Kimberley's journey from graduating with a Performing Arts Diploma from North London Dance Studio (NLDS) to gracing stages across the UK and Europe is a testament to her talent and dedication. Her performances with renowned acts like Busted, Disneyland Paris, and various touring shows showcase her versatility and skill as a performer. Not only has she excelled on stage, but Kimberley's progress as a choreographer has also gained much attention, working with popular brands such as New Look, Coast, and Primark, as well as leading leisure establishments.

In 2011, Kimberley took her passion for dance a step further by establishing the Diva Academy, where she shares her knowledge and expertise to aspiring dancers in dance, acro, and cheer classes.

Her commitment to teaching and nurturing talent shines through in her ongoing work with students. Additionally, Kimberley's contribution to creating the new street dance syllabus for the NATD underscores her influence and impact in the dance community. Her dedication to the art form and her students continues to inspire and shape the future of dance education and performance.

Kimberley supports a number of charities and works on their behalf when her schedule allows. For example, she has run a number of 10K races, the Great South Run and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for Wessex Teenage Cancer. She was also proud to host the warm up session for the competitors in the Race for Life in Winchester and Southampton for Cancer Research UK. 

Emma is delighted to be teaching at the Diva Academy following formerly being branch manager of our St Francis school and teacher at our Knightwood branch for 9 years.

She brings with her a wealth of experience - the dance school which she is Co-Principal of was the Dance School of the Year Award Gold winner and Emma as a former England national finalist herself has acted as a choreographer for Team England in the Dance World Cup.

Currently running a busy private singing practice including audition prepping students on behalf of other dance schools Emma’s students’ previous credits include Les Miserables, David Walliams’ Gangster Granny, Annie and Disneyland Paris with many students securing 2023 entry for various prestigious training colleges.

Emma is VIDLA trained in vocal tuition and holds both her Associate and Licenciate with the National Association of Teachers of Dancing. Emma is known for her never ending energy and smiles.

Amber is an actor, director and acting teacher, she has 16 years of experience teaching and directing young people and graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with a Masters in Actor Training and Coaching in 2016. 

She regularly acts with a local theatre company called The Fuse Collective, performing site-specific theatre in and around Hampshire and she is currently an artist-in-residence at MAST Mayflower Studios and has developed a contemporary LGBTQI+ retelling of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'.

Sarah has been dancing since the age of 3 and fell in love with different styles of dance . She started with ballet and then added , Freestyle , Street ,Latin and Ballroom . She has achieved a high level of dance exams  with in those styles and performed twice a year at the point theatre . 

After passing her GCSE in dance , she went on to Achieve her Level 3 Extended diploma in Performing Arts dance and then went on to do an advance level apprenticeship in live events and promotion. 

After Her Apprenticeship , she then went to achieve her IDTA Pre-Associate in freestyle and then went on to Achieve a level 4 diploma in dance teaching in freestyle . 

She is an a adjudicator with the ADFP and has achieved her Freestyle licentiate qualification.

Lexie has been part of the Diva family since she was five years old. She's performed at Her Majesty's Theatre in London as well as competing in regional and national competitions and has been the Diva-sponsored dancer and street dance crew captain.
She has passed her NATD student teacher and associate street dance examination both with highly commended and continues learn with the diva academy.
She has been involved in competitive Allstar Cheerleading since 2017, participating in competitions in the UK and internationally. She qualified as a BGU Junior Coach teaching Hip Hop to a Special Needs Cheer team with girls from 12 - 19 years.
She has been helping coach the Diva junior crew in her spare time and has particularly enjoyed seeing them develop their skills and confidence. She's a great addition to the Diva teaching team as she's very easy to talk to, and supportive and encouraging with younger dancers.

Hi I'm Ella and I am currently teaching and studying at Southampton university! My favourite street style is definitely hip hop with some crazy footwork, and I love anything groovy! I started competing at the age of fourteen and was fortunate enough to be able to carry this on throughout university with my own competition squad.

One of the highlights of last competition season was winning Best dancer of the day at the UK’s biggest university dance nationals competition. This year I have been apart of the national winning group for 2025, as well as choreographing a duet piece that placed as the highest scoring piece of the entire day. 

I had the amazing opportunity of teaching at BASE studios this summer and I am super excited to get in the studio to get creative and dance with you all

With over 10 years’ experience in dance teaching, Sophie has worked in a variety of dance schools, including choreographing for a local youth theatre company and musical theatre summer school shows.

Sophie trained at Performers College on the Pre-Vocational course, and completed DDI and DDE teaching qualifications in ISTD Ballet, Tap, and Modern at Chichester College. Her training also includes A Level Dance, Performing Arts Dance, and a BTEC National Certificate in Dance. 

Sophie is also a professionally trained stilt walker and dancer, and has worked on numerous events all across the south coast.