Principal

SARAH STEAD – AISTD FDI, AIDTA

Sarah is the principal of Expression. She trained at Central School of Dance and Drama in Essex gaining teaching qualifications in Ballet, Tap and Modern. During her dancing career Sarah worked her way up to principal dancer as a member of Innovations Dance Company and also made several TV appearances. Sarah has now been teaching dance for 11 years working in a number of dancing schools across the South East. She is currently working to further her qualifications studying for her ISTD Diploma in Dance Education.

Teacher

JADE SHELTON

Jade started dancing when she was 3. Since then she has been highly successful gaining her advanced dance exams and a BTEC National Diploma in Dance. She is currently a principal dancer of the Yuka Kodama Ballet Group and is also nearing completion of the first stage of her ISTD teaching qualifications.

Yuka Kodama-Pomfret was trained primarily in a strong Russian style but also studied many other methods during her career.  She has danced many leading roles in the ballet repertoires including Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Don Quixote and Coppelia.  She has danced with many of Japan’s leading dancers and was invited to perform with Agnes Oaks and Thomas Edur when they visited Japan to dance with a Japanese company.  She danced with, and coached, members of the Moiseyev dance company during a visit to Japan.  She no longer dances professionally but continues to teach, having contributed towards the dancing community in Oxfordshire over the last decade.  She runs her own private classes in addition to the classes she teaches for Oxford University Dance Society.

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Senior Teaching Assistant & Administration Assistant

LEANNE BOULTON

Leanne started dancing with Expression two years ago, immediately showing a strong passion, commitment and talent for dance.  Alongside her work assisting our Pre-School and Junior classes Leanne is in her final year studying a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts.  She is also working towards her Intermediate exams with Expression and is studying towards the first stage of her ISTD dance teaching qualifications.

Senior Teaching Assistant & Administration Assistant

JOEY GOODWIN

Joey started dancing when he was 5.  He has been training with Expression for nearly 4 years and has been highly successful in his graded examinations.  Joey’s training has had a strong musical theatre influence as he keenly studies drama and singing alongside dance.  Joey is heavily involved in working with the younger boys in our school and teaches our Klub Heroes classes for 4-7 year olds.  He is currently working towards his Intermediate exams with Expression and is studying towards the first stage of his ISTD dance teaching qualifications.

Pilates Teacher

DAVID NEWPORT

David Newport is a coach, personal trainer, writer and speaker on human performance, specialising in posture, rapport and relaxation.

David has worked for over 16 years in the health and fitness arena, teaching pilates for over 10 years at venues in Oxford.

Outside that he worked in international business for the likes of Jaguar and ICI, and human behaviour consulting for BP.

His experience extends across a very wide range of clients: able-bodied, those with disabilities, elderly, children and youths, millionaires, homeless, national and Olympic athletes, and everyone in-between [well not quite everyone, certainly quite a few].

Articles include:

“Emotional journeys“, Interpretation Journal of the Association for Heritage Interpretation, Summer 2006, Vol 11, No.2

“Whom do you trust?” The Systems Thinker, April, 2005

“Relax your way to health“, Prolink, June/July 1996

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