Advanced Development Course (6th Form)

Our Advanced Development Course is for those students serious about improving the three disciplines seen in musical theatre. This course allows students to receive individual tuition in acting, dancing and singing every week as well as building a network of contacts in London. For performers, the individual feedback is where you begin to see real improvement. It is a vital part of preparing for a career in musical theatre, singing, dancing or acting.

London Connection

The Helen Hawkins Dance Company is proud to have close relationships and connections with many current West End performers and we are excited to announce we are going to continue building on those relationships.

Once every half term, we will take you to London to work at high-profile studios with a range of committed tutors who will work closely with you to ensure a diverse and full musical theatre education.

Together with your teachers in Ringwood, we will help you to put individual plans together to work on the areas of your training that need developing and continue to work on these in your weekly classes in Ringwood.

This connection will allow an up-to-date and vital education in the current industry and the demands of the business right now.

We believe strongly in a positive, kind and supportive environment for young people to thrive and we are so excited to offer this opportunity to build relationships with those in the current industry as well as create a space where students can dream big and achieve their goals.

These sessions are offered as individual classes. They are bookable on a pay-as-you-go basis

Tutors

Billy Luke Nevers at Pineapple Dance Studios, Covent Garden

“Hi, I’m Billy Luke Nevers and I’m very excited to be working with the students of The HH Dance Company’s ADC in a “Jagged Little Pill” audition style workshop.”

Billy worked with our Advanced Development Course students at Pineapple Dance Studios, London. He lead a commercial dance workshop, then the students had the opportunity to sign for him individually and gain individual feedback. going to be working for the first time with our ADC students in London. He will work with them on a dance workshop and then hear them all sing individually. We are really excited to be working with Billy in London!

Credits include: 1st Cover Francois in &Juliet Original West End Cast (Shaftesbury Theatre), Ensemble/Cover Simon in Jesus Christ Superstar (Barbican & Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), I Could Use a Drink in Concert (Fiction Studios & Garrick), The Wreck in Wonderful Town (Opera Holland Park), An Intimate Evening with Kristin Chenoweth (London Palladium), Magic at the Musicals (Royal Albert Hall).

Television credits include: The Grinch Live (NBC), Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC), This Morning (ITV), Strictly Come Dancing (BBC).

Samantha Hull

Samantha Hull lead a workshop at Dance Attic Studios, London. She worked on acting through song with each student and then lead a group dance workshop.

Credits include: Agatha in Guys & Dolls (Sheffield Crucible); Pauline in One Man Two Guvnors (Derby/Hornchurch Theatre); A Christmas Carol (RSC); Ensemble and Assistant Dance Captain in The Wizard of Oz (Sheffield Crucible); Half a Sixpence (Noel Coward Theatre); Francine in Jersey Boys (UK Tour); Gabriella in Bromantics (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Bridget in Red Riding Hood (Leicester Curve, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Polka Theatre, London); Lavinia in Crush (Workshop); Brenda/cover Penny and Amber in Hairspray (UK tour); Viki/cover Angelina/ Dance Captain in Angelina Ballerina the Mousical (BOS Productions); Movement Director in Don Giovanni (RC Productions); Fairy Nokia in Aladdin (Theatre Royal Wakefield); A Chorus Line (Bronowski Productions); Juanita in Carmen (Impact Opera); The Great British

Rachel Chapman

The Advanced Development Course worked with Rachel Chapman at the BBO Dance Studios. Rachel is the associate choreographer of Choir Of Man and the students danced to one of our favourite routines from the show!

After the workshop, ADC headed to central London for dinner and then went to see Frozen the Musical!

Choir of Man is an award winning show which has successfully toured The USA, Australia and Europe and can also be found onboard 2 Norwegian cruise line ships. We took the student to see this show in March and we loved it! We are very excited to invite Rachel to work with us.

Rachel has numerous performing credits in TV such as Children in Need, Comic Relief, The Royal Variety show, The Jonathon Ross show & Britain’s Got Talent. She has created and performed for brands such as H&M, Disney, Debenhams, Sainsbury’s, Vans, Xbox & CBeebies. Theatre credits include many pantomimes for Evolution production, The 43 Club (The Other Palace) and Three Phantoms (Macau, China). She has also choreographed for BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and Wedding Day Winners. Rachel is renowned for her Tap and Jazz dance teaching skills. She guest teaches regularly at top colleges such as Millennium, GSA, Urdang and Laine Theatre Arts.

Jordan Mills & Charlotte O’Rourke

We were thrilled to be able to invite both Jordan Mills and Charlotte O’Rourke to work with our Advanced Development Course. Whilst here, Jordan also lead out Tap groups.

Jordan graduated from Guildford School of Acting, and since then has performed in the USA, Europe, Australia and the West End in The Glenn Miller Story, Evita, The Sound of Music and The Choir of Man. He has just finished choreographing The Baker’s Wife at Guildford School of Acting.

Charlotte studied at Guildford School of Acting and has performed in Mamma Mia! across the UK and in the West End. She recently played Winnie Tate in Annie Get Your Gun and is also a tutor at Guildford School of Acting.

Shows

Shows we have seen when in London…

Six the Musical
Choir of Man
Frozen the Musical

Graduate Success 2022

Tabby de Lancy Green – Musical Theatre at LMA London
Ed Hallowell – Musical Theatre at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Tom Parkes – Musical Theatre at Urdang Academy