Principal

Louise trained in RAD Ballet and NATD Tap, but went on to pursue a successful career in the commercial field.

Dancing with incredible artists which include Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, 

Ne-Yo, Robbie Williams, Black Eyed Peas just to name a few.
Dancing and co-choreographing on tours such as all the JLS arena tours and appearing on TV Shows such as, The MTV Awards, Brit Awards, X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent.

Louise turned her passion for dance to teaching and has choreographed Gold medal winning numbers at The All England Dance finals.

Louise is a fully certified Acrobatic Arts coach and teaches our extremely popular flexibility and strengthening classes.

Louise has also recently become the Dance coach for The England Gymnastics Squad.

And is a registered teacher for the UDO Street dance exam syllabus.

Principal 

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After graduating from Performers College, Jody went on to pursue her professional dancing career, landing her first role as a dancer and understudy Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street. Soon after Jody toured in various musical productions in the UK and Ireland and later around the world on the cruise ship Aurora. After returning to the UK, Jody has appeared as a backing dancer for numerous artists and music videos.  However, it was not until she started to teach and choreograph, that she found this was her true love. Since she started teaching in 2002, Jody has entered pupils into various dance festivals and competitions, winning countless awards for choreography. Jody has trained ISTD Janet Cram and Marjorie Davies Winners, as well leading the way in getting schools to top rankings in the country with her choreography for All England Dance National finals and Team England in The Dance World Cup. Winning numerous Gold medals for solos and Groups across all genres from classical, tap and modern through to musical theatre. Jody was principal at the very successful Dance Design Theatre Arts.

Head Of Ballet

ISTD RAD

Bridget started dancing at the age of 3 and has trained in multiple styles having completed her Advanced 2 exams in RAD Ballet, and both ISTD Modern and Tap. Bridget is originally from Australia and after graduating High School, went on to study full time dance at Ettingshausens Pro in Sydney Australia. Since then, she has completed several overseas dance contracts appearing in Music Videos, Movies and other large scale events, some highlights include; working with Frank Gatson, Beyonces' choreographer, Will Smith and performing at Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopras' wedding.

 

On her return to Australia, Bridget continued her dance teaching studies and has since completed multiple teaching qualifications with the ISTD including her Licentiate Ballet and Associate Diploma in both Modern and Tap. Bridget Is extremely passionate about dance and passing on her love to the upcoming generation of dancers. Bridget is very excited to be moving to the UK to share her passion.

Head of contemporary 

Head of Contemporary

Amber was a former student of Jody and Louise's before going on to train at Bodyworks college.

Amber has a wealth of experience in a variety of genres and this is extremely beneficial to our students. Amber has proven to be an exceptional choreographer and we are delighted to have her as part of our competition team. Amber excelled in her contemporary work and teaches contemporary and lyrical styles, weekly at Ignite.

 

Alongside teaching Amber is still currently pursuing her own career including music videos for Eleni C and is working with her on her current promotional shows.

Head of Musical Theatre dept

Lara has just graduated from Arts Ed where she has trained for the past four years in Musical theatre. 

As a child Lara appeared in several west end shows including Shrek the musical, Matilda the musical (where she played the title role of Matilda), Gypsy the musical and The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4. Alongside working in the west end Lara has also voiced several characters for kids animation, some being “64 zoo lane” and “Wanda and the alien”.

 

Lara has trained in all styles of dance from the age of four and has competed for AED where she gained a bursary for her time at Arts Ed. 

 

As well as now auditioning professionally Lara teaches from the ages of two and up. Lara has been teaching across London for the past five years and has choreographed for competitive work and helped many children achieve their dreams of being on the west end stage via private coaching.

Lyrical/MT Jazz - jazz tech

After ten years performing professionally in the industry- credits include UK Tours, Cruise ships, panto, opera and TV, Josie now works full time as a freelance choreographer, adjudicator and teacher, offering workshops and setting choreography for professional schools, colleges and associate programmes worldwide. She is part of the faculty for the UK’s biggest touring dance convention ‘Can You Dance’, was the runner up in American Artist Blake McGrath’s worldwide choreography competition and a Headliner for ‘MOVE IT!’ 2023. She most recently choreographed ‘Dick Whittington’ for Evolution Productions, for which she has been nominated for ‘Best Choreography’ at the British Pantomime Awards and was an international mentor for the ‘RISE performance experience’ in Melbourne Australia, for the third time.

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