Gareth’s Background

Gareth was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. Growing up, he found a passion for dance, which led him to emigrate to London at the age of 16 to pursue a career in professional dance and musical theatre. 

After achieving his qualifications, Gareth then went on to tour the world with musical theatre and worked in dance across television and stages in the UK. Alongside his work in the arts, Gareth found a love for teaching Barre and started working at London’s first boutique barre studio, Barrecore. 

Teaching barre and practicing the method became more important to Gareth as time went on and he slowly transitioned out of the arts and began working full time in the fitness space – adding personal training, Pilates, Reformer Pilates etc to his repertoire.  

What He’s Up To Now

In recent years, Gareth progressed to become the master trainer at Barrecore where he led a team of instructors across London and became a master of his craft. 

Gareth is now developing his own method and working across various studios in central London where he lives. He juggles teaching with getting his qualifications in integrative humanistic counselling. He is fascinated by the link between movement and therapy and how they can work in tandem. His mission is for people to become more aware of themselves through movement and to ultimately improve their quality of life from the inside out. 

How Aoife & Gareth Met

Nearly 4 years ago now, Aoife was in London with Brendan on a work trip. She was trying out different studios and classes as part of her own personal development. She did a 6.30am Barrecore class in Chelsea with Gareth. To this day, it is still the best Barre class Aoife has ever done. She was equally humbled and inspired by Gareth’s teaching, style, warmth and overall charisma. He made the most challenging class feel fun and accessible to all.

They spoke briefly after the class and Aoife followed Gareth on social media. She has been inspired by his journey since.

As TPP has grown, we want to keep adding value for our members and we really feel the best way to do that is to bring you additional classes from some of the best instructors there is; true masters of their craft. That is exactly what Gareth is. Barre, when taught by an expert, is really unique. You move to a tempo that will challenge and humble you with the smallest of movements.

Gareth has recorded 6 incredible Barre classes for the TPP platform. They are tough classes, but not without modifications, so you can really take the classes at your own pace.

We are launching the first class on Sunday 7th of December and the remainder will be part of our January Challenge. We cannot wait for our TPP community to experience what a true, expert led Barre class is really like.