Newquay Dance Collective started in 2016 as a way to bring local dance artists together. We became a Community Interest Company in 2018 and started teaching contemporary dance and creative movement workshops in the local area.
Since then we have grown to 7 professional members who are all dance artists from the Newquay area, and completed our first Arts Council funded community dance project.
We are committed to working locally and bringing inspiring dance experiences to people in Newquay. We perform and teach workshops in schools, village halls and outdoor spaces.
NDC Professional Members
Miranda Howard
Founder and co-director of NDC.
Miranda studied Choreography at Falmouth University.
She loves teaching all ages - adults, children and even babies in slings!
She has performed with Rogue Theatre, Cscape Dance Company & SpinDrift Dance Collective & in an inter-generational piece by Luca Silvestrini.Miranda loves dancing outside and has performed & choreographed in lots of amazing locations around Cornwall like the Minack Theatre, Tehidy Woods, gardens, beaches and Newquay Orchard.
Miranda is also a piano teacher and is training in Craniosacral Therapy.
Candice Inglis
Candice graduated with a BA (hons) in Dance from Breton Hall, since then she has worked as a freelance dance artist and choreographer. Working as an artist in residence at the Bradford Playhouse and teaching in local schools.
Since returning to Cornwall, Candice has been working as a freelance dance artist alongside teaching pre-school classes through her Babyballet franchise.
Candice is excited to be part of Newquay Dance Collective and create an inclusive environment for everyone to enjoy dance and movement.
Mariana Marquez
Mariana is a choreographer originally from Argentina. Her works explore the possibilities of failure and connection as defined (and confined) by theatrical space.
Over the past 2 decades she’s presented choreography works at Dance Umbrella, The Place, Somerset House, The Free Word Centre, Bora Bora (DK), & Fabbrica Europa (IT) as well as in countless underground spaces in New York, Buenos Aires and London.
Mariana received her BA in Dance from City University of New York and a Masters in Choreography from TrinityLaban (London).
https://www.marianaluciamarquez.com/choreographer
Katie Bell
B.A Hons/CERT ED/QTLS/N.A.T.D/I.S.T.D:
Katie graduated from the University of Chichester in 2006 with a B.A. Honours Degree in Dance. After leaving university Katie returned to Kent working as a freelance dance artist and an Administrative Assistant at Loop Dance Company. Katie also worked for the Arts team at Surrey County Council performing at events including Woking Dance Festival. Katie also had the opportunity to perform in many projects with Loop Dance Company specialising in site specific performances.
Working with Loop Dance Company and Surrey County Council Katie started teaching.
Katie has been teaching dance for over 15 years, specialising in Contemporary, Jazz and Street techniques. Using her skills and knowledge from her degree which focused on contemporary dance and choreography.
She has experience choreographing for many different events including award ceremonies and full scale productions.
Katie completed her Certificate in Education from The Institute of Education, University of London in 2011.
Katie relocated to Newquay in 2016 and has since created her own dance school Bell Dance Academy based in St Newlyn East
Toni Taylor
Toni is a qualified teacher currently teaching movement and music based lessons to learners with profound and multiple learning disabilities at Truro College. Her subject specialism is Dance, graduating with a dance degree from Falmouth University in 2014. Toni then gained her 200hr yoga teacher training qualification in India followed by a children's yoga certification. With a passon for movement to support wellbeing her company WildToes Yoga and Dance offers yoga and dance classes for both children and adults with a focus on inclusivity for everyone of all abilities.
Olivia Walton
Olivia is a contemporary dancer from Cornwall, she trained in London completing a Level 3
diploma in dance at Lewisham college before moving on to train at Trinity Laban
conservatoire of Music and Dance on the BA course in contemporary dance. Since
graduating and returning to Cornwall in 202, Olivia has been getting involved in all manner
of projects across Cornwall including working for Prodigal UPG this summer as Part of the
Emergent Ensemble.
Erica Stretch
Erica gained a BA Hons in Contemporary Dance at Demontfort University. Since then she has worked as both a freelance dance teacher and secondary school teacher in Leicester and Portsmouth. She moved to Cornwall to settle with her young family 4 years ago.
Since living in Cornwall, Erica has qualified as a childrens and adults yoga instructor and runs classes in Newquay.
Erica is thrilled to be able to share her passion of dance and movement with the community through her teaching and with projects with NDC.