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Clare O’Connor – The Principal
Clare first put on her dancing shoes aged 4 and hasn’t looked back since. She undertook thorough childhood training and was also an associate at the prestigious Central School of Ballet. Clare then went on to study dance professionally full-time at The Northern Ballet School. It was here where she achieved her initial teaching qualifications whilst studying and performing all dance styles as well as acting and singing.
Since graduating, Clare has danced professionally worldwide and across the UK. She has danced on West-End stages, in UK tours, in UK and international shows, on large cruise ships and in music videos. She still performs professionally regularly on a freelance basis for a range of agencies and companies and is often dance captain.
Clare quickly fell in love with teaching and choreographing from a young age, soon finding herself immersed in the teaching world. Clare is an enthusiastic and passionate teacher who strives to inspire all students to achieve and exceed their potential, in a fun and nurturing environment. She is passionate about helping every student to grow in confidence. To enhance her teaching capabilities, she has also completed advanced vocational exams in all disciplines as well as ISTD DDE qualifications. Clare is always studying and attending courses to strengthen her training and never wants to stop learning! Clare always dreamed of having her own dance school one day and feels extremely lucky to be living the dream.
Molly Price – Professional Dance Teacher
Molly trained at The Brit School for 2 years before completing a BA Honours in Dance at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Here she received extremely versatile training, covering ballet, jazz, contemporary, tap, commercial and aerial. During Molly’s training, she had the incredible opportunity of performing at The Brit Awards behind Pink!
Since graduating she has gone on to dance professionally, including performing at The Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals and grand finals in Liverpool, behind various artists including Rita Ora, and Eurovision winners Kalush. Molly is also performing in a pantomime this Christmas. She has successfully established herself as a dance teacher alongside freelancing. Molly is currently working towards her ISTD DDE qualification in ballet. She has also worked with other local schools and choreographed for large productions. Molly also works as a Personal Trainer.
Josie Pink – Professional Dance and Musical Theatre Teacher
Josie started dancing age 3 and her passion for performing has grown ever since. Training in various styles including ballet, modern, tap, contemporary, street and commercial. As a child Josie participated in numerous shows and professional pantomimes.
She then went on to train at The BRIT School just age 14 for 4 years, gaining an RSL Level 2 in Dance and UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Dance and Performing Arts. In that time she was also a Royal Academy of Dance ambassador gaining a Bronze Arts Award credited by Trinity London.
She has danced for numerous contemporary dance companies including Khronos Girls and Dillon Dance. She has had regular vocal coaching and singing lessons, as well as taken numerous LAMDA exams gaining a lot of acting experience.
Josie is now continuing her training at Laine Theatre Arts on the BA (Hons) Degree Course in Musical Theatre where she is able to refine her skills and grow as a performer. Alongside this she is currently working towards her ISTD DDE Modern and Tap qualifications, assisting her knowledge in teaching.
Cienna Kwayie – Professional Dance and Acrobatics Teacher
Cienna has been dancing since a very young age. She also participated in competitive gymnastics. This involved travelling nationally and internationally to different completions. She also gained a place onto the GB squad for gymnastics where she would travel up to training camps to train with the very best. Unfortunately, Cienna had to stop gymnastics due to an injury but this meant she was able to move all of her attention to dance.
She has gained championships at a regional and national level at All England Dance.
Cienna has had previous experience teaching acro and gymnastics and is now training at Laine Theatre Arts where she continues to refine her skills.
Lauren Williams – Teaching Assistant & Cover Teacher
Lauren’s dance journey began at the age of 3 years old. She has had training in many dance styles including Ballet, Modern, and Tap. She has a passion for dance and has spent many years as a dance teaching assistant and occasional cover teacher as well as attending lessons weekly and taking vocational dance examinations in all disciplines.
After university, she is looking to commence studying for her ISTD DDE teaching qualifications. Lauren holds a chaperone license and an enhanced DBS, ensuring a safe dance learning environment for everyone.
When she can, Lauren regularly goes to London to watch dance productions, her most recent being Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake and the 30th Anniversary of River Dance.
