Emma Franklin Bell

Emma Franklin Bell comes from a strong background in dance, performing arts, writing, training and presenting. As a dance teacher Emma has coached and mentored hundreds of young dancers to achieve their goals in RAD exams, concerts, eisteddfods and showcases.

Emma’s passion for dance and movement as a necessary part of a child’s early development comes from over two decades of involvement in the industry as a dancer, teacher, choreographer, assessor, reviewer and interviewer.

As a dancer Emma was privately coached and mentored by the top teachers in Australia including Tanya Pearson OAM, Marie Walton-Mahon, Sheila Laing and John Byrne. Emma trained full-time through to advanced levels in the RAD and Russian Vagonova methods.

In 2002 alongside running her own dance school, Emma founded Whimsicality Productions – Children’s Parties and discovered a love of tiny tots, storytelling and the imagination, not realising then that nearly a decade later she would draw all those skills together to create a dynamic, interactive, imaginative dance program for children aged 3 – 7 years old.

Emma has written curriculum for dance teachers at the Australian Dance Institute and holds a Certificate of Dance Teaching from Queensland University of Technology. She also holds a VET Diploma of Presentation Skills, SpeakersBank Accreditation, a VET Diploma of Business (Entertainment and Music Management), the Cert IV in Training and Assessment (TAE) and is completing a Bachelor of Communication Double Major (Screen Studies and Creative Writing).