Our Team
Five teachers across Ballet, Tap, Modern Jazz, Acro, Lyrical, Commercial, Contemporary and Musical Theatre.
Principal & Owner
Natalie trained from the age of three at the Bettany School of Dance in Ballet, Tap, Modern Jazz, Acro and Musical Theatre. She passed her IDTA exams through the grades, was nominated for IDTA Theatre Award scholarships, and reached the top six in the Miss Dance of Great Britain finals at seventeen. She went on to teach across the South West before opening Moondance, and still leads the majority of the studio's graded syllabus work herself.
Teacher
Cornwall-born, London Studio Centre trained. Performance credits span TV, film and theatre — Inner Sanctum (Pet Shop Boys), Carmen, Celebrity Cruises as dancer and aerial captain, Step One Dance Company and The Little Mermaid. Teaches and choreographs for colleges and theatre companies across the UK.
Teacher
Trained with Ballet Boost Associates, Elmhurst Associates and Royal Ballet Associates, and was awarded a three-year full scholarship to Elmhurst Ballet School at age 10. Continued with DaDA-funded training at Laine Theatre Arts, gaining ISTD Tap units of a Diploma in Dance Education, and now studies for a BA(Hons) in Dance Education and Licentiate status with the Royal Academy of Dance, having recently gained Registered Teacher Status. Also holds Level 3 Progressing Ballet Technique certification and teaches multiple styles across the Southwest, including Ballet Boost Associates in Wales.
Teacher
Classical technique and pointe work through the graded syllabus.
Teacher
Trained locally at the Geraldine Lamb Dance School before earning a scholarship to Bird College at 16. Graduated with a Level 6 Diploma in Professional Dance and Musical Theatre and holds ISTD DDE Ballet and Acrobatic Arts (Acrotrix) teaching qualifications. Performance credits include Lead Snowflake in The Nutcracker, the title role in Alice in Wonderland, and lead soloist in Gangsta Granny at Theatre Royal Plymouth. Heads to Greece this August to work as a professional dancer.
Book a trial in any class and we'll match your dancer to the right teacher and grade.