Teachers – WrightDance

Gemma Louise Wright, LISTD & BA Hons

Gemma studied Dance and teacher training at the The Centre Performing Arts College, London. During her time at the college, she worked to the penultimate level of licentiate, one away from an ISTD examiner and represented the college with many performances.

After working through her college years, she went on to perform across the UK and abroad. From Scarborough to Wales & then onto Morocco (among many locations), Gemma gained a wealth of experience collaborating with the best dancers in the industry.

Following her professional dancing career, Gemma went on to complete a degree in teaching at Greenwich University. This lead to work in Performing Arts Colleges, Secondary and Private Schools passing on her experiences and training pupils to a very high standard.

WrightDance was setup in Joydens Wood in 2015 as a way to offer classes to local children in the area. From simply a couple of classes at the weekend, growing into a small school, she now has an offering to attract many young dancers. With annual performances, Theatre trips, Holiday Clubs and ISTD examinations, there is something for everyone to enjoy.

Gemma is fun, energetic, charismatic and able to inspire and offer creativity that will only encourage the children that she teaches.

elise dixon, ISTD Dance & Acro

Elise started dancing at the age of 2 taking classes in Ballet, Tap, Modern, Jazz, Pointe work and Musical Theatre. After completing her studies at Bird College she continued her passion for dancing and began her career as a professional.

Elise’s performing credits include Disneyland Paris and Pantomime with Craig Revel Horwood, Antony Costa and ‘Bobby Davro’ in Kent. She has also appeared on ‘Got to Dance’ in a tap group in 2010.

She is now a DDE Modern Qualified ISTD Teacher and also has 3 years experience of coaching gymnastics of all ages and abilities.

Ciara Williams, Singing & Musical Theatre

Ciara started her singing career at the age of 16 studying Music Performance at Miskin Theatre, successfully achieving her level 3 diploma. She then went on to study Commercial Music at Canterbury Christchurch University to gain her degree in Music.

Alongside her own performance and vocal singing skills, she also gained experience in songwriting and the technical side of the industry. Having experience teaching singing at Rocket Music School she is looking forward to sharing her expertise with our pupils at Wright Dance.

Ciara teaches vocals in the performing arts classes, in both individual and group sessions, further developing our musical theatre branch.

Cameron Morgan, holiday camps & clubs

Cameron started dancing at a young age with Ballet, Tap and Modern. Just recently, Cameron completed her level four diploma at the Miskin theatre and will be off to LMA University to study dance performance in September.

Cameron absolutely loves to teach all styles of dance and all ages of children as she wants to help develop the future performers of the industry.

Matthew Mcdowall, Drama

Matthew started Dancing and Acting at the age of 7. He made his first TV appearance at 10 and continued his training into full time Theatre School. Since then, Matthew has worked professionally and moved into teaching and Directing nearly 20 years ago.

Matthew has taught all over the Country and spent the 12 years at Italia Conti teaching Acting across the age range and fulfilling the role of Deputy Head Teacher. Matthew is also an examiner for the AQA exam board and on the Examining Panel for LAMDA where his role includes examining internationally as well as delivering Workshops for both the Performance and Communication Specifications.

At Wright Dance Matthew will be teaching drama within performing arts classes, further developing our drama and working on audition skills.

Émilie Fitzgerald

Émilie Rachel trained at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts specialising in Music and Vocals. Since then Émilie has gone on to work with producers and DJs throughout the world, perform at festivals in front of more than 15,000 people along with various other gigs across London.

Émilie specialises in teaching vocals and musical theatre to children groups and is a valued member of the team with her expertise and current involvement within the Music industry.