Team Member
Suzanne Hammond
Principle
Miss Hammond is a Fellowship Examiner of the ISTD and began her dancing life in Ballroom and Latin world. Her love of dance and performing led her to study many dance disciplines, including Classical Ballet, Tap, Modern Theatre, National, Greek, Jazz and Disco at the Vernon Johnson School of Dance and Drama in Liverpool.
Fellowship Examiner of the ISTD
(ISTD - DFR, MF, NF, IBF, BF, TF, LAF, DRR, AR)
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About
When Miss Hammond left school, she embarked on a 3-year course for performing arts at Merseyside Dance & Drama Centre. After graduating Suzanne then followed her lifelong dream of travelling the world performing. She worked throughout Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Asia and the Far East, performing in theatres and on TV. When she retired it was to pursue a career in teaching.
On her return to the UK, she taught in many local schools in and around the northwest area, continually studying and gaining further qualifications in both dance and drama. Having gathered knowledge from many teachers who have influenced her over the years, she eventually opened her own school in Merseyside in 1999, teaching 8 of the ISTD genres. Miss Hammond is also qualified in LAMDA & Guildhall and is very honoured to hold the prestigious Gold Medal for public speaking from The Poetry Society.
Work Experience
In 2006 Suzanne opened Hammond Academy of Performing Arts in Bournemouth where she is currently teaching. When Miss Hammond is not teaching, she enjoys choreographing and writing scripts for plays and pantomimes. She does much work outside of HAPA, examining, adjudicating and trains other professionals in many genres.
In 2004 Miss Hammond was invited to join the Club Dance Faculty Committee of the ISTD. In the same year she was elected to the Disco/Freestyle, RocknRoll Faculty Committee. She was co-writer of the Professional Salsa Syllabus for the Club Dance Faculty and also co-wrote the Street Dance and Commercial Hip Hop Syllabus (SDCH) for the Disco/Freestyle, RocknRoll Faculty.
Education
Fellow and Examiner ISTD
(ISTD - DFR, MF, NF, IBF, BF, TF, LAF, DRR, AR)
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