12/09/2026
Miss Goût 🩷 it was her time to dance with the angels.
A teacher who absolutely changed my life.
There are people who come into your life and leave an imprint that never goes away. Miss Goût was one of those people for me.
She took me under her wing, shared her incredible knowledge and introduced me to my amazing IDTA family. Something I will always be grateful for.
She also pushed me to grow my own ballet school, to believe in what I was building and to keep raising my standards. So much of Emma Del Monaco LLB has been shaped by the people who challenged me, and she was absolutely one of them.
She pushed me out of my comfort zone and, when I doubted myself, she had a wonderful way of making me get over myself and get on with it! 😂
I’ll never forget my Royal Ballet School teaching audition. I was nervous, overthinking everything and questioning whether I was good enough. She basically told me to stop doubting myself and get on with it.
And I did.
That was Miss Goût. A teacher very much of her generation. Honest. Direct. Unfiltered. Occasionally a very hard pill to swallow! 😂 But underneath it all was an extraordinary teacher who wanted you to become better than you thought you could be.
Her legacy is enormous — through her students, their students, the teachers she inspired, the IDTA family she brought together, and the incredible syllabus she created that will continue to train dancers for generations.
I still hear her voice in my classes sometimes. Little pieces of her knowledge, her standards and her corrections passed on from teacher to student.
So much of her is still here. 🩷
Thank you, Miss Goût, for taking me under your wing, for pushing me, challenging me, believing in me when I was busy doubting myself, and for helping shape the teacher, the school and the person I am today.
Dance with the angels. Your legacy will live on in all of us. 🩷