The Dance Department

Director of Dance: Holly-Jayne Stubbings

Holly-Jayne Stubbings trained at University College Chichester gaining a BA (Hons) Degree in Dance. She then trained at the Royal Academy of Dance gaining a Post Graduate Certificate in Dance Teaching.

Holly-Jayne was Head of Dance at King Edward School in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, before moving to Wellington College to become Director of Dance.

Dance Teacher: Pandy Dean

Pandy Dean is a classically trained dancer with a professional career spanning 22 years. At the age of 19 she set up her own Dance company and toured as dancer/choreographer for 15 years. On retiring from performing she became a freelance choreographer working alongside artists such as the Bee Gees, Gypsy Kings and Stevie Wonder. She spent 4 years working in Hong Kong and on her return to the UK in 1999 set up her own Dance Academy focusing on street dance styles.

Ballet Teacher: Claire Tyler

Claire trained at The Royal Academy of Dance gaining a Degree in Ballet Education with Registered Teachers Status recognised by the RAD,then continued her studies to complete the PGCE: Dance Studies.

Claire focuses her teaching on those students who have started ballet late, or who wish to learn ballet in order to support their strengths in other Dance forms, of which three have progressed to Laban, one to Northern Contemporary and another to Surrey University to study Dance. Claire currently teaches GCSE Dance at Redroofs Theatre School and A Level Dance at The Emmbrook School, alongside private IDTA ballet lessons and an independent GCSE in a year course.