introducing

Training: Bird College 

KELLY DOWNING 

BIOGRAPHY 

Theatre credits: Original West End Cast Ensemble in Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre); Royal Variety Performance 2020 with Jason Manford, Gary Barlow, Marisha Wallace (Blackpool Winter Gardens); Dance Captain and understudy Spirit of Sherwood Robin Hood 2020 (Woking Theatre); Olivier Awards 2018 with Hamilton (Royal Albert Hall); Royal Variety Performance with Hamilton (London Palladium); Sentebale Gala with Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre); Original Cast Ensemble in Bodyguard (Germany); Joule and understudied and played the roles of Buffy and Ashley in 25th Anniversary of Starlight Express (Germany); Ensemble and understudied and played the roles of Patty and Frenchy in Grease (UK Tour); Ensemble and understudy Cinderella in Cinderella (Aylesbury Theatre); Ensemble in Dick Whittington and Aladdin (Belgrade Theatre) 

She was also a dancer for Olly Murs at The Brit Awards 2012 (O2 Arena); Medal ceremony presenter Grandstand (BBC2); Dancer for Our Town Story (02 Arena); Skater for New Balance for a corporate event; Skater for advert H&M Christmas; Joule on the 25th Anniversary Cast Recording of Starlight Express (Germany); Skater and Dancer for advert Hunky Dorys; Buffalo is How We Roll (Ireland); 

Kelly has also taught lots of workshops for professional schools across the country including: Doreen Bird, LIPA, Laine Theatre Arts, CentrePointe, Bodyworks and PineapplePPA. She also teaches smaller schools regularly and gets a lot of enjoyment out of seeing students develop and learn to make their way into the industry. 

Jordan is currently making his professional debut playing the role of Dean Paxton in the West End production of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.

Jordan trained at Bird College Conservatoire in London, graduating in 2019. His credits while training include Billy Crocker in Anything Goes; Eddie O’Grady in Made In Dagenham; and Dupree in Crybaby. He also represented Bird at Move It from 2018-19.

Sunday Specials will be led by various SCD Team Members or SCD Friends as guest teachers.

Volume 1 - Suday 24th January we begin with 3 workshops covering musicals 'The Sound of Music' and '9 to 5' led by Grace Walker a good friend of SCD.

Choose the workshop for your age group and book in now for a great time learning choreography from Grace who, although still young, is an experienced dancer within many shows.

Grace Walker is a professional performer who graduated from Bodywork Company International in Cambridge in 2018, and since then has had success performing in the U.K. and overseas. 

Grace's Theatre Credits THE SOUND OF MUSIC ( Cyprus ) REMEMBERING THE MOVIES ( Uk tour ) 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL ( Uk tour ) CATS THE MUSICAL ( Cyprus ) A NIGHT AT THE MUSICALS ( Dubai ).

More than all of this, Grace is a fab dancer and someone who completely shares the SCD values about removing the barriers to dance to ensure its a great gift for everyone.