Guest Teachers
Students from Elmhurst benefit from the large number of guest teachers that teach and give masterclasses at the school throughout the year.
From Birmingham Royal Ballet
Jamie Bond, Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal
James Grundy, Birmingham Royal Ballet First Soloist
Laëtitia Lo Sardo, Birmingham Royal Ballet Soloist
Robert Parker, Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal
Jonathan Payn, Birmingham Royal Ballet First Soloist
Kit Holder spent time in
school rehearsing students for the
gala performance of
Romany Wood.
Répétiteur
Denis Bonner worked
with Sixth Form students on
Ashton’s Pas de Quatre from
Swan
Lake; this forms part of a
performance in Tokyo this summer
as part of a cultural exchange
organised by International Japan
Youth Ballet. Birmingham Royal Ballet Soloist
Lei Zhao is also a permanent member of Elmhurst's staff.
During 2009-10, other guest teachers have included:
Wayne Sleep, former Royal Ballet Principal
Wayne Sleep visited the school
in September, while performing in Cabaret
at
Birmingham Repertory Theatre; he coached
students in the ‘Blue boy’ solo from Les Patineurs
.
Wayne wrote in our visitors’ book: ‘I hope to have
inspired your boys… I must say how they
inspired me also with their technique and
dedication’.
Matz Skoog, internationally acclaimed dancer, teacher and
artistic director
Matz Skoog spent a week in school in
October teaching ballet to the Sixth Form and
taking an informal session on auditioning.
Paul Bayes-Kitcher, Former
Birmingham Royal Ballet Soloist
Nikki Wollaston
Nikki Wollaston gave a
musical theatre workshop with John
Rigby in September, teaching her
own choreography and the song ‘The
Farmer and the Cowman’ from
Chichester Festival’s Oklahoma!
She
returned to Elmhurst in October to
teach Stephen Mear’s ‘Hawaiian War
Chant’ from the 2006 London
Palladium production of Sinatra.
Dominic North and
Chloe Wilkinson
from New Adventures
Dominic North and Chloe Wilkinson led dance
workshops on Dorian Gray with
Sixth Form students in November.
Paul Rooney - January 2010
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