Living Dance 2013/2014

Living Dance 2013/2014 had us return to Gharb, Gozo with the same faculty. It is to this date still the only living dance with a full returning faculty due to their popularity. 

With classes in Ballet, Hip Hop. Contemporary and Musical Theatre. 

Special Workshops included Cooking to promote healthy eating with Clarissa Borg in 2013 and 2014 saw our students having a Make Up Workshop for future use in shows and auditions with professional Make Up Artist Denise Caruana.

Sharon Johnston
(LISTD, DDI, DDE)

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Originally from Cheshire in the UK started her dance adventure aged just 4 yrs in Ballet, Contemporary & Ballroom followed by extensive training at KS DANCE, Warrington, UK achieving her Advanced Ballet, Modern, Tap, Spanish Dance, Contemporary, Singing & Teaching Qualifications by the age of 19yrs and the part of Mercedes in the ballet ‘Carmen’ Sharon then went on to travel the world performing with the Irish Dance Troupe ‘Spirit of the Dance’ throughout America & Canada as the Lead Flamenco Dancer. Aged just 21 Sharon dancedand performed on the same stage as Michael Jackson in the ‘Michael Jackson & Friends for Kosovo Pop Concert’ Korea & Munich as a dancer.

​After also starring in many popular Musicals as a Dancer/Singer/Actress such as Tabaluga und Lilli, Miami Nights and many more Stage shows & TV showcases in Germany. After 5 years of teaching worldwide Sharon has been able to bring all of her professional training and dance experience now to Ireland. Sharon Continues to further her teacher training, travelling back and forth throughout the year to the UK to keep up to date and maintain high standards of teaching. In Summer 2012 Sharon was awarded the Grety Salomonsen Scholarship and The Rita Emmerson Award for her work within the Cecchetti Society.

Warren Bonell0

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Maltese dancer Warren Bonello started dancing at the age of 5. He has done a couple of performances here in Malta such as "Sound of Music", Junior Eurovision with Sarah Harrison and l-Isfida Season 2. He left Malta at the age of 17 to continue studying performing arts.  After graduating from Bodywork in Cambridge in performing arts he went onto various styles of work.

​Credits include 'Westside Story' in the 'National Theatre' in Ireland, UK tour of 'Cinderella', 'Urban Flavours'. He also danced for Costa on a cruise ship and his latest work was representing Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest with Kurt Calleja singing the song 'This Is The Night'.

Ever since warren has come back to Malta he has worked on big projects including premier for step up 4 at the Eden cinema, beer festival, Arriva advert, Malta fashion awards 2013 and summer of love - closing of earth garden. Together with this, he is currently studying for a BA in dance at the University of Malta.