Dance Styles / Role
Dance: Salsa and Latin Styles / Rnb /Hip Hop / Contemporary / Dance Fusions / Body Movement & Isolation / Ladies Dance Styling / Reggaeton/ Cubaton & Salsaton Fusions / Choreographer and Artistic Director
Dance Fitness & Exercise: Group Fitness & Level 2 Exercise to Music NVQ / Flowetic / Zumba / Street Fit / Dancersize / Salsasize
Biography
Beki (Bex) has a huge passion for dance which shines through in all she does, along with her clear teaching abilities, technical knowledge and a sense of fun and enjoyment and has built up a long list of dancing achievements behind her. She is a qualified Dance Teacher, Salsa Teacher, and Group Fitness/Exercise to Music Teacher Level 2 NVQ. She is a qualified Flowetic Instructor, Street Fit® Instructor, Zumba® Fitness and Zumba Kids® Instructor and also holds a BA HONS in Visual Communication – Graphic Design. IDTA, ISTD, Central YMCA qualifications.
Beki always rises to a challenge and has successfully taught many couples, individuals and groups to dance, even those who claim to have no rhythm and/or two or even three left feet!
Beki has also had many successes in teaching couples and group dances, for hundreds of special occasions including Weddings, Anniversaries and other special celebrations events and occasions.
Beki has a keen interest in choreography and sees no limits or boundaries to always separate styles of dance, and therefore enjoys using the fusion of different styles in her choreography for shows, workshops and events, which make her creations, striking, impactful and inspiring, leaving lasting impressions.
Beki has been dancing since she was 3 years old and started her teaching career at the age of 17. She started teaching children aged 3 to 16 Tap, Modern, Jazz and Disco, she then went on to teach adult classes of Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop and Street Dance for a number of years.
As a qualified graphic designer too, Beki ended up taking some time out to run a graphics agency in Maidstone as their Creative Director, after being head hunted by the owner, which is when she ventured out after work and first discovered the Salsa scene in 2004. She has a long list of dancing achievements behind her. Including guest teaching appearances in London, Cambridge, Brighton and all over Kent to name a few and regularly teaches workshops at weekend and all day events. She was guest judge for a national talent show for 3 consecutive years in a row and other events. She has also choreographed and taken part in many shows, flashmobs, demonstrations, performances and musicals, large and small, including Grease, Little Shop of Horrors, Birmingham Arts Fest, 'Create', Cambridge Afro Cuban Salsa Festival, Kent Summer All Dayers, The Grand Dance Weekend, World of Dance Weekend, Baile En Sussex Monthly Dance Events. She has appeared in and choreographed many music videos for local and not so local music groups and also appeared and danced in the film ‘Cuban Fury’ starring well-known actors such as Nick Frost, Olivia Coleman, Simon Pegg, Ian McShane, Chris O'Dowd, Kayvan Novak and Rashida Jones.
Beki has taught all ages over the years and has constantly continued her studies in dance with various dance companies including DanceXchange in Birmingham, Natalias’ Dance Academy in Kent, The Place and Pineapple Dance Studios in London to name a few. She now has a huge array of dance styles which she dances and/or teaches to a high level.
Beki’s passion for dance led her to set up her own Dance Company in 2008 which is Dance Visions and this has proved to have an ever growing team of teachers, dance classes, workshops, events, and much more, she has never looked back!
“Dance is my passion and I have been lucky enough and blessed to have had the pleasure in working with lots of amazing dancers and choreographers and amazing creatives in my life, whilst being able to pursue something I love. This could be Performance, Choreography, Training, Events or regular classes in all forms of fitness and dance styles, I love them all and I love meeting new people. I look forward to many more years of giving back to people and helping them learn, enjoy and be inspired by the, fun, healing, joy, magic, passion and creativity dance can evoke inside of you.”