Professional Profile

I trained on a three year scholarship at The Northern Ballet School in Manchester and graduated in 2003 with my Diploma in Professional Dance, ISTD Ballet Associate (teaching qualification), ISTD Advanced 1 Ballet, Tap and Modern examinations, my RAD Intermediate Ballet and an A Level in History.

Since graduating i have been lucky enough to travel all over the world performing in a variety of production shows on board The Queen Elizabeth 2: Appassionata, Hit Me With A hot Note, Vanity Fair (Belinda King Productions), Costa Cruise Lines: In house productions Stage and Screen, Juke Box Jive, Rhythm and Shoes and Princess Cruise Lines: Destination Anywhere, Cinematastic, Caliente, Motor City, Words and Music.

Other credits include Gala shows in India (Les Belles Duval), 'Jimmy Carr’s Comedy Night' Channel 4, 'I love Top of the Pops' BBC TV and i have worked a little closer to home both as a dancer and choreographer for a number of touring productions including Pwyll Pia'i, Macsen and Barti Ddu with the Welsh theatre company Cwmni Mega.

Most recently i had the opportunity to do some workshops with No Fit State Circus as part of their Park Life project. It which was interesting to see a wide range of performers and speciality acts working together with local organisations to put on a one off open air event.

 Alongside my performance career i have always had a keen interest in teaching dance. During my time at college i was involved in an Outreach Project in conjunction with the Halle Orchestra for primary schools in the Manchester area, bringing together dance, musical instruments and singing as part of an education programme. Following this i went on to teach at The Academy of Musical Theatre (Portsmouth) 'Pop Idol' Summer School, Junior Summer School at Counterpoint School of Performing Arts (Swansea), i have choreographed groups and individuals for disco dancing at the Welsh Eisteddfod and delivered dance workshops to primary schools in the South Wales area.

I am currently teaching ISTD Ballet, Tap and Jazz classes at a number of private dance schools, delivering 5x60 dance sessions for secondary schools and running community and primary school dance clubs in my area, where the emphasis is on confidence building, having fun and being creative with dance.

The majority of my students are aged between 4 and 16, I also have experience working with adults and students with learning difficulties. This can be a very rewarding experience, offering new challenges and ways of teaching and is an area i would like to gain further knowledge in.