Sarah Dormady – Principal

Sarah trained at London Studio Centre on a full scholarship and then went on to work as a performer in USA & Europe.

She has been teaching dance for over 15 years and past students have gained places at Arts Ed, London Studio Centre, London Contemporary Dance, Bodyworks Studios, Mountview & LSMT and have performed in shows including Cats, Rent, Starlight Express, Aspects of Love, Grease, Richard Alston Dance Company, Tap Dogs and Chicago to name a few…

Beth Kealy

Hip Hop/Street dance

Beth Kealy began her love of dance at a young age, and underwent ten years of classical training in ballet. Always looking for a challenge, she expanded her experience to include contemporary, jazz and flamenco, as well as latin and ballroom and salsa. From this eclectic dance background, Beth’s street dance style draws on a wide range of musical influences, and combines energy with technicality. She also has a keen interest in less well-known hip hop styles such as house and locking, and often incorporates these into her work. Born and raised in Oxford, Beth has been training and teaching in Brighton for nearly three years.

Douglas Mills

TAP

Douglas is one of Europe's foremost tap dancers. He was the first british dancer to join the cast of Tap Dogs and has been touring the world with the show for the past 9 years. He will be teaching tap at the school whenever his professional commitments allow, Douglas has taught at leading colleges including arts Ed, Performers and Urdang Academy and acts as a consultant for the ISTD, regularly running masterclasses on their behalf. as a choreographt Doug has recently been working on Viva La Diva, teaching Darcey Bussel and Katharine jenkins to tap dance!

Alexander Fitch

BALLET

Alexander studied on a scholarship at the Central School of Ballet and is a qualified RAD ballet teacher. He has taught at schools in Reading & Oxford for the past 10 years and is also a paino & cello tutor, which he could do in French, German or Russian!

Katie Ollerenshaw

FREESTYLE

Katie started dancing at a very young age at the Janice Blake Dance Studio. She then went on to be trained in Theatre Studies, Drama, Ballet, Tap and Modern at the East Sussex School of Performing Arts. She has appeared in numerous shows, pantomimes and cabaret troops. Katy qualified as an IDTA freestyle teacher in 2006.

Rachael Archer

TAP

Rachael Archer trained at Arts Ed and has just completed the UK tour of Aspects of Love, she is now going on to perform At Regents Park in Gigi. Other credits include Imagine This, Plymouth & City of Angels in Germany. She is a regular cover teacher at the school whenever professional engagements permit.

Alexandre Aragao

HEAD OF DRAMA

Alex trained at the Escola de Teatro Martins Penna, Rio de Janeiro. He has taught extensively in Brazil, running the Department of Performing Arts for the Colegio Contato de Maceio amongst others, and the UK with Stagecoach & Boden Studios. Alex covers a broad range of stage craft and brings a wealth of experience in physical theatre, mime and clowning to his classes.

Kerri McLean

Kerri studied Modern Drama at Brunel University, going on to work professionally as an actress in theatre, TV, radio and film productions. Kerri also collaborates on and directs commercial theatre performances, applying her experiences to teaching and working with children and community groups. Kerri also runs the Brighton based Role Mop Theatre Company

Heather Urquhart

Heather started acting from a young age with the National Youth Theatre and she went on to train in Physical Theatre.  Credits include:  'Soutterain' Wildworks Theatre, Stopwatch TIE, Carnival Cruise Lines and 'Kepow' Theatre. Heather specialises in improvised comedy and regularly performs Improvised Musicals at the Komedia and nationally as part of 'The Maydays' comedy troupe who won best comedy show in the Brighton Festival and Fringe 200

Sarah London

LAMDA CO-ORDINATOR

Sarah trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Immediately after graduating she embarked on a six month tour of the Alan Ayckbourn comedy “Sisterly Feelings”, starring Peter Sallis and directed by Peter Barkworth. She has performed in numerous theatre productions and appeared on television many times, including The Bill, Casualty, Bramwell and many comedy series. She most recently was seen in “Miss Marple” directed by Dan Zeff.

Sarah now works extensively as a Voice Over Artist and is based in Hove.

She loves the gym and Häagen-Dazs chocolate ice cream but hates heights so much she won’t even go along Brighton Pier!

Stewart Dawes

Roamy Terry

HEAD OF MUSIC

Roamy has trained in modern music, musical theatre, classical and opera at various institutions including Brighton Institute of Modern Music, English National Opera and Guildford School of Acting. She also teaches Vocals at Hayward's Heath 6th Form College and private lessons in Musical Theatre and Modern Music. Theatre credits include Mabel in ‘Pirates of Penzance', Widow Corney in ‘Oliver!', Aunty Em in 'The Wizard of Oz' and Grace in 'Annie'. Classical credits include BBC World Service recordings and Soloist for various Choral events in the UK and Europe. Roamy manages the solo artist Kelly Barnes. She also sings backing vocals for soul singer Rachel Mosleh. For more information see her website – www.roamyterry.co.uk

Kelly Barnes

Kelly originates from Cheshire. She is trained in all aspects of performing arts, including vocals ranging from classical to musical theatre to a wide variety of modern music. Musical Theatre credits include The Wiz, Yanomamo and Jack & The Beanstalk. Kelly Barnes is a successful solo artist, specialising in R&B and Funk – www.myspace.com/kellybarnesband. She also sings backing vocals for the soul singer Rachel Mosleh.