Hannah Scott-McNeill ARAD RTS – Studio Director

Dance has been my passion since I was five years old. I studied ballet in my home town of Auckland, before leaving to study full-time in Australia.

I’m a Graduate of Dance World (Melbourne) and the New Zealand School of Dance. I was a Shell Scholar and Katrina Todd Scholarship recipient during this time, and gained the Royal Academy of Dance Solo Seal Award. I danced with the Royal New Zealand Ballet for several years and gained extensive performance experience. I am fortunate to have received excellent training and to have had invaluable mentors including: Sue Nicholls, Christine Gunn, Julia Barry, Matz Skoog, Garry Trindler, Brian Nolan and Ou Lu.

Since leaving the Company to have my two children (now young adults), I have been awarded the Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies through the Royal Academy of Dance, assisted by the Creina Gee Memorial Award. I began freelance teaching in the Wellington region from 2007 and regularly relieved classes for the NZSD Scholars before starting Wellington Ballet Studio in 2015. I find it rewarding to share my love of dance with children from when they are preschoolers, through to their teenage years.

I hope to to see Wellington Ballet Studio grow to become an asset to the community of Te Motu Kairangi, the Miramar Peninsular.