REBECCA PICKERING-DIRECTOR REBECCA HAS OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN POM DANCE. SHE HAS WON 6 CONSECUTIVE BIDS TO USASF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AND HAS COMPETED ON THE NATIONAL, EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL STAGE. REBECCA HAS ACHIEVED MULTIPLE TITLES DURING HER COACHING CAREER INCLUDING CHOREOGRAPHING A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING ROUTINE WITH TEAM ENGLAND ADAPTIVE ABILITIES POM AT THE 2019 ICU WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
SHANNON WHITEHEAD-DIRECTOR SHANNON HAS OVER 16 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN POM DANCE. SHE HAS WON 6 CONSECUTIVE BIDS TO USASF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AND HAS COMPETED ON THE NATIONAL, EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL STAGE. SHANNON HAS ACHIEVED MULTIPLE TITLES DURING HER COACHING CAREER INCLUDING CHOREOGRAPHING A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING ROUTINE WITH TEAM ENGLAND ADAPTIVE ABILITIES POM AT THE 20 ICU WORLD CHAMPS.IN 20222 SHANNON RETAINED A TOP 3 SPOT AT ICU, AS TEAM ENGLAND AA POM PLACED BRONZE.
IZZY SMITH-POM COACH IZZY HAS OVER 13 YEARS OF DANCE EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING 10 YEARS IN POM DANCE. SHE HAS IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING IN HIP HOPCONTEMPORARY,MODERN AND GYMNASTICS. WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE HER EXPERIENCE AS PART OF OUR COACHING TEAM AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT HER FUTURE WITH AURORA ELITE.
DEMI DUFFY-CHEER COACH DEMI HAS OVER 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ALL STAR CHEERLEADING AND POM DANCE. SHE STARTED CHEERLEADING WHEN SHE WAS JUST 3 YEARS OLD AND QUICKLY EXCELLED, WINNING MULTIPLE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS! DEMI STARTED COACHING 5 YEARS AGO WITH GREAT SUCCESS AND EVEN BECOME A MEMBER OF STAFF FOR LEGACY CHEER AND DANCE. WE COUNT OURSELVES LUCKY THAT WE HAVE DEMI’S EXPERIENCE AS PART OF OUR COACHING TEAM AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HER ACHIEVE HER DREAMS.
EMILY BROWN-HIPHOP COACH COACH EMILY HAS BEEN DANCING SINCE SHE WAS AGE 5, STARTING HER DANCE CAREER OFF AT ANITA MURRAY SCHOOL OF DANCE. EMILY THEN MOVED TO FLEX DANCE ACADEMY WHERE SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH HIPHOP AND QUICKLY BECAME A PASSIONATE HIPHOP DANCER. SHE COMPETED AT REGULAR COMPS WITH GREAT SUCCESS! EMILY ALSO STUDIED BTEC DANCE AT COLLEGE AND IS EXTREMELY EXCITED TO SHARE HER KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE. SHE HAS SPENT THIS SEASON WORKING ALONG SIDE OTHER COACHES TO CHOREO SOME EXCITING YOUTH AND JUNIOR HIPHOP ROUTINES.
CIARA HAUGHTON-HIPHOP COACH AND CHOREOGRAPHER COACH CIARA HAS OVER 9 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ALLSTAR CHEER.5 OF THOSE AS A VERY SUCCESSFUL CHEER COACH IN LEVELS 1 TO 3. CIARA CURRENTLY STILL COMPETES AT ALLSTAR LEVEL AS A TUMBLER AND BASE. SHE HAS WON MULTIPLE NATIONAL CHAMP TITLES, ONE OF THOSE BEING IN THE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION. CIARA HAS SPENT THIS SEASON COACHING AND CHOREOGRAPHING SOME AMAZING ROUTINE THROUGH OUT THE PROGRAM.CIARA HAS ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR CHOREOGRAPHY AND DANCE AND HAS BEEN IN TRAINING FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS AND HAS PERFORMED IN FASHION SHOWS, EVENTS AND EVEN A NETFLIX/BBC PRODUCTION.