Emily Thornton
From a young age Emily loved dancing, singing and everything associated with the arts. She started dance lessons in Sherborne, Dorset and straight away knew this was what she wanted to do. From thirteen onwards Emily assisted the teacher at the school she went to. From then on Emily started performing in various productions, such as the English Youth Ballet and Pantoni Pantomimes. With this clear direction, and at 16, she moved to Bedfordshire to study performing arts full time at Stella Mann Collage of Performing Arts. The course consisted of a wide variety of dance styles as well as musical theatre, singing and acting. Emily graduated in 2009 with a National Diploma in Professional Musical Theatre.
Since graduating Emily performed in Theatre in Education Pantomimes, taught at various schools and worked at Park Club Europe, Tenerife, There she performed in 12 different musicals, playing the lead in 5 of the shows. In addition to performing she also taught the animation team and was assistant choreographer for a new show.
Since then it has bought out her passion for teaching and seeing the results that can be achieved. So, in September 2011 Emily opened Vision Theatre Arts and has never looked back!
I am a registered teacher with the United Teachers of Dance.
I am DBS checked, I have public liability insurance and I am a first aider.
Becky Leer
Becky starting dancing at the age of four beginning with Ballet and Tap and then joining Jazz, Modern and street. Learning early on that this is what she wanted to do as her career she set her sights on teaching. With a passion for all things bendy and flexible Becky went and achieved her teaching qualification with Acrobatic Arts (AAC2) and likes to incorporate this into all her classes.
She joined the VISION team September 2019 . She has progressed over the years to higher levels and began her teacher training under Emily. As well as doing her training in Tap, Modern and Ballet Becky has gained her teaching qualifications with acrobatic arts (AAC2) , Progressing Ballet technique and Seated dance classes.
I am a registered teacher with the United Teachers of Dance.
I am DBS checked, I have insurance and I am a first aider.
Hannah Clark
Hannah trained at The Urdang Academy and had a 1st Class Honors Degree in Professional Dance and Musical theatre.
Theatre includes: Jill in Jack and the Beanstalk (Newbury Corn Exchange); Ensemble in The Light Princess: In Concert (Cadogan Hall); Meg/Ensemble in Merrily We Roll Along (Yvonne Arnaud); Ensemble Singer for WhatsOnStage Awards (Prince of Wales Theatre); Ensemble in The Railway Children (Cadogan Hall); Queen Weasel in The Wind in the Willows (Floods Tavern); Sandy in A Tribute to Grease - The Musical (Milan Fashion Week); Alice Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington (Milton Keynes Theatre, First Family Entertainment); Eva Dobson in Somewhere in England (New Wimbolden Studio Theatre); Rory in Bare - The Rock Opera (Old Finsbury Town Hall); Singer in TAS: LIVE (Arcola Theatre) and Thea in Spring Awakening (Old Finsbury Town Hall & Young Actor's Theatre).
Chloe Squire
Chloe has been performing for over 22 years and graduated from The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in 2018 with a degree in dance.
After graduating, Chloe went on to become a performer for TUI Magic Life Hotels in Turkey, Italy and Crete. She performed in 7 shows and taught many different styles of fitness classes. Some of her other performances include Phyllis Foster in Mack and Mabel at LIPA, main dancer/model for the House of Suarez: Sun, Moon and Stars vogue performance and dancer in the UK tour Jukebox and Bobbysox.
Chloe also has lots of experience with teaching, starting at the dance school she grew up in and then continuing into Cambridgeshire and London. She has taught a range of different styles for children age 12M+ all the way up to adults and loves seeing the children develop in confidence and skill.
Maddison Rowe
Maddison trained at London Studio Centre in the Musical Theatre company Seedtime, graduating with a 1st in Theatre Dance.
Credits while training include: Playing Veronica in Heathers at The New Wimbledon Theatre, Shell Dockley in Bad Girls at the Pentland Theatre and Audrey 2 in Little Shop of Horrors at the Pleasance Theatre.
TV and Film credits include: Chloe Howl's official music video 'Work' with Plastic Fruit Studios and Peckham Rose/Featured dancer in 'Teen Spirit' directed by Max Minghella.
Touring credits include: Dance Captain in the UK tour Jukebox and Bobbysox, Ensemble in Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical Gala European Tour.
Bella May-Harrison
Bella graduated from London Studio Centre with a BA Hons Degree in Musical Theatre. Bella has always had a passion for performing arts and started dance classes at the age of 3. Bella has performed in a wide range of dance, musical theatre and pantomime productions throughout the years; Bella represented her country at the Dance World Cup in 2019, held in Braga Portugal, taking home the Bronze medal, and her troupe were crowned National Champions, winning the ''stars of the future'' finals in Blackpool, twice in a row. Bella also worked as a dancer for UK Production's various pantomime productions for 5 consecutive years.
Bella made her professional debut performing onboard P&O Cruises Azura and Aurora for two consecutive years and played the lead female roles and was dance captain in both of their pantomime productions of ''Aladdin'' and ''Jack and the Beanstalk''. Bella has also worked on set, with many major film and TV productions, including Netflix, Apple TV and Disney +.
Bella has been teaching since the age of 17 and has always had a passion for dance and performing arts education. Bella has an Enhanced DBS and Paediatric First Aid certificates.