Name: Westend and Ballet workshop
Start: 2024-08-02T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-08-02T15:00:00+01:00
Location: Coronation Street, Newark

I’m so excited for this one!! �
Join us Friday 2nd August 1-3pm for a Westend rep and Ballet workshop with guests Danielle and Philippa!
Ages 7-13 (split into groups), £14 per child! Message to book, spaces limited!
DANIELLE CATO began her training at The Renton Dance Studio.
She went on to train at The Royal Ballet School age 11 having been a Junior Associate of The Royal Ballet aged 8-11. Performing with the Royal Ballet Company in Beatrix Potter, The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet.
At 16 she successfully auditioned for the Royal Ballet Upper School but due to injury had to leave after one year and continue training at Laine Theatre Arts where she joined into the second year.
Upon graduating Danielle got her first West End job at 19yrs old playing the leading lady Iris Kelly in Fame the musical.
Following that she has had a successful 18 year career in shows such as Fame, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, We Will Rock You, Grease, Vampirette, West Side Story, Cats, Carousel, 42nd Street, Dirty Dancing, Strictly Ballroom.
Danielle was hand picked by Dame Gillian Lynne to dance as Cassandra from Cats at the re-naming of the New London Theatre.
Tv work includes being finalist on BBC1 So You Think You Can Dance, The Olivier Awards, This Morning, Train to Gain advert.
Danielle is still very much performing as a professional dancer and loves to teach and coach when she isn’t contracted in a show.
PHILIPPA is an IDTA Fellow and has been a Theatre Branch examiner for 20 years, holding
fellowships, licentiates and associates with the IDTA and ISTD.
She has been dancing for 48 years and started her full time vocational training at 16 years old studying theatre dance subjects with IDTA, ISTD and RAD and drama and singing. During this time she was a junior associate with the Royal Ballet and won the IDTA Ballet Artist Scholarship in 1992. She then went into a professional career in performing and then teaching - her true love.
She has taught for over 30 years. Her experience is wide ranging and includes working with children and adults and also professional dancers- both syllabus and freework.
She freelances in all theatre subjects and drama, especially enjoying the choreography work she does, particularly for shows and cabarets. Also the work training many teachers as part of their professional development.
Recently she has enjoyed uploading to radio and being interviewed on radio about issues
regarding the arts. She also presented keep smiling... keep active - exercise on the radio! And motivattic- a motivational podcast. She has written for magazines on the subject.
Philippa is also a qualified counsellor.
Her son is following in her footsteps and works in the theatres across the country having
graduated from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and previously having graduated from Italia Conti and Sylvia Young Theatre School.