Meet The Teachers

Hi! My name is Elisa Reinerio and I moved to London over 10 years ago to follow the love of my life, who then became my husband and the father of my two boys.

I started dancing at the age of 6 in a local ballet school back in Italy. My passion for dance came at once, and I wanted to practice almost every day. At the age of 15, I started teaching ballet to children from two to 10 years old and I loved it!

But as I got older and started working, dance took less of a central role in my life.

Claudia is a French native, in her mid-thirties, who started studying jazz dance in Paris 20 years ago. She subsequently qualified with Gold Medal as a professional dancer and performed some years as a soloist in a Junior Jazz Ballet Company.

Partisan of the “Universality” of dance and willing to explore further, Claudia decided to go back to school and develop herself in contemporary dance. She was lastly seen on stage in 2016 in Normandy and in Paris.

Claudia loves argentine tango and met her husband in an abrazo. Together they spent nights dancing in Parisian ballrooms, performed for private events and taught in different places.

Jazz, Tango, Ballet, Contemporary… this is where the Universality of dance resides. Anytime, anywhere, anyhow, movement is life and translates in infinite concepts: Connections, freedom, mindfulness, emotions…

Claudia is a certified Barre&Baby teacher and mum of Isaure, a one year old little girl, who will be assisting her during Barre&Baby classes.

“Pregnancy and motherhood are paramount times in life when mothers focus on their bodies, emotions, changes… times of sensitivity and creativity… It is also a magical time when dance helps reconnecting with oneself by creating great opportunities to discover the multiple benefits of an interaction with our babies as well as with other mums.”

Claudia will be teaching Pregnancy and Mum&Baby Ballet classes every Monday in Canada Water SE16.

Danielle started dancing at 3 years old and never stopped! Her love of dancing led to a degree in contemporary dance gaining a 2.1 BA Honours from the University of Chichester. Since graduating Danielle has performed with The London Cheerleaders and Nonsuch History and Dance Company. Danielle also discovered a passion for teaching, in particular, introducing children under seven to ballet, street dance, musical theatre and drama. A love for children and a desire to learn more about motherhood, led to Danielle discovering Barre&Baby. She immediately realised it would be the perfect fit and six months later became a Barre&Baby teacher!

Jaye has studied and performed dance in London and Los Angeles. She took up dance teaching after an intensive period learning jazz methods from LA-based choreographer Bill Brown, and qualified (with honours) as a Ballroom and Latin American dance teacher in 2014.
As a student she competed nationwide in Dancesport for two years, specialising in Latin American styles and collecting a crateful of medals and trophies (which she recently threw out because they were cluttering her attic!) She has since taught lift-tastic partner work for performance, wedding dances, and provided movement coaching and choreography for stage and music videos.
Jaye is a certified Barre&Baby teacher, with a special interest in postnatal recovery. She is mum to a six-year-old daughter and a baby boy, Axel.

Jaye will be teaching Pregnancy and Mum&Baby Ballet classes every Thursday in Crouch End.
She will be accompanied by her supportive teacher Axel, who has been joining Barre&Baby classes since he was a few weeks old in the womb!

Ilaria started dancing when she was 5 years old and her passion led her to experiment many different types of dance: ballet, contemporary, modern, aerial silk, latin dance and kizomba. She studied and graduated in Psychology and Health at University in Rome.
Ilaria is an auntie to four children, who she considers the most incredible gift her sister and her brother could ever give to her. Through them, she had the amazing possibility to deeply discover pregnancy and motherhood and she started reading books, talking with midwives and doulas in order to nurture her spontaneous interest in “mothering”. When she discovered Barre&Baby she knew that’s what she wanted in life: in just few months she decided to leave everything in Rome and come to London to train as a Barre&Baby teacher! After an year of sharing the love in London, Ilaria has decided to be the first seed of Barre&Baby in Italy and she’s now head back to her home town Rome to share the love of Barre&Baby.

“I am truly in love with what I do. Creating a welcoming and nourishing space for the mums, dancing and sharing the class with them makes me feel in the right place in the world!”