About Us
Catherine is a former performer and educator with a passion for both ballet and musical theatre, which she began exploring at a young age. Her professional credits include dual roles as both dancer and Dance captain in Ella Enchanted alongside Academy Award-winning Anne Hathaway, Vapours at The Helix (DCU), and numerous cabaret performances.
Catherine has also contributed her choreography skills to RTE’s Music in the Classroom series, and her school toured nationally as well as performing over 100 shows at the National Concert Hall (NCH) with this series. She has designed and implemented dance programs at various schools, including St. Anne’s National School, Rathfarnham Educate Together, Brookhouse school, Cherrywood Educate Together National School, and Startright Playschool, teaching students of all ages and abilities.
Her experience in secondary schools includes choreographing popular musical productions such as Grease, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Fiddler on the Roof.
With over 24 years of teaching experience, Catherine has trained under the guidance of Dex McGloughlin in Ireland, before expanding her expertise at the Deborah Capon College of Dance in Whitstable and Merseyside Dance and Drama Centre in Liverpool. She holds ISTD qualifications and certifications in Progressive Ballet Technique (PBT) and Acrobatic Arts.
The school, founded in 2005 in Castleknock, expanded to Lucan two years later, followed by the opening of a Shankill branch in 2013 taking over the Dex McGloughlin school of Dance. The school’s ethos is built on inclusion, ensuring every student receives the full benefits of their dance training. Students are encouraged to participate in all school activities, auditions, and performances, fostering a strong sense of community.
Catherine firmly believes that dance offers invaluable life lessons, teaching children resilience, the importance of hard work, teamwork, musicality, strength, grace, self-confidence, determination, and the pure joy that comes from dance & music.