Miss Claire BA (Hons) LRAD ISTD CDE ISTD DDE DIP BBO RTS QTLS
Miss Claire – Principal. She / her
Miss Claire trained at the Royal Academy of Dance gaining her BA (Hons) in the Art and Teaching of Ballet and Licentiate for excellence in ballet teaching. She has a Certificate of Dance Education and a Diploma in Dance Education from the ISTD and a Diploma in Dance from the British Ballet Organization. She is a qualified to teach Acotrix Acro.
Miss Claire has been teaching for twenty years in London and New York. She has taught with Tring Park School for Performing Arts. She has taught at Italia Conti Theatre School, London Theatre School and was a Choreographer at The National Youth Ballet. Whilst living in New York Claire worked as a Teacher with Rockland Youth Dance; her students starred in Broadway's Mary Poppins.
As a Choreographer Claire has devised a version of Petrushka for the Wimbledon Music Festival, making innovative use of puppets and projections and working with dancers from ENB, Matthew Bourne and Rambert.
Claire has been a Mentor for trainee teachers on the Royal Academy of Dance's Professional Dancers Teaching Certificate. Claire regularly has trainee teachers with the ISTD assist her to complete the teaching hours need to gain the Diploma in Dance Education.
Claire has her DBS check, first aid, safeguarding training and chaperones licence.
Miss Yasmin - BA (Hons) Teacher She / her
Miss Yasmin studied at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance gaining a BA (Hons) in Contemporary Dance. Prior to that she studied at the Royal Academy of Dance.
Yasmin has previous choreography experience, supporting a local junior school with their performances at the Epsom Playhouse for several years. She is a freelance teacher across Lonson.
Yasmin has her DBS, First Aid, Chaperones License and is Safeguarding trained.