Emma Trentman has been teaching Highland Dancing for 28 years. She is a certified teacher through the British Association of Teachers of Dancing and a judge through the Royal Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing. She has taught in a variety of dance schools, including the Gail Bacon Scottish Highland Dancers, the Thistle Dancers, and the Mid-Michigan Highland Dance Academy. During her competitive career, Emma represented the Eastern Region at the United States National Championships four times, and successfully competed throughout the Eastern and Midwestern Regions of the United States. Emma moved to Albuquerque in 2012, and founded Highland Dance Albuquerque to share her love of Highland Dancing. Highland Dance Albuquerque students have represented the Southwest Region at the United States National Championships, and competed successfully across the United States.
Emily Moog joined Highland Dance Albuquerque in 2023. From 2014-2022, Emily was an assistant instructor at the Thistle and Heather Highland Dancers of Chicagoland under the direction of Nancy Strolle. Emily holds Member certification in both Highland and National branches from the British Association of Teachers of Dancing (BATD).
Heather Morris (Fellow, BATD; Member, SDTA) is a dedicated Highland Dance educator with over 30 years of experience and a Fellowship in the Highland Branch of the British Association of Teachers of Dancing (BATD). She is grateful for her long history in Vermont, where she led the Highland and Irish programs at Green Mountain Performing Arts before passing the torch to her former students and relocating to New Mexico.
Throughout her career, Heather has been honored to support her students as they have reached incredible milestones—from local stages to the United States Inter-Regional Championships and International Tattoos in Edinburgh, Moscow, and Australia and more. Whether her students are dancing for competition or creative fulfillment, Heather’s heart remains in the studio, where she focuses on the steady process of building the technical mastery and discipline that transform into lifelong skills and a passion for movement.