Cabaret Theatre School

TEACHERS

PRINCIPAL
SALLY EVERSON

Miss Sally is a Licentiate member of the International Dance Teachers Association: IDTA

She trained as a dancer from the age of five, at the Carole Robison School of Dance in Derby and turned professional at the age of nineteen. She worked as a dancer in cabaret shows in Portugal, Greece and Japan for three years and retired at the age of 22!

Miss Sally opened Cabaret Theatre School in Stretton in September 1996. Fifteen children attended the very first class - eleven years later the school has around 160 pupils. She opened a second branch of Cabaret Theatre School in Littleover, Derby in 2003, taking over the school where she had trained as a child when her former dance teacher decided to retire.

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GUEST TEACHER
CLAIRE EVERSON

Claire is a professional Singer/Dancer. Between her contracts she is a regular guest teacher at Cabaret Theatre School, giving pupils first hand experience of a professional career in the theatre. Claire specialises in Musical Theatre coaching.

She trained at the Carole Robison School of Dance, Derby and later at the London School of Musical Theatre.

Her professional credits include dancing on Cruise Ships, in the pantomime ‘Dick Whittington’ at the Festival Theatre, Malvern; Singer in the UK Tour of ‘Forever in Blue Jeans’; Fairy Bowbells, in ‘Dick Whittington’ in Scarborough and Dance Captain for the UK Tour of ‘Jus’ Like That’ with Jerome Flynn.

STUDENT TEACHER: MELISSA LAWRENCE

Melissa teaches at the Littleover branch of Cabaret Theatre School. She trained at the Carole Robison School of Dance until the age of 17. She then worked as a professional dancer for six years. She performed in Portugal, Japan and on two cruise ships.

She is now studying to qualify as a dance teacher with the IDTA, having recently passed her Pre-Associate Tap teaching exam with a mark of 88%

Melissa has a degree in English & History from Derby University and works full time as a Primary School teacher in Derby.

STUDENT TEACHER: SARA EVANS

Sara trained at the Carole Robison School of Dance and also works as a Primary School Teacher in Derby. She regularly appears in musicals with local amateur dramatic groups.

Sara teaches at both branches of Cabaret Theatre School and is training to become a fully qualified dance teacher with the IDTA, having already passed two student teacher exams.