Miss Elaine
School Principal
Elaine is the Principal of the dance school and has more than 20 years teaching experience. She works as an Associate Artist with The Royal Opera House alongside running the dance school. As well as training in Dance at University and with the International Dance Teachers Association, she is regularly updating her skills and qualifications to benefit the dance school. It was always her ambition to have her own dance school and hopes to inspire her students to follow their own ambitions. She is incredibly proud of all her students and how far they have came.
Royal Ballet School Affiliate Teacher 2026
Acrobatic Arts Teacher Module 2 2022
Pilates Diploma 2020
Certified Alixa Flexibility Teacher 2020
Certified Progressing Ballet Technique Teacher 2020
Certified Pre School Acrobatics Arts Teacher 2020
PGCE Early Years & Primary 2019
Certified Acrobatics Arts Teacher Module 1 2019
Licentiate IDTA 2011
BA (Hons) 2003
Associate IDTA 2003
Miss Natasha
Deputy Principal
Natasha works full time at the school as our Deputy Principal which involves communications and planning while teaching a range of classes across all branches. She is the lead teacher at our Hexham branch and is responsible for all our holiday camps across our three locations. She also works as an Associate Artist with The Royal Opera House alongside Elaine and as an Aerial Teaching Assistant. Throughout her degree she had the opportunity of working with professional contemporary choreographers and so brings a specialist knowledge to our Contemporary classes. She has trained with Elaine since she was 3 and has completed all her Grades in Ballet and Tap up to Intermediate Professional Performers. She has successfully taken her Associate Teaching exam in Freestyle achieving the highest possible grading, Distinction, and is now a fully qualified teacher with the board. Natasha teaches across all of our class subjects but specialises in Early Years and Contemporary as well as Acrobatic Arts.
Royal Ballet School Affiliate Teacher 2026
Module One Certified Acrobatic Arts Teacher 2023
Pilates Diploma 2023
PGCE Early Primary 2023
BA (Hons) Dance 2021
Associate Freestyle IDTA 2018
Miss Emily
Company Lead
Emily has trained with Elaine since the age of 3 and has completed all her Grades in Ballet and Tap up to Intermediate Professional Performers. She has successfully taken her Associate Teaching exam in Freestyle achieving the highest possible grading, Distinction, and is now a fully qualified teacher with the board. Emily specialises in Street and Commercial styles but teaches all styles across the school at both our Prudhoe and Ponteland branches. She also teaches our Company classes who perform at external events and competitions. Emily works as an Assistant Head of Year in a local Secondary School alongside working at the dance school.
Module One Certified Acrobatic Arts Teacher 2024
Pilates Diploma 2024
PGCE Secondary Art 2022
BA (Hons) Art 2021
Associate Freestyle IDTA 2018
Miss Lucy R
Dance Teacher
Lucy teaches our Saturday classes in Prudhoe. Lucy has trained with Elaine since the age of 3 and has achieved all her exams up to Intermediate Professional Performers award. She has successfully taken her Associate Teaching exam in Freestyle achieving the highest possible grading, Distinction and is now a fully qualified teacher with the board. Lucy has recently qualified as a Primary School Teacher and is working as a Year 1 Teacher alongside teaching at the dance school.
PGCE Primary 2024
BA (Hons) English Lit 2023
Associate Freestyle IDTA 2021
Miss Lucy F
Dance Teacher
Lucy is joining the school from September 2026, having trained with EPSOD as a child and teen before going to London where she studied Professional Dance and Musical Theatre at Bird College. Lucy is back up in the North East and is very excited to work alongside Natasha at the Hexham branch and has already met some of the children at our holiday camp.
BA (Hons) Professional Dance and Musical Theatre 2025
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