Russell Smith

Training: Laine Theatre Arts, Surrey.

Experience: Dirty Dancing (West End) MAMMA MIA! (West End) Grease The Musical (West End) FAME! The Musical (European Tour) Royal Variety Performance (Television) West End Eurovision (Choreographer) Award Winning Tap Dancer & Choreographer.

Choreographer: West End Eurovision 2009 (Opening Number), West End Eurovision 2010 (For the London Cast of MAMMA MIA!), MOVE IT 2010.

Can Teach: Jazz, Tap, Modern, Hip-Hop, Street Dance, Musical Theatre Workshops, Audition Technique.

Availability: Daytimes Monday-Thursday, Mornings Fridays & Saturdays, All Day Sundays.

Location: London, UK

Teaching: Urdang Academy - London (Jazz & Musical Theatre Teacher), Italia Conti Academy, Guest Teacher for MADD College, Limelight Dance Academy, Pineapple Studios, Key Note Academy & A-Level Students for assessment purposes.

E-MAIL RUSSELL SMITH: ukrussellsmith@aol.co.uk

Sonny Ward

Training: Millennium Dance 2000

Previous Teaching (children and adults): Sylvia Young Theatre School (current), Escuela de Baile, L.A. Fitness Gyms

Available to Work: Varied

Dance Styles Able to Teach: Streetdance, Jazz and Matt Mattox

CRB Checked

Email:  sonny_ward_1988@hotmail.com

Mark Cameron

Mark Cameron is from Scotland where he spent most of his time as a young child and adult. Training at the Edinburgh’s Telford College in Stage Dance and Performing Arts, before finally moving to London to finish his training at LSC. Mark has performed for Disneyland resort Paris, Tokyo and Florida. Worked on several major cruise lines, European tours as dance captain and much more.

Mark has choreographed for Scottish Youth Theatres summer festival for up to 4 years. Choreography includes Shell Annual Ball(Copenhagen Denmark), Hamlet(Glasgow Brian Cox Studio), Hidden Treasures( Pink Studio SYT), Summer Festivals (Aberdeen HMT), A Chorus Line(Aberdeen), Hot Mikado(Aberdeen)
Mark has taught for SYT, NYMT, Stagecoach Scotland and London, Citymoves Aberdeen for Ian Spink, and many schools and primary schools in and around Scotland.

His style is very much Musical theatre, Jazz, Modern and contemporary. He can teach any style with a great passion for all ages. From 4yrs-50yrs also fully CRB checked.

E-mail: dancemark@hotmail.com or call on 07800659439

Christie Saunders

I am a dancer/teacher/choreographer from Vancouver, Canada and am currently living and working in London. At the moment I am mainly doing film/television/commercials, corporate shows/galas as well as choreographing and teaching dance. My most recent credits include: Model Print - Movement Serires Simon Mccomb, Chroeographer/Lead Dancer-France Show Earls Court, Dancer-Talk Talk COmmercial, Dancer- Paul O grady Show. I was also a dancer in Mamma Mia the Movie and a can can dancer for the Moulin Rouge in Paris.


I am currently teaching on Sundays at Stagecoach Ealing Hanwell (http://www.stagecoach.co.uk/stagecoach/schoolsdb_global/our_team.php?theext_strip=Ealing%20and%20Hanwell&header_lid=31&header_scid=&loc_id=&fran_id=&dm=18&cid=18) but am free for subbing and or workshops/choreograpy on other days.

I am trained i RAD ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Imperial Tap, ISTD Modern, hip hop, and commercial.

I teach jazz, jazz technique (jumps and turns), lyrical, ballet (usually rad or unset), tap (both old style and new style), hip hop, commercial, stage/musical theatre, stretch and strength and pointe. I am comfortable with beginners to professional, boys and girls and classes large and small.

I was last in europe in 2006/2007 when I was dancing in Paris at the Moulin Rouge and Dancing in the Mamma Mia film in London. While in Paris i taught company class at the moulin and choreographed their xmas show and a few pieces in the gallete de rois. I have also subbed at a few studios in London.

While in Canada for 2008 I taught/choreographed and danced. I was teaching at a studio called Dance Co (www.danceco.com) where i was mainly teachig competitive ballet, giving tech and conditioning classes, Cecchetti exam classes, jazz and hip hop. I also subbed at various other studios. In the summer I taught and choreographed at several different camps: Accentz (http://accentz.ca/index.htm), Reflections (www.reflectionsdance.ca), and Lake Country School of dance (http://www.lakecountryschoolofdance.com/).

Before I moved to Europe in 2006 i was one of the main competitive teachers for all disaplines at Vanleena Dance academy (www.vanleena.com) for 6 years, and was dancing professionally in vancouver and teaching at various other studios

I am very confident in my skills as a teacher and choreographer. I pride myself in not only instilling excellent technique but also performing and the ability to really dance. Another thing that is very important to me is to be a good role model and instill disapline respect and other necessary life skills.

I am CRB checked.

E-mail: christiesaunders@hotmail.com

Eleanor Forrest

I have been a freelance professional ballet dancer for the past 10 years working with companies such as English National Ballet, English National Opera, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Vienna Festival Ballet, and Sadler’s Wells Theatre performing the classic ballets as well as more contemporary works.

I have the Professional Dancer’s Teaching Diploma from the Royal Academy of Dance, therefore, I am a qualified and registered R.A.D ballet teacher. I specialise in teaching and coaching the R.A.D Vocational Grades from Intermediate Foundation up to Solo Seal. I also have experience in choreographing for Festival work. I am fully CRB checked, have the necessary insurance and also have a clean driving licence.

I am available to teach all day Wednesdays and at Weekends in and around the London area.

E-mail: elle_forrest@btinternet.com