International Faculty Network
NZDAA's Faculty Network connects New Zealand dancers, teachers and studios with internationally recognised artists and educators. Our faculty deliver assessments, workshops, choreography and performance coaching — bringing world-stage standards directly to the New Zealand dance community.
Emily Golding-Ellis
International Choreographer | Judge
Pendu Fenix
Choreographer | Dance Educator | Movement Director
David K Bagley
International Choreographer | Master Educator
Emily Golding-Ellis is a UK-based commercial dance artist, choreographer and educator whose career spans the world's biggest stages and screens — including Netflix's Dance 100, the Brit Awards, Ed Sheeran's world tour, Rihanna's Fenty Beauty, Nike, ITV's Dancing On Ice, Bring Me The Horizon's world tour and Japan's Saitama Super Arena. She specialises in Commercial, Jazz, Hip Hop, Musical Theatre, Choreography and Freestyle, and brings industry-level standards to dancer assessment and development.
David K Bagley is a US-based director, choreographer and master educator holding an MFA in Dance Performance & Choreography from the University of Arizona. His teaching career spans New York's Broadway Dance Center, Peridance and the Joffrey Ballet School, and Los Angeles' EDGE Performing Arts Center, alongside a guest master instructor role at the University of Hawai'i. As a performer and director his credits include world tours with Bad Boys of Ballet, install direction and choreography for Celebrity Cruises, and choreography for Audi's global model launches in Beijing and Shanghai. He is a national competition adjudicator and co-founder of PUSH Dance Intensive.
Pendu Fenix is a US-based interdisciplinary dance artist, choreographer and educator with over 25 years of professional experience teaching and performing across more than 30 countries. Holding a Master's degree in Kinesiology, she brings evidence-based, injury-aware pedagogy to dancer development. Her career spans guest faculty roles with Boston Ballet Summer Intensives, teaching artistry with Cirque du Soleil's arts education programme, international festivals and residencies across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, and extensive adjudication experience at national and regional dance competitions.