Our Instructors

Holly is the founder and artist director of DanceSations school of Dance, which began as a summer program is 2004 and expanded to a full time dance school in 2013. Holly has been dancing since the age of four and has many years of dance experience in ballet, jazz, pointe, tap, modern, and hip-hop. She started out her dance training at The Somerset School of Dance and later joined Keya’s Fun Approach Dance School. There she had the opportunity to travel to Philadelphia for various workshops and was trained by professional Broadway teachers in ballet, pointe, jazz, and tap. This broadened her imagination, and since then she knew she wanted to be involved with dance for the rest of her life. In 2000, she attended In Motion School of Dance where she continued with ballet, jazz, and modern in intermediate and advanced levels until her departure for university. She was also involved in the work study program at In Motion in which she was a teacher assistant for a pre-ballet classes.

She is a graduate of Acadia University with a BBA and a minor in Spanish. She not only danced, but also taught in Canada with the Acadia Dance Collective and provided private dance lessons to young children. Holly performed with the Acadia Dance Collective for four years, and taught for  three. She played an active role, having been elected as the Vice President of Finance for the collective. Holly has experienced all aspects of what it takes to teach, perform and conduct a performance; she has been involved with absolutely every aspect of the process. Dance and teaching is her passion and she absolutely adores working with young children.

Eryn attended Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and studied on the 3-year BA (Hons) Contemporary dance program, subsequently obtaining her degree in 2017. During her time in London, Eryn had the opportunity to work collaboratively with professional dancers and choreographers such as Jessica Wright of Company Wayne McGreggor, Maciej Kuźmiński of the Maciej Kuźmiński Company and Daniel Squire of the Merce Cunningham Trust. In addition to performance work, Eryn worked as a teacher and choreographer. She taught students ages 3+ in ballet, tap, jazz and street dance as part of N1 Dance, preparing them for B.A.T.D exams (The British Association of Teachers of Dancing) and performances. She also worked with adults in a fitness environment as part of The Gym Group and Jab Bhangra Fitness, which incorporated Bhangra style dance into fitness classes to create a versatile and eclectic cardio class.

Locally, Eryn has choreographed and performed as part of the Bermuda Civil Ballet, the Bermuda Arts Festival, Premiers Concerts, Troika Bermuda in addition to various charities, public and private events. Eryn began dancing at the age of 5 and, in addition to training and performing locally, had the opportunity to participate in numerous oversees programs. These include dance intensives with The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Bird College in the UK, Trinity Laban, Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Centre, both in New York City. From a young age Eryn knew she wanted to be a teacher and choreographer. Eryn really enjoys working with children of all ages, especially in the dance and performing arts fields. Her love of dance makes teaching very enjoyable and she is thoroughly excited to be a part of the DanceSations team! Eryn has experience teaching pre-ballet, combo classes, jazz, ballet, tap, hip-hop and modern/contemporary techniques. Eryn is also a qualified personal trainer and gym-fitness instructor and incorporates her knowledge of fitness and the body to provide a well-rounded dance education which aims to prevent injury and create healthy, strong, and athletic dancers. Eryn is very grateful to the Bermuda National Dance Foundation, the Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society, The Peter Leitner Arts Scholarship, Bermuda Arts Council and Hamilton Parish Council for their unwavering support towards her dance education and development.

Sacha began her dance journey at the age of 9, studying ballet, jazz, and hip hop at The Berkeley Institute. She also received training at The Russian School of Ballet. In 2010, she joined Troika Bermuda to further develop her skills in confidence, technique, and performance quality, which allowed her to travel and perform internationally. Sacha has been given opportunities for leadership within Troika, such as being the Co-Creative Director for the Young Choreographers Showcase for the past three years. She is grateful for the chance to work with the youth of Bermuda.

Currently, Sacha is an instructor at DanceSations School of Dance, teaching hip-hop, modern, jazz, and The Hip Hop Elite Team to students of all levels. She has been teaching at the school full-time since its opening in 2013. Each year, she travels to New York with DanceSations company members and instructors to further develop her craft at Broadway Dance Center and The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Sacha enjoys working with children and sharing her passion and energy with her students.

 In June 2014, Sacha, along with Kevonte Jennings Lathen, won the "So You Think You Can Dance" Bermuda Competition. She also received the National Bermuda Dance Foundation Bursary in 2015 and 2016. Sacha completed her studies at The College of Lake County in Illinois, where she received dance scholarships for 2016 and 2017. She graduated in May 2018 with an Associates Degree of High Honors in Dance and Fine Arts. During her time in Illinois, Sacha was a company member of L-theory Collective, where she choreographed and performed in several pieces. In October 2024, Sacha had the opportunity to choreograph internationally for Zeal Dance Company in North Carolina, working with Founder Danielle Terrel and her dancers for their upcoming competition season.

Sacha's goal is to continue inspiring individuals with her energy and talent, while also encouraging unity within the local dance community. She finds great meaning in dance, describing it as evoking emotion, unity, forgetting reality and transforming into one’s story once hitting the stage.

Rachel started dancing at the age of 6 at United Dance Productions. Ballet as her strength, she continued her studies at Somerset School of Dance studying the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus from the age of 7 until she was 16. During her time at SSOD, she completed ballet exams for Grade 1-8 receiving distinctions in each, as well as the Intermediate, Advanced Foundation, and Advanced 1 level exams receiving merit in each. For the month of August during the summers of 2005-2010, Rachel participated in the National Dance Foundation of Bermuda’s summer intensive in partnership with The American Ballet Theatre. During these summers Rachel was exposed to world class training being taught by Franco De Vita, Francesca Harper, Debbie Allen, and Danny Tidwell amongst many others. At the age of 10, she received the Catherine Zeta Jones Scholarship entitling her to participate in the intensive the following summer. In 2006, Rachel completed a 3-week summer intensive studying ballet in Toronto, Canada with the Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre. At the age of 18, Rachel left Bermuda to travel with Up with People as the only Bermudian representative for Cast A of 2013, where she travelled the world doing performing arts and community service. After returning from Up with People, Rachel danced as a student for DanceSations starting in Junior Company, and then participated in the adult classes. In 2015, Rachel left Bermuda for Brock University in Ontario, Canada, where she would go on to obtain her Bachelor’s Degree in Child and Youth Studies in 2019. Her Bachelor’s Thesis focused on the association between perfectionism and anxiety in competitive dancers. During the summers of 2016, 2017 and 2018 Rachel helped with organizing the Center Stage Dance Camp, taught pre-ballet and took class at DanceSations. Rachel then began her Masters Degree, in Child and Youth Studies at Brock University with her thesis again focusing within the dance field. Her thesis was put on hold when she gave birth to her son in the summer of 2020. Besides the greatest living room dance parties ever, Rachel is eager and excited to be back in the studio and a part of the DanceSations Team! 

Bethany trained at the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) in London, where she completed her BA (Hons) in Ballet Education in 2013 and earned Registered Teacher's Status (RTS). During her time there, she also completed the Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Dance (LRAD) program and achieved the Associate of the Royal Academy of Dance (ARAD) after completing her Advanced 2 Ballet examination.

Bethany’s dance journey began at the age of 3 in Northumberland, where she attended her local dance school and took RAD Classical Ballet exams, along with ISTD exams in Modern and Tap. At 16, she was accepted into the Advanced Training Programme at Dance City in Newcastle upon Tyne, a programme for talented young dancers. Her passion for dance led her to switch academic schools so she could study dance for both GCSE and A-Level. There, she became head of the dance company and participated in Youth Dance England at Sadler’s Wells. It was also during this time that she discovered Contemporary dance, which she revisited more recently through completing The Rambert Grades teacher programme.  

Since graduating from the RAD, Bethany has taught in Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Hong Kong, and most recently, Bermuda. She has worked with students ranging from 2 to 18 years old, as well as adults, teaching Classical Ballet and various other dance styles. Throughout her teaching career, she has choreographed performances and prepared students for RAD exams up to Advanced 2. Bethany fell in love with teaching during her time at the RAD, and feels grateful that her career has provided her with the opportunity to travel the world. Having worked at various schools, Bethany has gained valuable experience in different cultural environments and had the opportunity to learn from numerous exceptional teachers, including former principal dancers from the Singapore Dance Theatre and a former principal dancer and ballet mistress from the Korean National Ballet Company. 

In addition to her dance expertise, Bethany is a certified Barre fitness instructor and recently completed her yoga teacher training in Bali.

Bethany is passionate about movement and teaching and is thrilled to be joining the Dancesations team!