Hayley Maree Watts

Lead R.A.D & N.Z.A.M.D Tutor

R.A.D Reg. Teacher Status, NZAMD

In 1997 Hayley joined the Southern Ballet Company as a fulltime dancer performing in numerous productions in classical ballet and contemporary. During this time Hayley discovered a love for teaching and after three years of dancing full time, she decided to pursue a career in this field.

Hayley gained qualifications at Distinction level with the Royal Academy of Dance, British Ballet Organization, and the New Zealand Association of Modern Dance and has successfully entered thousands of students in their Ballet, Jazz, and Contemporary examinations. In 2005 Hayley established special training groups for gifted and dedicated modern dance students and each year directed and produced many productions and shows for the Christchurch public.

From the experience gained from these performance groups, Hayley has had students go on to pursue professional careers in the commercial dance industry. She has also choreographed many solos and troupe dances for local and national competitions as well as television performances for What Now and local television.  As well as teaching fulltime Hayley is also an examiner for the New Zealand Association of Modern Dance and is also an experienced dance competition adjudicator, which takes her to many places across New Zealand.

Hayley is very passionate about passing on her love and knowledge of dance to her students and thrives on seeing them pursue and gain their dancing ambitions no matter how big or small.