About the Samantha Bell School of Dance

The Samantha Bell School of Dance was created in 2006 when I decided to change career and go back to dance, converting my teaching qualifications along the way, as I have been a qualified dance teacher since 1997. I started dancing when I was 5 taking part in many competitions and taking my examinations in Russian style ballet, modern and tap. I studied drama and was a member of local amateur operatic societies.

As a new School, we have proved to be very popular and we incorporated the Blackmore Vale School of Dance in 2007. We have had incredible success in our exams with 100% pass rates and we are now working on our second School show.

The School has grown significantly in a short space of time and we opened our own dance studio The Dance Factory (should be a link to website) in March 2009. We now have several teachers including Laura Bacon, Heidi Curwen and Natasha Calderaro. We are able to offer examinations with the RAD, NATD and the IDTA. We are frequently invited to dance in professional productions, the most recent one being Mad About The Musicals at The Octagon Theatre in October 2009.

We believe in offering students opportunities to perform, take examinations and participate in workshops. We regularly invite guest instructors to teach workshops in a variety of dance forms including hip hop dance, break dancing, ballet, tap and musical theatre.

For information about classes, go to the Classes page.