'It was my first time flying, which was an amazing experience! I want to fly again and hope to have more opportunities like this in the future. I feel so inspired by the Young Leaders I have met from around the world, and I have developed so much as a coach from my time at City Football Schools. Reflecting on the whole experience, Selva, one of the Young Leaders from Mumbai, India, said: “The Etihad Youth Leadership Experience has been incredible. I love what I do and really do have the best job in the world.’ – Tash LongstaffĬ2999 to have a chat about how we can capture your unique dance story.The Young Leaders – from Manchester, Melbourne, Mumbai, New York City and Bandung – spent the week developing as community football coaches at City Football Schools and enjoyed many highlights of what Abu Dhabi has to offer as a leading cultural destination.Ī standout moment of the experience was a visit to Etihad Airways HQ for an interactive workshop on leadership inspired by the airline’s ‘Grow with Etihad – Leadership Excellence Programme’. Each day I get to immortalise each dancer’s own personal story, inner beauty and passion by combining so many of my own passions for both them and their families to treasure forever. ‘True beauty comes from within, dance enables us to share our inner beauty with the world.

Her artistic talent doesn’t just stop at photography, lighting, posing and dance, Tash is also and incredible qualified professional make up artist and accomplished freestyle drawer. This personal experience through each stage in a dancer’s career is evident in each photo shoot, giving her the ability to not only create exquisite images of each dancer, but the relatability to bring their unique personality and dance story out in each artwork piece. Being a daughter of a respected dance coach and judge, she was lucky enough to begin her dance career at the early age of only three years old and has now been dancing over 23 years. For as long as she can remember, Tash has had a passion for all things dance. Tash has been an integral part of the DivaDance team for many years now. TASH LONGSTAFF! The face behind the camera at DivaDance photography.

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