Joanne Urch

Teach Dance Fit classes using a combination of styles based on my extensive skills, and experience.

• General front-of-house duties.
• Welcoming current members and promoting the club to potential new members.
• Telephone, computer, and administrative tasks.
• Responsible for all real-time decision-making in the absence of senior management.
• Responsible for the safety and welfare of all members, and staff present in the club during my hours of work.
• Responsible for the opening and closing of the club, and monitoring safe chemical levels within the pool and spa areas.
• Key holder and site first aider.

• Since the age of 19, I have owned my own property and have over the years added to my portfolio, renovating and renting out within the Torbay area.
• I currently own and manage 6 property rentals to private tenants.

• I was employed as a dance teacher to children aged between 2 and 20 yrs. This included ballet, modern, tap, street and musical theatre. This also extended to GCSE dance to the older students.
• I choreographed for many prestigious competitions, The All England Dance Festival, Exeter, Paignton and Plymouth Dance Festival.
• I also taught under privileged children at the New Court Community Centre in Topsham, Exeter for 5 years.

• The Grand Hotel was one of the premier places to stay within the Torbay area and by far the largest and busiest of all the hotels with AA four stars and the restaurant holds an AA rosette for fine dining.
• My role was to cover the hotel reception desk, meeting and greeting guests, check-ins and check-outs, organising bookings, creating invoices and receipts, liaison with housekeeping and maintenance, restaurant and spa/beauty suite bookings and all general queries.
• I had responsibility as a fire marshal to ensure the safe evacuation of guests and colleagues in the event of an alarm.
• I was a qualified first aider and regularly called upon to deal with minor incidents.

• I was the presenter of my show, called the Bachelorette Show and involved talking through hot topics with guests and public phone ins.
• I also co-hosted the News which involved delivering the information and providing an opinion on current affairs.

• Between the ages of 18 and 30 I performed professionally as a dancer/choreographer/head girl in various productions across the world and throughout the UK.
• This included Caribbean and Mediterranean Cruises, summer seasons and pantomimes within the UK, national tours and entertaining operationally deployed UK troops overseas within warzones and foreign bases.
• Various TV work was also undertaken as a supporting actor and dancer. This included working with highly successful acts in front of large audiences.