Rawle School of Dance
& Performing Arts
EVE JOURDAN
Eve began her training at the Rawle School of Dance followed by the famous Arts Educational School in Tring and then went on to graduate from Laine Theatre Arts in 2007.
Eve is currently dancing at the Lido in Paris where she has been working for the last few years as dance captain.
LINDSEY TAICH
Lindsey joined Rawle School at the age of 9 and went on to gain a full scholarship at the highly respected Doreen Bird College in Kent. After graduating Lindsey was offered a contract with Spirit of the Dance performing in America; where she met her husband and now lives with her family in Chicago.
ED CURRIE
Ed graduated from Arts Education School London in 2011 with a first class BA (Hons) degree in Musical Theatre. He is also an alumnus of the National Youth Music Theatre.
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Ed's hard work led him to the West End performing as Bobby in the 2013 revival of A Chorus Line at the London Palladium. More recently Ed performed in the Carol King musical 'Beautiful'.
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We were so lucky to have Ed back to take musical theatre workshops for our students.
ALICIA BECK
Alicia trained at Rawle School until the age of 14, when she continued her training at Elmhurst School of Dance and the Upper School associated with Birmingham Royal Ballet.
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Her career began with an apprenticeship with Birmingham Royal Ballet before she went performing with other world wide renowned ballet companies such as: Ballet Dortmund, Ballet Nice Mediterranee and the Zurich Ballet.
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Her musical theatre career started shortly after with the UK tour of 'Cats' starring as Victoria The White Cat. She then went on to make her West End debut in 'Phantom Of The Opera' performing the role of Meg; and afterwards played a part in the musical 'An American in Paris' also on the West End.
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Now, Alicia is a fully qualified pilates teacher based in Jersey and also freelances in the UK taking various classes and workshops.
TANITH WILLIAMS
Tanith started at Rawle School as young as the age of 2. She has worked her way up through the grades and achieved a very high level in ballet, tap, jazz, musical theatre and modern dance.
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Tanith took part in many dance competitions with her solo routines and group dances. Not only this, but she was one of the few dancers nominated for the prestigious IDTA theatre awards, amongst thousands of candidates!
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Tanith completed her training at the renowned 'London Studio Centre' where she gained a first class BA honours degree in dance. She was also awarded the "Vic Ray" Shield for tap!
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She has recently completed her first professional contract with Thursford Christmas Spectacular. We cannot wait to see what you go onto next.
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EMMA HURST
Emma trained at Rawle School until the age of 17. She then toured the U.S and Canada with Spirit of the Dance for a year before training at Performers College in Essex.
After graduating, Emma made her West End debut in Anything Goes and then went on to play Frenchy in Grease.
Emma has toured the UK many times, Firstly with Kiss Me Kate and also Beauty and the Beast where she played the silly girl.
Not only this but Emma embarked on the cruise ship 'Costa Magica' as a singer/dancer.
ELEANOR JOHNSON
Ellie joined us in baby ballet class, up until she was 18, when she gained a full scholarship at SLP College in Leeds. After graduating she has performed all over the world and reached the position of dance captain on the Island Escape Thompson cruise ship for 2 seasons. A few more theatre credits include: Dance Captain for 'Timeless Theatre Productions' UK tour, '80's Mania' European tour, 'Frank Sinatra' UK tour and most recently 'George Michael Fast Love' theatre tour.
SOPHIE SCOTT
Sophie trained at Rawle School before successfully auditioning for full time boarding at The Hammond School in Chester.
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It was a delight to teach such a talented young girl and can't wait to see what she goes on to achieve in the future.
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Sophie is now completing her training at The Urdang Academy in London.
ELEANOR STRUTT
Eleanor trained at Rawle School from 2- 18 years and was a very active member taking part in all exams, competitions, shows and classes the school had to offer. She returns every year to help organise the Summer School alongside Miss Rawle and Gabriella.
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After recently gaining her Master in music with distinction Eleanor can now follow her dream to be on London's West End.
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LAURA GOODWIN
Laura trained with us in all aspects of dance and performing arts from being very young. It was apparent at the early stages of her training that she had natural ability and flair for dance and in particular classical ballet.
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At 16 Laura successfully auditioned at Northern Ballet School with a full scholarship and graduated in 2021. She has since worked with MSC cruises to work onboard as a dancer, travelling all over the world doing what she loves. Most recently Laura has just signed a contract with the showgirl company La Nouvelle Eve in Paris!
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