Meet the team!

Laura-Jane Appleton

Principal

​I am Laura-Jane and I have been dancing since the age of 3. I've worked in Derby as a freelance teacher in Ballet, Tap, Freestyle, Latin American, Street Jazz and Cheerleading to name a few. 

I'm a qualified IDTA, UKDDF Dance teacher and NCSSE Cheerleading Coach with 8 years experience and a further 3 years experience in assisting dance classes.

​Away from my dancing I am a qualified school teacher with a BEd in Primary Education. I am extremely keen to make dance enjoyable, yet challenging, for all ages and I strive to cater for every single child’s needs and abilities.  

Bethany Neville

Senior Dance Teacher

Bethany started dancing at the age of 3 and took musical theatre classes from the age of 12. She taught junior ballet, tap, modern and street dance for a year at the Tiptoe School of Performing Arts which she also attended for 15 years of her own training.

After gaining a Distinction Grade Foundation Degree in Commercial Dance at LIPA she went on to study theatre arts in London. She gained a First Class BA Honours Degree in Theatre Dance from London Studio Centre, specialising in Musical Theatre in her third year. Bethany taught at Stagecoach, IdanceUK and Showstoppers in London, working with a range of ages in a range of dance and musical theatre styles while working professionally as a dancer also.

Josh Jones

Musical Theatre Teacher

Josh trained at SLP College, Leeds .


His Credits include: Lead Vocalist in Born this way and winner of best Norwegian touring show (Broadway world) Lead Vocalist in Tenors of Rock; Lead Vocalist Princess Cruises; Lead Vocalist in Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Headliners Theatre Company); Let it Be (European Tour), Soloist for the 12 Tenors, Lead vocalist for Legends of Rock, Dick Whittington in Dick Whittington (Wakefield Theatre Royal) and Legends of Rock (South American Tour)

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