THE TEAM

We see the Ambition as your team not ours. We have a team of teachers who are experts in their field and any of whom have trained locally at Laine Theatre Arts. Many of our teachers perform in the West End in pretigious shows such as the Lion King, Mamma Mia and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to name but a few. This knowledge and experience provides a relevant and aspirational insight for our students. To support our classes, parents, students and teachers, we have admin and marketing experts who assist with the day to day running of Ambition. The team is led by our Principal, Miss Nadine who lives and breaths everything dance and ensures that Ambition provides the best possible service and dance teaching to everyone.

NADINE DESSENT

Ambition School of Dance Owner & Principal

Ambition School of Dance was founded in March 2011 by the school's Principal, Nadine Dessent. What started off as one small class with three children has fast-grown into a successful dance school with over 20 classes running on a weekly basis.

Born and raised in Epsom, Miss Nadine began dancing aged 3 at a local dance school based in Ashtead, Surrey. She attended lessons in various dance styles including ballet, tap and freestlye disco and gained many awards in each style. She took part in numerous shows and competitions throughout her amateur career and after leaving her dance school aged 17 she studied to take her teaching qualifications with the International Dance Teachers Association (IDTA) so that she could teach classes of her own.

Miss Nadine works closely with IDTA examiners continually developing her dance teacher training in all genres. She is currently training for her licentiate teaching qualifications in 2025.

In 2011 her dream of opening her own school became a reality and Ambition School of Dance was born.

Qualifications

Associate of the IDTA for 14 years
Level 4 Dance Teacher's Diploma in Tap, Modern, Theatrecraft & Freestyle
Dance Exercise Diploma
Level 2 certification in Acro tricks

NATASHA HILL

Teacher of Little Stars, Rising Stars, Silver Stars, Gold Stars, Grade 4 Ballet, Lyrical A, Prepointe, Mini Street, Junior Street.

Miss Natasha started dancing at the age of 3 and her passion for dance has grown since then. She has completed a degree in dance at the CMDT accredited Creative academy and whilst training she also gained a level 3 qualification in Pilates. Since graduating she has had multiple performance opportunities such as Diwali in the square and featuring in a 2022 World Cup promo advert. Her love of teaching was discovered in 2020 and since then has been teaching in the UK and in Qatar. She has experience teaching RAD ballet, ISTD modern/ tap and IDTA ballet, modern jazz and tap. Miss Natasha has been teaching with Ambition since September 2023 and is an invaluable member of the Ambition family.

MILLIE LIDDLE

Teacher of Platinum Stars, Diamond Stars, Bronze Stars, Acro, Lyrical B, Pointe, Inter Ballet.

Miss Millie has trained in all IDTA dance genres and began dancing at the age of 2. She was a Junior Ballet Associate for the Northern Ballet School before studying for her Level 6 Diploma at Laine Theatre Arts. Miss Millie has been teaching for Ambition since September 2018.

ALICE SUCH

Teacher of Saturday Rising Stars, Acro, Junior Stars and Musical Theatre.

Miss Alice trained in dance form a young age and attended the Sharon Wood IDTA school. Alice has recently graduated from Laine Theatre Arts with her level 6 Diploma in Musical Theatre and a BA Hons in Dance. She's not entering her third year as a teacher at Ambition and specialises in Musical Theatre and singing.

KELLY BUSS

School Administrator

Kelly is our Admin Angel and ensures the smooth running of the dance school alongside Miss Nadine.