Reach for the Top with
DANCE ACADEMY SOUTH WEST
TEACHING FACULTY
BALLET
Amanda Frescura CDE, LISTD, BSc PhD
(ex-dancer Royal Ballet Company)
Kathy Plaster LISTD Dip, CDE, Cert Ed
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Guest Teachers:
Alexandra Sherman Dip RBS (TTC), ARAD, RAD-RTS, AISTD, DDE (trained Royal Ballet School)
Amy Wooldridge
Yuri Demakov (trained Bolshoi Ballet School, performed St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre)
Chika Temme
Rachel Evans
Tam Walton BA(Hons)
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TAP & MODERN
Kathy Plaster LISTD Dip, CDE, Cert Ed
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Guest Teachers for Tap:
Izzy Powell (trained Bird College)
Nick Yeoman (Tap Dogs)
Courtney Jackson (Trained Stella Mann, Drag Artist MHT)
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CONTEMPORARY
Tam Walton BA(Hons)
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Guest Teachers:
Emma Offer (trained DASW)
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AERIAL & ACRO
Claire Ashmore
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JAZZ & COMMERCIAL
Emma Offer (trained DASW)
Anna Pershin (trained Laine Theatre Arts, lead dancer and dance captain Cruise Ship)
Zeph Gould (trained Guildford School of Acting, performed in Cats, Starlight Express, Rent, Taboo, Carousel, Wizard of Oz)
Aaron Hatherall ( Freedom Dance Connection, trained DASW, Stella Mann & Northern Ballet School)
Canaan Kwok, (Masters in Fine Arts (Dance), Performer and Choreographer, Hong Kong)
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Guest Teachers:
Izzy Powell (trained Laine Theatre Arts)
Rhiannon Hacker (trained London Studio Centre)
Courtney Jackson (trained Stella Mann, Drag Artist - Music Hall Tavern)
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HIP HOP
Natasha Benjamin (HYPE Company)
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Guest Teachers:
Emily Golding Ellis
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MUSICAL THEATRE
Laura Corradi-Loughran, BA(Hons)
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LIFTING/ADAGIO
Anna & Stanislav Pershin (trained State Dance Company of Russia)