Ballet
Erna took her Royal Academy of Dance exams, in her hometown of Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Whilst still at school she joined the Bach ballet Group and performed in The Netherlands and abroad.
After High School, she came to London and was accepted onto the Teachers Training Course of the Royal Academy of Dance where she graduated with a Diploma and her LRAD and ARAD
After graduation she returned to the Netherlands to start teaching, however, missing London she returned to London to take the AISTD & LISTD examinations at Stella Mann College in Hampstead.
She then decided to audition, and her first professional contract was with Atmozphier Dance based in Birmingham and after this she became dance captain with the Judy Delme Dancers performing on TV and on cruise ships around the world.
After performing she decided to concentrate on teaching and started at Stella Mann College, West Street School and the Royal Academy of Dance
In 1989 she was invited to become an Examiner for the RAD and in 1996 she embarked on a dance degree at Durham University and gained her Bphil (Hons) followed by a PGCE in Dance in 2005
PGCE Bphil (Hons) LRAD ARAD AISTD LISTD
Examiner of the RAD