About us and where to find us
About us and where to find us
movement-connects.com
We are a married couple from Taffs Well and are both Dance and Pilates teachers. We are happy to be able to offer you two different but related disciplines, to help keep both the mind and body fit and agile in enjoyable ways regardless of age or previous experience.
Caroline Mouncher
Fellow - National Association of Teachers of Dancing (NATD)
Went to her first Dance lesson in at the age of three. Studied at the London School of Classical Dance on a three year full-time vocational training course learning a wide variety of dance and related subjects. Graduated as a teacher qualified in the Cecchetti method of ballet and worked for them as a children's ballet teacher at their junior school.
Robert Mouncher
Licentiate - National Association of Teachers of Dancing(NATD)
Started dancing at the age of 17 in Cardiff then trained full-time at the Arts Educational School for two years, and the Central School of Ballet for a final year. He became a professional dancer and worked in theatrical productions in Jersey, Manchester and Swansea, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and with the National Youth Music Theatre.
They met in London when Rob was working as a dancer and Caroline was teaching Ballet. After they married they moved from London to Cardiff, Rob re-trained in Sports Massage and Reflexology and Caroline continued to teach children's dance classes.
When they decided to work together as a dance couple in the 1990s they studied new dance styles, becoming Ballroom and Latin American teachers with the NATD.
They have taught dance together in Cardiff since 1995 and started out by working for the late Harry Marks who trained them as his apprentices, whilst also teaching for Cardiff County Council, Viva, Living Well, The Metropolitan Club and the University of Glamorgan. They have led dance holidays for HF Holidays Ltd., and in 2002 were dance professionals on the "QE2" cruise-liner.
They started their own dance business in 1997/98 and have built it up from a single dance class, shortly after adding mat work Pilates classes to the timetable as well.
Their Dance teaching qualifications are in Ballroom, Latin American Dance and Country & Western Dance. Caroline is a Ballet teacher and a Freestyle Dance teacher too.
Their Pilates mat work qualifications are with the Body Control Pilates Association ® (BCPA). Rob was one of the first Pilates mat work instructors to work in Wales. He has taught his mat classes since 2000 and Caroline has been teaching Pilates here since 2006.
Both later completed a comprehensive Studio teacher training with Gordon Thomson and Ellie Ioannidou in Pilates Reformer, Cadillac and Chair apparatus from 2009 to 2013. They qualified to teach Studio work after completing their training with Gordon Thomson's Body Control Pilates ® Organisation Ltd.
They opened The Pilates Studio Rhiwbina in 2015 to teach Pilates apparatus work as well as continue to teach their mat classes.
Having taught a wide variety of movement related classes over many years, now they concentrate on teaching adults both Pilates, and Ballroom and Latin American social dancing in Cardiff. What ever they are teaching they aim to bring out the best of their client's movement potential in enjoyable and rewarding ways.
Telephone 029 20813696 email robert.caroline.mouncher@movement-connects.com
Classes for Adults in Ballroom and Latin American Dance, Pilates mat work and Pilates Reformer/ Cadillac / Chair