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At Totnes School of Dance we have dancers who dance with us for many different reasons – not all dream of becoming professional dancers in later life and many simply enjoy the fun of dancing with their friends! We ensure that all children and young dancers are valued for what they achieve from dancing with us and do not tolerate any practice or behaviour which might threaten the enjoyment of any individual in any way.
We offer a full range of classes for dancers from age 18 months to young adults with levels from beginner to advanced. We also offer teacher training to DDE levels as Totnes School of Dance is the only ISTD Approved Dance Centre offering 5 dance genres in the South West.
In 2003 we moved into our current purpose built facilities which include two large sprung-floor studios. Since then the Totnes School of Dance continues to thrive and grow with its emphasis on quality of provision and experience for all who engage with us.
Our hand picked teaching team are all qualified through the RAD and/or ISTD to BAHons, Diploma, Associate, Licentiate, Fellow or International Examiner level. We also train up our own new teachers to ensure that they are fully supported and can work to our exacting standards.
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- Louise KnapmanPrincipal
Trained locally before joining the Royal Academy of Dancing in London. Whilst completing the 3 year Licentiate teachers course at the Academy, Louise also won several prizes including the National Dance Choreography prize. She graduated as Head Student and went immediately to Thessaloniki, Greece where she taught for 3 years. Returning to England in 1994 Louise worked as a freelance teacher and choreographer in various local schools before co-founding Totnes School of Dance in 1995.
Under Louise’s expert leadership and more lately in partnership with Jacqui, the school has grown and flourished with a particular reputation for the excellence of the Ballet training.
Karen CollingsTeacherKaren trained locally before going on to the London College of Dance and Drama, the ISTD’s own training college. She ran the Theatre side of Torbay’s oldest school for 16 years as well as teaching freelance at vocational schools. She is an examiner in 3 dance faculties of the ISTD. She is also an approved tutor and assessor for the DDI and DDE courses. As an experienced choreographer she has created syllabus work for the ISTD and dances for videos, cruises and various companies both locally and nationally. Karen is a dance adjudicator for the British and International Federation of Festivals and All England Dance.
Cara BrownTeacherCara began her dance career relatively late at the age of 13 taking lessons in Ballet, Tap and Modern, and she was a regular enthusiastic performer in the annual regional dance festivals. By the age of 19 Cara had attained up to Advanced 2 level in RAD ballet and ISTD modern and she subsequently won a scholarship to the RAD in London. Here Cara studied for a Degree course in the Art and Teaching of Ballet where she achieved a 1st Class Honours in her teaching assessment and an overall classification of 2:2 with Honours. Cara has also obtained status as a Licentiate of the RAD granting her full recognition as a qualified RAD Ballet teacher.
Cara joined the team at Totnes in 2003, another Academy graduate ready to contribute to the tradition of the school’s excellence in RAD Ballet. Since then she has grown in confidence and expertise as a teacher, teaching on both the Vocational and general class programmes where she has achieved excellent exam results with all of her students.Theresa BowdenTeacherTheresa started ballet at the age of 3 and studies all disciplines of dance. Always into fitness, running for Devon and entering many gymnastic competitions, Theresa joined the army as a Physical Training Instructor. After 3 ½ years Theresa followed her passion for teaching and qualified as a teacher of fitness with a special interest in ‘How the Body Works’ to deliver the best results when teaching dance and fitness. Theresa has a broad range of skills and teaches Aerobics, flexibility, Yoga, Pilates, Conditioning, Ballet and Modern dance. Theresa started up a school of fifty plus children and at the end of the year put on a very successful show and for 6 years she has choreographed for her local pantomime.
Sadie OliverTeacherSadie started dancing at the age of 4 with Pamela De Waal and joined Totnes School of Dance where she gained her Modern, Greek and Tap FDI qualifications and has now completed her DDE. She has performed all of her life, dancing as a child in Coppelia at the Princess Theatre and The Little Mermaid with Ursula Hagley at the Paignton Festival Theatre, as well as various cabarets at hotels etc supporting singers around the Bay. As a professional dancer she has danced in the company supporting Harry Secombe at the Festival Theatre and is a regular dancer at the Babbacombe Theatre, both Summer and Christmas shows, where she is dance captain and assistant choreographer. She has also choreographed a charity show for Cancer Research in Halifax and the West End Now show at Babbacombe. Sadie has enjoyed achieving excellent exam results with her own students across the school in Modern, Tap, Musical Theatre, Classical Greek and Jazz, Sadie is also an established teacher on our BTEC course.
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