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 Susan Hayward RAD RTS, Co-Director - a registered teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance and an affiliate of the American Academy of Ballet. Susan was the winner of many national competitions in dance in Great Britain. She has been teaching, choreographing, and entering children for RAD examinations for over 40 years. She has produced many full-length ballets on the coastside, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, The Tales of Beatrix Potter, La Fille mal Gardee, The Nutcracker, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, I’ll Tell You a Story, and The Enchanted Crystal Ball.
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Heidi Patterson RAD RTS, BALLET,TAP, CO-Director - is a former student of the SHSD and a registered teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance. She received her ballet training from Susan Hayward, Jackie Thomas, former dance school owner; Shelia Nelson, former soloist with Royal Ballet Company in London; and Mr. Russell, former Director of the Performing Arts Academy in San Mateo. She received her tap training from Mercedes Fitzgerald and teaches tap based on the AI Gilbert Method. She has choreographed countless tap routines for SHSD dance productions (e.g. Alice in Wonderland, I’ll Tell You a Story..) as well as routines for the Half Moon Bay High School (e.g. The Pajama Game, Crazy for You) and CCT Talent shows. Mrs. Patterson is also the daughter of Susan Hayward.
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Colin Russell - Guest Teacher - International Ballet Master. Mr. Russell, a retired ballet master with over forty nine years of performing and teaching experience was the director of the Performing Arts Academy in San Mateo. Even though he is retired, Mr. Russell often performs as a guest artist in the role of Herr Drosselmeyer in various Nutcracker productions in the Bay Area. Mr. Russell received his dance training at the Ballet Rambert School with Dame Marie Rambert D.B.E., Anna Invanova, Sally Gilmore, and from the Legat School with Nadine Nicoleave Legat.
His achievements are remarkable and include: roles in (ballets) (e.g. Swan Lake, Hungarian Rhapsody, Sleeping Beauty), summer stock shows (e.g. Zip Goes A Million, Can Can, The Pajama Game), ballet master at various ballet and dance companies (e.g. Sadlers Opera Ballet, London National Theatre, Contemporary Dancers of Winnipeg) and teaching at various schools in the Bay Area (e.g. Menlo Park Academy, Benica Ballet). SHSD is very happy to have Mr. Russell as a guest teacher.
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Sade Warner - Ballet Teacher - is a 2005 graduate of the Susan Hayward School of Dancing. She holds Advanced 1 RAD examination certificate, and is a recipient of the Grade 8 Award. Sade has been dancing for eighteen years. Her earliest roles in SHSD performance include a butterfly in La Fille Mal Gardee and a water lily in The Tales of Beatrix Potter, to Minerva (a star role) in the 2005 Production of The Enchanted Crystal Ball. She is currently attending SF State College where she continues to pursue dance.
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Elizabeth Knier - Assistant Teacher - is a former student of SHSD. She received her dance training from Jackie Thomas, Susan Hayward, Sheila Nelson, former soloist with the Royal Ballet and Beryle Millar, scholarship teacher for the Royal Academy of Dance. She has appeared in JTSD Coppelia, as Cinders in Cinderella, Jackie Thomas and Susan Hayward’s The Wizard of Oz, as the Scarecrow, and SHSD’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, as Snow White.
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