Positions Held: Theatrical branch examiner, Contemporary committee member, Stage Branch Tap committee member

I joined Highams School of Dancing at 4 years old and studied ballet. We also did a bit of tap and stage dance and performed in biennial shows at a local theatre. as I progressed into the senior end of the school, our group performed in cabarets and also at the Shaftsbury Avenue Theatre in ‘An Evening with Faith Brown’, if anyone remembers her!

As a teenager I discovered Chorus Line, Flashdance, Fame and Footloose. all of this obviously ignited a passion in me for dance and the creativity of producing a show. I then went to study my Associate and Licentiate Ballet with Joyce Williams and then joined my former school as an assistant teacher, taking over completely about 25 years ago.

Over the years I have added to my Ballet qualifications, studying and achieving Stage Branch Tap and Modern up to Fellowship level, Freestyle to Associate level and a Diploma in Contemporary Dance and Gymnastic Dance. Our school has expanded and my daughter Lucy now runs the majority of the administrative side which has afforded me to luxury of concentrating on the ‘best bits’ of dance – choreography, teaching and examining.

Positions Held: Theatrical branch examiner.

I have been a member of the NATD for over 35 years and I am now Senior Examiner for National Tap Branch and I’m also on the Committee of the Modern Stage Branch.

I run a very successful Stage School in the Stockport Area with my daughter Hayley.

The NATD has been part of my life for many years and I am proud to be a Member.

Positions Held: Theatrical branch examiner, National Tap senior examiner, Modern Stage Branch committee member.

Should you wish to contact your Senior Examiner please email [email protected] and your email will be forwarded for reply.

I have been a member of the NATD for 38 years having trained under Dawn Whetstone, Bette Shaw and Joyce Williams in Classic Ballet, Stage Branch Tap and Modern Stage.

I have been an examiner for 25 years in these branches and I am also qualified to examine Contemporary Dance, Gymnastic Dance and Freestyle and currently hold a position on the Classic Ballet Committee.

I am joint principal of our school in Essex which I have run with my sisters for nearly 40 years now. I thoroughly enjoy teaching and examining, seeing first hand how dance gives children of all abilities confidence and a sense of achievement.

Positions Held: Theatrical branch examiner, Classic Ballet committee member.

Biography to follow.

I have been a member of the NATD since 1976 having trained in Classic Ballet, Stage Branch Tap and Modern Stage. I was appointed as an examiner for these branches in 1998 and I am also qualified to examine Contemporary Dance, Gymnastic Dance and Freestyle. I am also a member of the Classic Ballet Committee.

Alongside my sisters Ann and Debra, I am a joint principal of The Blythe School of Theatre Arts, established in Essex in 1982 with a wealth of teaching experience. I take a particular interest and pride in enabling pupils of all abilities to realise their potential.

Positions Held: Theatrical branch examiner, Classic Ballet committee member.

I started ballroom dance classes aged 4 and took the NATD amateur exams with my teacher, Ann Andrew, in Nottingham. At 16 years old I began studying for professional exams, and took classes and private lessons of my own. Whilst studying at university, I continued to work for my professional exams and gained Fellowships in Ballroom, Latin American and Classical, and Licentiate in Freestyle. In May 1988, I began running my own dance school on a part time basis, at the same time working full time as a primary school teacher, and eventually as the Deputy Headteacher of an Infant and nursery school in Derby.

I continued to improve my knowledge and skills of dance by attending lectures and congresses and have successfully trained many candidates for NATD exams for more than 30 years. I have also successfully trained many candidates for their professional exams. More recently, having retired from school teaching in 2015, I have entered pupils into social competitions and, for the past three years, The NATD Medallist of the Year, creating lots of fun and some success. For the past three years I have also been a member of The North Midland Ballroom Area committee, helping with the planning, preparation and organisation of area events. In August 1998 I was honoured to be invited to become an examiner for the NATD and after a successful interview I was appointed. I have held this privileged position for 21 years and thoroughly enjoy visiting schools around the country to examine some excellent dancers and encourage the next generation of the NATD. My number one priority has always been to enjoy all I do with dance and to try my best to promote this enjoyment to others.

Outside of dancing I enjoy taking my dog for long walks and visiting places in the UK especially The Lake District. I also like meeting friends for meals, concerts and theatre shows and at home I keep myself busy with decorating, needlecraft and cooking new recipes.

Positions Held: Ballroom branch examiner, North Midlands Ballroom area committee member.

Hi! My name is Rosie, I started dancing at the age of 6, and have been part of the NATD for over 16 years taking exams myself, from grade 1 up to fellowship level. 

I opened my own school in 2015 called Rosie Lea’s Dance Academy, specialising in Street Dance. Over the years I have taken many examinations within the NATD in Street and Freestyle and was proud to win the bursary award for Street / Freestyle back in 2016. 

In 2022 I was invited to join the Street Dance Development Committee to create the new syllabus for Street along with other NATD professionals to ensure we have one of the best Street Dance Syllabus there is! I am so honoured to be on the committee and to see how well this has been produced & so excited to examine this syllabus and also teach it! 

I have trained many students from grade 1 up to Fellowship level which have all attained high marks. My passion has always been to help others whether that be teaching or advising, always striving for the best possible outcome. I love learning myself and always looking forward to the next bit of ‘revising’ to do! 

I am so excited and honoured to now be a Freestyle and Street Examiner for the NATD. 

I am a dedicated NATD examiner, a role I enjoy, as well as an established, experienced Ballroom and Latin American dance teacher. I have taught in my home town of Grantham for over 30 years, and have regularly supported our exam systems, and ballroom competitions for my pupils, as well as attending our great teacher lecture days and congresses for my own knowledge and advancement.

I represent on the NATD Alternative Rhythm committee, where we have worked hard to deliver Tango Argentino, Merengue and Salsa updated technique books and workshops, as well as NATD teacher qualifications in these genres. I have also assisted in our Congress lectures twice in 2014 and 2016 with Tango Argentino.

Positions Held: Ballroom branch examiner, ARC committee member.

I started dancing when I was 6 years old, initially with Freestyle & Latin, my passion for dancing quickly grew & I discovered both theatrical styles & ballroom. I trained professionally at Phil Winston’s Theatreworks & from here opened my dance school which has been successfully running for over 17 years. I took my first teaching exam when I was 18 and have continued to progress with my qualifications & now hold Fellowships in Freestyle, Rock n Roll & other qualifications including Contemporary, Street & Western Line Dancing.

I am very proud to represent the National as an examiner as examining has always been a huge ambition of mine which I look forward to fulfilling.

Positions Held: Theatrical branch examiner, Classic Ballet committee member, Gymnastic Dance committee member.

Positions Held: Theatrical branch examiner.

My passion for dance has been lifelong, which started from the age of 2 when attending Wendy Sharpe and Sharon Potter School of Dancing, now known as the Dena Smith School of Dance.

I have completed all my exams to advanced levels and have been working with a range of children of varying ages throughout. I have successfully gained all my teaching qualifications with Distinction.

This has progressed onto becoming appointed as an examiner, which I consider to be a great honour and I look forward to visiting the schools I am asked to examine across the country.

I am fortunate to be a part of the Gymnastic Dance and National Tap committee and I have also had the pleasure of assisting with the production of the new Gymnastic Dance syllabus with other members of the committee.

Positions Held: Theatrical branch examiner, Gymnastic Dance committee member, National Tap committee member.

I have been dancing since the age of 2 when I first started ballet lessons, moving onto tap and modern, character and national, and continue with these after I began Ballroom and Latin American at the age of 13. I began teaching at 17 and have taught ever since.

I have been an examiner for over 15 years and a member of the Midland Area Committee for more than 20 years. I was one of the inaugural examiners on the establishment of the Medallist of the Year committee, of which I am a still a member.

For the past 20 years I have taught Ballroom and Latin American at the Broadway Dance Centre in Birmingham.

Positions Held: Ballroom branch examiner, Midlands area committee member.

I started ballet dancing at age 3 then at 8 years old I started ballroom and at 13 started Latin American, doing all my exams at Romany club de dance in mitcham.

My first professional exam I did in 1970 under the guidance of Edward McDonald. I continued to take the rest of my professional exams with Mary Richardson and Anna dieguez.

My goal has always been to be an examiner, so I’m so pleased to be given this opportunity from the NATD

I started dancing at the age of 3 and fell in love with it. I teach all theatrical genres in my academy which opened in 1981.

I trained for my professional exams with Cecilia Whitmore, Annette Hufton, Sharon Potter, Julie Bates and Frances Dawson.

In 2005 I was honoured to become an examiner for the NATD which I am very proud of, and the icing on the cake was when I became the senior examiner for Gymnastic Dance in 2016.

I am fully supportive and passionate of the NATD, it is an amazing association.

Positions Held: Gymnastic Dance senior examiner, Theatrical branch examiner.

Should you wish to contact your Senior Examiner please email [email protected] and your email will be forwarded for reply.

Positions Held: Theatrical branch examiner.

I have been a member of the National for over 40 years, in a professional capacity for 33 years. I hold two Fellowships in Freestyle and Ballroom, Licentiate in Latin American and Associate Tango Argentino, in addition to being accredited in Gymnastic Dance, Contemporary Dance and Viennese waltz. I have trained 12 of my students to Associate level in various genres and teachers from other NATD schools nationwide to Fellowship level.

I am a committee member for freestyle and Midlands area, serving as an advocate for the NATD in presenting its work to examiners, teachers and dance schools. I have been honoured to present Tango Argentino, Salsa, Freestyle, Rock and Roll, and the new graded Freestyle syllabus alongside my colleagues since 2014. I am proud of my involvement and commitment to the NATD.

Positions Held: Ballroom branch examiner, Freestyle and Street committee member.

Positions Held: Theatrical branch examiner, Ballet committee member, Musical Theatre committee member

Positions Held: Ballroom branch examiner.

Positions Held: Overseas Ballroom branch theatrical examiner.

Tracey started dancing at the age of 5yrs at Torbay School of Dance, where she qualified and has been teaching for over 30 years. She holds qualifications in Ballet, Stage branch Tap and Modern and has a wealth of Musical Theatre knowledge too.

Tracey is delighted to have been appointed one of our new theatrical examiners.

I started dancing at the age of 4 attending classes with the Cecilia Whitmore school of dance in Codsall, Staffs, taking my exams with the NATD and also taking part in the annual Scholarships in my younger days!!

I continued to progress and qualified to teach. Then with the help and guidance of my teacher and lots of hard work, gained my fellowships and became an examiner for the NATD. I find the role enormously interesting and feel privileged to be part of the NATD’s examining team.

Positions Held: Theatrical branch examiner.

I commenced dancing when I was 17 as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards. I loved dancing so much that I never finished the awards, instead I danced a number of days a week and completed all the amateur medal tests with the NATD before going on to study for my professional qualifications with Mary Richardson.

I am currently a member of the Alternative Rhythms Committee and have served previously as both chairperson and secretary for the London Ballroom committee.

Positions Held: Ballroom branch examiner, ARC committee member.

I have been a qualified dance teacher with the National Association of Teachers of Dancing since the early 1980’s. I have been teaching full time since then, and these days enjoy the deep technical side of Ballroom and Latin American as well as the business aspects.

I have held many positions in the NATD over many years, and work tirelessly to push the NATD forward in every dance arena possible, and I am enormously proud to be both a Director and member of The Council of Management.

Positions held: Ballroom branch examiner, ARC chairperson, Ballroom and Latin American committee member, Medallist of the Year chairperson,  Council of Management member, BDC representative.

Should you wish to contact your Senior Examiner please email [email protected] and your email will be forwarded for reply.

My name is Anna-Louise and I am extremely excited to have been appointed as a new NATD examiner.

I have been dancing since I was 2 years old and was so lucky to have had Miss Eileen Meacock as my teacher all the way through my dance training… and it is because of her that I am lucky enough to now continue my love of dance through examining our wonderful pupils here within the NATD.

As well as having a BA (Hons) in Dance Studies and teaching at our own school, Dansicality, I also enjoy working with schools as part of their dance curriculum and incorporating movement into their learning.

My training has extended over time and I teach adults and children with special educational needs. This means that my working week has an array of different levels, styles and abilities to keep me ‘on my toes!’

Biography to follow.

Before I became an examiner myself, I was always incredibly anxious of who would be sent to our school for exam days.

You work so hard with and for your pupils for this one day and you are desperate for it go well, for them and for yourself.

Now I am the examiner, I only ever want to put the students I come to see and the teacher at ease, for them to be and do their best.

I love bopping to the tunes as I write forms, I love seeing what your school is all about and learning about you as a principal. You help me learn to become a better examiner and teacher myself, by allowing me in. I also strive to write personalised feedback to each student I examine – things they are wonderful at and things to drive them forward. I think it is so important for students to have some in depth comments when they have worked so hard for this one day.

I have had some great feedback from the schools I have been out to visit and I really can’t wait to come visit more.

I am a Freestyle and Street examiner, teaching purely these two genres in my own school. I am a Fellow in both styles and a committee member with the NATD too.

I am an international examiner for the NATD in addition to being an international championship adjudicator and lecturer.

I have had many achievements in my professional career including undefeated London and All England Professional Ballroom Champion, Undefeated Austrian Professional Ballroom, Latin American and 10 dance champion and a finalist in World and European Professional categories for Ballroom, Latin American Showdance championships and 10 dance championships.

With my husband’s support I ran a very successful dance school in Kent, entering pupils into exams and competitions which included the Supadance League and Len Goodman’s Annual Dance Weekend at Camber Sands. We now live in Shropshire where I continue to run classes, examine and adjudicate.

With the NATD I have been a chairperson of the London Ballroom Area, collaborated with Medallist competitions, adjudicated at events and run lectures.

Positions Held: Ballroom branch examiner.

I first joined NATD in 1974. Continuous study and training over the years in Ballroom, Latin, Sequence and Freestyle culminated in achieving Fellowship degree at all levels. Opportunities arose through the study of technique which took me on many travels for a number of years.

My first studios opened in Birmingham mid 1976 and was launched as total NATD school which my studios today enjoy the same facility.

As a full time school we enjoy the involvement of medallist events including Blackpool and totally support Congress.

I am highly delighted to be appointed NATD Examiner and very recently to the Council of Management.

Positions held: Ballroom branch examiner, Council of Management member.

I took my first ballet lesson at the age of 3 and have not stopped dancing since! I qualified in my ballet associate NATD at the age of 16. After spending a short time training at the Ballet Rambert, and then a period dancing abroad, I came home to start training again as I knew my passion was to teach. Over the years I worked hard and gained lots of NATD qualifications, including Fellowships.

During this busy period I got married and started a family. Soon afterwards I opened my own school which I run at various venues across the West Midlands. Neat Feet School of Dance prides itself on quality and development – our school motto is ‘keep your hearts dancing’. We have performed at many events including Disney Land and Birmingham Hippodrome. We stage regular show in addition to taking our NATD exams.

I was appointed an examiner for the NATD a few years ago. It is a great honour to stand and work as an examiner for the NATD and it really is the ‘icing on the cake’. It takes a great deal of determination, commitment and hard work to get to this level and I appreciate those people who have helped me along the way. Hard work really does pay off!

Positions Held: Theatrical branch examiner and Ballet Branch Committee Member.

Positions Held: Overseas Ballroom branch examiner.

Positions Held: Ballroom examiner.

My love for dancing started with Ballet and Tap when I was 4 years old, taking classes with Marye Simmons and Jane Williams. At the age of 13, I became a member of the Kettering District and Youth Theatre Group, where my fondness for performing arts grew, discovering different genres of dance.

Fast forward another 10 years and that’s when I began my Ballroom and Latin American journey with Marye and MaSh Dance. I took my first professional exam in 2008, started some classes of my own and haven’t looked back.

I now teach full time to children and adults hold Fellowship certificates in Ballroom and Latin American and other certificates in Classical Sequence, Rock n Roll, Street and Freestyle. I continue to study in other genres and keep striving to develop and flourish my career.

My late husband, Dennis, was a big supporter of the NATD from an early stage and trained me to eventually become an examiner myself to support, promote and love the NATD, one of the most prestigious and efficient dance associations. Words cannot express how proud I am to be an examiner of the NATD and to serve this association with all my experience, knowledge and heart. There has never been any doubt in my mind that the NATD is the one and only association for me. It is world famous but also very friendly at the same time delivering the best possible survive to dancing and its members in every area.

I feel privileged and happy to have been an examiner for the NATD for over 13 years, representing the NATD all over the world and seeing it go from strength to strength. We are fortunate and blessed with our Chief Executive Kevin Page, who has been guiding and leading the NATD to be a strong, efficient and innovative dance association which, whilst keeping its wonderful tradition, is continuously moving forward to keep up with the changes in our society and in our world of dance.

Positions Held: Ballroom branch examiner.

Positions Held: Ballroom branch examiner.

I started dancing at the age of 5 at The Silver Slipper with Jean Johnson and Frances Dawson. I have always been a part of the NATD enjoying many congresses, meeting lots of wonderful new people along the way.

My sister Julie and I run a part time school in Tamworth (Staffordshire) – Step by Step. We both feel very privileged to be able to share not only our love for dance but our loyalty to the NATD with all of our pupils. We have been very lucky and eternally grateful to both Jean and Frances for all that they have taught us as well as introducing us to the NATD.

Positions held: Midland area committee member

I began dancing from the age of 3 years and trained with Sheila Groom School of Dance in Wolverhampton, where I qualified in Ballet, National Tap and Modern, continuing on to  gain my Licentiates. I opened my own school in Codsall, Staffordshire, in 1974. With encouragement and tuition from Aileen Price I completed my fellowships and became an examiner in 1998.

I have always considered examining  a privilege & still love the job as much as ever.  The NATD have sent me to many places in the UK, north & south and I have even travelled to Scotland, Northern Ireland and Malaysia.  We have become so diverse and I thoroughly enjoy teaching & examining contemporary and the new Gymnastic syllabus.

Positions Held: Theatrical branch examiner and Ballet Branch Committee Member

I remember my first ballet class aged 3, instantly loving the music, movement and the sense of being taken to another world. Decades later, nothing has changed – I still love to dance. I trained in all Ballroom and Theatrical genres and took my first professional exams in Ballet and Tap in 1976. With CPD I added Modern Stage, Ballroom, Latin American, Classical Sequence, Freestyle, Rock and Roll, Alternative Rhythms, Contemporary and Gymnastic Dance.

Throughout my career I have enjoyed teaching all genres to both children and adults, I also enjoyed working in school with children (KS1-4) with special needs, including those on the Autistic Spectrum. In 2015 I was proud to be appointed as a Dual Examiner in both Ballroom and Theatrical branches, a new and exciting challenge. There is always something new to learn in our world of dance and I am still learning!

Positions Held: Ballroom and Theatrical branch examiner.