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Teacher Biographies
We are excited to have a wonderful team of Springs' teachers leading this event!
Find out more about our teachers below:
Katie Albon
Katie is a performer, teacher and maker based in Birmingham. Since graduating from Trinity Laban in 2013, she has enjoyed dancing with Springs for six years and other companies such as Sonia Sabri, Highly Sprung, Autin Dance Theatre, and as a Featured Dancer in the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony choreographed by Corey Baker. Katie also enjoys rehearsal directing and was Movement Associate for The Ballad of Maria Marten, a play by Beth Flintoff.
Katie teaches and facilitates dance in a range of settings and is passionate about dance being for everyone. She is an Associate Artist for integrated dance company FRONTLINEdance and is an Artist in Residence at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital with Eek & Wild, a company she co-founded.
Ella Fleetwood
Ella is an independent dance artist and maker based in East London. Ella graduated from Trinity Laban with a First Class degree in 2016. Since graduating, Ella has enjoyed performing with Casson & Friends, Made by Katie Green, Luminelle, Springs Dance Company and Kimberley Harvey in collaboration with Great Ormond Street Hospital. Ella regularly performs at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital with Eek & Wild, a company she co-founded. Ella teaches in a range of community settings, with inclusivity and play at the heart of her teaching practice. Ella is a lead dance artist for The Place, Sadler’s Wells and Magpie Dance for people with learning disabilities. With her work at Magpie, Ella has led choreographic collaborations with the Royal Opera House and Arts for Disabled Association Hong Kong.
Holly Wilmot
Holly is a freelance contemporary dancer, choreographer and teacher. After graduating in 2012 with a dance degree from York St John University, she continued her training as a member of Springs Dance Company’s apprentice programme, Elevate. Since then, she has worked as a performer on a variety of projects for Infusion Physical Theatre, MCDC, E33 Dance Company and Alauda Dance. Other credits include: Fresh: North East, ICON, Resolution, The Brighton Fringe and Project Dance: Paris.
Alongside performing, Holly has taught extensively in schools and community settings for The Place, DanceWest, Artis Foundation and Springs Dance Company. Her own choreography has also been showcased as part of The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Wandsworth Arts Fringe.
Synaet Nin
Synaet recently graduated from Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance where she completed 3 years professional dance training. She graduated with BA (Hons) in Ballet and Contemporary Dance and her training included intense training in ballet/point work, contemporary styles (such as Graham and Cunningham), improvisation and choreography. As part of her training she also worked with well known choreographers such as Darren Ellis, Alleyne Sisters and Darshan Singh Bhuller.
Synaet is originally from Cambodia. She started dancing when she was 14 and came to the UK to study in 2019. She is currently spending time living and working in the UK to establish herself as a dancer, choreographer and teacher before she begins to look at ways of bringing these experiences back to her home country.
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