About Caitlin
Caitlin Mackay started ballet training at the age of 4 and modern dance training at the age of 5. She began her ballet training with Ilze Louw and joined Dianne Cheesman's Cape Junior Ballet Company in 2009.
She completed her Royal Academy of Dance Advanced 2 examination with a Distinction in 2013 with Kim Day at Reddam House Dance Academy with additional training from Dianne Cheesman at UCT ballet school.
She trained in modern dance with Colleen Kitching for over 12 years, touring to the Grahamstown National Arts Festival for four different seasons. She matriculated from Herschel Girls High School in 2014 after which she spent 2014-2018 training as a full-time vocational ballet student under the instruction of Martin Schonberg.
Caitlin has performed in Cape Town City Ballet's productions of Sleeping Beauty and Coppelia, performances of 'Dancers love Dogs' and 'Dancers for Dancers', the National Dance Trust's production of 'A Spartacus of Africa' and Martin Schonberg and Adele Blanc's 'Archangel'.
Through the University of Stellenbosch, she has qualified as a Pilates instructor and has been teaching Pilates since 2017. Additionally, she is a qualified PBT trainer. She is a registered RAD ballet teacher and is completing her AIDT modern teachers qualification.
She teaches ballet, contemporary, modern, adult ballet, Pilates and barre fitness in studios all over Cape Town including Gift of Dance Durbanville, M&M Academy of Performing Arts, Debbie Lindup School of Ballet, Just Move Studios and NovaCore.