Calendar

1996year

Maggie Purr,Principal of WSD 2010 – presentMaggie is a former pupil of Welland School of Dancing. Under the tutelage of Miss Desbruslais, Maggie gained a place at the Royal Ballet School as a senior associate, and then at Central School of Ballet in 1996, trained by Christopher and Carole Gable.

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Nicole RyanFilm and Television – Lead Role

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Gemma JacksonGemma left the Welland School of Dance in 2005 to pursue her career as a professional dancer. She was offered a full time scholarship at Cambridge performing Arts on the musical theatre course, where she studied for four years.

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Alexandra SmithTiffany Theatre College, Company Manager P&O and princess cruises

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Emily GriffithsHammond School, P&O and costa cruises

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Poppy BrewellBird College

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Lavinia KastamonitiLavinia, originally from Greece, began her dancing from an early age in Corfu with her mother Tina Chandley (training: Northern Ballet School) as her teacher.

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Charley MayPirouette Scchool – Leicester, Teacher WSD, TuDance and Inspire.

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Emily BoswallBallet Theatre UK school

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Alice CadeTrinity Laban, Founder of Abalinodance theatre

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Jenny RichardsonI started at Welland when i was 3 years old doing ballet classes every Tuesday, then at 7 I joined tap and modern classes.

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Chloe JacksonRoyal Ballet school, Arts Educational Tring Park

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Chloe HebdenBilly Elliott, Hebden School of Dancing

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Marina FraserRoyal Ballet School

1984year

Katie GreenWSD Pupil 1984-2000

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Kizze BurkittSince joining at the age of four, Welland has instilled in me an absolute passion for dance that has fundamentally shaped the course of my life.

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Harriet BrittenWhat The Welland did for me?
I will forever be grateful for what my time at The Welland taught me, I have always loved dance and always will, as well as this, throughout my 9 years there, I learnt how to be disciplined; in a way that I now pass on to my pupils.

1998year

Robert WilkesRobert trained at London Studio Centre.

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Phil NortonFormer WSD Pupil
Phil joined the Welland School of Dancing at the age of 3 and attended classes until he was 18. In that time, he took part in the school's main shows, performances at local fetes and took many exams.

1973year

Julie LoweI was at Welland from September 1973 to Easter 1975 (I think).
It was my first teaching job after leaving Bush Davies where I had trained for 3 years.

1964year

Carol Cunnington 50 years at WSD as pupil, friend, helper and mother.Little did I realise when I started taking ballet lessons at Stamford High School with Mrs Mitchell-Smith in 1964 that in 2014 (50 years later!) I would still be going to classes at the Welland.

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