Modern and tap classes taught by Vicky Oates

In this class students will learn the modern and tap syllabus from Vicky Oates, a professional dancer with an honours degree in musical theatre from Arts Ed. and trained under the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance system. Classes will be based on the ISTD syllabus to learn the basic steps and moves. Students will also learn fully-choreographed dance routines ranging across West End shows, pop, modern and street dance. This class is really great fun and will encourage personal interpretation, self-confidence and coordination in movement. The end-of-term class presentations should be very exciting! For children seven years and older.

Cover Teachers for Ballet, Modern and Tap

Rebecca Grant

Holby City actress Rebecca Grant began her career as a dancer in Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical Bombay Dreams in the west end. Previously, at the Morrison School of Dance in Nottingham, she trained in all forms of dance such as Ballet, Jazz, Tap and Modern. She continued to specialise in other national dance such as Flamenco and Filipino dance, performing in prestigious venues like The Royal Albert Hall and the O2. Her role in Bombay Dreams in London and Broadway led to many Bollywood genre television appearances, including The Royal Variety Show. After having a string of leading acting roles in theatre and film, she continued her dance expertise as the quirky soubrette Magic Wanda in 'Burlesque' in London. As an all-round performer she also sings with UK's top jive band, The Jive Aces. She has just finished playing the lead in a feature film called 'Chakara' and is currently working for Kali Theatre for 'The Vaults' in Waterloo. However, dance has and will always be her favourite art form key and so Rebecca continues to keep up her dance skills for future projects, not least through her work with AGSD.

http://www.rebeccagrant.co.uk/

Amana Jones

Amana trained at The Arts Educational Schools London in Musical Theatre. Disciplines include: Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Contemporary and Gymnastic Dance. Amana has worked as a Choreographer for the amateur dramatics group, YOG and also for Big Help Studios, an independent record label, working with signed artists. In her final year at college she had the privilege of working with the original choreographer on the musical ‘Cats’, in which she played the role of the kitten ‘Jemima’. Credits include ‘Christmas in New York’ performed in the West End Lyric Theatre, ‘Perfect Pitch in Concert’ performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and ‘101 Dalmatians’ at the Belgrade Theatre to name a few. She recently played the role of ‘Tiger Lily’ for the second time in the pantomime ‘Peter Pan’. Other pantomimes include, ‘Aladdin’, ‘Mother Goose’, ‘Dick Whittington’ and ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’.

Clare Yates

Clare Yates was born in Lancashire and trained at both the Royal Ballet Lower School at White Lodge in Richmond Park and the Upper School in Barons Court. She has performed with the Royal Ballet Company both in London and on tour in the Far East in ballets such as Swan Lake, Manon, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Cinderella and La Fille Malle Gardée. Clare went on to work for English National Ballet, performing in their production of Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall, Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet and tours of Australia. She also worked with choreographer Christopher Hampson in his production of A Christmas Carol in Cardiff. Clare retired from ballet in 2005 and now works in publishing for Faber and Faber.

Ballet Guest Teacher

Paula Cabral comes from Brazil and completed her ballet training initially in Rio de Janeiro before studying in London. After an engagement with the Leipzig Ballet (Germany) under the direction of Uwe Scholz, she joined the Semperoper in Dresden(Germany) in 2006, where she danced in choreographies by John Cranko, George Balanchine, John Neumeier, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, William Forsythe, Uwe Scholz, Youri Vamos and Peter Schaufuss. She has also guested with the English National Ballet in London. Paula is delighted to teach the occasional ballet class or repertoire class that will be offered to older students.