Rebecca Gray

Director

Rebecca is the owner and director of Rebecca Gray Dance. Rebecca has 25 years of dance experience in Ballet, Jazz and Hip hop. Rebecca has completed all levels of RAD Ballet and NZAMD Jazz and now examines for the APDA Urban Ignition Syllabus. Rebecca set up RGD Studios in 2010 with the goal of creating a positive and uplifting environment for students to excel in dance.

Ashley Medcalfe

Hip Hop Teacher & Crew Manager

Ashley has been a trained dancer since she was 5 with a background in Modern Jazz, Tap and Hiphop. She then pursued Hip hop extensively dancing with triple8funk dance company, freshmans and IDCO. Ashley has a wealth of experience in Hip Hop competitions and leads the competition crews at RGD

Brodie Record

Hip Hop Teacher

Brodie has been a part of the NZ street dance scene for 9 years. Within this time she has won 4 medals at the World Hip Hop Championships with the Royal Family Dance Crew. During her 6 years at the Palace Dance Studio she was lucky enough to travel to Los Angeles and compete on the televised dance competition World Of Dance with Mini RQ. . In teaching, Brodie aims to create a fun, supportive space for every student to push them to be the best version of themselves in and out of the studio.

Caitlin Walker

Jazz Teacher

Caitlin has trained in Jazz, Ballet, Musical Theatre, Tap, Irish Dance, Contempary, Hip Hop and Latin Dance. She was successfully accepted to Brent Street Studios in 2015 where she completed her Diploma of Musical Theatre. Caitlin has worked as both a teacher and as a choreographer for the APDA syllabus, with a wealth of experience spanning over 10 years. Caitlin hopes to inspire the same love for dance that she was given from her teachers as a student

Tim Hoskins

Jazz & Contemporary Teacher

Tim has trained in Jazz, Ballet, Musical Theatre, Tap, Commercial and Contemporary. Tim completed a Cert IV in Dance at Brent Street in Sydney. He has sat JazzAddict dance exams to Solo Seal and is now an examiner for the APDA syllabus. Tim loves to see his students flourish and strive to be the best that they can be.

Emma Wildman

Hip Hop Teacher

Emma has trained in ballet for 10 years at Devonport School of Dance, yet quickly fell in love with HipHop, commercial and choreography styles.
She has competed at a high level as part of the of Identity Dance Company, attending competitions in the US, Mexico and Australia and placing 4th in the Hip Hop World Champs.
Emma has been teaching Hip Hop since she was 17 and has a passion for choreography. Emma wants to see students successfully ‘win-within’ their heart before anything else and find confidence they never knew they had

Shalom Teikamata

Hip Hop Teacher

Coming Soon

Dan-Yel James

Contemporary Teacher

Coming Soon

Jenna Whiteman

Hip Hop Teacher

Jenna has been dancing since she was 4 years old, and in the past 12 years has trained in Jazz and Contemporary, but with a focus towards Hip Hop. She has been following the APDA Urban Ignition syllabus from Level 1, and is now focusing on her competitive dance training. Jenna hopes to provide an environment in which students can learn and grow, but most importantly have fun and find their passion for dance too.

Tiare Hansen

Hip Hop Teacher

Tiare has over 10 years of dance experience and has been trained in both jazz and hip-hop. She has trained with the APDA urban ignition syllabus but for the past few years has been heavily focused on dancing competitively with hip hop at a national level. Tiare has a love for teaching and aims to create an environment for students to not only grow and develop their skills, but also to have fun and strive for their best.

Nikita Deuchar

Jazz Teacher

Nikita has been trained in Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary and Hiphop. She trained in RAD for Ballet and NZAMD for Jazz. Nikita also works as an early childhood teacher and has a Bachelor of Teaching in ECE. Nikita has a great passion for dance and working with children and is so happy that she gets to bring those two passions together at RGD Studio. She also really enjoys being a dance mum with her two children that also attend RGD Studio.

Helen Black

Studio Coordinator

Helen has a background in retail and real estate marketing and in more recent years has spent her time raising her family. Having grown up as a dancer and having 3 children who dance at RGD Studio, Helen is passionate about the dance industry and loves being involved in life at the studio. She loves to see our dancers and their families enjoying their time at the studio and finding their thing!