Our Staff
Want to learn more about our staff and teachers?
Have a look through their biographies to learn more about them.
All our staff are DBS checked and have carried out safeguarding training. There is always a member of First Aid Trained staff present at all lessons.
We also have a fabulous team of Junior Coaches who assist us each week too.
Megan - Owner/ Principle/ Head Coach
Megan is the main teacher at Duchy Dance Academy. She established the academy in 2022. She has been in a paid performing arts teaching position for 12 years and coaching cheerleading for the past 8 years after her time competing and coaching her university cheerleading team. She has a Diploma in Performing Arts (Dance). She has competed Nationally and Internationally and also appeared in professional productions whilst living in London. Megan has trained in RAD, IDTA and LAMDA and now holds numerous dance and cheerleading qualifications, including being a BGU Platinum Standard recognised coach too. Megan started Duchy to share her love for the art and pass on her passion and knowledge to the next generation of dancers and athletes.
She has Level 1-3 Cheerleading qualifications, along with specialised SEND qualifications for Cheerleading and Dance.
Aimee - Head Coach for
Dance, Singing & Theatre
Aimee is a Falmouth University graduate - gaining a first class honours in BA Hons in Musical Theatre. She has already gained multiple teaching qualifications through BGU and is also recognised as a Platinum Standard coach. Aimee herself has competed nationally and internationally obtaining many different titles for her achievements. Aimee works a lot with our dance and musical theatre classes, bringing her knowledge of performing arts to our drama and sining students each week. Aimee also teaches private singing lessons at the academy and choreographs for our competitive company.
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Maddie - Tumble and Assistant Cheer Coach
Maddie grew up doing gymnastics, and has been coaching beginner to intermediate classes since 2018. She didn’t start cheerleading until university but wishes she’d discovered the sport earlier! She was the tumble coach and joint choreographer of her Uni cheer team for 2 years, and is a qualified Level 1 coach. Her favourite parts of cheer are stunting and tumbling, and she hopes someday to learn to fly partner stunts! She knows how important it is to have fun and make friends in cheer, and hopes to bring loads of energy to every class. She’ll be teaching some of our acrobatics classes, and can’t wait to meet everyone and get started!
Maisie - Dance Coach
Maisie has been a junior assistant at Duchy Dance Academy. She has just completed her BTEC dance in school alongside her GCSE’s and has been a competitive dancer with Duchy since we opened. Maisie has been dancing since she was 2 years old and is very excited to help share her passion for dance with the next set of young dancers. This year Maisie steps into a supervised coaching role as she works towards gaining new dance teaching qualifications. She has a natural talent for choreography that we can't wait to see develop through the year. Maisie is heading to college to further her dance and teaching skills and we're so excited to support her on her teaching journey.
Lily - Assistant Cheer Coach
Lily is stepping into a new role, becoming an assistant cheerleading coach for both Diamonds and Emeralds Competition teams.
Sophia - Assistant Cheer Coach
We're very excited that Sophia is stepping up and becoming an assistant coach for both Sapphire (Under 12 Level One Competitive Cheer Team) and also for our Junior Acro class too.
Roanna - Dance Coach
We're so excited to be welcoming back Roanna to Duchy Dance Academy. She has spent the last couple of years developing her own dance practice and competing nationally.
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Junior Assistants
We have lots of our lovely senior students who give up their time to help assist in our classes week on week. Each of our junior assistants are working towards junior coaches qualifications in either dance or cheerleading. They help make lessons fun and enjoyable for all those who attend classes at Duchy Dance Academy.