RAD RTS, AISTD CDE, Dip TD NBS
RAD Ambassador for the North of England.
Silver Swans Licence, PBT Registered Teacher.
Advanced Dance Medicine En Pointe safety and performance.
Miss Lisa began dancing at the age of 2 when she joined Merseyside dance & drama centre. Her talent and passion were identified and saw her progress through the years into The Royal Ballet School. Miss Lisa was offered a place at several professional dance schools throughout the UK including The Hammond and The Urdang, but her desire to teach and passion for ballet saw her undertake full time dance training and education at the Northern Ballet School. Miss Lisa continued her development and gained her teaching qualifications with the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) and The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (ISTD).
Upon graduation Miss Lisa followed her lifetime ambition to dance. Lisa has performed in The Nutcracker, Coppelia and The Sleeping Beauty. Miss Lisa also spent numerous years touring the world whilst performing as a Production dancer, for Royal Olympic Cruise Line.
More recently, Miss Lisa has become a Silver Swans ballet teacher, and a certified Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) teacher. Lisa has also studied History of Ballet, Anatomy and Child Psychology.
Miss Lisa is First Aid Qualified, Psychological First Aid Qualified & completed training as a designated safeguard lead.
Miss Lisa is the RAD Regional Ambassador for the North of England and attends termly meetings at the headquarters in London.
Miss Lisa has successfully completed Dance Medicine Advanced Dance Medicine and En pointe safety and Performance courses, nutrition for dancers.
Miss Lisa is passionate about dance training and ensuring that all students learn in a safe and nurturing environment where they can thrive.
Miss Lisa has recently opened her own pointe clinic, where she conducts pre pointe and pointe assessments, advises on pointe training and fits pointe shoes.
Chantelle started her dancing career at the age of 3 at a local dancing school, where she studied Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap and National. Upon leaving school at the age of 16 she gained a place at a performing arts college where she gained a GNVQ and a NVQ in performing arts. She has also engaged in a number of professional works in such theatres as the Liverpool Empire, she has also appeared in a number of commercial music videos.
Chantelle attended North Liverpool Dance Academy where she undertook a 3 year teaching course. During these years Chantelle completed her teacher training in Tap, Modern and National whilst also being involved in numerous shows and performances in such places as Disneyland Paris, Her Majesty’s Theatre in the West End, as well as gaining a number of teaching posts around Liverpool.
In 2005 she commenced her teaching post at Aspirations Theatre School teaching Modern, Tap, Jazz and Gymnastics.
Sophie has studied in singing dance and drama since the age of 2, eventually training in performing arts at LIPA, specialising in musical theatre. There she worked with many great practitioners including Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton. She has performed in many productions, ranging in genres including Boys in the Photograph, Into the Woods and Trial by Jury.
Having been a Director of Performing Arts in secondary schools, Sophie is now a teacher of English but has continued throughout her career to give singing and instrumental tuition, with pupils going on to perform across the world and take up places in leading conservatoire. She is currently Deputy Director and trustee of SEMusic where she leads children’s choir ‘Love to Sing’ and continues to sing and perform herself regularly. She plays the flute and piano and is eager to share her skills and knowledge with pupils to inspire and support them while immersing themselves fully
in this fantastic industry.
Lydia began dancing at the age of 8 where she mainly trained in more commercial styles of dance such as vogue, house, waacking ect.
In 2016 Lydia joined the first intake of students at LIPA Sixth Form College where she trained in all styles from contemporary to jazz, commercial and ballet. From here Lydia moved to Manchester for three years to attend Shockout Arts and graduated with a first class honours in Professional and Commercial Dance.
While training over the past 5 years she has had some amazing opportunities as a dancer that include performing at the 2017 European Taekwondo opening ceremony in the M&S Bank Arena, numerous showcases, music videos for artists such as Ashleigh and Red Rum Club and recently being cast as a virtual audience member for the 2020 EMA's.
Lydia has just finished her first contract with Ambassador Cruise line.