"BECAUSE EVERYONE DESERVES THE CHANCE TO DANCE"
Inclusion. Community. Adaptation. Come join our dance school with a difference.
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About the academy
We are an award winning arts academy with a difference partnered with The Royal Ballet School. We run classes worldwide both online and in-person.
We are a professional teaching team who all have personal experience of chronic illness and/or disability and a love for the arts. We run classes for various ages and abilities.
We offer our sessions as a group, 1-1 and 2-1 basis.
We provide personalised sessions from school workshops all the way through to working on professional TV performances!
Choreography
Kate's professional jobs include dance & choreography for; Channel 4 'The Last Leg', ITV 'Lost Voice Guy's Christmas Special', BBC One Show, Channel 4 'Steph's Packed Lunch' & CBBC 'My Life Leading The Dance'. Kate has also recently been part of the choreography team for the pre-show of Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at Newcastle Theatre Royal.
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The dance academy choreographed and performed with award winning choreographer, Christopher Tendai, for 'Wonderland In Alice'.
Qualifications
Kate is qualified in:
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Rambert Grades (Technical, Creative & Perfomance)
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Rambert Grades Creative Dance for Early Years
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IDTA/NCDTA Associate Ballet (Distinction)
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Dance for Parkinson's (Distinction)
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Progressing Ballet Technique Level 3
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Progressing Ballet Technique UK ambassador
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Level 3 Group Exercise Qualification
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Arts Award Advisor with SEND Specialism
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Dementia Friends
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People Dancing Professional Member
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Additional CDP training
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Read about our other staff members on our 'Teachers' page
Awards
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Dance trailblazer for Motability's 45th birthday (2023)
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'Top 100 Most Influential Disabled People in the UK' 2022
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A 'Woman of the Year' 2021 + 2022
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Wellbeing Practitioner of the Year from One Dance 2021
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Highly Commended Award for Kate Stanforth Academy of Dance from BBC Newcastle at the Together Awards
collaborations
The dance academy has collaborated with:​
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The Royal Ballet School
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National Youth Ballet
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Can You Dance
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Matthew Bourne's New Adventures
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Christopher Tendai Wonderland In Alice
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Snag Tights
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Allied Mobility (our sponsor)
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Naidex
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Disability Expo
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Kate also has collaborated with organisations such as:
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English National Ballet
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Dance City
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Stopgap
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Sadlers Wells
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& More...