also has a degree in Performance and Events Production which she gained at Teesside University.
Jen Humphreys – Company Administrator
Jen is very talented and has been dancing since the age of 3 and has trained in lots of different dance styles. She studied at Annies Land College in Glasgow to gain a NC in dance in the community and she gained a higher national diploma in dance at Reid Karr College in Paisley she then went on to gain a BA Hons in Dance at Sunderland University. Jen was one of the first to join the team and we are pleased to have her.
Jonathan Hair - Fitness & Nutritional Expert
Jonny is our personal trainer. He has 10 years of experience in training and now works to teach men and women of all ages the fundamental truths of how to sculpt the body of their dreams. Jonny covers key aspects relating to resistance/weights, cardio vascular training and nutritional factors including supplementation giving you the tools to be your own personal trainer!
Melissa - Dance Coordinator
Melissa is now one of the Full Time employed dance instructors to work for North East Dance. She has been dancing since she was 8 and has trained in disciplines such as freestyle, jazz, contemporary and hip hop. Melissa enjoys teaching all styles of dance but her favourite is ZUMBA!!
Patrick - Dance Coordinator
Patrick is our only male instructor and works Full Time for North East Dance and will be teaching Zumba, Street and much more across the North East.
Emma M - Dance Coordinator
Emma has been dancing since the the age of 2 and has studied disciplines such as Ballet, Tap, Modern Jazz, Lyrical, Acrobatics & Freestyle. She studied at Kathleen Davis school of dance where she won many awards for her dancing. After leaving Kathleen Davis School of Dance she then went to London to study circus skills at The Circus Space in London. Where she gained a degree in Circus Arts. Emma works in various schools around the North East and is one of our most popular members of staff