Hazel has been delivering exercises classes as a freelance tutor since 1985 and for the last 26 years has delivered classes aimed at more mature participants. She joined Citymoves in 1996 bringing with her the Samantics class to create the Mature Moves class, some members of the original class still attend on Wednesday mornings. 
She qualified as an instructor with the Scottish Swedish Exercise Association. In 1990, she added Extend to her qualifications in order to teach those with learning and/or physical difficulties. In 1992 she subsequently worked with Samantha Lee in the development of Samantics, sponsored by Grampian Health Board and Aberdeen Milk Marketing Board. The Samantics programme was developed as fitness training for the over 50’s. To further her skills with the Over 60’s she qualified as an Otago Tutor in 2012. Otago is designed for strength and balance as a retraining programme in the prevention of trips and falls. The skills she learnt at dance school as a child and young adult, plus her Ballroom skills, developed in the late 1990s, have been beneficial in delivering the FitSteps (2013) and SOSA (2018) dance exercise programmes.
“P.S. The only qualification you need to join my classes is a big smile and a promise to enjoy yourself – please.”

Hazel Cameron

After working in the oil industry for five years Gillian decided to pursue her dream of becoming a dance teacher. She went on to study Dance full time in England where she gained a distinction in vocational exam Advanced 2 Modern. Whilst in London Gillian attended workshops lead by Darcey Bussell at RAD Head Quarters to become a fully qualified DDMIX Instructor.

Since returning to Aberdeen Gillian has completed her ISTD Diploma in Dance Education (DDE) in Modern Theatre and become a fully certified Acrobatic Arts teacher all whilst retraining with The Royal Academy of Dance for a certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies.

Gillian Farquhar

Matthew has studied Taijiquan (T'ai Chi Ch'uan) and Qigong (Chi Kung) since 1998 with his teacher Tina Faulkner Elders at the Ruyi School of Taijiquan and Qigong. His personal training continues with the Ruyi School and includes regular month-long training trips with Master Chen Li Sheng at Wudang Mountain in China.

Matthew has been teaching for over four years now and works in Aberdeen holding regular classes with Alzheimer Scotland, NHS at Frederick Street and the Confucius Institute, University of Aberdeen.

Matthew Knight

Teegan Kollmann was born in Toronto, Canada where she began her professional ballet training at the age of 11 at Canada’s National Ballet School. After her graduation, she continued to study dance at a post-secondary level receiving her Bachelor of Dance from the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, The Netherlands in 2010. She was subsequently engaged by Munich’s Bavarian State Ballet (Bayerisches Staatsballett) under the direction of Ivan Liška where she danced as a member of the corps de ballet for 5 years. It was during this time that she performed both nationally and internationally in classical and contemporary works by world-famous choreographers such as John Cranko, Jiří Kylián, William Forsythe and Merce Cunningham. Teegan went on to dance for The Ballet of South Bohemian Theatre in Budweis, Czech Republic and later worked as a freelance ballet teacher in Berlin, Germany. She is currently studying full-time towards a Master of Physiotherapy at Robert Gordon University.

Teegan Kollmann

Tutor:

Royal Scottish Country

Dancing Society

Heather

McKenna

Amy Park

Wai-Lum trained at the Urdang Academy of Ballet and Performing Arts from 1985-1988 in London.

In a brief career as a dancer Wai-Lum worked in pantos, dancing mainly jazz. And has also been with Opera Northern and Re-animators Dance.

Wai-Lum Sung

Kirsty  has experience in a variety of styles including tap, jazz, ballet and contemporary. In 2012, she auditioned for the Scottish School of Contemporary Dance in Dundee. Here, she trained for four years and obtained a BA (Hons) in Contemporary Dance Performance. After finishing college, she has been fortunate enough to work with a variety of choreographers and found her love for teaching. She started assisting with Creative Movement and from there, she has been able to assist in classes for children and adults with assisted needs. Now she has a few of her own classes including over 50’s and 4-6 year old’s; She’s covering every age range and loving every minute. “I look forward to what opportunities come my way next.”

Kirsty Tewnion