Congratulations

We are delighted with the continuing success of many ex-members and will feature a number of them here over the coming months.  If you have any news or updates, please let us know by sending an email to geoff@chelmsfordballet.co.uk

Karen Bruce
Choreographer and Director of Footloose, Karen (and her sister Gillian) undertook her early training at The Weston School of Dance & Performing Arts. Following vocational training and dance experience she found her niche in choreography. A winner of the Olivier Award she has choreographed a number of West End productions including Far Pavilions, Brighton Rock, Fame, Saturday Night Fever, and Footloose. She choreographed and directed the opening ceremony of the 2002 commonwealth Games in Manchester and has choreographed for BBC television. From little acorns . . . Long may her success continue.

Lucy Durno
Lucy starts her professional contract with Scottish Opera next week (13th April) through to end of June.  She is one of 8 dancers dancing in their new production of Manon at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow then touring to Inverness, Aberdeen and Edinburgh.

Mark Fox
Mark danced with The Company for a number of years, most notably as Alain in La Fille Mal Gardée. He has been with the Really Useful Group, Andrew Lloyd Webber's production company, for many years as part of the administration team and is now working with Lee Mead amongst others.

Lee Mead
Lee appeared with The Company as the Captain in Pineapple Poll (a publicity photograph of him with Poll on the deck of a lovely old Thames sailing barge moored at Maldon is currently displayed in the foyer at CYGAMS). Most recently Lee has been seen on television in Any Dream Will Do, the competition to find a Joseph (which he won), as well as a Christmas special with the final Joseph and Maria contestants. He is also currently appearing on stage in the West End in the role he won, that of Joseph in the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Go to Lee's website Go to the Joseph website

Claire Orme
Claire is a former student of The Weston School of Dance & Perfrming Arts and has just completed a dancing contract for a summer season in Greece.