TEACHING & LEARNING
Anna offers teaching and creative learning opportunities for dancers, musicians and curious learners at all levels, from beginners discovering SWANA dance and music for the first time to experienced artists looking to deepen their technique, musicality and understanding.
Her teaching brings together technical foundations, musicality, rhythm, improvisation, anatomical awareness and contextual understanding. She creates supportive learning environments where students can develop skills while building a deeper relationship with the traditions they are studying.
Anna teaches through regular classes, workshops, intensives, private tuition and bespoke projects, and works with individuals, groups, schools, colleges, universities, festivals and cultural organisations.
Her teaching brings together technical foundations, musicality, rhythm, improvisation, anatomical awareness and contextual understanding. She creates supportive learning environments where students can develop skills while building a deeper relationship with the traditions they are studying.
Anna teaches through regular classes, workshops, intensives, private tuition and bespoke projects, and works with individuals, groups, schools, colleges, universities, festivals and cultural organisations.
Classes, Workshops & Intensives
Join Anna for upcoming classes, workshops and intensive learning opportunities.
These may include dance technique, improvisation, musicality, finger cymbals, rhythm and percussion, or focused explorations of particular SWANA and Mediterranean traditions.
These may include dance technique, improvisation, musicality, finger cymbals, rhythm and percussion, or focused explorations of particular SWANA and Mediterranean traditions.
3-6 September, 2026
Workshops at DRUM CAMP 30th ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL
Hulver Farm, Suffolk
DETAILS & BOOKING HERE
Workshops at DRUM CAMP 30th ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL
Hulver Farm, Suffolk
DETAILS & BOOKING HERE
10-11 October, 2026
FINGER CYMBAL INTENSIVE WEEKEND
Yallar Dance Studio, Leicester
DETAILS & BOOKING HERE
Private Tuition
Anna offers one-to-one and small-group tuition in dance and percussion, tailored to each student's experience, interests and goals.
Private lessons can be particularly useful for students who want to:
Lessons can be arranged as a single session, a short course or ongoing tuition.
Interested in private tuition? Get in touch to discuss your goals and availability.
Private lessons can be particularly useful for students who want to:
- develop dance technique and musicality
- deepen their understanding of SWANA dance traditions
- develop finger cymbal technique
- explore rhythm and percussion
- prepare for a performance or project
- work on improvisation and composition
- receive focused feedback on their existing practice
- explore an area of study that is difficult to address in a larger class
Lessons can be arranged as a single session, a short course or ongoing tuition.
Interested in private tuition? Get in touch to discuss your goals and availability.
Schools, Colleges & Institutions
Anna works with schools, colleges, universities, dance organisations, festivals and cultural institutions to develop workshops and learning programmes tailored to their participants.
Sessions can be designed around:
Anna has extensive experience delivering workshops and creative learning projects for educational and community settings and can adapt activities for different ages, abilities and levels of experience.
If you are a teacher, course leader, arts organisation or institution interested in booking Anna, she would be happy to discuss your requirements and develop an appropriate programme.
Enquire about teaching or a bespoke workshop.
Sessions can be designed around:
- SWANA dance and music traditions
- rhythm and percussion
- movement and musicality
- improvisation
- cultural and historical context
- creative composition
- interdisciplinary work combining music and dance
Anna has extensive experience delivering workshops and creative learning projects for educational and community settings and can adapt activities for different ages, abilities and levels of experience.
If you are a teacher, course leader, arts organisation or institution interested in booking Anna, she would be happy to discuss your requirements and develop an appropriate programme.
Enquire about teaching or a bespoke workshop.
Bespoke Creative Learning Projects
Anna is also interested in developing longer-term creative learning projects that bring music, dance and participation together.
These can be developed in response to a particular curriculum, theme, community or artistic context and may involve a series of workshops, artist collaborations, performances, demonstrations or opportunities for participants to create their own work.
Her approach is collaborative and responsive: projects are shaped in dialogue with teachers, organisations, artists and participants so that the work is meaningful to the people involved.
Interested in developing a project together? Get in touch.
These can be developed in response to a particular curriculum, theme, community or artistic context and may involve a series of workshops, artist collaborations, performances, demonstrations or opportunities for participants to create their own work.
Her approach is collaborative and responsive: projects are shaped in dialogue with teachers, organisations, artists and participants so that the work is meaningful to the people involved.
Interested in developing a project together? Get in touch.