Our Faculty
EMILY RUE
Principal and Founder of dance HQ
Emily Rue founded dance HQ in 2015, realising a dream to open her own dance studio in her hometown in Orange. At eight years of age Emily started dancing at Colour City Dance Works in Orange under the guidance of former Principal Miss Jacquie Hoole. She was very shy but her confidence slowly grew and she fell in love with dance. After completing her HSC, Emily attended Ev and Bow, a private dance school in Sydney, where she was dared to push the limits choreographically and was introduced to innovative work that was adventurous, creative and captivating. Her Contemporary/Classical full time training at Ev & Bow opened many doors and gave her many opportunities, exposing her to some of the most renowned choreographers who are leaders in the industry, including Sarah Boulter, Steven Tannos, Marko Panzic and Debbie Ellis just to name a few. In 2015 Emily graduated from Charles Sturt University in Bathurst with a Bachelor of Teaching (Honours), Personal Development, Health and Education.
More recently, Emily completed her training with the Royal Academy of Dance, and is now a reconised/ certified ballet teacher. Emily also holds a qualification with Acrobatic arts from primary- level 6 students and enjoys implementing acrobatics in dance
KATE FORAN
Kate has been a dance teacher for the past 28 years and during that time she has taught thousands of students from two and a half years of age to adults, including numerous children with special needs, in the styles of modern, contemporary and musical theatre, although her passion has always been teaching jazz. Kate started dancing when she was five years old at local Orange dance studio Beattie School of Dance under the tuition of Ms Lynne Beattie and Ms Sally Curran and along with Ms Jacqui Hoole are still all to this day the biggest inspirations to Kate when it comes to teaching dance. Other parts of Kate’s dance experience journey include being the joint owner/principal of Colour City Dance Works (Orange) and being able to see some of her students go on to full time dance schools or become dance teachers themselves. She has been the choreographer for many different school productions and shows. She loves helping out and volunteering her time to being part of dance related fundraisers and community based events. Kate is also currently employed to teach dance programs at local primary and secondary schools. Kate’s dance training and experience goes back over 30 years and she still gets excited every single time she walks into a studio full of students.
Our Faculty
SUMMER GILLESPIE
Summer Gillespie is a dance HQ born and bred student. From enrolling in dance in our first year, Summer now is head of our Hip Hop department. Summers ideas are fresh and current and has recently had great success at local eisteddfods with excellent results. Summer also recently trained as an acrobatic teacher under the acrobatic arts syllabus. Having many years experience as a competitive gymnast, Summer understands the hardwork and drive needed to safely execute acrobatic skills and implement them in dance. Summer has received many awards with her dancing including being ranked top 3 in the prestigious Showcase dance competition in 2019 and as well many local scholarships and championships.
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