Meet The Team
Director
Natalie Weller
Having started Elite Dance Studios, as it was then, in 2010, following 30 years of training and performing herself, Nat enjoys being able to pass on her knowledge and experience to others. The last few years haveseen huge changes through the company,
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Qualified as a dance teacher with the Associated Board of Dance, Nat is also a sports coach, PT and sports massage therapist, with additional qualifications including Mental Health First Aid, CSE, Challenging Behaviour, Coaching Disabilities, CBT and Dance Movement Psychotherapy.
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Adminstration
Tom Evanson
Tom's been a key part of the team since 2018, initially full-time, then having left for a full-time sports coaching role, remaining with us on a part-time basis.
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Playing a central role to the senior staff team and administration of the centre, Tom has seen the Community Asset Transfer of Sundorne Games Hall through with Nat from the start, working his way through financial projections, business planning, and playing a massive role in the growth and the development of the company into who we are now.
Facility Staff
Jordan Ryder
Jord is our much-loved, by all our hirers, senior staff on reception and bookings. Consistently early and ready with a new design or two for flyers, banners and more, he's a trainee sports coach and assists in any session needed, helping others on the staff team where he can, and with an ear that's always ready to listen.
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Having joined us right before lockdown back in 2020, Jord has become an invaluable member of the team, beginning to develop his experience and confidence while finding his feet in new areas and tasks.
Facility Staff
Jamie Goulding
Working to ensure that the maintenance and repsirs of the facility are kept on top of, Jamie recently joined the team in 2023, quickly finding his feet assisting Jord with bookings, as well as currently undergoing his sports coaching with a view to qualifying as a Personal Trainer.
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Quick to take on new tasks and ready to assist wherever he can, Jamie may be the new to the team, but he's certainly become a well-liked and respected team member.
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Dance Teacher
Chloe Parry
Since 2014, Chloe has both trained with our senior team and undertaken her student teaching qualification, recently passing to allow her to begin to move on to her full associate teaching grades.
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Now also a Sports Leaders Tutor, and progressing through her Principles of Business Administration Level 2, Chlo has rapidly developed her own skills and knowledge across the centre, and has started to take on more within her role, moving in to sports coaching alongside teaching our Junior and Inter dancers. A firm favourite amongst our younger dancers, Chlo can regularly be found performing on stage or in class, much to everyones delight.
Class Assistant
Caitlyn Dean
Since 2014, Chloe has both trained with our senior team and undertaken her student teaching qualification, recently passing to allow her to begin to move on to her full associate teaching grades.
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Now also a Sports Leaders Tutor, and progressing through her Principles of Business Administration Level 2, Chlo has rapidly developed her own skills and knowledge across the centre, and has started to take on more within her role, moving in to sports coaching alongside teaching our Junior and Inter dancers. A firm favourite amongst our younger dancers, Chlo can regularly be found performing on stage or in class, much to everyones delight.
Class Assistant
Faye Harris
Originally joining us as part of the Kickstart scheme back in 2021, Chloe progressed onto the main staff team after leaving in January 2022 and returning a few months later as a member of our reception staff and beginning to take on some admin tasks as she goes.
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Always busy and hard working, Chloe is as happy making sure everything is clean and tidy for our hirers and assisting other colleagues, as she is completing spreadsheets and recpetion reports to assist Jo with the required administration tasks needed to ensure all bookings are logged.
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