Teachers

Jacqui Roberts - Founder/Creative Director

Jacqui Roberts began her dance training in the UK at the age of 6 at Margaret Watson Dance School in Hull, East Yorkshire, before taking up full time training at The Hammond School and The Royal Ballet School. She gained qualifications in both ISTD and RAD ballet, modern, tap dance and national dance. She also won the Ruby Ginner Award for Greek Dance. She became a frequent visitor to Pineapple Dance Studios (London, UK) learning jazz and hip-hop dance from some of the world's best teachers and choreographers. After gaining a degree from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, she moved to Hong Kong in 2002, teaching RAD ballet, jazz and tap dance. In 2004, she became a registered teacher with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (London, UK). In 2005, she founded Red Shoe Dance Company and is both the creative director and principal teacher and choreographer.

Giselle Liu

Giselle Liu was raised in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada where she began dance training at the age of three. From those early beginnings, Giselle has explored many forms of dance including jazz, hip hop, modern, lyrical, ballet, contemporary, and Chinese dance. Her awards include the title of Canadian Dancer of the Year, as well as a Senior British Columbia Provincial Winner for Modern Dance. Her passions encompass performing, choreography and dance education. Giselle has worked in the film industry, completing a picture with Saturday Night Live alumni Chris Ketan entitled, “Totally Awesome.” Her goals are to continue with teaching, choreography and performing while exploring projects internationally. Giselle recently completed her Bachelor of Arts degree for dance at the University of Calgary (2008). She joins Red Shoe Dance Company in September 2008.

Rachel Nowosad

Rachel Nowosad began her dance training at the age of 8, performing and competing throughout North America in regional and national dance competitions before finally graduating from Canada’s No. 1 Arts High School, Canterbury, where she specialised in ballet and contemporary and modern dance. She began her teaching career preparing students for ballet, jazz and tap dance competitions whilst completing a course in Professional Esthetics and Make-up Artistry from Versailles Academy, Ottawa with honours. She moved to Hong Kong in 2005 to establish herself a dance teacher and choreographer in modern dance, teaching freestyle jazz, ballet, modern, contemporary and tap dance to children and teenagers as well as creating original and exciting choreography for events in Hong Kong. She joins Red Shoe Dance Company in September 2008.

Ben Yeung

Ben Yeung has been dancing for over 10 years, earning his first 'Best Dancer' award at the age of 17. Both an outstanding performer and choreographer, Ben won the world's first Hollaback Crew Dance Competition in Singapore and went on to lead his 17-member team on tour throughout Asia and Europe for the Singapore Tourism Board. He has performed as lead dancer at several live music concerts and continues to perform and conduct workshops for live events and television throughout Asia. Ben is also a talented actor and musician. He has featured in several films and TV Dramas in Hong Kong and Singapore and also released a solo album "The First Step" which was released in Singapore in 2004 and allowed him to tour over 30 cities in 9 different countries. A very talented drummer, Ben set up a music school in Hong Kong where he teaches the drums, dance and performance workshops. He joined Red Shoe Dance Company in October 2007.

Angela Shiu-Lewis

Angela Shiu-Lewis grew up in Hong Kong and began her dance training at Jean M Wong School of Ballet (Hong Kong) before travelling the world to continue and diversify her training at some of the world's best dance institutions including the Broadway Dance Center (New York), Peridance International Dance School (New York), Stanley Holden Dance Center (Los Angeles, California), Bella Kovarsky School of Dance (Toronto, Canada), Beijing Dance Academy (Beijing, China), and Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts (Hong Kong). In 2000, she moved to Saudi Arabia and became the Founder and Director of Dancerabia (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia) creating an after-school dance program at the American School of Dubai, and establishing herself as a teacher and choreographer of classical ballet and jazz dance. In 2006, she became a registered teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance (London, UK) before moving to Hong Kong with her husband and 3 children. She joined Red Shoe Dance Company in May 2008.