Lucy trained at The English National Ballet School and Laine Theatre Arts.  

With over 25 years of industry experience, Lucy began her career as a professional ballet dancer before moving into musical theatre, film, television, and a range of work across the commercial arts sector. She has had the privilege of working with and assisting many renowned directors and choreographers, including Susan Stroman, Baz Luhrmann, Kenneth Branagh, Matt Cole, Arlene Phillips, Carlos Acosta, Rob Ashford, Twyla Tharp, Andy Blankenbuehler, Drew McOnie, Karen Bruce, Lucie Pankhurst, Adam Cooper, Javier Frutos, and Kim Gavin.  

Lucy is a multifaceted dance professional. She is currently Head of Jazz at Laine Theatre Arts, and was formerly Head of Dance at ArtsEd and Head of Vocational Studies at Urdang. She has also lectured at numerous HE and FE institutions. 

Lucy is an All England Adjudicator and has served on the All England Artistic Committee. She adjudicates, guest teaches and serves on panels at prestigious events in the UK and internationally. She is also the Choreographer and Movement Consultant for BLOCH photoshoots in the UK.  

Lucy is an Independent Evaluator and Consultant for ENB’s Ballet Futures: The Pipeline Project, a member of the Black British Theatre Awards focus group, a patron of Melt Dance, and the founder of The Un-Boxed Collective.  

Her choreography credits include Choreographer and Movement Director, G’Wed (ITV); Choreographer and Movement Director, A Thousand Blows (Disney+); Associate Choreographer, Guys and Dolls (West End, UK Tour, Tel Aviv); Resident Choreographer, Guys and Dolls (Chichester); Associate Choreographer, Grease (Royal Caribbean/David Ian Productions); Re-stager, Footloose (UK Tour); Associate Choreographer, Angelina Ballerina The Mousical (UK Tour, Australian Tour) and numerous Assistant Choreographer roles.  

Her theatre dance credits include Sadler’s Wells, the London Palladium, ENO, the Royal Festival Hall and Chichester Festival Theatre. She has also performed with ENB. 

Her television work includes Game of Thrones, Strictly Come Dancing for Kylie Minogue, The Royal Variety Show, The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, Dancing on Ice, Dancing in the Streets and Strictly Dance Fever. Her film work includes Death on the Nile, Disney’s Cinderella and Disney’s Artemis Fowl for Kenneth Branagh, and Centre Stage for Susan Stroman.  

Lucy was also Dance Captain/Dancer for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Closing Ceremonies.  teacher training programmes, including the CDT and CBTS. Her former students include professional dancers and RAD Teaching Members working internationally. 

Hilary Clark (ARAD (Dip PDTC), RTS), trained at Rambert School and after graduation joined Scottish Ballet, performing in all the major classics and new works, after which she toured extensively with London City Ballet and then graduated with Honours from the RAD’s PDTC course.  

Hilary was Assistant Director at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance and has taught at Elmhurst, Laine Theatre Arts and London Junior/Senior Ballet, Central School of Ballet and at the RAD Dance School, where she continues to teach. Hilary has devised and conducted teachers’ CPD courses throughout the world, taught the Phyllis Bedells Bursary on-stage class and worked as the senior tutor for the PDTD London course and led and assessed the classical section of PDTD, China.  

Hilary has been an external assessor worldwide, judged Dance Challenges in London, USA and Malaysia, choreographic awards, scholarships and the Solo Seal, London.  

In 2013, Hilary was invited to teach and coach candidates of The Fonteyn (Genée) International Ballet Competition in Glasgow and again in London 2015, Lisbon 2017, and Toronto 2019. At Antwerp in 2014 and Hong Kong in 2018, she was privileged to have been invited to produce the competition, coach, and teach the ‘on stage’ Ballet class. In 2021, Hilary was part of the international online team conducting Dancer’s Own and Classical Repertoire coaching in 10 countries on Zoom.  

In 2017, Hilary worked as the Artistic Consultant for Dance Proms at The Royal Albert Hall.  

Between 2018 and 2020, Hilary was the Artistic Adviser to the RAD.  

Hilary was a Trustee of the Royal Academy of Dance and a member of both the Artistic and Educational sub-committees 2016 -2023.  

In 2025, as well as her regular teaching and delivering on the Examination Intensive course in London, Hilary travelled to Kuala Lumpur to deliver the same course and to China to sit on the panel of their prestigious Youth Ballet Challenge and deliver CPD at their 2oth anniversary conference. 

By annual invitation, Hilary is an external assessor for Central School of Ballet’s Associate Programme and continues to be a consultant for the Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre.

Dr Irina Roncaglia is a Chartered Psychologist and HCPC-registered as a Practising Sport & Exercise Psychologist. An Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and a Committee Member for the London Home Counties Branch (LHC), she is also a Chartered Coaching Psychologist. She is a member of the International Association of Dance & Medicine (IADMS) as well as a Health Practitioner with One Dance UK (ODUK). Irina is a British Association Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) Registered Practitioner. She also holds Editorial roles within the Journal of Dance Medicine & Science (JDMS) and Psychological Thought publications. A former Soloist Artist with the English National Ballet (ENB). Irina has held a Psychology Clinical Lead role with the National Autistic Society (NAS) for the last 24 years. She currently works in her private Consultancy (IRC) and is an Associate Consultant with AT-Autism. 

Hilary Clark (ARAD (Dip PDTC), RTS), trained at Rambert School and after graduation joined Scottish Ballet, performing in all the major classics and new works, after which she toured extensively with London City Ballet and then graduated with Honours from the RAD’s PDTC course.  

Hilary was Assistant Director at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance and has taught at Elmhurst, Laine Theatre Arts and London Junior/Senior Ballet, Central School of Ballet and at the RAD Dance School, where she continues to teach. Hilary has devised and conducted teachers’ CPD courses throughout the world, taught the Phyllis Bedells Bursary on-stage class and worked as the senior tutor for the PDTD London course and led and assessed the classical section of PDTD, China.  

Hilary has been an external assessor worldwide, judged Dance Challenges in London, USA and Malaysia, choreographic awards, scholarships and the Solo Seal, London.  

In 2013, Hilary was invited to teach and coach candidates of The Fonteyn (Genée) International Ballet Competition in Glasgow and again in London 2015, Lisbon 2017, and Toronto 2019. At Antwerp in 2014 and Hong Kong in 2018, she was privileged to have been invited to produce the competition, coach, and teach the ‘on stage’ Ballet class. In 2021, Hilary was part of the international online team conducting Dancer’s Own and Classical Repertoire coaching in 10 countries on Zoom.  

In 2017, Hilary worked as the Artistic Consultant for Dance Proms at The Royal Albert Hall.  

Between 2018 and 2020, Hilary was the Artistic Adviser to the RAD.  

Hilary was a Trustee of the Royal Academy of Dance and a member of both the Artistic and Educational sub-committees 2016 -2023.  

In 2025, as well as her regular teaching and delivering on the Examination Intensive course in London, Hilary travelled to Kuala Lumpur to deliver the same course and to China to sit on the panel of their prestigious Youth Ballet Challenge and deliver CPD at their 2oth anniversary conference. 

By annual invitation, Hilary is an external assessor for Central School of Ballet’s Associate Programme and continues to be a consultant for the Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre.

Lucy trained at The English National Ballet School and Laine Theatre Arts.  

With over 25 years of industry experience, Lucy began her career as a professional ballet dancer before moving into musical theatre, film, television, and a range of work across the commercial arts sector. She has had the privilege of working with and assisting many renowned directors and choreographers, including Susan Stroman, Baz Luhrmann, Kenneth Branagh, Matt Cole, Arlene Phillips, Carlos Acosta, Rob Ashford, Twyla Tharp, Andy Blankenbuehler, Drew McOnie, Karen Bruce, Lucie Pankhurst, Adam Cooper, Javier Frutos, and Kim Gavin.  

Lucy is a multifaceted dance professional. She is currently Head of Jazz at Laine Theatre Arts, and was formerly Head of Dance at ArtsEd and Head of Vocational Studies at Urdang. She has also lectured at numerous HE and FE institutions. 

Lucy is an All England Adjudicator and has served on the All England Artistic Committee. She adjudicates, guest teaches and serves on panels at prestigious events in the UK and internationally. She is also the Choreographer and Movement Consultant for BLOCH photoshoots in the UK.  

Lucy is an Independent Evaluator and Consultant for ENB’s Ballet Futures: The Pipeline Project, a member of the Black British Theatre Awards focus group, a patron of Melt Dance, and the founder of The Un-Boxed Collective.  

Her choreography credits include Choreographer and Movement Director, G’Wed (ITV); Choreographer and Movement Director, A Thousand Blows (Disney+); Associate Choreographer, Guys and Dolls (West End, UK Tour, Tel Aviv); Resident Choreographer, Guys and Dolls (Chichester); Associate Choreographer, Grease (Royal Caribbean/David Ian Productions); Re-stager, Footloose (UK Tour); Associate Choreographer, Angelina Ballerina The Mousical (UK Tour, Australian Tour) and numerous Assistant Choreographer roles.  

Her theatre dance credits include Sadler’s Wells, the London Palladium, ENO, the Royal Festival Hall and Chichester Festival Theatre. She has also performed with ENB. 

Her television work includes Game of Thrones, Strictly Come Dancing for Kylie Minogue, The Royal Variety Show, The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, Dancing on Ice, Dancing in the Streets and Strictly Dance Fever. Her film work includes Death on the Nile, Disney’s Cinderella and Disney’s Artemis Fowl for Kenneth Branagh, and Centre Stage for Susan Stroman.  

Lucy was also Dance Captain/Dancer for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Closing Ceremonies.  teacher training programmes, including the CDT and CBTS. Her former students include professional dancers and RAD Teaching Members working internationally. 

Beatriz Stix-Brunell is a former First Soloist of The Royal Ballet and is now completing her Bachelor of Science at Stanford University. Her work with The Royal Ballet includes title and originated roles that span the breadth of the company’s repertoire. Having transitioned from ballet to higher education, Stix-Brunell understands firsthand how to leverage the rigour, skills, and discipline honed through dance to pursue a new direction. Her educational philosophy is grounded in the belief that artistic excellence and intellectual inquiry are mutually reinforcing and essential to high-quality dance training. 

Elizabeth has had a lifelong love of dance, starting her career at Sadler’s Wells and most recently through classes at RAD headquarters, membership of the London Ballet Circle, as a supporter of the Acosta Dance Centre and, most pertinently, as a member of the RAD’s Finance Committee, which has given her a deep insight into the role and workings of the charity and its members.

Elizabeth has had an illustrious career in the public service, latterly as CEO of an HM Treasury commercial agency, where she led 500 people across over 40 locations with a diverse range of stakeholders, successfully developing a compelling vision that led to business growth with significant increases in both staff engagement and customer satisfaction. Before that, she was a director at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, engaging at senior levels around the globe. Throughout her career, she has been involved in setting strategy, organisational transformation, stakeholder and employee engagement and improvements in financial performance.

Elizabeth has also served on the global board of a professional institute, so she has a good understanding of an international membership body. Her expertise in strategy, governance and improving organisational performance led to her appointment as a visiting fellow at the Cranfield School of Management.  Her roles in the charity sector include trusteeships at the Vision Foundation and the Dartington International Summer School Foundation. Her early career also involved fundraising for the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Elizabeth was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours.  The opportunity to serve as Chief Executive of the RAD perfectly combines her love of dance with her wide-ranging and international leadership experience.

Jatie is a dance mover, maker and mentor whose career spans stage and screen.  

Their practice centres trans experiences through interdisciplinary collaboration. Some recurring themes in their work are; relationships between human and nature; creating movement for wearable sculptures; and teetering the line between beauty and grotesque.  

They are currently a Guest Dance Artist for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance. 

Jatie has a portfolio of mentorship across secondary, further, SEND and higher education. They are a recognised Fellow of the High Education Academy, currently undergoing accreditation as a Teacher of Cunningham Technique®.  

Jatie seeks to curate calm and accepting spaces without compromising rigour and excellence.