We are a friendly dance and theatre school located in Yateley offering classes to students aged 2.5 upwards. We have a real family feel in our classes and this can really be seen in our whole school shows and other events. Students have the opportunity to work towards examinations if they wish to, where we have an excellent record of high achievement in all disciplines with 100% pass rate. Students also have performance opportunities every year.
Read more about our school and teachers here or find out more about our classes on the link below.
Kat began her dancing career at a local dance school at a young age, training firstly in ballet before expanding to tap, modern, jazz, freestyle and commercial. Kat undertook major examinations in modern, tap and ballet, completing Advanced 2 in both modern and tap. As a young student, Kat regularly performed in shows and festivals. She was also invited to be part of syllabi demonstrations at teaching courses for the ISTD Cecchetti Ballet Faculty for a number of years. Kat spent a year dancing for Surrey County Dance Company, followed by a further 2 years with Berkshire Youth Dance Company.
Not only a trained dancer, Kat also undertook singing lessons with Fraser Skeoch, the then Musical Director for The Lion King in London's West End. Kat performed as a soloist in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, during both her school years and in her 20's.
In 2002, Kat completed her teaching qualifications and began teaching for 2 schools within Hampshire and Surrey, primarily teaching tap, free jazz and freestyle, before moving on to teaching modern and then finally ballet. 2008 saw Kat return to the University of Winchester to complete her degree in Choreography & Dance Studies and Sports Studies, graduating in 2011.
Alongside her dance career, Kat also has a successful career with Tesco, currently working as Payroll Compliance Manager for the UK and Northern Ireland, ensuring all company policies, processes and systems are compliant with HMRC legislation.
Kat is currently studying for her Licentiate Modern exam and commences training as an Acrobatic Arts teacher this autumn.
Since a young age, Jessica has had a passion for dancing and acting. She received her initial training at The Grand Theatre School of Dance and Drama in her hometown of Swansea. During her time at the dance school Jessica studied Ballet, Modern, Tap, Jazz and Drama, taking many RAD, ISTD and LAMDA examinations.
As well as examinations, Jessica appeared in many professional shows including ballets such as La Fille mal Gardee and The Nutcracker with the Ballet Russe, and several QDOS pantomimes. Jessica has also worked as an extra on several Welsh television programmes.
Jessica graduated from The University of Winchester in 2011 with a BA Hons degree in Choreography and Dance combined with Drama Studies. She then went on to study for her PGCE in Drama at Reading University.
Jessica is currently Director of Performing Arts at LVS Ascot. She has produced many productions whilst at the school including The Wiz, Kipps: A New Half a Sixpence Musical, The Little Mermaid, We Will Rock You, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Six the Musical.
Jessica has achieved her DDE (Dance Diploma in Education) with the ISTD studying at Dance Teachers Inc.
Withing the next few years Jessica hopes to study for a Masters degree in Dance Education at the Royal Academy of Dance.
Jazmin is a graduate of Bird College with a BA (Hons) in Professional Dance and Musical Theatre. Since graduating Jazmin has completed several dance training programmes at Broadway Dance Centre, gaining the mentorship of Broadway Choreographers including, Richard J.Hinds, Marc Kimelman and Parker Esse.
Before attending Bird College, Jazmin trained at Renton Dance Studio and was an associate at London Studio Centre during which she completed her RAD/ISTD Advanced 2 qualifications in Ballet, Tap and Modern. During her training Jazmin, regularly performed in shows and Competitions, gaining Gold at All England Dance.
Jazmin is a working professional dancer, and loves to bring her knowledge of the industry into her classes. Jazmin’s credits include Brighton’s Pantomime of Peter Pan as female ensemble, Dancer in a Music Video for Luke Burr’s Single Butterflies. Dancer for BOP Jazz Theatre, where she she was under the direction of Dollie Henry. Jazmin has also been lucky to perform on TV shows such as Britain’s Got Talent: The Champions, Ant and Decs Saturday Night Takeaway and Children In Need. Jazmin currently works at Chessington World of Adventures as a dancer in their production shows.
Jazmin loves sharing her passion for dance with her students and aims to create a supportive and encouraging space for her students to develop their technique and gain confidence, whilst having fun.
Kate graduated from the University of Nottingham with BA Hons in Music. Kate’s main focus whilst at university was vocal performance. She also plays the saxophone and piano.
Kate was a choral scholar at Nottingham Cathedral for a number of years, sang in Viva Voce and other chamber choirs. She performed in operas such as Dove’s “Tobias and the angel” and premiered Kelly’s “Losing her Voice” in 2019. In 2020 she was awarded the Bernard Slee Opera and Musical Theatre Award. Kate also specialised in conducting and has led many choirs: for young children, teenagers, university students, workplace teams and dementia patients.
Kate is now a primary school class teacher at LVS Ascot and specialises in music alongside her classroom teaching. She teaches music in the junior school, 1:1 singing lessons, and leads multiple school choirs. She has also been musical director for productions and assisted as a vocal coach.
Kate taught musical theatre at Ising Idance Iact theatre school from 2020-2023 and has been teaching at KJ theatre arts since 2021.
Gemma began dancing at the age of 3 at a local dance school taking classes in ballet, tap, modern, disco and ballroom before joining KJ Theatre Arts when it opened in 2011. Here Gemma studied ballet, tap, modern, contemporary, commercial, jazz and musical theatre. Gemma has been a part of every KJ Theatre Arts show and most recently played Sebastian (The Little Mermaid) in their first ever Musical Theatre production.
Gemma has taken exams in RAD ballet, ISTD tap & modern and LAMDA Musical Theatre and Drama, as well as competing at a number of festivals in solos, duets, quartets and group numbers.
Having successfully gained GCSEs in both Dance and Drama, she spent a year studying Performing Arts at college. Here she had the opportunity to experience all aspects of stage craft incorporating directing, lighting, sound and props, including being the sound technician at Salisbury Playhouse, assisting the Level 2s with their end of year production.
Gemma has recently completed her Level 3 Childcare and Education Qualification and has now commenced her dance teacher training, studying for her DDE qualifications in modern and tap.
Gemma has always had a passion for performing and the self-confidence it has given her and enjoys sharing this with those who she teaches.