MA Course Staff

Annemarie is an experienced dance educator and Pilates specialist with a career spanning three decades across community, vocational, and professional training settings. A BA (Hons) Dance graduate from Bretton Hall, she began her career teaching GCSE and Key Stage 3 dance before joining Northern Ballet in 1995. Over nearly 30 years with the organisation, Annemarie has held a wide range of artistic, teaching, pastoral, and managerial roles, contributing significantly to the development of the Academy of Northern Ballet.

In 2024, she was appointed Head of Academy Programmes (Associate & Graduate) at Northern Ballet, where she co-leads daily operations, artistic direction, safeguarding, and the continued evolution of training pathways. Alongside her dance expertise, Annemarie offers specialised Pilates tuition including reformer, mat-work, and older-adult practice. With extensive qualifications in dance, Pilates, and safeguarding, she is committed to accessible, holistic training that nurtures dancers of all ages and abilities.

Nic is an accomplished ballet teacher, choreographer, and former First Soloist with Northern Ballet. Trained at the English National Ballet School, Nic enjoyed a distinguished performance career, dancing leading and featured roles in works by David Nixon, Cathy Marston, Kenneth MacMillan, Hans Van Manen, and numerous other renowned choreographers. His repertoire includes major roles in The Nutcracker, The Three Musketeers, Wuthering Heights, Peter Pan, Giselle, Dracula, The Great Gatsby, and 1984, as well as multiple original creations.

Since transitioning into teaching, Nic has developed extensive experience across youth, pre-professional, professional, and adult training covering ballet technique, repertoire, strength, audition preparation, and choreography. His teaching is rooted in a science-based approach shaped by training with Yoko Ichino, emphasising individuality, artistry, and healthy technique. Nic also creates original choreography and holds qualifications in yoga, life coaching, and breathwork. 

Charlotte is a versatile performer, facilitator, and director whose work spans contemporary dance, community engagement, and interdisciplinary creative practice. A First-Class BA and Distinction-level Master’s graduate of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, she has developed a wide-ranging career across performance, teaching, and arts project leadership. Charlotte works extensively with Northern Ballet, NSCD, FRONTLINEdance and ACCA Dance Theatre, contributing as a tutor, performer, choreographer, and co-director. 

Her delivery within early years, primary and secondary contexts uses movement as a vehicle to teach national curriculum as well as to support children and young people's emotional, creative and sensory development. Charlotte's commitment to creating a safe, inclusive space to learn and explore movement is the backbone of her delivery and is carried through into her education, professional and community facilitation work. Her performance portfolio includes immersive theatre, touring productions, screendance commissions, and international collaborations. As co-director of ACCA Dance Theatre, she creates and tours original work exploring intergenerational and socially engaged themes.