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STAFF
ABI
Abi started off dancing for a local cheerleading group, at the age of 7. Here she did several performances for local events, local competitions and BCA (British cheerleading association) competitions. This was for solos,duets, troupes, Pom dance and street. At the age of 12 she joined Stourbridge Dance Academy taking exams in Modern, ballet and freestyle and danced in all end of year shows. At school she obtained her BTEC dance certification at distinction grade. At the age of 14 she then joined a street crew who also performed at loads of local events, set4set, SOAR and BDO competitions and for the GB OLYMPIC Basketball team 2014 in Worcester and in London. Abi then auditioned and got a place at Ignite Dance Centre (Kidderminster College) gaining her BTEC LEVEL 3 in Dance and Musical Theatre and A2 in Dance. After training there in all styles Abi auditioned and gained a partially funded place at MADD (Midlands Academy of Dance and Drama) graduating with a diploma. At MADD Abi had the opportunity to work with many choreographers, directors, west end performers, agencies, actors and singers. After graduating Abi performed for Alton Towers scarefest 2019 and then got a place in ME DANCE COMPANY who she still performs for now. She does various shows, tours and local events. Including the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games performing Chain Stories. Abi is also a Acro Arts qualified teacher. Abi loves teaching at Dance Box Academy as she loves to see the children have so much fun, learn and grow as not only dancers but as people.
IMMY
Immy started dancing at the age of 3 where she began training in ballet, tap, modern and gymnastics. At the age of 4 Immy joined Hi-Bris Dance Studio where she began training in commercial and hip hop and she still dances there to this day. By the age of 12 she had completed all of her BTDA dance examinations and by the age of 16 had performed on stages such as the Birmingham Hippodrome, Sadler’s Wells London and Blackpool Winter Gardens. Immy also trained in Disco Freestyle and competed at many competitions over the years with Dance Company Solihull. In 2017, Immy auditioned successfully for Birmingham Ormiston Academy (BOA) and spent the following 2 years training in all styles and performing in shows at the Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham and Move it 2019. She completed BOA with all distinctions and then went on to have a successful audition for Addict Dance Academy in Leicester. Immy moved to Leicester at the age of 18 and spent the next 3 years in full time dance training. She gained a lot of experience in all styles and whilst she was there she performed in many different shows and was part of the Hip Hop company who performed for Addict at Move It 2022. During her time at Addict she gained the opportunity to perform as a dancer at the Landmark Hotel London for the London Lifestyle Awards and was also part of a music video for the song ‘Losing my Mind’ by Majestic and The Nightcrawlers. Immy graduated from Addict in the summer of 2022 with First Class Honours in Dance. Immy is so excited to be joining Dance Box Academy and can’t wait to bring out a different side to the dancers in their commercial and hip hop lessons. She is excited to see them progress and improve and reach out of their comfort zones. Immy is also a fully qualified acrobatic arts teacher. Immy absolutely loves teaching and can’t wait to be a part of all the competitions and shows and to see the dancers’ success.
Sophie
Sophies first dance experience was with a local cheerleading group called LA dance academy, starting from the age of 8. She danced here for just over two years and whilst here she participated in events such as summer fayres, shows and competitions. Moving into more recent years, Sophie joined Dance Box Academy in November 2019, where she is still dancing as part of the senior competition team as well as taking part in shows and summer fayres. As part of Dance Box, Sophie has continually been given amazing opportunities to dance in different cities in the UK, such as London and as of October 2023 Blackpool. Also she had the opportunity to perform in Disney Land Paris in February 2023. During these years, Sophie started GCSE level dance in year 9 and finished the course with a Level 2 Distinction. Coming to the end of year 11, in the middle of June, Sophie started to teach PE and after school clubs in various different schools, as a representative of LE Academy, working with children from the ages of year 1 to year 6.Sophie loves working within the Dance Box community as she feels that she has the chance to watch all the children come out of their shells and become more imaginative, independent and mature. Being part of the school for so long Sophie has had the chance to watch some of the younger ones grow up first hand, joining from the ages of 2 and still being there to this day, and has watched their confidence rise and some of them now even compete solos at big competitions. Watching the children grow up and improve day in day out is what makes this such an inspiring job.