The Cumbrae School of Dancing

Natalie Murphy is a veteran dance educator, arts administrator, adjudicator and former professional performer with extensive international dance experience.

 

Holding a Master’s Degree in Dance Technique Pedagogy from Middlesex University (London, England) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology from Western University (London, Canada), Natalie is committed to research and evidence-based teaching methods that focus on safe dance practice and student engagement. She is also the owner/director of Compass Dance Development - specializing in coaching and developing dance technique, skills and performance quality across all ages and abilities. Adept at creating customized student-centred dance curriculum for multiple genres such as: ballet, contemporary, jazz, lyrical, tap and theatre dance, she is fuelled by witnessing student’s smiles and progress!

 

Committed to lifelong learning that bolsters her dance teaching practice, Natalie is additionally certified in Pilates Mat Foundations, Fascial Stretch Therapy, Progressing Ballet Technique, Dance for Parkinson’s and is a licensed Les Mills International fitness instructor.