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I have been working at Flipside for 10 years and I think this speaks for itself. The students are so wonderful to teach and I look forward to seeing them progress every week. It is a very well organised school which is particularly impressive when considering the wide variety of dancing covered and the fact that it offers exams and an annual end-of-year show. ‘The children are so eager to learn and motivated which is just lovely to see and makes my job an absolute pleasure’. The other teachers are now my friends as well so it feels like a big family and somewhere, I love to be.
Flipside was the school where I first learnt to dance. It gave me the skills, passion and work ethic to go on to make dance my profession. Now, after years away, I love that I can come back to Flipside and give back to the school that started my journey. The students at Flipside have so much energy and life which makes them an absolute joy to teach; together with the talented and supportive teachers Flipside is a very welcoming family.
I absolutely love teaching at Flipside! The vibrant energy, creativity, and passion at the school is really motivating. Watching the students grow, not only as dancers but also as confident individuals, is incredibly rewarding. The supportive community at Flipside makes it a joy to come to work, and I feel privileged to be part of such a talented and dedicated team’.
My Flipside journey started almost 17 years ago with a single hip hop class on a Thursday evening with Miss Debs. Only in our wildest dreams would we have imagined that Flipside would have grown into the school it is today. I have always admired the professionalism and commitment of those who lead the school but also their skill, talent and creativity. I have had the privilege of working with the Flipside teachers during daily classes, summer schools, grueling rehearsals and wonderful performances. Flipside provides an inclusive and supportive environment for all its learners, encouraging every child to fulfil their potential. This may include the outstanding performer who goes on to follow a career in dance but it also includes the shy beginner in their first ballet class. We all want our children to feel safe, enjoy what they are doing and develop the resilience to cope with setbacks. Flipside aims to do all this and to encourage most of all a love of dance. Miss Hayley
( DSL FlipsideDance)
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Miss Deb’s commenced her training with foundation course at the Northern Contemporary School in Scotland where she was lucky enough to work with Wayne McGregor ‘Random Dance Company’. She was then offered a place within the performing arts degree course at London Contemporary ‘The Place Theatre’.
Miss Debs went on to dance in the Mark Morris contemporary rendition of ‘The Nutcracker’ The Hard Nut at the Festival Theatre Edinburgh, Cinderella at the Kings Edinburgh. Deb’s was also lucky enough to work with the choreographers from Stomp, and workshop with the cast of ‘Cats’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Dominion Theatre London.
As well as dancing on cruise ships, Miss Deb’s was a member of the ‘High Society Ballet’ in Portugal and while living and performing out there she joined Lisbon Street Dance Crew. When returning to London Debs worked as a backing dancer for Steps, Kylie Minogue as well as choreographing for both Liberty X and Danni Minogue!
Miss Debs’ main passion is Contemporary and Street dance/Hip Hop. She has had success over the years competing in the Brixton Hip Hop Championships, but hung up her own performing shoes and is teaching and choreographing full time. Miss Debs has been one of the main choreographers for Surrey Youth Ballet and the Varsity Dance Coach at ACS Cobham International School. Her dance crew were champions from 2008 – 2012 at the UK Hip Hop Championships, within the mega crew division.
Miss Debs keeps furthering her training with obtaining her acrobatic arts certificates, PBT (progressive Ballet technique) certificates, ID Contemporary courses, street dance level 1 and 2 certificates, and a year’s yoga training course for ashtanga and seasonal yoga, along next to first aid training and chaperoning child protection courses. As well as keeping herself up to speed with the training of today, she also takes her FSD Elite team to the best competitive competitions and FSD Elite team are now known for their fantastic choreography and well-rounded dancers.
Over the years Miss Debs has taught at some fantastic Performing Arts Schools including Dance Attic, London Studios and Dance Works and choreographed some great shows and grown to love teaching, that is why she brought Flipside to life in 2007 and is now happy to have her own flourishing dance school in Cobham, Surrey.
Miss Georgina started dancing at a young age and trained in ISTD Ballet, Tap and Modern on the professional course at the Italia Conti Arts Centre in Guildford. At the age of 18 Georgina furthered her dance training and completed a degree in Contemporary Dance at De Montfort University in Leicester where she trained in Graham, Cunningham and Alexander technique.
She holds her ISTD DDE qualification in Tap and is currently working towards gaining her DDE teaching qualification in Modern Theatre. Alongside teaching Georgina works at the ISTD as UK Examinations Manager working to organise thousands of ISTD exams across the UK.
Miss Georgina teaches Tap, Ballet, Jazz and helps rehearse the Elite Team at Flipside. She can’t wait to continue to pass on her love for dance and the positive effect it can have on people of all ages to all the students at Flipside dance school .
Miss Charlotte started ballet and tap at the age of 4 working through her ISTD grades all the way up to Advanced 2. At the age of 16 she was accepted into the Northern Ballet School, Manchester graduating in 2005 with a National Diploma in Dance. Here she decided to take the classical ballet route focusing on mainly ballet (ISTD and RAD), pas de deux and contemporary but also having a strong background in Jazz and tap.
She was privileged enough to perform in the Nutcracker and Coppelia with NBS and also many other annual shows. Since graduating in 2005, Charlotte danced on cruise ships all around the world with Carnival Cruise Lines, Costa Cruises and MSC Cruise Lines where she enjoyed widening her knowledge of different dance styles.
After dancing for 9 years abroad she finally felt ready to share her knowledge and move into the teaching side of dance. Charlotte completed both her DDE and Licentiate ISTD ballet qualifications and has been enjoying working at Flipside for over 10 years now- she looks forward to another 10 years!
Miss Gemma was born and raised in Surrey and began dancing at the age of 2 along with
her two older sisters. She trained in many disciplines and followed the ISTD syllabus for Ballet, Tap and Modern. The passion for dance, singing and acting grew and grew and she then later gained a scholarship to the prestigious college of Laine Theatre Arts in 2012. She graduated with a National Diploma in Dance and couldn’t wait to get out to the big wide
world of performing. Since then, she has performed in musicals in the West End and all over
the world. Some shows include CATS and Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat.
She has also performed in many pantomimes across the UK, playing the lead Princess roles and has also performed in TV shows, such as All Star Musicals Series 4, ITV. Miss Gemma has always been enthusiastic about teaching. After 12 years of performing, she now loves teaching full time spreading the knowledge and skills she has learnt. She has a strong passion teaching Jazz and Musical Theatre and building our dancers
to be strong and confident. Miss Gemma recently achieved her certificate in PBT (Progressive ballet technique) and her Acrobatic arts certificates. She loves teaching the students to be versatile, and most importantly, making sure they are having fun with dance and all things performing! After all –
that’s why we love it, and that’s why we do it!
Miss Kelsey is an experienced street dancer, teacher and choreographer with over 15 years of industry experience. She holds a BA in Dance Studies from the University of Roehampton, where she earned a dance degree scholarship. Kelsey then furthered her training with Urban Strides dance crew, where she was selected for the world’s first government accredited street dance qualification, becoming one of the UK’s pioneering recipients of an ADPA in authentic street dance.
Her performance portfolio spans numerous TV shows, films, live music/dance productions, including performances for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Sky One. She has also performed
alongside Ant and Dec on prime time Saturday night TV.
Beyond performing, Kelsey is a passionate educator, leading classes and workshops for educational institutions, performing arts schools, and youth projects. She continues to work and perform with various street dance crews and musical theatre professionals.
As a teacher and company manager, Kelsey mentors students, guiding them towards successful careers in dance, performing arts schools and talent agencies. Her dedication to creating a dynamic and enjoyable learning environment helps build students’ confidence and nurtures their love for dance and the performing arts.
Miss Beth is currently training at Guilford School of Acting on the BA Musical Theatre course, moving into her final year of her degree. Previously she was at Knightswood Secondary School \ The Dance School of Scotland and InterPerforming Arts on the Advanced Musical Theatre Course.
Miss Beth has achieved
distinctions in Musical Theatre ATCL Diploma,
ISTD Intermediate Modern Theatre,
RAD Grade 5 Ballet, LCM Grade 5, LAMDA Grade 4 Acting. She prides herself on being an energetic and confident person and has ambitions of performing
professionally in the future. Miss Beth loves being a part of the Flipside team, sharing her passion for performing with young aspiring dancers.
Hayley Osborne has been involved for many years with Flipside Dance school
Hayley Osborne has been involved for many years with Flipside Dance school and now joins us more formally as the Designated Safeguarding Lead. You may recognize her from the summer shows where she has used her experience of working in the theatre backstage as Stage Manager. Hayley has worked in education for many years as an English teacher, she is trained as a chaperone and has been a HouseParent at Box Hill School for over ten years. In her career she has worked with young women from 11 to 18 and is fully qualified as a DSL having completed all 3 levels of the Surrey County Council Safeguarding Training. She is married to Oz and has a 13 year old son called William. She is very excited about being with the Flipside Family on a more regular basis and looks forward to getting to know the children and the families involved with the school. If there are any concerns Hayley will be available some Saturday mornings at The Centre venue or is available on her email. Please do not hesitate to contact her at DSL@flipsidedance.co.uk if you wish.
Phoebe trained at Performers College graduating in 2013. Whilst still in training, Phoebe was picked to be one of Olly Murs’ dancer’s at the Brit Awards (ITV).
Other professional credits include: ‘New Jersey Nights’ (UK Tour), ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’ (UK Tour), The Royal Windsor Horse Show’ for the Queens Platinum Jubilee (ITV), ‘Classical Spectacular’ at the Royal Albert Hall, ‘Spirit of the Dance’ at Niagara Falls Fallsview Casino Theatre, Cinderella (Qdos Pantomimes- Plymouth Theatre Royal), Dick Whittington (Qdos Pantomimes- Manchester Opera House, Bristol Hippodrome), Jack and the Beanstalk (Crossroads Pantomimes- Dartford Orchard Theatre), P&O Australia Cruiselines and Princess Cruiselines.
Phoebe has become a well recognised teacher and choreographer since departing from performing and is currently the head tutor of Jazz and Tap at Italia Conti. Alongside teaching all 3 years in the college, she also choreographs for their agent showcases, 3rd year musicals and their summer show. Whenever Phoebe is off term time she loves to get back to teaching across the country, delivering industry style workshops for the next generation of performers and is looking forward to coming to Flipside this summer.
Keir first became interested in dancing in 2008 after watching his sisters in a Flipside end of year show. Keir began dance at Flipside with weekly Hip Hop classes before eventually being persuaded by Miss Debs to try other styles. This led to Keir auditioning for dance colleges in 2015 and after completing a foundation course at Laine Theatre Arts went on to complete a 3 year course at The Wilkes Academy of Performing Arts. During his time of training Keir worked for companies such as Qdos Pantomimes and Extravaganza Productions dancing in Pantomimes in the Regent theatre in Stoke-on-trent and the Stockport Plaza. Keir also danced in corporate events for companies such as Iceland and travelled to Singapore to perform for Imagine Cruising. Keir completed his training in 2019 and just two days later began working as a dancer for P&O Cruises on Aurora. Keir is delighted to be back at FSD now as a teacher while he continues to audition for his next adventure.
Charlotte grew up in Nottingham and started dancing at the age of 4 studying ballet and tap via the ISTD syllabus. At the age of 16 she was accepted into the Northern Ballet School, Manchester graduating in 2005 with a National Diploma in Dance. Here she decided to take the classical ballet route focusing on mainly ballet (ISTD and RAD), pas de deux and contemporary but also having a strong background in Jazz and tap. She was privileged enough to perform in the Nutcracker and Coppelia with NBS and also many other annual shows. Since graduating in 2005 Charlotte has been dancing on cruise ships all around the world with Carnival Cruise Lines, Costa Cruises and MSC Cruise Lines. Here she enjoyed widening her knowledge of different dance styles like can can, broadway, salsa etc. After dancing for 9 years abroad she finally feels ready to share her knowledge and move into the teaching side of dance. Charlotte completed her DDE ballet training last year and is now fully qualified in the DDE (ISTD).
David is originally from St. Helens in Merseyside, where he started his training at Elizabeth Hill school of dance drama. David furthered his training at Mountview academy of theatre arts in London. Some of David’s credits include U.K and European tours of Jesus Christ superstar, Whistle down the wind and Evita, were he also appeared in its west end transfer at the Dominion theatre. He also had the privilege of being a backing vocalist for Will Young and the cast of Cabaret at the Lawrence Olivier awards . David was a member of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera company were he played inPirates of Penzance, the Mikado, HMS Pinafore and Iolanthe. He has also been a vocalist for Qdos entertainment on several cruise liners around the world. David also enjoyed two amazing pantomime seasons at the Norwich theatre royal playing “jack” in Jack and the Beanstalk, and Prince Fredrick in Snow White. David also appeared in Jerry Springer the opera at the Hope Mill theatre in Manchester where he played the role of Montel/ Jesus. More recently David has been traveling the world performing in the vocal group The 4Tunes as one of their lead vocalists.
Sharron has lived in Cobham for 19 years after moving from Bolton, Lancashire. She has two children: Sam, age 19 and Lilly, age 11. Lilly has been with Flipside since her Teeny ballerina days 9 years ago! Sharron’s background is in management and secretarial positions and she is very happy to be part of the Flipside family in a similar role. Sharron is a Governor at her Daughter’s school and is always involved and committed to school life. She enjoyed ballet, disco and ballroom dancing as a child but now she leaves all that to the professionals!
