Our Teachers

Miss Alice began dancing at the age of 2 at The Centre Dance Academy. At age 16, she went on to train vocationally at KS Dance in Manchester for a year, and then completed her Level 5 Diploma in Professional Dance at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. Whilst training, she was able to tour with the company Allegrodance as a soloist in their production of Les  Sylphides, and performed at many theatres across the UK. She has her DDI Classical Ballet Teaching and Rambert Contemporary qualifications. She has coached many young dancers for vocational schools and auditions, and has been a guest teacher at the Cecchetti Associates Scheme at Rambert School in London. 

Miss Larraine trained at Stella Mann College, where she gained her Advanced RAD ballet, Associate and Licentiate teachers exams in National dance and Imperial ballet. Miss Larraine then joined Northwood Ballet School in 1973, where she was taught the Cecchetti Method by Jennifer Morgan and gained her Licenciate teaching qualification. In the early 90s, Miss Larraine established CentreStage School Of Dance, now known as The Centre Dance Academy, where she successfully entered children at all levels of examinations and coached many students on to vocational schools. She recently handed over the school to her former pupil, Alice Smith, but still remains a pillar of the school.