Meet Alison
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Alison
Dancing Qualifications (all with UKA Dance)
- Licentiate Tap
- Licentiate Highland
- Licentiate National
- Associate Freestyle
- Associate Tap
Workshops/Conventions attended
- Annual UKA Highland Gatherings
- Move It
- Can You Dance?
- Tap with Adam Garcia
Biography
Alison first started dancing at 2 and a half years old and has been teaching since 2008. From the age of 9 she has danced with the Fiona Thomson School of Dance in Tap, Highland and Freestyle Disco. At the age of 14 she started additional Highland classes.
At the age of 20 Alison passed her first teaching qualification (Associate Tap with UKA Dance) and has since gone on to achieve teaching qualifications in all styles she teaches and is presently studding for the next exam! She is dedicated to developing her teaching skills as much as possible.! Her next goal is to complete her Fellowship Tap (the highest qualification with UKA Dance).
To develop her own knowledge and skills Alison attends workshops whenever she can. One of her biggest highlights in recent years was a tap workshop led by Adam Garcia. She has attended a wide range of other workshops and dancing conventions as well as the annual UKA Dance Highland Gatherings and is always keen to learn as much as possible.
From 2000 to 2006, Alison was a member of the Bathgate Operatic Society (later changed to Phoenix Musicals) and danced in their annual, weeklong musicals. She loved being part of these shows and this gave her the opportunity to learn stage dance, learn performance skills and work with a number of choreographers (including Fiona), all of which she continues to utilise today.
As a Highland dancer, Alison competed at SOBHD competitions and was a regular dancer for the Edinburgh Post Office Pipe Band’s annual Beating the Retreat at Edinburgh Castle and various Armed Forces Day events. Alison loved the experience of dancing at Edinburgh Castle and every year felt just as special as the first. One of the highlights from dancing at these events was when the guest of Honour was HRH The Prince of Wales!