Leigh started child modelling, dancing and performing at the age of 2. She trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School full-time from the age of 11 to 16. While Leigh was there, her experience in television included Eastenders, Anything’s Possible (mini-film for Channel 5) and Hale & Pace.

Other work included various advertisements for ITV and BBC radio plays for children’s schools. Musical theatre work included Annie (the lead role), The Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof all at Greenwich Theatre, The Nutcracker (Ballet), Fairfield Halls, Croydon, variety shows at Orchard Theatre, Dartford, pantomimes and cabaret acts in London.

At the age of 16, Leigh went to the Centre of Performing Arts College in Greenwich to sustain her performing arts and to qualify as a teacher in ballet, modern and tap for the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance.

Leigh joined MTA in 2004.

Tasha has been dancing since the age of five and has over five years of professional training, including a BTEC and BA (Hons) in Performing Arts. She trained for three years at Stella Mann College, developing her skills across dance, performance, and choreography. 

Her performance credits include work at Regnum Cayra Hotel in Turkey and at Thorpe Park during Fright Night, and she has had the opportunity to work with renowned choreographers such as Mike Fellows, Hannah Levitt Collins, Laura Gibson, Marina Gibson, Gaz Davis, and Charlotte Bazeley. Tasha is still actively working in the industry alongside professionals, continuing to perform, create, and grow as an artist. 

Teaching has become a new passion for her — she currently teaches across four schools and loves watching her students grow up, build confidence, and find their love for dance.

Qualifications: PDTD RAD RTS, ISTD DDI

Clare has been dancing since she was 3, gaining her Royal Academy of Dance ballet exams at her local ballet school in Surrey. She completed her professional ballet training in the Russian and Cecchetti methods with the three year dancers’ course at the London School of Classical Dance, later known as the West Street School of Dance.

Graduating straight into employment, she enjoyed a lengthy and varied career, performing across the genres in theatres, movies and the commercial world of dance and choreography.

Some highlights include playing the Apàche dancer in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (UK tour) and Chee Chee in Doctor Dolittle (UK tour) as well as being a featured dancer in the Phantom of the Opera Movie and a soloist in the Souls in Motion European tour.

She has had the opportunity to work with some well-known choreographers: Luca Tomassini (Gerry Haliwell & Rachael Stevens), Lynne Page and Anthony Van Laast. In later years, she ventured down the choreographic route creating pieces for the Frank Skinner and Richard Blackwood shows among others.

Discovering a love for teaching along the way, Clare chose to re-train and graduated with distinction from the Royal Academy of Dance on their Professional Dancers’ Teaching Diploma. This brings with it registered RAD teacher status.

Since her graduation from the RAD, she has been teaching their ballet syllabi at all levels from Pre Primary up to Advanced One as well as free virtuoso classes and pointe work.

Clare has furthered her teacher training via the Anna Morgan College in Kent and has recently been awarded the ISTD Diploma in Dance Instruction (DDI) in Modern Theatre.

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<p><strong>Bailie Marie is a dynamic and versatile mixed-race performer raised in Jamaica. She learned the value of resilience and self-belief from an early age. In pursuit of her dream, she relocated to London to further her training and develop her artistry, facing and overcoming adversity along the way.</p>

<p>Bailie has just graduated with a First-Class Honours degree from Millennium Performing Arts, where she has had the opportunity to perform in a range of professional showcases, digital productions, and original works. Her performance credits at Millennium include To The Core (2024 & 2025), A Click Away (Digital Showcase, 2024), and Behind The Curtain at the Victoria and Albert Museum (2023), among many others.</p>

<p>Prior to her time in the UK, Bailie trained extensively in Jamaica under Tony Wilson, before joining the Company of Dance Academy (CODA) and later working with PLIÉ. She held leading roles in Jamaican productions of Broadway classics such as Fame (Iris Kelly), The Lion King (Adult Nala), Annie (Miss Hannigan), and Les Misérables (Young Cosette).</p>

<p>Her screen experience includes a featured role in Cliff Edge (short film directed by Khalifa Wong), Destiny (2014), and various television appearances on TVJ and Daytime Live, showcasing both her performance and creative work.</p>

<p>As a choreographer and creative, Bailie’s passion for storytelling through movement is clear. She has choreographed and directed original works such as Harbour Of Delusions and Unity in Harmony for Itch That Scratch (2025), and co-directed Shine (2023). In 2021, she choreographed Unbreaking for the JCDC Dance Competition and wrote and performed Trapped in Darkness for the St. Andrew Performing Arts programme.</p>

<p>Bailie Marie continues to grow as a performer, creator, and collaborator – guided by her heritage, shaped by her experiences, and fuelled by an unwavering commitment to her craft.</p>

Sarah trained at the Bird College conservatoire for Dance and Musical Theatre. Her specialism is dance and movement-based work and her experience spans TV, film, audio drama, and theatre.

She has worked with Steven Spielberg on Ready Player One as a motion capture artist, was a cast regular on the popular BBC comedy Motherland and graced one of the most prestigious stages in the world at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

As a teacher Sarah brings confidence, enthusiasm and encourages her students to find the fun around the disciplines of performing.

 

Originally from Liverpool, Joseph moved to London to train professionally in musical theatre and has been working in the industry ever since. He’s been part of the Montage Theatre Arts team for several years now, working across the main school and leading the fun-filled holiday workshops and programs.

With experience teaching at theatre schools across London and a background in professional performance, Joseph as been lucky enough to appear in a variety of productions, including Madagascar the Musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, and a one-person play in London.

Yvie holds a degree in Acting from the Oxford School of Drama and specialises in musical theatre, dance and choreography.

With over 10 years of teaching experience, Yvie has a wealth of knowledge ranging from Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) to London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art curricula. Her teaching style is full of energy and focuses on building confidence and creativity in her students.

She also works are a director and choreographer for a number of major school shows along with appearing on film, stage and television.

Laura is our specialist London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) teacher. She trained at Marymount Manhattan College where she received her BA in Theatre Performance and holds a master’s degree in Staging Shakespeare from the University of Exeter.

Originally a professional actor and director, she now works across the worlds of theatre and education. She is the founding editor of theatre criticism site, The Play’s the Thing UK, a judge for the Off-West End Awards, dramaturg and a consultant for new plays in development. Laura is also a visiting lecturer for the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama where she is completing a PhD on embedded theatre criticism practice.

Lucía studied at the School of Creative Arts and Technologies in York, where she specialised in scriptwriting and directing.
Since then, she gone onto writing for the Edinburgh Fringe, as well as for commissioned projects in schools.
Currently, Lucía is training at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, where she is completing a MA in Applied Theatre and co-creation.