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Place Categories: Ballet, Freestyle, Modern Jazz, Musical Theatre, Street and Tap
Ingram Academy has been running since 2012, and within such a short space of time we have had many accomplishments including performing at Her Majesty’s Theatre London, Main Stage at the CYD Super Convention and Saddlers Wells Theatre in London. Students of ours also attend Royal Ballet Junior Associates, Elmhurst Associates, MIDAS and the Jazz Associates, which we are incredibly proud of. Students have also had the experience of working with the English Youth Ballet and the Birmingham Royal Ballet in Cinderella Dreams.
Our students regularly compete in a variety of genres in Festivals around the Midlands including All England Dance in Solos, Duets, Trios and Groups. Students who compete have a private lesson once or twice a week where they learn the choreography for the festivals, and group rehearsals are once every week.
At the Academy we offer examinations with the I.D.T.A in Ballet, Tap, Modern Jazz, Street, Musical Theatre and R.A.D Ballet. The Academy also offer a class specifically for Kicks, Turns and Leaps, Adult Tap, Pointe Work and Acro. Students can also take classes in Contemporary and Lyrical.
Students have the opportunity to work towards their dance qualifications as well as take part in our School Shows, Competitions and Events. We believe that all children matter and encourage all children to participate in as many of our exciting opportunities as they wish. We have an incredibly supportive network at the Academy and students often refer to being part of the Ingram Family.
Our teachers have professionally trained at top institutions including Urdang (Kate) and London Contemporary (Gareth). Both main teachers have performance experience as well as a BA Hons Degree in Dance. Kate founded the school whilst working in mainstream education as Head of Department, and consequently has extended knowledge in her field.
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- Kate Ingram-SimmsPrincipal
Kate Ingram is the Principal and main teacher at the Academy. Kate began learning to dance at an incredibly early age training in Ballet, Tap, Modern and Disco following and qualifying in both the IDTA and the RAD syllabus. At the age of nine she gained a place in the Junior Associates at the Urdang Academy, Covent Garden and then went on to join the Junior Ballet Company with the Urdang Academy.
During the years she has performed at a variety of establishments including the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton; Grand Theatre Wolverhampton; The Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton; The Prince of Wales, Cannock; The Millennium Dome, London; The Bloomsbury Theatre, London; The Cochrane Theatre, London and The Peacock Theatre; London.
At the age of eighteen Kate was awarded a full scholarship to train at the Urdang Academy full time and work towards a Diploma in Professional Dance and Musical Theatre continuing her training in Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Gymnastics, Tap, Musical Theatre and Choreography. During her time at Urdang Kate also performed in a number of showcases in theatres in the London area.
Kate has qualifications in IDTA and RAD Ballet, IDTA Freestyle, IDTA Freestyle Associate, IDTA Modern, IDTA Theatre Craft, IDTA Tap, a BA Hons Degree in Dance Practice and Performance from Wolverhampton University and a PGCE in Dance from Brighton University. Since finishing her PGCE and gaining Qualified Teacher Status Kate has worked as a choreographer at a Youth Theatre group at BMAPA based at Birmingham Metropolitan College, and taught Dance, Drama and Media at Willenhall E-Act Academy before launching her own Academy.Gareth GriffithsTeacherGareth trained at London Contemporary Dance School with a BA Degree in Contemporary Dance and Choreography. He danced with Adventures in Motion Pictures in Matthew Bournes’ productions of Nutcracker and Swan Lake and was Education Co-ordinator and teacher across the UK national tour. He has taught extensively for the education department of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Rambert Dance Company and the Royal Ballet on various projects throughout the UK, South Africa, Hong Kong, USA and Siberia. Gareth is a qualified teacher with Certificate in a Education and has taught in many 6th Form colleges and Elmhurst School for Dance. Gareth is also a Personal Trainer and currently teaches a Ballet Fitness class for Birmingham Royal Ballet as well as Adult Beginners / Intermediate Ballet at DanceXchange, Birmingham. Gareth choreographs for the Festival Teams at the Academy working two nights a week.
Lisa BatesChoreographerLisa has danced and taught for many years at a variety of schools around the Midlands after gaining her teaching qualifications with the IDTA, and now works at the Academy choreographing for Festivals. Lisa also works as a scribe for All England Dance Festival. Lisa also runs our Musical Theatre classes at the Academy and works two days a week.
Liesel WrightTap TeacherLiesel originally started dancing at the age of 3 gaining qualifications with the RAD, as well as participating in competitions and festivals in all genres of dance.
At the age of 12 Liesel performed in Cinderella at the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton, working alongside Les Dawson, Michael Barrymore and the Roly Polys (successful oversized tap dancers).
Liesel teaches Tap at the Academy to our students and also runs an Adult Tap Class once a week.Aynsley BrittleTeacherAynsley is trained in Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Acro and at the age of 18 also started to train in Aerial Silks/Hoop and Pole Fitness.
Qualifications include:
Student Teacher award in Freestyle (IDTA)
Pre-associate Ballet (IDTA)
Acrobatic arts (both module 1 and 2)
Alexia flexibility
Pole Fitness Levels 1 and 2 (Xpert training)
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