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Tracy Osman - Principal & Dance Teacher (info@showbizacademy.co.uk)

* Worked in show business from an early age. Trained at Aida fosters and Arts Educational School. Acting, singing and dancing with Arlene Phillips
*   Extensive showbiz career includes:
Films: to name a few, Oliver, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Top Secret
Theatre: Walt Disney show. Something Funny Happened on the way to the Forum (West End), OK Gershwin Show Royal Shakespeare Company.
Television: Top of the Pops, Breakers, Noel Edmunds show, pop videos and adverts
Singing: Worked with Johnny Hallyday (France), Steven Sondheim and Theatre.


Inge Kotze - Hip Hop Teacher

 
 

Inge Kotze is showbizs academy hip hop teacher she choreographs the best fastest hip hop ever and works and performes with showbiz academy
in disney, spain and shows.she also dances with a top london group and appears in many shows, we cover hip hop and street and she is assisted
by Tina Carpenter also a top class dancer who also performes in proffessional shows.



Nick Cooke - Acting Coach

 
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Nick has been on Stage in Television and Film for the past 15 years

*   Stage performances: Grease, Wizard of Oz, Oklahoma, Scrooge, Nicholas Nickleby, Oedipus The King, Chorus Line
*   Television and Film: The Magazine for Channel 5 and several independent films
*   He has worked locally in Musical theatre training. He has trained in Bournemouth with the National youth theatre.
*   Nick is currently designing a progressive training program for students which will be introduced in his classes
*   Nick’s enthusiastic approach inspires and gives confidence to young people to achieve their best

Catherine Gilquest - BA HON THEATRE, MEDIA DRAMA

 
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Catherine has been involved in drama and the performing arts of an early age having being involved in numerous performances, achieved LAMDA grades 1 - 5 (bronze, silver and gold medals) before studying and graduating from Central School of Speech and Drama in 2001.

*   Currently Head of Drama at the Purbeck School in Wareham. She joined us in September 2007 and has been a huge asset to the Showbiz Academy.
*   She also runs the Monday classes for LAMDA and the Saturday school.
 
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