The Staff
Alexandra Laverty - Business Owner & Principal Teacher
Biography
Early Start
Alexandra began her dance life at age 3 at Campbell School of Dance & Drama in Dulwich, learning ballet, tap, modern, jazz and stagecraft. Performing in a wonderful selection of shows, performances and taking yearly exams & medals.
Training
At age 10, she began her full-time training when studying at Urdang Academy of Performing Arts. During her time there, Alexandra starred in several television programs in Italy and England where she met & starred with the famous ballet dancer Peter Schaufuss.
At 13 she was chosen to tour with the Urdang Academy company playing the role of Clara in the ballet Nutcracker, a role that will forever remain close to her heart. She has performed in shows at the Bloomsbury Theatre and Chaucer Theatre in London. Alexandra continued dancing at Campbell School of Dance & Drama in addition to her studies whereby her mid-teens she became an assistant dance teacher, leading the younger grades during shows & assisting during medal & dance exams. Alexandra continued her dance studies Middlesex University where in addition to learning the core dance styles, she was taught all aspects of stage productions & choreography.
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In the 20yrs following Middlesex University, Alexandra’s primary focus was raising her 4 children, teaching dance in after school clubs in several schools in the South-East and Surrey. Currently she teaches at St Aidans’ Primary School in Coulsdon where she has taught for 12 years. She has run a successful all boys dance club, ballet and Tap dance classes from pre-primary to grade six.
In 2018 and 2019 Alexandra danced on stage once more at the Bromley theatres productions of Follies and Anything Goes, performing in the chorus line for both tap and modern dance routines and singing.
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Alexandra has 25 years of teaching experience, has a DBS and Chaperone licence and is first Aid trained. She will continue to help all children to reach their goals in a caring, kind and positive manner.
Career
Roisin - Teacher
I started my dancing journey at 3, attending local classes weekly and absolutely loving it.
At 15 I realised my hobby was more of a life passion and auditioned and successfully secured a placed at Arts Educational Schools London where I studied vocationally and academically side by side. At 18 I successfully auditioned at London Studio Centre where I obtained my BA Honors degree in Theatre Dance.
I have taught alongside Alexandra for a number of years and being able to work with the children weekly is the highlight of my week.
Rene - Teacher
René began dancing at the age of 8 when she did many singing, dancing and acting shows with her local dance company. During her teenage years, René had a real passion for musical theatre, but also loved to play the clarinet and saxophone, which she initially trained professionally in once she left college at 18.
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Whilst in her second year of training at music college, René found her way back to musical theatre, and successfully auditioned and transferred onto the Musical Theatre course at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. She is very much looking forward to receiving her BA (Hons) degree in Musical Theatre Performance next year.
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René has worked with children for 4 years, leading holiday camps at different schools. She is really excited to be joining Alexandra at JDPA, and is looking forward to passing her passion on to the children that attend.
Lucy - Teacher
Lucy has been dancing since the age of 3, when she took baby ballet classes, which further diversified into jazz, modern, tap, hip hop, and musical theatre throughout her school years. She later started classical singing training, focusing on operetta and traditional musical theatre repertoire, which fueled her passion to pursue a performing arts career with a specialism in singing.
She gained a place at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and graduated in July 2025 with a first-class honors degree in Musical Theatre.
Lucy is now starting her professional performing career and is super excited to be a part of Just Dance Performing Arts! She hopes to bring a positive and fun energy and is thrilled to be a part of many people’s dance journey!
