Photo by Brian Ellis

Born walking on her tiptoes, dancing is a natural part of life for Emma. Raised on the stage doing ballet, jazz, tap, hiphop and more than a few musicals her passion for dancing has never faulted. Dancing is her artistic expression, conveying emotion and passion from herself or that of the musician making every dance count. Emma discovered Modern Jive in 2009 and was hooked, she was quickly finding every opportunity to dance and making lifelong friends along the way. She loved the rush of not knowing what was coming next in a dance, anything could happen and each dance is the opportunity to create something new. Emma began teaching in 2012 and hasn’t stopped. She loves watching dance addictions grow and seeing dancers blossom and evolve with every discovery they make, unlocking for themselves what drives them to keep dancing.

Patrick started dancing in 2015 when introduced to ceroc by a friend, he has since loved every minute of it. With experience in other styles such as Jazz, Ballet, and Zouk, Modern Jive remains his favourite due to its freedom of expression, and flexibility to experiment and adapt. Patrick loves being able to share his knowledge and see people grow in their love for dance.

Emma and Patrick are bringing us their Time to Shine workshop.