DDA Dance Academy
Academy Principal
Sarah Anne Westcott is our DDA Dance Academy Principal.
Miss Anne is a registered teacher, Senior Examiner and Area Representative with bbodance and also holds teaching qualifications with the ISTD, IDTA and ABD.
Miss Anne holds a certificate in Safe & Effective Dance Practices and also Progressive Ballet Technique . Most recently Miss Anne has become a licensed teacher for the RAD Silver Swans programme and DDMIX.
Miss Anne is very proud of her pupils and everything that they achieve; pupils have gained BBOdance scholarships in Ballet and Jazz and have attended the BBOdance's prestigious scholars training scheme. A number of former pupils have gained places at top vocational schools, going on to work professionally in the industry as performers on cruise lines and in Ballet companies across the globe; Some have continued their training and gained teaching qualifications.
Miss Karen
Bev began her training at the Wallasey School of Ballet, under the guidance of Senior Examiner Deborah Clark FBBO. Bev was a Senior Jazz Scholar with the BBO and taught street dance and Jazz in San Francisco whilst working at summer camp. After this she pursued a dance degree at LJMU and later completed a PGCE at Liverpool Hope University, achieving qualified teacher status in 2010.
Bev loves too many dance genres to pick just one (contemporary, release technique, ballet, tap, jazz, street dance) her favourite dance company is Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Bev is a registered teacher with BBO and has both training and lived experience supporting Special Educational Needs (SEN) in education.
In 1998, while attending a dance summer school exchange at SAWDS in Bideford, Bev met her husband who was also dancing at the school. They currently reside in Bideford with their three children, five cats, and their dog named Cookie!
