Dawn King

Dip. London College of Dance & Drama, RAD Registered Teacher and life member, BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy.

Having trained full-time at LCDD and taught in this country and abroad, Dawn and husband Jeremy moved to Italy to teach at Centro Internazionale di Danza in Cosenza.

On return to UK they started Gedling Ballet School at the community centre on Shearing Hill in 1985, transferring to its present home at the Memorial Hall in 1986.

Both of their daughters, Sarah and Susie, progressed from Gedling Ballet School to train full-time at the Royal Ballet School (White Lodge) and at Elmhurst Assoc. School of Birmingham Royal Ballet.

Alongside a passion for dance and teaching at Gedling Ballet School, Dawn trained at Nottingham University as a Physiotherapist and worked within the NHS for a number of years.

Dawn attends training events held by the RAD and Royal Ballet School. A former member of the RAD committee for the Midlands and East of England region and awarded life membership of the RAD in 2020 after 42 years of membership.

Former pupil of Gedling Ballet School, performed with Birmingham Royal Ballet in a number of productions notably as young Morgan le Fay in the Ballet 'Arthur' at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and on UK tour with BRB.

A Royal Ballet Associate student Susie at age 14 accepted a scholarship place at Elmhurst Assoc. School of Birmingham Royal Ballet, and then completed her training at Rambert School of Ballet & Contemporary Dance, BA (Hons) followed by Rambert MA.

Professional work includes Ballet Theatre UK, Ampersandance, Royal Shakespeare Company and Medea with English National Opera at the London Coliseum.

Former ballet coach at the National Ice Arena and dance teacher at NCN, Susie is based in London and teaches for London School of Arts and at her own school Hackney Ballet.

Susie is a qualified and registered teacher with the RAD and BBO Dance, and is a member of the new Rambert Grades training programme (Rambert Grades is accredited by The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulations Ofqual).

Former pupil of Gedling Ballet School performed with Nottingham Youth Dance, youth company of New English Contemporary Ballet.

Qualifications gained; BTEC National Diploma in Dance from New College Nottingham, BA (Hons) in Dance and Professional Practice (Performance Scholarship) from Coventry University and MA in Arts Management from Birmingham Institute for Art and Design.

Lauren is a qualified and registered teacher with the IDTA. Lauren is also a certified teacher of PBT Adult Syllabus.

Lauren teaches extensively across Nottingham delivering classes in settings such as Nursery/Pre-Schools, Primary Schools and Extra Curricula Dance Schools and Gymnastics Clubs.

Lauren teaches stage and a mid week pre school class at Gedling Ballet School.

Former pupil of Gedling Ballet School, trained at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, graduating with a BA (Hons) degree in Ballet and Contemporary dance. After graduating from Rambert she joined Edge Dance Company at The Place, working with various choreographers including Alleyne Dance and Igor X Moreno and performed with the company. She was awarded a Distinction for her Masters Degree in Contemporary Dance.

Amy is a Rambert Grades Registered teacher, and has also worked for Rmabert Grades as an Ambassador. She delivered workshops for them as part of the London Youth Games in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in July 2023.

Alongside her teaching at Gedling Ballet School, Amy is the Ballet Mistress for London Children’s Ballet’s Touring Company, and as well as being the Director of the Junior Summer Course, she delivers outreach work in Primary Schools in Greater London for their Ballet for £1 Programme.

Amy has also worked for Rambert School, CAT at The Place, DanceX and Dance4, Ballet Boost, Dance Equation, and coaches Junior and Senior Team GB Figure Skaters and Synchro Skaters in Nottingham who regularly compete at the British and World Championships, delivering weekly ballet classes and 1:1 coaching to support their training.

Amy has experience working with children with Special Educational Needs, teaching dance in SEN schools around Nottingham every week.

She has performed with contemporary dance company, Clod Ensemble, to mark the opening of their new studio at the newly launched Design District in Greenwich, London and appeared in a music video for 'Serious Child'.

From September 2024 Amy will commence training part-time at the Royal Ballet School on a 2 year course - Royal Ballet School’s Diploma of Dance Teaching.

A former pupil of Gedling Ballet School, Central School of Ballet graduate, performing career includes Michael Clark Company UK and international touring, as well as The Snowman in London West End and on tour, Merce Cunningham Trust performing in UK and Italy, and most recently performing with Eliot Smith Dance (ESD) in Newcastle. Rowan travelled with ESD to New York to rehearse a piece called ‘Duet’ with the Paul Taylor Dance Company which she is now performing with ESD here in the UK.

Qualifications gained; BA (Hons) in Dance and Professional Performance through Central School of Ballet and University of Kent.

Rowan teaches throughout Nottingham for a range of ages, mainly in Classical Ballet and Contemporary styles and also for the Syncronised Skating team at the Nottingham Ice Arena.

Trained London School of Contemporary Dance. Former member of Lynx Dance Company and English Bach Festival Company.

Taught at Centro Internazionale di Danza Italy, and various schools and colleges in the UK including Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Former company manger and choreographer for Nottingham Youth Dance in association with New English Contemporary Ballet.

In addition to teaching, Jeremy is the administrator for Gedling Ballet School and also percussionist for contemporary classes.