About us
Renowned as an excellent non-vocational ballet school, Redbridge Classical Dance Studios inspires children and students to learn and achieve within the confines of a happy, friendly, yet disciplined environment.
Students thrive on fulfilling their potential, the development from first steps with Baby Bear Ballet classes at eighteen months old through to eighteen years of age is frequently both breath-taking and outstanding.
All children are entered into Royal Academy of Dance ballet examinations and Imperial Society of Dance tap and jazz examinations on a regular basis. The large majority of students leave RCDS at eighteen with Grade Eight and Vocational examinations to back up a lifelong love of dance.
A bi annual show fosters performance skills and highlights the excitement and thrill engendered by live performance.
RCDS is part of a minority of ballet schools that teaches and enters students up to and including Advanced Two RAD Vocational ballet.
Redbridge Classical Dance Studios offer classes in Buckhurst Hill, Snaresbrook, Wanstead, South Woodford and Walthamstow.
All members of staff hold an Enhanced CRB Disclosure Certificate and are dedicated to providing fun and inspiring classes whilst striving through training to achieve excellence.
Meet Our Faculty
Gemma Bown-Porter
I have recently graduated from The Centre Performing Arts School in Musical Theatre. At my time there I successfully ach...
Gemma Somogyi
Gemma trained with Rebecca and Miriam at Redbridge Classical Dance Studios for many years achieving numerous examination...
Maddi Simpson
Maddi Simpson began dancing at a young age, working through the Royal Academy of Dance syllabi with Redbridge Classical...
Miriam Rushworth
Joint Principal. BA Hons (Dunelm), LRAD, ISTD Dip. Examiner for the Royal Academy of Dance.
Rachael Crocker
Rachael was one of the original Royal Ballet Senior Associates prior to commencing full time training at the Northern Ba...
Rebecca Chalklin
As joint Principal of Redbridge Classical Dance Studios, Rebecca Chalklin has been teaching both RAD Graded and Vocation...