Meet the teachers
We are proud that all our dance teachers
are experienced and highly qualified
with recognised dance examination boards.
are experienced and highly qualified
with recognised dance examination boards.
Our teachers hold full teaching qualifications and memberships with the following world-renowned associations:
Royal Academy of Dance – RAD
Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing – ISTD
National Association of Teachers of Dancing – NATD
Progressing Ballet Technique® – PBT
British Gymnastics
Royal Academy of Dance – RAD
Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing – ISTD
National Association of Teachers of Dancing – NATD
Progressing Ballet Technique® – PBT
British Gymnastics
Janet Lomas - Principal and Founder
RAD Life Teacher NATD Life Member MNATD ANATD NNEB
- MNATD (Licentiate) Ballet
- ANATD Ballet & Tap
- Awarded Life Membership for the National Association of Teachers of Dancing for quality and services to this world-renowned organisation.
- Awarded Life Teacher for the Royal Academy of Dance for quality and services to this world-renowned ballet organisation.
- Winning hundreds of medals and trophies at competitions and championships as a dancer.
- IDTA 6th Gold Bar in Ballroom (trained at Alfred Hughes School of Dancing)
- Trained at the highly-regarded Lupino School of Dancing, and Maureen Williams School of Dancing.
- Won awards for choreography.
- Taught ballet to a highly-successful gymnastics competition squad.
- National Nursery Examination Board (NNEB)
- Alongside working as a dance teacher, also worked in a day nursery, infant school, and for 17 years as a teaching assistant in an academic Junior School.
- DBS Checked (enhanced)
Miss Lomas danced for twenty-five years and has been teaching since 1972. She opened the Janet Lomas School of Dancing at Manchester Road Community Centre in Bury in 1978. Now based at Blackford Bridge United Reformed Church in Bury, the school celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2018. Miss Lomas is married with two grown-up children.
Johanna Hadley – Principal Teacher
LTCL, AMusTCL, LISTD (Imperial Ballet), ISTD DDE (Modern Theatre, Tap Faculty), ARAD, RAD RTS, Silver Swans® Licensee, Diamond Dancers®, NATD Contemporary Dance Diploma, Dance for Parkinson's trained, Level 3 PBT certified
Royal Academy of Dance Teacher Awards – Dance for Wellbeing 2025 – Finalist
Royal Academy of Dance Teacher Awards – Innovation in Dance Award 2024 – Finalist
Miss Johanna danced for twenty-four years and has been teaching since 2008. Miss Johanna is a fully-qualified and experienced ballet teacher for ballet students of all ages, from beginner to vocational level. She also works with our Ballet for Sports department, teaching gymnasts, figure skaters and artistic roller skaters in ballet training, artistry and performance coaching, from beginner to Team GB levels.
Alongside teaching, Miss Johanna is also Technical Consultant for one of the UK's largest dancewear manufacturers and distributors where she regularly works with dance students of all ages, vocational dance students and professional dancers in major ballet companies.
Miss Johanna's teaching has been widely featured in the media, with appearances on TV and radio. On multiple occasions, she has been approached for quotes as an dance expert for features in national newspapers. A particular highlight for Miss Johanna was in July 2018, when Ex-Royal Ballet principal and Strictly Come Dancing judge, Dame Darcey Bussell, came to join in Miss Johanna's ballet class to film for her BBC documentary Darcey Bussell: Dancing to Happiness.
Royal Academy of Dance Teacher Awards – Innovation in Dance Award 2024 – Finalist
- ISTD Licentiate (Imperial Classical Ballet)
- ISTD Diploma in Dance Instruction (Imperial Classical Ballet, Modern Theatre & Tap Faculty)
- Observation and Understanding of Teaching and Learning Techniques
- Promotion of Health and Safety in Dance
- Vocational Graded Examination in Dance: Intermediate
- Dance Practice and the Relationship between Music and Dance in a Chosen Dance Genre
- ISTD Diploma in Dance Education (Imperial Classical Ballet, Modern Theatre & Tap Faculty)
- Planning Techniques and Evaluation of Dance Teaching
- Dance Teaching Practice
- Lifespan Development and Learning in Dance
- Dance Practice and the Relationship between Music and Dance in a Chosen Dance Genre
- Contextual Study of Dance
- Bolshoi Ballet Academy Teacher Training
- Ballet for Skaters
- British Gymnastics Sport Support Service member
- RAD Silver Swans® Licensee + Enhanced Silver Swans® Provision
- NATD Diamond Dancers®
- NATD Contemporary Dance Diploma in Graded examinations
- NATD Contemporary Dance Diploma in Vocational/Professional examinations
- Associate of the Royal Academy of Dance (ARAD)
- Trained in Dance for Parkinson's (People Dancing UK)
- Level 2 Award in Delivering Chair Based Exercise
- Progressing Ballet Technique fully certified teacher (Junior, Senior and Advanced levels) - Level 2
- ISTD Advanced 2 Imperial Classical Ballet – Distinction
- ISTD Advanced 2 Modern Theatre – Distinction
- ISTD Advanced 2 Tap – Distinction
- RAD Advanced 2 Ballet – Distinction
- Licentiate Diploma in Recital in Piano (Trinity College of London) – Distinction
- Associate in Music Theory and Composition (Trinity College of London)
- Grishko registered Pointe shoe fitter
- Youth Dance Ambassador for The Lowry in Salford for three years, working closely with organisations including Birmingham Royal Ballet, Rambert Dance Company, BalletBoyz and The Lowry itself.
- OFQUAL accredited First Aid
- DBS Checked (enhanced)
Miss Johanna danced for twenty-four years and has been teaching since 2008. Miss Johanna is a fully-qualified and experienced ballet teacher for ballet students of all ages, from beginner to vocational level. She also works with our Ballet for Sports department, teaching gymnasts, figure skaters and artistic roller skaters in ballet training, artistry and performance coaching, from beginner to Team GB levels.
Alongside teaching, Miss Johanna is also Technical Consultant for one of the UK's largest dancewear manufacturers and distributors where she regularly works with dance students of all ages, vocational dance students and professional dancers in major ballet companies.
Miss Johanna's teaching has been widely featured in the media, with appearances on TV and radio. On multiple occasions, she has been approached for quotes as an dance expert for features in national newspapers. A particular highlight for Miss Johanna was in July 2018, when Ex-Royal Ballet principal and Strictly Come Dancing judge, Dame Darcey Bussell, came to join in Miss Johanna's ballet class to film for her BBC documentary Darcey Bussell: Dancing to Happiness.
Jacqui Richards (JR Classical private ballet coaching)
ISTD Associate, ISTD Licentiate, Diploma in Dance Pedagogy (Classical Ballet)
Our partnership with Jacqui Richards, a fully-qualified and experienced ballet teacher, allows greater access to private ballet coaching for our ballet-focus students. JR Classical's private coaching can be accessed online or in-person (Crewe, North West England).
Jacqui's childhood training began as a pupil of Cynthia Hancock, Mary Archbutt School and The Hammond School Saturday programme. After gaining her Advanced Vocational grades, Jacqui then began teacher training with the RAD and ISTD at Merseyside Dance and Drama Centre, gaining her Associates in Imperial Ballet and Modern Theatre, and RAD teachers qualifications in the children’s and vocational syllabus.
After opening her own school, Jacqui continued to study to gain her Associate Diploma, Licentiate Assesment, and more recently the Diploma in Dance Pedagogy in Classical Ballet. Throughout her career and the growth of her own School and its valuable team, her passion has remained teaching. Teaching children and more recently supporting other teachers is what Jacqui enjoy – she currently coaches and enters candidates to Advanced 2 level, including analysis teacher exams. Jacqui has a love of learning and is currently aiming towards her Fellowship or Masters qualification in ballet.
After opening her own school, Jacqui continued to study to gain her Associate Diploma, Licentiate Assesment, and more recently the Diploma in Dance Pedagogy in Classical Ballet. Throughout her career and the growth of her own School and its valuable team, her passion has remained teaching. Teaching children and more recently supporting other teachers is what Jacqui enjoy – she currently coaches and enters candidates to Advanced 2 level, including analysis teacher exams. Jacqui has a love of learning and is currently aiming towards her Fellowship or Masters qualification in ballet.
Guest Tutors
We are delighted to regularly welcome guest teachers for workshops in different dance styles. Guest teachers bring a wealth of professional dance experience.
Past tutors have included dancers who have trained at the Royal Ballet School, Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Central Ballet School, danced professionally in Wayne MacGregor's Random Dance, English National Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Astrakhan State Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Peter Schaufuss Balletten, Ballet Ireland, Northern Ballet (Leeds), ex-Commonwealth Games rhythmic gymnasts, and teachers at The Hammond School, Northern Ballet School.
Past tutors have included dancers who have trained at the Royal Ballet School, Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Central Ballet School, danced professionally in Wayne MacGregor's Random Dance, English National Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Astrakhan State Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Peter Schaufuss Balletten, Ballet Ireland, Northern Ballet (Leeds), ex-Commonwealth Games rhythmic gymnasts, and teachers at The Hammond School, Northern Ballet School.
Janet Lomas School of Dancing
Est. 1978
Est. 1978
Online international ballet training to the highest standard.
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