Teacher Training Lecturer
Anna Olejnicki
BA (Hons)
Fellow of International Dance Teachers Association (Dist. Ballet, ModernJazz, Tap, Theatrecraft & Freestyle)
Royal Academy of Dance Registered teacher Member Equity UK
Anna began her dance training at a local dance school in Doncaster, and began her professional career working as a dancer and choreographer for fashion shows and commercial events, after this she became a dance tutor before founding Hype Dance Company Limited, a dance education company in Sheffield in 2004.
Her work has taken her across the UK, and overseas, including regular work with Jennifer Weber(USA), Renegade Dance Theatre (Germany), and The Royal Ballet School here in UK.
Dance theatre credits include; You Hearing Me, Altered Equal, Routes, Dali’s Guest, Savage Beauty and short dance film Beautifully Savaged.
Her teaching work ranges from classes both syllabus and non, IDTA teacher training, professional mentoring, and work with the professionals of British Ice Skating Squad. She teaches Jazz and Ballet regularly within Hype Dance Company’s Academy in Sheffield.
In addition to teaching, Anna is an assessor for The Royal Academy of Dance on their Certificate of Ballet Teaching practical teaching module, a lecturer for the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance and at Momentum Vocational College, London.
She is a festival adjudicator for the Theatre Dance Council International and Miss Dance, and registered teacher with the Council for Dance, Draman and Musical Training.