Teachers

Principal

MISS SOPHIE

Miss Sophie has an undeniable passion for teaching and inspiring children, she loves creating opportunities for her students to grow in confidence, make new friends and experience new and exciting adventures.

She always wanted a strong community feel in her dance school, one big happy family and that is exactly what she has created, a nurturing environment full of endless possibilities for the students of SDSD.

“I always dreamt of being able to offer students excellent across the board performing arts training in all aspects and genres, from singing to ballet and street dance to tap, you name it we offer it, and we cater for everyone, this was also always very important to me that we catered for students who want to dance as an enjoyable recreational hobby, and also for those who want more elite training that can lead them in to a career in the arts. Im incredibly proud of sdsd and what it has become, we absolutely love each one of our students and families, they make us what we are.”

Miss Sophie has a supportive husband, Andy and 2 children, Reuben and Rosie.

VICE PRINCIPAL

Miss Kirsten The trendy one

Miss Kirsten is super cool, the children love her young and vibrant energy, Miss Kirsten is always kind and sensitive towards shy and nervous children, her lessons are always full of fun and she is very popular with all the children.

Miss Kirsten as well as being a fantastic teacher also works in the SDSD office as our Event Co-ordinator, she is incredibly organised and loves a spreadsheet..

HEAD OF LOWER SCHOOL

Miss Steph The smiley one

Miss Steph is our bundle of joy and happiness, she is always smiling and her smile can literally light up a room. She is very nurturing with the younger children, Miss Steph has a passion for musical theatre and disney and is so much fun to be around.

Your child will always come out of Miss Stephs classes smiling, her talents don’t just stop at dancing she is also a fabulous singer and teaches drama too, she is an all round package of wonderfulness.

HEAD OF BALLET

MISS Liz The crazy one

Miss Liz is wonderfully weird, every lesson is an adventure, she is spontaneous and adventurous, you never know what’s going to happen in a lesson with Miss Liz, however she is incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about ballet and has a magical way of pulling the best out of all her students, who can not help but love her and craziness.

Miss Liz is fabulous with both younger children, ensuring they all have the foundations needed to move up through the grades and also with senior students ensuring they also have the knowledge and understanding of the detail required. She is also a teacher of many other subjects alongside ballet. Everyone should experience a dance class with our amazing Miss Liz.

HEAD OF STREET DANCE

Jack The cool one

Jack is our street dance teacher and on our Lil Beatz teaching team, rarely seen without his cap he is super cool and everyone loves him. Jack is passionate about educating the children on the history of street dance and where the styles and movements originated from, he is an inspirational teacher for all our street dance students and in particular for our boys.

Jack also runs our all boys dance class. Jack and his classes are always a massive hit at our summer schools.

CO-HEAD OF MUSICAL THEATRE

Miss Amy The adventurous one

Miss amy is our super fun, hilariously funny drama and lamda teacher. Such a fabulous teacher bursting with games and activities to build confidence in children and ensure they reach their acting potential.

Miss amy is lively and outgoing and every class if filled with imagination and excitement, our 3-year-olds and 18-year-olds love her, she nurtures all the children not matter their age with her kind and caring nature whilst and passing on her wealth of knowledge.

CO-HEAD OF MUSICAL THEATRE

Sean The outgoing one

Sean is our fabulous singing teacher, and he also teaches Musical Theatre LAMDA. Sean is a vibrant and enthusiastic member of our team, never a dull moment when Sean is around. He can build up confidence in even the shyest of students, and always archives fantastic results.

His positive energy means his classes are always full of fun and laughter yet he strikes the perfect balance and also achieves progression each week.

COMMERCIAL TEACHER

Az The sassy/vibing one

Az is incredibly current and fresh with his ideas and loves a full on class with lots of sass and positive vibes. He demands 100% from all his students, this coupled with his creative choreography and passion for excellence means his work is incredible and he will certainly bring out the flow and sass in any student.

Az is professional and hardworking, he lives in Leicester and travels every week to teach for us and we are so grateful and honoured to have his talent on our teaching team.

ACRO TEACHER

Rebekah The fiery one

Miss Rebekah is incredible at getting results, she is tough but fair and sees potential in everyone which she then harnesses and turns into determination to realise their talents. Miss Rebekah always works the students hard and this pays off in abundance so we see them soaring with their acro skills.

She is also super lovely and lots of fun and everyone loves her lessons.

TEACHER

Miss Eleanor The energetic one

Miss Eleanor is a self-acclaimed technique freak! She loves seeing her students progress in all lessons and watching them grow. You’ll always catch Miss Eleanor twirling and singing about which the children love (and sometimes copy).

Miss Eleanor can’t wait to meet all the students at SDSD and is very excited to get going.

TEACHER

Miss Eloise The ambitious one

Coming soon

GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Miss Rebekah The knowledgeable one

Rebekah works with our competition team mainly and has a wealth of knowledge in a range of subjects. Each student can learn so much from Miss Rebekah and will come out of each lesson inspired and having learnt something new and valuable.

She is an absolutely lovely teacher, with a kind and friendly manner but her attention to detail and her creativity produces fantastic work.