S84 Faculty

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Miss Lucie trained at the prestigious Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London along side Miss Faye. Graduating in 2004 with a diploma in Musical Theatre.  

Since graduating Miss Lucie worked as an Actress/Performer for 10 years, Spotlight credits include various roles such as Featured Artist Virgin Trains ‘Booty Train’  - Commercial, Elizabeth in ‘Stop Time’ rehearsed reading  - Institute of Contemporary Arts, Tash in ‘Little Sweet Thing’ - The Actors Studio London, Joyce in ‘The Futile Fued’ Short Film - Reigate Film & Design, Featured Artist Metro Cinema Commercial – Light Films, Rebecca in ‘Some Sense of Wonderment’  Short Film – Clearview Productions Ltd, Prospero in ‘The Tempest’ Theatre Tour – Complete Works Theatre Tour, and even dancing as a backing dancer for Will Young at Wembley Arena!  

Miss Lucie now teaches weekly Drama and Musical Theatre classes to many children across Derbyshire and has recently launched a new prestige production company Poppet & Pearl Productions.  

 Lucie is very excited to be joining the studio 84 teaching team.

Sam trained at the University of Derby specialising in Popular Music and Creative Music Production. She has been singing professionally for over fifteen years and has performed in various venues around the country. Gaining knowledge and experience through further education and working within the music and performance industry has enabled her to specialise in vocal technique, performance, singing audition preparation and help with singing examinations. 

She has been working as a vocal coach for over ten years working with students of all ages and abilities. Some of her singing students have appeared in West End Shows (Les Miserables, Mary Poppins) TV and film (The Voice UK, The Worst Witch) and many others have been offered places at some of the top performing arts institutions in the UK including Urdang, Performers College, Laine Theatre Arts, Emil Dale and The Royal College of Music. 

Sam is the proud owner of Hear Me Sing Vocal Academy in Derby where she offers private singing tuition and vocal workshops for both children and adults. She also leads vocal workshops at various schools and colleges in the midlands and is currently one of the Singing Tutors at one of the top BTEC performing arts Colleges in the country Studio 79 in Leicester. Sam is thrilled to be a member of the Studio 84 team and can’t wait to get started!

Hear Me Sing
www.hearmesing.co.uk07496036451

Miss Leanne began her dance training at the age of 6, training in Ballet, Tap, Disco & Latin American.  From a very early age she knew that she wanted to be a Dance Teacher and started her teaching journey age 15. For several years Miss Leanne continued to  teach alongside a successful career in utilities until she made the decision to focus purely on a career in Dance after the birth of her first child in 2013. 

This is when she began her studies to qualify as a Dance Teacher and she went on to gain qualifications in various genre’s including Ballet, Tap, Acro and Contemporary dance with the Royal Academy of Dance, The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, The National Association of Teachers of Dancing, Acrobatic Arts and Alixa Flexibility. Miss Leanne has also been awarded a recognised teacher award with the Council for Dance and Musical Theatre. Over the years Miss Leanne has trained countless students who have gone on to gain places in prestigious training programmes and vocational schools including, Stagebox, Royal Ballet School Associates, Midland Jazz Associates, English Youth Ballet, The Hammond School, Stella Mann, Elmhurst Ballet School, LIPA, Northern Ballet School and Urdang to name a few. Alongside Teaching Dance in a private setting, Miss Leanne offers workshops and training courses in academic schools  and other settings such as brownies and youth clubs across the east midlands. In 2019 Miss Leanne opened Relevetion Dance Academy based in Ilkeston and the academy continues to grow and go from strength to strength.