About Our School

Nicola Tarry offers classical ballet training, with a weekly contemporary class for Pre-Vocational 2 students and with training in modern dance. 

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Our Principal, Nicola is a highly-regarded classical ballet teacher with an extensive background in classical ballet and in teaching. She has developed a program which enables each student to maximise their dance-potential with hard-work and commitment.

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As well as guiding students to develop excellent ballet-technique, with strength, stamina, alignment, good posture, turn-out and feet-articulation, Nicola encourages a love of dance and performance.

The Nicola Tarry community is mostly made up of students aiming to enter vocational dance-school at some stage. However, there are some who simply love to dance. In all cases, Nicola Tarry gives them the chance to be the best that they can be.

In 2017 Nicola launched her own dance school.  Since then, Nicola has helped over 20 dancers to achieve their goal of going to vocational schools such as The Royal Ballet School, White Lodge, Canada's National Ballet School, The European School of Ballet, The English National School, Rambert, Kings International, Central, Elmhurst, and Tring.  

Nicola has also helped dancers to achieve placements in Summer Schools such as The Royal Ballet School, Princess Grace, John Cranko, Masters Arizona, English National Ballet, Rambert, Canada National Ballet School and European Ballet School.

Nicola believes in providing a positive environment to work in, and encourages dancers to champion and support one another.

Classes are split between Pre-Vocational 1 and Pre-Vocational 2; there is over 9 hours’ dance-tuition per week for each group.   For Pre-Vocational 2 students, there is the option of an additional hour of pointe-work each week.

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Ballet is taught under the guidance of Nicola Tarry.  Contemporary dance (for Pre-Vocational 2 students only) is taught by Emily Adams.  Performance (for Pre-Vocational 1 students) is taught by Kelly Harrison.  Modern dance is taught by Jess North. Nicola Tarry also has visiting teachers on occasion.  Such teachers have included Anita Young MBE, Nigel West, Sian Murphy, Vanessa Fenton and Daniel De Bourg. 

Nicola Tarry enters the RTWDF festival each year and offers an end-of-year show where possible.

Nicola Tarry supports its dancers in their vocational dance-school auditions and their summer dance-school auditions, with Nicola providing audition-preparation.

Nicola Tarry also offers workshops with Nicola herself and sometimes with world-renowned ballet dancers and teachers. Previous workshops have involved teaching by Marianela Nunez, Vadim Muntagirov, Edward Watson MBE, Sarah Lamb, Oliver Matz and Steffi Scherzer. There is early booking available for Nicola Tarry students, however the workshops are also open to outside students. Places are limited.

Nicola Tarry wants the best for each and every dancer in a environment that loves dance.

Enquire now at info@nicolatarryclassicalballettraining.co.uk.  Places are limited.