MEET OUR TEAM
Where the Passion Begins
EFTYCHIA KARAMOUTA Owner
ART DIRECTION/CHOREOGRAPHER/DANCER
Connect Dance Academy was created with a simple but powerful purpose: to bring people together through the love of dance, creating a space where everyone feels welcome, inspired and connected. As the Founder and Owner, Eftychia believes that dance is not only an art form, but a journey of discipline, confidence, self-expression and personal growth. Every class is an opportunity to learn, challenge yourself, build meaningful connections and discover something new about who you are. Her goal is for every person who walks into her classes to leave with something valuable, feeling stronger, more confident, more connected to themselves and, most importantly, excited to come back and continue the journey.
CLARA ROXANNE (CHEVALLERAU)
BALLET/MUSICAL THEATRE/STREET DANCE TEACHER/SINGING/CHOREOGRAPHER/DRAMA
Passionate about music and art since very young, Clara starts training in dancing and singing with various academies before joining the ACMGE in Geneva. Thereafter, she completes a course at the ICMT before getting a First Class Honours Degree BA (Hons) at the Urdang Academy in London. Throughout those years, she has worked with several choreographers such as Drew McOnie, Ainsley Ricketts, Stuart Rogers, Dean Lee and Neo Flo. She was also cast in a workshop production of Soldier led by Base Dance Studios in 2020.
She participated in various projects as a performer such as The Greatest Showman - The Spectacular Concert (ensemble/understudy Charity Barnum - Geneva), In The Heights (Carla/understudy Vanessa - London), Merrily We Roll Along (Gussie Carnegie - London), Guillaume Tell, La Nation En Heritage (Cacilia - Switzerland), West Side Story (Maria - Switzerland). She also joined the International Tour of Bobby Cronin & Friends in 2017 and appeared as a singer for Alice Fearn: Where I've Been & Where I'm Going. She also worked as a choreographer for Best of Broadway directed by Ylan Assefy-Waterdrinker in 2018.
JANA POPE
HEELS, COMMERCIAL
MICHAELA BROWN
STREET DANCE, TAP, JAZZ, MUSICAL THEATRE
Michaela started her performing Journey in her childhood. She would perform in a children's Musical once a year during Easter. Later on, as a 14 year old, she saw "My fair Lady" and fell completely in Love with Musical Theatre. Soon after she started taking Dance classes, determined to make her Dream of Performing a reality. She managed to go to Drama School in Switzerland and London and during that time got a Dance Teacher Diploma as well. Michaela worked as a Performer in various Productions and is excited to pass on what she has learnt to her students.