Tina Marsh (Principal)
Tina teaches all the MBS Ballet classes for children.
Tina is an experienced teacher, performer and now has been welcomed by the NATD to become part of their prestigious examination panel.
Tina’s classical ballet training began at Murilova Ballet School from the age of 6yrs with Sandra McAuliffe and Murilova’s unique atmosphere instilled her with a love of dance that stays with her to this day. Having gained the full set of NATD Grades to Advanced 2, Tina achieved all three of her Classical Ballet teaching qualifications (Associate, Licentiate and Fellowship). Tina went on to study Contemporary and Ballet at Chichester University and after being awarded her BA Hons degree in Dance, she completed a PGCE, being awarded qualified teacher status.
Throughout this time, Tina began working for Ballet Creations under the direction of Ursula Hageli and Richard Slaughter, dancing lead roles such as Aurora, Cinderella, Carabosse and Sugar Plum Fairy. Tina left university and joined Vienna Festival Ballet, touring England and Switzerland, dancing a wide variety of classical repertoire. She danced with VFB for a number of years, and worked her way from the corps de ballet to principal roles such as The Lilac Fairy. Tina moved onto work freelance on her own projects and with other companies as a dancer and an education outreach leader; working with English National Ballet and Swindon Dance Connect on projects with challenging teenagers; collaborating with Classical Bharatanatyam dancers for performances in India; dancing in Italy with Balletomania, Canada with Dans K Par K; returning to VFB as ballet mistress for a season. Finally Tina joined Ballet Cymru (then Independent Ballet Wales) as a dancer, where she performed a variety of classical and contemporary ballets throughout Wales.
Tina retired from professional dancing aged 30 and went back to teaching all subjects in a primary school before going full circle and finally taking over Murilova Ballet School as the Principal. Tina loves sharing her passion of dance and her wealth of experience as a professional dancer and teacher with her students in fun, lively and energetic classes and is so proud to still be part of such a well established and friendly school.
Official qualifications: NATD Associate, NATD Licentiate, NATD Fellowship, BA Hons Dance, PGCE Primary.
Enhanced DBS checked and Pediatric First Aid trained.
Ali Board
Ali teaches all the MBS Ballet classes for Adults.
Ali Board joined Murilova Ballet School age 5 under the direction of Grace Greenway, who co-founded the school. Alison has fond memories of meeting Madame and dancing with Brenda Clerici and Vanessa Linda, both Murilova alumni. Ali achieved much success as a performer in the All England Dance competitions, and took lead roles in many of Bournemouth Ballet Club’s impressive productions, working with many different teachers and choreographers such as Alan Carter and Svetlana Beriosova. Ali gained her Classical Ballet teaching qualifications and opened up her own ballet school but closed it again after 5 years as she felt nothing matched the unique family atmosphere of Murilova.
Ali continued in the arts, taking a role in her parents’ Fine Art, framing and gallery business, eventually securing a degree in contemporary fine art in 2013. Ali’s ever-growing portfolio includes regular demonstrations and workshops for the SAA, a company who has produced a number of DVD and television tutorials with her. Alongside her digital tuition, Alison runs a comprehensive range of workshops, courses and now also has the honour of being a Visiting Tutor at Arts University Bournemouth.
Her theatre training is a huge influence on her work, alongside music and the beautiful Dorset countryside.
Whilst Tina was on maternity leave, Ali stepped into her shoes, running the school and preparing the students for their exams. She continues to teach the five flourishing adult ballet classes for the school, as well as managing the website and social media.
Official qualifications: NATD Associate, BA Hons (Fine Art), PGCert (Education)
NATD Diamond Certified 2020
Enhanced DBS checked.
Brooke Hooker
Brooke teaches the MBS Contemporary classes.
Having fallen in love with dance from age 2, Brooke trained in RAD Ballet and ISTD Tap and Modern whilst enjoying numerous performance opportunities within the local community. Brooke also learnt to sing and act and began to hone her teaching skills before attending the Arts University Bournemouth to study a BA Hons Degree in ‘Dance’
The course focused on Contemporary Dance and covered many areas in the dance sector such as performance, choreographic skills, improvisation and contact work. However, the unit that Brooke found most interesting was ‘dance community practitioner’. Since graduating she has worked as a freelance artist for various projects and demographics, aiming to make dance accessible to all in the community. Brooke loves thinking and moving creatively and is always looking for a challenge, and aims to spread pioneering, positive movement.
Official qualifications: BA Hons Dance, RAD ballet Grades, ISTD Tap and Modern grades.
Enhanced DBS checked and First Aid at work trained.
Policies
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