Dance

Karen has a wealth of dance experience. She started ballet at the age of two at the Bristol School of Dancing, and lessons in tap and modern soon followed. She studied music at university, but never strayed far from the dance world. She has performed in a variety of shows and musicals, made TV appearances, performed alongside TV and sports stars in panto at the Bristol Hippodrome and New Theatre Cardiff and is currently revisiting her roots by taking further ballet lessons with Verity Teal, the Principal of the Mountway School of Dancing at the Tacchi Morris Centre.

Aimee has a background in sport, but also studied ballet and tap for fifteen years. Studying dance at A level sparked off her interest in contemporary dance. Aimee has taught GCSE dance and enjoys watching performances, particularly those by Matthew Bourne

Our staff will be joined by visiting dance teachers including Kelly Druce. Kelly is an ISTD teacher who has performed commercial dance in various music videos and TV shows. Teaching both children and adults, she runs The Kelly Leigh School of Dance, and will be working closely with our staff at both schools. Though traditionally trained, Kelly specialises in urban dance, jazz, modern and Latin American, focusing on fitness, technique, enjoyment and participation.

Natasha is an ISTD and RAD dance teacher with a background in ballet, tap and modern. She has worked with elite dancers in Istanbul, as well as with local dance schools across the region. Natasha recently became one of only three dance teachers in Somerset to qualify to teach PBT (progressing ballet technique), an approach that focuses on body-conditioning and strengthening. One of the important elements used in the PBT method is muscle memory which helps to improve the understanding of core stability, weight placement and alignment.