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
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Associate member of the IDTA for 15 years
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Level 4 Dance Teacher's Diploma in Tap, Modern, Theatrecraft & Freestyle
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Dance Exercise Diploma
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Level 2 certification with AcroTrix
NATASHA HILL
Teacher of Little Stars, Rising Stars, Bronze Stars, Silver Stars, Gold Stars, Ballet, 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.
ALICE SUCH
Teacher of Rising Stars, Acro, Junior Stars and Lyrical.
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 now entering her fourth year as a teacher at Ambition and is now leading the acro department.
TULA STEAD
Trainee Teacher
Tula Stead began her dance journey at just 18 months old and has never looked back. Trained with the International Dance Teachers Association (IDTA), Tula has developed strong technical foundations across a wide range of styles including ballet, tap, modern jazz, lyrical, freestyle disco and Theatrecraft.
Tula first joined Ambition as a student on the IDTA Level 3 Diploma in Dance Teaching Assistant course, delivered in partnership with Blenheim High School. She achieved a Distinction in this qualification, demonstrating both her technical ability and natural aptitude for teaching.
Now a Trainee Teacher and Dance Teaching Assistant at Ambition, Tula continues to build on her training as she works towards her IDTA Level 4 Dance Teachers Diploma. Her enthusiasm, dedication and supportive approach make her a fantastic role model for our students, and we are proud to support her as she develops into a fully qualified dance teacher.
KELLY BUSS
School Administrator
Kelly is our Admin Angel and ensures the smooth running of the dance school alongside Miss Nadine.
EMNET DAVIS
Musical Theatre & Acro Assistant
Emnet Madeline Davis is the Musical Theatre teacher and Acro assistant at Ambition School of Dance. She started her journey with Musical Theatre when she was 13 years old partaking in Jazz and Ballet lessons. These lessons opened up a whole new beautiful and exciting world for her. She kept diving into this world which lead her to take singing and acting lessons. Now she's in her third year at Laine Theatre Arts dedicating her life to performing, and sharing her passion of Musical Theatre with Ambition students and she couldn’t imagine it any other way.