Our Teachers
Anna trained at the Elite Academy of Dance from the age of 5, where she gained her Advanced ISTD qualifications in Tap Dance, Classical Ballet, and Modern Theatre. She holds a Masters in Natural Sciences from the University of York, where she also secured places on the Advanced Tap and Ballet teams. Anna performed at competitions across the UK, for judges such as Strictly's Nikita Kuzmin and award-winning choreographer Dane Bates. Anna also represented the university in Ballroom and Latin Dancesport at IVDC Blackpool. Anna is currently studying her ISTD Tap DDE with New London Performing Arts Centre.
Anna Rinkert
Michelle is a fellow of The Royal Ballet School following completion of The Royal Ballet School Diploma in Dance Teaching (DDT) and a Royal Ballet School Affiliate Teacher. She is a qualified ISTD teacher in Ballet (Licentiate, DDE), Tap (DDE) and Modern (DDE). She is an Acrobatic Arts certified teacher, a qualified Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) teacher and an RAD Silver Swans© Licensee. She also holds a Masters in Business Administration from Durham University Business School.
Michelle teaches RBS Affiliate Ballet, Ballet Associates and Advanced Ballet at Elite.
Michelle von Boisman
Royal Ballet School DDT, L.I.S.T.D
Aimee Louise Cooper L.I.S.T.D
Bio coming soon
Eleanor trained at Elite Academy from a young age, achieving her ISTD Advanced qualifications in Tap, Modern and Ballet. Alongside her dance training, she also studied Classical Singing and Musical Theatre.
She went on to study for a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre at Leeds Conservatoire, graduating with First Class Honours.
Since graduating, Eleanor has taught after-school classes and delivered dance and musical theatre workshops in primary schools, sharing her passion for the performing arts with young people.
Eleanor is delighted to be back at Elite Academy teaching various subjects.
Eleanor Jeremy
Emily works as a musical theatre performer as well as teaching acting, singing and dance when not performing. Her credits have taken her to West End (Arts Theatre), New York (54Below), Edinburgh Fringe and across various London and Midlands theatres. She is also the lead singer in a function band that performs across Lincolnshire and beyond. Emily has a First Class Honours in Music and Musical Theatre from Chichester Conservatoire and before that trained in dance (tap, ballet and modern) at Elite, as well as attending a local theatre school. Alongside her dance and piano grades she achieved her Grade 8 Musical Theatre and Grade 8 Classical Singing.
