Originally from Barcelona, Mariona started dancing when she was 5 years old and hasn’t looked back since. Mariona had the opportunity to develop her skills as a dancer in many different dance genres during her training including Classical Ballet, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Commercial, Jazz, Contemporary and Lyrical).

Professionally trained in Performing Arts by Memory School of Performing Arts in Barcelona and trained in Contemporary Dance by Plan D Professional Contemporary Dance School in Barcelona. Mariona also owns our sister dance school, Active Dansa in Lisburn, which has been growing from strength to strength since 2017.

Mariona holds several dance teaching qualifications with renowned examination boards such as bbodance, Acrobatic Arts and I-Path, allowing our school to offer training programs of a high standard.

Registered Teacher Status with BBODANCE

  • Level 5 Diploma in Dance Teaching with BBODANCE

  • Level 4 Diploma in Dance Teaching with BBODANCE

  • Registered Teacher with International Performing Arts and Theatre (I-PATH)

  • Module 1 Certified Acrobatic Arts teacher

  • Module 2 Certified Acrotrix Teacher

  • Module 1 Certified Alixa Flexibility teacher

  • Certified Pre-School Acrobatic Arts teacher

  • Anatomy and Physiology Diploma by International Dance Teaching Association (IDTA)

  • Certified Teacher of Progressing Ballet Techniques (PBT)

  • BA Honours Degree in Journalism & Corporate Communication

  • Masters Degree in Business Management