Staff

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Dance Tutors

The NZSD staff are a collective of trained health professionals, musicians and academic professionals helping every student reach their dreams.

Garry Trinder

Director

Paula Steeds-Huston

Head of Contemporary Dance

Christine Gunn

Classical Ballet Tutor & Head of Associates

Sue Nicholls

Head of Scholars

Gina Andrews

Contemporary Dance Tutor

Kathryn Crawford

Classical Ballet Tutor

Robert Mills

Classical Ballet Tutor

Holly Newsome

Contemporary Dance Tutor

Turid Revfeim

Classical Ballet Tutor

Matte Roffe

Contemporary Dance Tutor

Jun Samblaceno

Classical Ballet Tutor

Amber Scott

Classical Ballet Tutor

Maksim Temnikov

Classical Ballet Tutor

Nadine Tyson

Classical Ballet Tutor

Health & Wellbeing

Susan Simpson

Head of Performance Medicine/ Physiotherapist

Jane Woolley

Physiotherapist/ Anatomy Tutor

Liesl Eksteen

Student Support Manager

Bea Lee-Smith

Pilates and Rehabilitation/ Dance Conditioning

Becky Jones

Sports Dietitian/ Performance Nutritionist

Tetteh Lomotey

Clinical Psychologist

Erin Bowerman

Fitness Consultant

Dr Theo Dorfling

Sports Physician

Dr Jake Pearson

Sports Physician

Condor Performance

Applied sport and performance psychologist

Pianists

Craig Newsome

Pianist

Phillip O’Malley

Pianist

Irina Bitossi

Parti-time Pianists

Irina Kouzminova

Parti-time Pianists

Anna McBride

Parti-time Pianists

Academic Staff

Lyne Pringle

Dance Studies

Bridget O’Shanassy

Music

Jane Woolley

Physiotherapist/ Anatomy Tutor

Administrative Staff

Anita Lowcay

Business Manager

Rocio Monge

Marketing & Communications Manager

Veretta Beukes

Administrator

Moira Broughton

Accounts Officer

Natasha Giera

Marketing & Relationships

Janina Panizza

Scholarship Student Liaison

Nicole Gaston

Library Manager