The Liquid Team Members
Annabel Weeden
Academy Director
Annabel has been teaching dance and movement with Liquid since 2017 and became director during 2020. She loves teaching street/hip hop, musical theatre and contemporary. Annabel attended Ecco Dance to study ballet, tap, modern and theatre craft when she was young, then specialised in physical theatre and movement at university. She is a qualified secondary Performing Arts teacher, has Level 2 Exercise to Music and Level 3 in adapting exercise for pre-and post-natal clients.
Jasmine G & Summer H
Lead Dance Teachers and Choreographers
Jasmine and Summer have been with Liquid Dance Academy since 2016 and, having both started as young volunteers, are now awesome experienced dance teachers. Jasmine has 2 BTEC qualifications in dance and a huge amount of experience working with children and young people, such as Beavers/Scouts and childcare. She is our resident photographer, too!
Summer has 2 BTEC qualifications in dance, grades 1-5 in Ballet, Tap and Theatre, and is a teaching assistant in a primary school. Summer is organiser extraordinaire, and loves a spreadsheet!
Gill Goldstraw
Head Volunteer/Treasurer
Gill is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to communities, the money we spend to make Liquid Dance Academy the best community dance academy, and looks after all the staff and students as if they are her own. She is the Secretary for our CIC. Gill has qualifications in childcare and playwork, and ran a scout group for years. To the team and to the youngest children, she is Nanny Gill.
Izzy and Trinny
Junior Assistants
Izzy and Trinny are our Junior Assistants and are so integral to the smooth running of our classes! They do our registers, take warm ups, pick our Stars of the Week and so much more. Izzy has been dancing with Liquid since it opened in 2014 and has performed in every show.
Trinny has used her confidence developed through dance to excel in aerial, hoop, silks and trapeze!