Dance Teachers
Laura Adams and Carly Kane
From the age of two, Carly and Laura found their passion for dance after attending their local dance school. Over the next twenty years, they studied a variety of subjects including acrobatics, ballet, modern and tap. Alongside this they have gained qualifications from the British Theatre Dance Association and a National Diploma in Performing Arts discovering numerous new styles including: contemporary, contact improvisation and physical theatre.
Laura and Carly have collaborated in choreography classes, technique workshops, performances and competitions, stemming their passions for opening their own dance company. Contact us here.
Laura Adams
Laura has completed professional qualifications in performing arts and personal training to support and educate the public of a healthy lifestyle. Laura qualified alongside Carly in performing arts in 2012 as well as her PT qualification. Since then Laura has progressed from a personal trainer to a successful Head of New Openings and Sales. It is this experience alongside Laura's passion for dance that has inspired her to begin this venture.
Carly Kane
Carly was awarded a 2:1 Bachelor of Arts degree in Contemporary Dance from De Montfort University in 2015. Carly developed vital skills and knowledge in dance history, teaching and leading, anatomy, physiology and dance training. Using this strong background, Carly now wants to share this knowledge and her enthusiasm for dance with the members of the Akademy.
Alicia O'Malley
Alicia joined the Akademy team in 2023 supporting and teaching our Saturday dancers! Alicia has been dancing for majority of her life and continues to dance in our adult classes. Her favourite subject is tap and loves spending time developing the dancers technique.
Lois Farren
Lois trained professionally across all styles such as modern/Jazz, Contemporary, Commercial, Acro, Musical Theatre and more…
Lois began her dance journey at the age of 2 and a half and performed in her first London debut at the age of 7 at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre and again at aged 10 at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Following her professional training she performed within the industry in many shows including the UK tour of White Christmas, a range of pantomimes across the country and The Children’s film ‘nativity 3’ to name a few.
Lois has over 9 years of teaching workshops and choreographing performances for a range of dance schools across the UK and Switzerland.