About Miss Alex

At age 3, Miss Alex began training in ballet, tap, and modern jazz, and later added contemporary, theatre craft, freestyle, and musical theatre to her style list. By age 15, Miss Alex qualified as a Level 4 Associate Teacher with the International Dance Teachers Association (IDTA), and began team teaching the IDTA syllabus. After completing her GCSEs and A-levels in Dance, Performing Arts, Psychology, and Law, she gained a BA (Hons) in Dance Practice degree, and then obtained a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) which specialised in teaching dance and performing arts, where she was consistently awarded OFSTED Outstanding ratings for her teaching and learning. Following this, Miss Alex completed her Qualified Teacher of Learning & Skills (QTLS), which further specialised in dance practice, teaching, and education.

 

While at university, Miss Alex worked as a self-employed dance teacher for two dance schools where she delivered the IDTA and BATD syllabus to children and adults. She also established four after-school dance clubs, founding Locomotion Dance Studios, and she continued her IDTA training in six dance subjects offered at the studio. Upon graduation, Miss Alex taught A-Level Dance and Performing Arts at a further education college and later delivered the GCSE syllabus at a secondary school, where she maintained her outstanding OFSTED rating.

 

While mainstream teaching, in October 2017, Miss Alex began delivering National Curriculum dance workshops in local primary schools, and she launched Locomotion Dance Studios’ IDTA dance classes for children and adults during evenings and weekends.

By September 2019, the growth of Locomotion Dance Studios enabled Miss Alex to make it her full-time career.

 

Miss Alex continues to expand her expertise by pursuing additional teaching qualifications with the IDTA and other examination boards, including Acrobatic Arts and Alixa Flexibility, while actively engaging in ongoing professional development in areas such as safeguarding, behaviour management, and autism awareness.