Principal

Qualifications:

Graduate from The Royal Ballet School's highest teaching qualification - Diploma of Dance Teaching. Specialising in vocational training.
Royal Academy of Dance - Certificate in Teaching Studies / Pedagogy.

Expertise:

A current Senior and Mid-Associate teacher in London, Covent Garden for The Royal Ballet School's Associate Programme. An Associate teacher since 2012.
Full-time teacher at White Lodge, the Lower School of The Royal Ballet School in 2016-2017.
A panellist for nationwide preliminary auditions selecting new students for full-time training / Associate programme at The Royal Ballet School.
Teaching preliminary and final audition classes for The Royal Ballet School.

Highlights:

Artistic Teacher rehearsing the students of The Royal Ballet School in The Royal Ballet Company's performances "The Nutcracker" (production by Sir Peter Wright) and Woolf Works (production by Wayne McGregor).
Choreographing class demonstration for The Royal Ballet School's 2017 end of year performance at Opera Holland Park.
Part of The Royal Ballet School's Associate Outreach team teaching in Livorno, Italy.
A former member of the Artistic faculty teaching at The Royal Ballet School's White Lodge Summer Intensives.
A member of the Artistic faculty teaching at The Royal Ballet School's One-day intensives.
A teacher for The Royal Ballet School’s Spring Course 2018, held in Hong Kong.
A guest teacher for the English National Ballet School.
A former Prep Associate teacher for Central School of Ballet .
A former teacher on Central School of Ballet’s International Summer Courses and various Intensive days.
Performance experiences at theatres such as The Royal Opera House, Opera Holland Park and Sadler’s Wells.

Sculptured by the famous dancer and sculptor Tom Merrifield, called ‘The Black Swan’.