Teachers Karen Heritage is the founder, owner and principal teacher of the Dance & Theatre School. She teaches tap, modern stage, ballet, acrobatics, jazz, drama and street dance. She has taken her students to dance in many Theatres throughout the UK including Sadler’s Wells Theatre and Royal Albert Hall, London and also to Disneyland Paris and Portaventura, Spain. Karen produces her own variety shows and pantomimes and has done many themed cabaret nights and in addition she provides specialist tuition to Earthbeat Theatre Company, for adults with learning difficulties.
Karen also works as a freelance choreographer and has worked with several production companies including Brutus Gold and the Lovetrain and Mardi Gas Promotions. Professional credits include The Big Stage with Bradley Walsh (Channel 5), and a contract at the Lido, Paris with Magician “Christian”. She has also worked with amateur drama groups playing the roles of “Mavis” in Stepping Out and “Truvie” in Steel Magnolias.
Never one to sit back Karen has recently returned to University and has attained a foundation degree in Performance and Events Production and is looking forward to completing her BA Hons this year. She recently produced and choreographed the hit 70’s musical Boogie Nights as a collaborative performance between the University and her own Theatre School.
Karen has been working with PMA productions for five years on shows including Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Dick Whittington, Jack & the Beanstalk and most recently “Carrots” and Sleeping Beauty.
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About UsOur present studio was opened in November 1994 and is fully utilised every day of the week. Dance classes are well attended and cover tap, modern, jazz, ballet, freestyle, acro-gymnastics and drama. Our biggest strength is in the musical theatre but children have attained an extremely high standard in all disciplines and we can boast a 100% success rate in our exam results. Over the years the school has taken part in many different events including the Newcastle, Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees Riverside Festivals, Record Breakers at Birmingham NEC, variety shows at Sunderland Empire Theatre, numerous performances at the Royal Albert Hall, magic music days at Disneyland Paris in and several appearances at Sadlers Wells theatre London, the latest being in April 2007. The children also perform their own pantomime at Christmas and these have included Aladdin, Dick Whittington, Cinderella, Mother Goose, Sleeping Beauty, Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Our pantomime in January, 2007 "Who Kidnapped Santa", was written for us by Wayne Shellard. Our latest pantomime is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on 25th January, 2009 at Billigham Forum Theatre. A number of other shows from Drama to Variety are also performed at the ARC in Stockton-on-Tees. 
The school was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Stage Dance Council International |
Kayleigh Davies has been dancing at the school since she was 2 years old and qualified as a Teacher for B.A.T.D in 2004 and is now a full time Teacher.
Prior to this She has taken part in many shows and pantomimes throughout the years including performance at Sunderland Empire Theatre, Sadler's Wells Theatre, Royal Albert Hall and also as far afield as Disneyland, Paris. Kayleigh recently played the role of Edna in an adaptation of Hairspray performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre
and also at Theatre Imperial in Port Aventura. Her most recent role was to play the lead role of "Debs" in "Boogie Nights" at Billingham Forum Theatre.