Esme Alner
Esme was a member of the TLW Dance Company from 2013. Over the years she has studied ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap and acro. She has achieved a distinction in her grade 8, a merit in her Intermediate Ballet, a merit in Grade 6 Tap and a distinction in her Bronze Tap Award and is currently working towards her Advanced Foundation in Ballet and Intermediate in Tap. Esme has recently graduated from London Studio Centre to study on the contemporary pathway of their BA (Hons) degree course.
Mackenzie Jacob
Mackenzie joined the Company in 2015 and studied all disciplines whilst at TLW. After successfully auditioning for the acclaimed Elmhurst Ballet School and gaining a full scholarship, Mackenzie began studying there in September 2017 and after 5 years in full-time training at Elmhurst, he graduated in 2022.
Mac performed in the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games and just a few days later joined Northern Ballet as an apprentice, touring several of their productions around the UK as well as performing The Great Gatsby at Sadlers Wells.
In summer 2023 Mac completed his apprenticeship with Northern Ballet and was looking forward to moving to Glasgow to begin work with Scottish Ballet.
Raphael M East
Raphael started dancing at TLW in 2010. Alongside his training at TLW he was a Royal Ballet Associate between 2013-2019. He gained a place on the Cat scheme for Contemporary dance and 2015 was selected for the National Youth Ballet and the prestigious Royal Ballet Summer School 2015-2016.
Raphael started full-time training at Bath Dance College in 2018, gaining a place at Central School of Ballet in 2020. Raphael will graduate in 2023.
Amy Hurst
Amy joined TLW in 2010 and was delighted to become part of the company in 2015.
Amy went on to study at Bath Dance College from September 2018, where she began a full-time training course and later started a 3-year course at Italia Conti studying all genres of dance and musical theatre. Amy will graduate in summer 2023.
Isabelle Evans
Isabelle joined TLW Dance in 2011, joining the company in 2012. She successfully auditioned for the junior division of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre's summer intensive in 2016 and a year later returned for the 6-week summer intensive as a professional division student.
In 2019 Isabelle moved to New York to continue her studies at The Ailey School. In 2022 Isabelle was selected to perform in the Ailey/Fordham benefit concert. She completed a professional placement with English National Ballet, filming for their digital platform, Balletactive.
Isabelle was invited to become a member of Fordham’s Honour Society and was also accepted into the Ailey company mentoring programme.
Isabelle will graduate in Summer 2023.
Ella-Rose Green
Ella-Rose started training at TLW Dance in 2015 and joined our company in 2016. She accepted a place at London Studio Centre in 2019, starting her professional training there later that year.
After touring the UK in 2022 with the LSC Jazz Company, Ella-Rose graduated in Summer.
Upon graduating Ella-Rose signed to Take One Agency and made her professional debut as Goldilocks in the pantomime Goldilocks and The Three Bears in December 2022.
Daisy Andrews
Daisy joined the TLW Dance Company in 2017 and performed with the company in the West End in May that year.
Daisy accepted a place at Bath Dance College in 2019 and began further full-time training at Performers in Birmingham on their Musical Theatre and Dance degree course. In 2022 Daisy was selected to perform at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.
Daisy will complete her second year at Performers College in Summer 2023.
Megan Bale
Megan joined the TLW Dance Company in 2014. She quickly found a passion for contemporary dance and successfully auditioned the CAT programme for Contemporary dance whilst still training at TLW Dance. In 2020, Megan auditioned for Trinity Laban and started her professional training there later that year. In 2022 Megan started a professional placement with Melody Squire as an intern and completed her first professional dance job at a themed ball.
Megan began rehearsing Richard Alston repertory for a series of performances in June 2023 and is due to graduate in summer 2023.
Tina Jupp
Tina was one of the original Company members when it was founded in 2010 and was promoted to Dance Captain in 2014.
Outside of the Company, Tina was an established singer and actress and in 2013 she successfully auditioned for the National Youth Musical Theatre course in London. In 2017 Tina completed an intensive gap year course at Emil Dale Academy and was then accepted on the degree course at Guildford School of Acting (GSA). She graduated with a first-class honours degree.
Jenni Turrill
Jenni was one of the original Company members when it was founded in 2010 and was Dance Captain in 2015-2016. Jenni studied ballet, jazz, technique, commercial and contemporary and has achieved a distinction in all her RAD ballet exams.
Jenni studied Physical Education at the University of Brighton and graduated with a 2:1. She is now working at Portsmouth Grammar School and was recently promoted to Head of Dance. Jenni loves sharing her passion and knowledge of dance.
Jasmine Daniels
Jasmine was a Company member during 2014-15, alongside her training at TLW she successfully auditioned for the Royal Ballet School Junior Associate programme. In 2015 Jasmine auditioned for vocational schools to study ballet full-time and was offered a full MDS scholarship at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and began her training in September 2015. Jasmine is now in her final year at Tring and will graduate in summer 2023.
Emma Pike
Emma is an original member of TLW and TLW Dance Company when it founded in 2010. Whilst at the studio she studied ballet, jazz, contemporary and tap, and then went onto gain a First Class Honours Degree in Musical Theatre at the University of Chichester. Since graduating, Emma has worked over in Spain as a performer for Thomas Cook and currently tours the UK with Image Musical Theatre. Emma has now returned to TLW as part of the teaching faculty.
Bea Westerman-Loe
Bea has danced since the age of 6 and has been dancing at TLW since 2016.After dancing with the Company in the West End in May 2017, she has now joined as a full time member. To expand Bea's repertoire of dance, she started tap dance in September 2016. alongside her other classes at TLW. Bea particularly enjoys ballet; she has trained as an associate with the Royal Ballet School for many years alongside her regular Ballet classes. Bea is one of the very few students at TLW to have reached her RAD Advanced 2.
James Bamford
James joined TLW in 2019 and completed 3 years of training. Alongside his busy schedule at TLW, James trained at C.A.T, Sol Dans Youth as well as the English National Ballet Youth Company.
He has worked passionately on his own venture entitled Project Dance, which started as a community project and has grown in to a fantastic platform for youth dance.
James’ hard work and dedication has already led to several professional roles including pantomime at The Octogen in Yeovil and as a dancer in the Barbie Movie released Summer 2023.
In September 2022, James started a 3-year degree course at London Studio Centre.
Maddie Richardson
Maddie joined TLW in 2016 and joined the TLW Company in 2018. She passed multiple examinations with distinction in both dance and acting at TLW and alongside her weekday training with us, she attended the Urdang Academy Associate course on weekends from 2020-2022.
Maddie successfully auditioned for places at Urdang, Performers and London Studio Centre as well as Italia Conti, where she started training in September 2022.
Issy O'Sullivan
Issy has been at TLW since the beginning and has always been a dedicated, passionate and hard-working student.
Although talented in many disciplines, Issy found a love for street dance and in 2018 she successfully auditioned for the C.A.T Street Dance Programme. In 2021 Issy successfully auditioned to be a part of the Zoonation Youth Dance Company, dancing with them at Move It and The Royal Opera House in London.
After 3 years as Dance Captain with The TLW Dance Company Issy successfully auditioned for both London Studio Centre and the renowned Urban Dance Course at UEL where she started her training in September 2022.
Nicole Ingram
Nicole trained at TLW for many years before accepting a place at London Studio Centre in 2021.
Whilst in the TLW Dance Company she successfully auditioned to be a part of the Zoonation Youth Company, dancing with them at Move IT and The Royal Opera House in London.
This year Nicole has also been training with the renowned dance company Birdgand and has worked on a show by Vikki Clark called 'A Conversation With Alicia Keys'.
Maisie Hogan
Maisie made an instant impression with her phenomenal voice and incredible acting skills when she joined us in 2019(?). She completed 3 years of musical theatre and acting classes at TLW, which culminated in her amazing portrayal of Tina Finch in our Summer production of ‘When I Grow Up’.
Maisie successfully auditioned at Mountview and started a 3-year musical theatre degree course in September 2022.
Jemima Sparrow
Jemima Joined TLW when she was 12 and immediately became part of the TLW family. She completed her RAD ballet grades up to grade 8 and Advanced 1 which she both passed with distinction.
In 2019 Jemima successfully auditioned for the renowned Rambert Pre-Vocational Programme and began travelling to London every weekend to train. In 2022 she auditioned for the Mark Bruce Summer Intensive, gaining a place for the course alongside other students already in full time training. In 2022 she also decided to audition (as a practice) for full time training at Rambert School on their prestigious 3-year course and was offered a place to commence training in September 2022, which she accepted. We wish her all the best on this exciting next chapter.
William Markendale
Will joined TLW in 2019 as a confident performer but really wanting to commit to dance and create a path to a career in the arts. Having never taken a ballet exam before, Will completed Grade 4, 5, Intermediate Foundation and Intermediate whilst with us at TLW, passing all with distinction. Will blew us all away in our Journey to Broadway show after lockdown and soon after was offered a scholarship to attend Bath Dance College, which he started in 2021.
In 2022 Will attended the Laine Theatre Arts Summer School and to his surprise they offered him a scholarship to attend Laine Theatre Arts full time training course commencing 2023.
Emily Hiscock
Emily joined us in 2019 having already been dancing for some time and really took her training to the next level. She worked exceptionally hard and took on additional classes to broaden her training. Despite lockdown, she completed several RAD examinations, she performed in 3 shows with us taking, also on a lead role in ‘When I Grow Up’ in Summer 2022.
Earlier in 2022 she successfully auditioned for a full-time place at Bath Dance College and commenced her training there in September.
Rebecca Pritchard
Rebecca is currently in her third and final year at Laine Theatre Arts and is due to graduate in Summer 2023.
Rebecca performed as Daisy the elf in her first professional role in The Night Before Christmas at the Harlequin Theatre, Redhill in December 2022.
Paris Grassi
Paris completed a 2-year advance vocational course at The Urdang Academy in 2022 and was delighted to accept a place at Mountview on their BA Hons Degree course in Musical Theatre, which she started in Sept 2022.
Jemima Axe
Jemima is currently in her second year at The Big Act Drama school in Bristol studying for a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Musical Theatre.