Michelle trained at Elmhurst Ballet school and danced professionally in the U.K. and abroad. On retiring from professional dance she ran a successful ballet school in Brighton, gaining Distinction in her Royal academy of Dance teaching certificate. Michelle has also taught dance in a number of successful dance academies in Australia. She is a tutor for the Royal Academy of Dance on their continued professional development programme and a Practical Teaching Supervisor, also for the R.A.D. This involves tutoring and assessing new dance teachers. She is a mutually recognised member of the I.S.T.D., fully insured and C.R.B. checked.