Here at Lucy Martin School Of Dance we take pride in having a fantastic team of experienced and passionate teachers.

Lucy Martin

Lucy began dancing in 2007, originally beginning her training in Jazz, and later training in Ballet, Tap, Lyrical and Contemporary. She joined a senior competition team in 2012 and competed with this team for 8 years - including performing at PACANZ nationals 2017, 2018 and 2019, making it to the finals in 2018 and 2019. Lucy also studied NZQA dance at Avondale College, from age 13 to when she graduated at age 17. Receiving Excellent and Merit endorsements throughout her NCEA years.

In 2015, Lucy began teaching. She has completed her Teaching Certificate III in Ballet and her Teaching Certificate IV in Dancing Teaching and Management with Ballet Australasia Limited. Lucy is also Module 1 Certified with Acrobatic Arts. Lucy has taught dancing at Cool Crew charity, specialising in dance lessons for children with special needs. She is also a qualified Personal Trainer and works part time as an F45 Coach.

In early 2017, she began teaching at Grey Lynn Dance School and in October of 2017, took over ownership from Bev Birch to continue to pursue her passion of teaching. In late 2017 the school was rebranded to Lucy Martin School Of Dance. Today she continues to teach, and has successfully expanded the school from the original 30 students over the last 7 years. The school continues to grow each term. In December 2021, Lucy took over ownership of Bev Birch School Of Dance after Bev announced her retirement. The west Auckland location trades under Lucy Martin School Of Dance.

Exams and Qualifications

BAL Teaching Certificate IV in Dance Teaching and Management

BAL Teaching Certificate III in Ballet

Certified in Acrobatic Arts Module 1

Executive Diploma In Personal Training

BAL Ballet Intermediate

BAL Tap Advanced

BAL Tap ‘N’ Beats Stage 9

BAL Jazz Advanced

RAD Ballet Advanced Foundation

JDNZ Jazz Advanced 2

NZAMD Contemporary Level 6

Currently studying Diploma in Business Management, and Certificate in Group Exercise (level 4)

Sarah Reece

Sarah grew up dancing in Auckland, New Zealand. She fell in love with dancing aged 3, and originally trained in Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Contemporary and Lyrical, completing her exams to the highest standards. She was part of the Royal New Zealand Ballet mentorship programme, and received a scholarship to The Edge Performers School in Melbourne. She has been working professionally the past 10 years with credits spanning in TV, music videos and numerous live performances. Sarah is predominantly trained in Jazz, Ballet, Heels, Contemporary, Hip Hop and other street styles. Some of her credits include Kpop Academy, Skycity, Coca Cola, NBL Breakers, Westfield, Silver Ferns and Air New Zealand. Sarah is currently working as a professional commercial dancer and choreographer, freelancing throughout Auckland, and is part of Candee Collective. Sarah is involved with dance competitions throughout New Zealand, her choreography has been performed at PACANZ nationals multiple times and was danced in the finals in 2018 and 2019. She is a competition adjudicator, where she shares her wealth of knowledge with competitors.

Sarah is delighted to be teaching for Lucy Martin School Of Dance, and to be sharing her knowledge and passion with students across a range of genres. We are thrilled to be able to give our students the opportunity to learn from Sarah.

Exams and Qualifications

BAL Ballet Advanced

BAL Jazz Advanced

BAL Tap Advanced

JDNZ Jazz Advanced 2

JDNZ Jazz Solo Seal

JDNZ Hip Hop

NZAMD Contemporary Level 6

NZAMD Contemporary Solo Seal

Lisa Walker

Lisa found her love of dance at age 5, and dance has been her passion ever since. She is constantly exploring new horizons and prides herself on continually trying to improve her dancers by educating them about their bodies, using her personal training skills to enhance the students she teaches. Lisa loves the performing arts and keeps abreast of the latest trends and enjoys bringing that to her students. She also adjudicates dance competitions around Auckland. We are so delighted to have such an enthusiastic and experienced teacher like Lisa onboard our teaching team.

Exams and Qualifications

BAL Ballet Elementary

JDNZ Jazz Major

Bachelor of Psychology from Massey University

Diploma in Nutritional Science

Registered Nutritionist

Qualified Personal Trainer

Certificate IV TAELLN (Archived)

Elizabeth Oldham

Elizabeth began learning Ballet at age 4 and has continued different dance styles throughout her life. Through her love of performing on stage in amateur theatre Elizabeth began learning Tap dance, which lead to a passion for this genre. Having completed her exams under the tutelage of Bev Birch she then obtained the BAL Certficate III in Dance Teaching (Tap). Elizabeth was then lucky enough to teach for Bev Birch School of Dance (now trading as Lucy Martin School Of Dance). Elizabeth has three children, all of whom have a strong interest in dance. Liz is an incredibly knowledgable Tap teacher and we are thrilled to have her share her knowledge and passion with our students.

Exams and Qualifications

BAL Certificate III in Dance Teaching (Tap)

BAL Tap Intermediate

BBO Ballet Elementary

Master of Social Work (Applied) (Honours) from Massey University

Bachelor of Science from University of Auckland

Grace Dunn

Grace has been dancing from the age of 3. She learnt Ballet and Jazz from our very own Lynley, Lyrical and Contemporary from Lisa, and Tap from Bev Birch. She has achieved extremely high exam results in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary and Lyrical, showing her natural ability and passion for dance. She was nominated for the inaugral BAL Ballet Scholarship (now the Audrey Ward Scholarship) and represented her studio with pride.

Grace has begun her TC4 in Dance Teaching - specialising in ballet. She attended the annual BAL Summer School Workshop gaining so much knowledge to pass on to any of her students whom she may be given the opportunity to teach. It is wonderful to have young and enthusiastic teacher joining our team, welcome Grace.

Exams and Qualifications

BAL Ballet Intermediate

BAL Ballet Junior Solo Seal

BAL Jazz Advanced

BAL Jazz Senior Solo Seal

BAL Tap Advanced

BAL Tap Junior Solo Seal

BAL Tap ‘N’ Beats Stage 8

JDNZ Lyrical Advanced Gold

NZAMD Contemporary Level 6

Currently studying Teaching Certificate 4 in Ballet with Ballet Australasia Limited

Saahi Naidu

Saahi has been dancing since she was five, originally training in Ballet and later learning Jazz and Contemporary. Saahi discovered her passion for dance when she was young, and has continued to explore and pursue her love of dance ever since. Saahi is a dance leader at Avondale College, and is currently studying her Teaching Certificate III with Ballet Australasia Limited. She has experience leading and choreographing for her classmates, and working with junior students at Lucy Martin School Of Dance. We are delighted to have Saahi on our teaching team and to help guide her as she begins her teaching journey.

Exams and Qualifications

BAL Ballet Elementary

BAL Jazz Advanced

APDA Level 8 Lucidity Contemporary

NCEA Level 1 and 2 Dance

Currently studying Teaching Certificate III with Ballet Australasia Limited