Faculty.
Anna du Boisson, ARAD dips. PDTC
Founder & Vocational Principal
Anna du Boisson trained at Elmhurst and Rambert Ballet School, going on to dance as a soloist for 15 years in major companies. She taught professional ballet at Pineapple Dance Studios for 8 years before joining Ballet Rambert, as their rehearsal director.
Anna has trained and coached many dancers for the Royal ballet, English National Ballet, New York City Ballet amongst others and has been a company guest teacher all over the world.
Her close links with the world of musical theatre have led her to coach the original Billy Elliot boys and dancers from many West End musicals. She founded The West London School of Dance in 1986 and has been teaching classical ballet to both professional dancers and young children for over 30 years. Anna still teaches daily at Danceworks in London’s West End as well as overseeing the vocational training of the Young Dancers Academy.
Kerry Williams
Founder & Academic Principal
Kerry Williams trained at the Royal Ballet School and The Arts Educational School in London. On graduating she danced in Paris in both classical and commercial companies. Returning to England, she taught ballet, classical jazz and tap for various vocational schools in London and was a member of the teaching facility at The Purbrook School of Dance for 10 years. In 2000 she founded The Colour House Theatre School in Wimbledon’s Merton Abbey Mills Theatre.
Having recognized the benefits of teaching dance to all children, Kerry gained a Special Educational Needs teaching certificate from Sutton County Council to specialize in teaching dance and drama to children with autism. She was head of Drama at Wimbledon House School and resident dance and drama teacher at Canbury School in Kingston. She currently teaches ballet, jazz and tap for The West London School of Dance and co-ordinates the academics at the Young Dancers Academy.
Evelyn de Villiers, BSc (Hons) MSc PGCE
Head of Academics
Evelyn has a background in Dance. She studied classical ballet and Contemporary Dance before embarking on her academic studies at Kings College London.
Since graduating she has worked in various vocational schools including the Royal Ballet School, White Lodge and Elmhurst Ballet School in the capacity of a Science and Anatomy teacher as a Pilate’s instructor.
| Kate Blackburn BA | KS3 & KS4 English and History |
| Evelyn de Villiers BSc (Hons) MSc PGCE | KS3 & KS4 Science |
| Corolinda Lunghi BA (Hons) dip arts management PGCE | G.C.S.E Dance & Arts Award |
| Corinne Wood BA (Hons) MA | KS3 & KS4 Maths |
| Kirsty Lyndle BA (Hons) | KS3 & 4 French |
| Hugo Shepherd BA (Hons) | KS4 Maths |
| Anna du Boisson ARAD dips. PDTC | Classical Ballet |
| Yat-Sen Chang | Coaching |
| Ackerley Cooper ARAD CTBS | Classical Ballet |
| Megan du Boisson ARAD CTBS | Classical Ballet |
| Philip Pegler Dip.RBS (TTC) ARAD, AISTD, AIDTA | Classical Ballet |
| Josephine Holling ARAD | Classical Ballet |
| Gillian Revie Dip.RBS PDTC | Classical Ballet |
| Kerry Williams LAMDA | Drama, Jazz & Tap |
| George Rae BMus PGDip, LRAM, PGCE | Singing |
| Tracy Burt BA | Jazz |
| Cyrus Gabrysch BA (Hons) Creative arts | Musician |
| Shirley Hancock MCSP SRP ONC | Physiotherapy |