About Us

Artists and educators Nick and Kasia have drawn on their experience in teaching, informed by Montessori, Dalcroze and Kodály, to create a new class designed to connect music and movement in a joyful way.

 

With clear structure and repetition, children begin to feel a sense of order and security. Through improvisation, they are invited to experiment, make choices, respond in their own way and express themselves freely.

 

The class supports children in developing freedom of movement, creative confidence, and early musical and dance skills, including sensing the pulse, exploring rhythm and responding to changing tempos. It helps to nurture a connection between children and their carers that extends to the other families in the group.

 

Here, learning is an embodied, sensory and self-directed process. We meet each child exactly where they are - curious, capable and ready to move.

 

‘Kasia is remarkably caring and perceptive, balancing her focus between the needs of the parents and children while expertly guiding the group’s physical movement. Nick is like a magician, captivating the room every time he unveils and plays a new instrument, and introducing songs and rhymes that engage everyone like a gifted storyteller.’

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Nicholas Hann

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Nik studied classical saxophone at Guildhall, and was awarded a first class honours. The breadth of music is his biggest motivation: learning the bagpipes, shakuhachi, sheng and whistle allows him to discover music from many different cultures and share this experience with the children he teaches.

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Kasia Ustowska-Gmerek

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Kasia is a graduate of the State Ballet School (Gdańsk, Poland), the Northern School of Contemporary Dance (BA Hons & Postgraduate Diploma), and the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (MA in Contemporary Dance Education). With over ten years working in Montessori schools, Kasia brings a unique perspective on combining dance education with Montessori principles.