Email: claire.tyler@yahoo.co.uk

Claire trained from the age of 3 at The Lorraine Day School of Dance, she competed and performed regularly including in the Aldershot Pantomime. She auditioned successfully for the Royal Academy of Dance to study a Bachelor of Arts in Ballet Education, where she stayed for an additional year to study a PGCE in Dance Teaching. She completed a Masters in Education in 2022 focusing on Somatic rehearsal methodology.  

In addition to having a PGCE Claire has registered teachers’ status with the Royal Academy of Dance and International Dance Teachers Association. She has also just been accepted as an Assistant Tutor Award approved tutor, a new award available from the Royal Academy of Dance. Claire has taught GCSE and A Level Dance in various schools for nearly 15years, during which she spent some time self-employed, expanding her teaching to include seated Ballet for the elderly, and Pilates. She is currently working full time at Reddam House school teaching from year 1 through to year 13.

Claire continued to perform for charity events and small-scale performances, however, her performance highlight was performing en pointe alongside Darcy Bussell at the 2012 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony.