All staff here at Chloe May’s Dance Academy are committed to ensuring that our dance families experience a friendly, high quality and supportive dance studio environment in which every child can thrive.
We champion the efforts of all our pupils, help them grow in confidence and encourage their personality to shine through dance.
All our teachers have professional dance industry experience and/or recognised teaching qualifications, as well as up-to-date First Aid and enhanced DBS certificates.
Chloe May
Principal
Training:
- Associate ISTD (Ballet and Modern)
- Associate IDTA (all theatre genres)
- Graduate Teacher Programme/Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
- Middlesex University – BA Hons Dance with Performing Arts (First Class Hons)
- Performers College, Essex (3 year vocational training) – Trinity National Diploma in Theatre Dance (Level 4). ISTD Vocational Exams: Advanced 2 Tap, Advanced 2 Modern, Advanced 1 Ballet
- Acrobatic Arts certified teacher
Career Highlights:
- Performing in Spirit of The Dance and Spirit of Christmas theatre shows in Atlantic City and European Tours
- Dancing with Rachel Stevens and S Club 7 on T.V.
- Performing with Cannon and Ball in Comedy Bonanza 2002 summer season at The Grand Theatre, Blackpool and Peter Pan at Darlington Theatre.
- Prior to opening the Academy Chloe May taught Dance and Musical Theatre in education for nine years where she was Assistant Head of Year, School Literacy Co-ordinator and completed a secondment on the Senior Leadership Team.
Neve Glazzard
Dance Instructor
Training:
- BA Hons Degree in Dance, Teaching and Choreography (Preston College)
- IDTA Level 4 Diploma in Dance Teaching
- ISTD Vocational Exams: Advanced 1 Modern Jazz, Advanced 1 Tap Dance, RAD Intermediate Ballet
- Level 1 Acrotrix Qualification
- Level 3 Diploma in Musical Theatre (Kidderminster College)
Career Highlights:
- Performing at Disney Land Paris, Sadler Wells Theatre (London) and the Royal Albert Hall
- Entertainer at Parkdean Holiday Park Resorts
- Neve is an experienced pantomime performer and has performing locally in Dick Whittington, Jack and The Beanstalk, Humpty Dumpty, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Lead dance ensemble in the musical In The Heights (College Production)
- Playing the role of Alma Lipschitz in the musical Chicago (College Production)
Daryl Curtis (The Jestar)
Dance Instructor
Training:
- BA Hons Degree in Dance (Creative Academy)
- Dance training in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Modern and the Contemporary styles of Cunningham Graham
- Urban Dance Camp training in Lörrach, Germany, learning from some of best Choreographers/Freestylers in the world, such as Marty Kudelka, Lando Wilkins, Mr Wiggles and Salah.
Career Highlights:
- Working with PepsiCo and JD Sports
- Become one of the top 8 Street Dancers in the UK for the style of ‘Popping’, achieved competing at the Juste Debout in Paris in 2014
- Performing a solo dance at Glastonbury Festival in 2022
- Performer at Breakin’ Convention (hip-hop theatre convention)
Maddy Digger
Dance Instructor / Assistant
Training:
- Distinction, Merit, Merit (DMM) BTEC in Level 3 Extended Diploma in Dance (Halesowen College)
- Dance training in Jazz, Commercial, Street Dance, Contemporary and Lyrical Dance
- GCSE Dance
- Maddy has been trained in-house to teach some of our Pre-School and Infant dance classes
Career Highlights:
- Numerous public dance and performance showcases during high school and college
- CMDA ambassador at public Academy events
Sophie Ellis-Jones
Teaching Assistant
Maz Button
Teaching Assistant
Chloe Wilson
Teaching Assistant
Catherine Pitt
Marketing & Admin
What the parents say about us
Don’t just take our word for it
“Thank you so much for organising this! M joined in with Tap today and she hasn’t stopped talking about it. What an amazing idea and so important for keeping a bit of normality in the children’s lives at the moment. You’re all doing a fantastic job!
Both of my children have been going to the academy for over a year now. My youngest son has suspected autism and I am amazed with how the academy fits him into his ballet class with so much patience and professionalism. My daughter gets excited before she goes to every lesson and aspires to be like the older dancers one day. I would definitely recommend the academy to any parent who would like their child to learn to dance in a loving, diverse, structured and professional environment.
“My daughter has only recently joined a Junior Ballet class and absolutely loves it! She has settled in very well and loves her teacher.”
