Tamsin Carreck first began dance classes at the age of four in Doncaster, England. She started taking exams in RAD ballet, ISTD Modern Theatre, ISTD Tap, ISTD National Dance and ISTD Imperial ballet at the age of six. She performed in many dance competitions, including the All England Dance competition, where she received medal placing. As a child, Tamsin had the honour of studying under ballet masters such as Ronald Emblem, Brenda Last, and national dance expert Robert Harrold. When Tamsin turned 11, she received a scholarship from the Royal Academy of Dance to train under Louise Browne. Tamsin held this scholarship until 16, when she was accepted into the three-year dance pedagogy course at the Northern Ballet School, Manchester, England. There, Tamsin studied ballet, modern, jazz, contemporary, tap, and national dance. At 17, Tamsin received her ISTD Associate in Imperial ballet and then received her ISTD Associates in national dance and modern theatre. While at the Northern ballet school, Tamsin also studied music concerning the dance studio, child psychology, history of dance, choreography, Laban notation, Benesh notation, and anatomy at the University of Manchester. Tamsin also holds an Advanced level dance certificate with the British Board of Education, her RAD teaching certificate, and RAD written dance anatomy and history exams. In 2014, Tamsin obtained her Tier 1 certification with Shumka’s Syllabus for Ukrainian Dance.
In 1997, Tamsin moved to Greece to teach at the Mistsi Laoudi School of Dance in Volos. One year later, Tamsin moved to Canada to teach at Dancin’ Kids in Slave Lake, Alberta. Tamsin spent three years in Slave Lake, where she met her husband and moved to Hinton, Alberta, in 2001. Tamsin taught at the Hinton School of Dance and the Hinton Vesna Dancers for 12 years. Tamsin and her family moved to the Edmonton area in 2013, where she teaches for Shumka School of Dance, Studia Shumka and the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers. In 2020 Tamsin was offered the position of a Royal Academy of Dance mentor, allowing her to train and mentor future RAD ballet teachers.
