Isabelle Somers

Hi, my name is Isabelle and I am 15 years old. I started dancing at the age of 3 and attend The Diane Bradbury Theatre Dance School which is located in Chesterfield.

I thoroughly enjoy all genres of dance as they offer me different forms of expression and quality of movement.  Currently I am studying Ballet, Tap, Modern Jazz, Theatre Craft, Pointe Ballet and Gym. I also attend a Musical Theatre class at Chesterfield Studios and this is where I am developing my singing and acting skills. 

I am an Associate member of The Scholars programme based in Leeds, where I train pre-professionally in Technical Jazz with Ms Stillie Dee and Classical Ballet with Mr Martin Howland.

I have performed in many professional pantomimes, in Sheffield at the Lyceum Theatre, and also in Chesterfield and Derby. These fabulous opportunities gave me the chance to perform on stage with truly talented and creative people.

My dance school attends the CYD? conventions, where I have the chance to learn from many industry professionals.  Being part of these events really helps me to expand my style and skills, and I love every minute of it!

The opportunity to be an Images ambassador is something exciting and new, and I can’t wait begin this journey with Team Images!

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Hi, my name is Maddie and I am 8 years old. I started to dance just before I was 2 years old! I used to join in classes and I absolutely loved it. It wasn’t long until I took my first exam at age 3 and also competed in my very first competition on stage. I take classes in Ballet, Modern, Acrobatics and Tap studying the BTDA syllabus. 

I compete in competitions all over the country and I have won many medals and awards including festival championships, bursaries and adjudicators awards. Last year I made it through to the National Finals of the All England Dance Festival and won 5 gold medals for my 5 solos. I was also awarded the ‘Pre-Junior Award’ of the entire competition.
I’ve entered 12 TDCI championships and won 9 Titles and come runner up champion in 2. Last year I was successful in qualifying for the Dance World Cup and representing team England. I won Gold for my ballet solo, Silver for my Acro solo and a further 3 Gold medals in duets and a group dance. This year I have qualified to dance even more dances and I am very excited to represent my country once again!

I am a member and management client of Stagebox and last year I performed in the professional show of Nativity! the Musical playing the role of young Mary. I also played the main role of Lily Cunningham in Debbie Isitt’s film, ‘Christmas on Mistletoe Farm’.

I absolutely love to dance and perform and put a lot of hard work into what I do. I take regular classes at my dance studio and associate classes. Most recently I successfully auditioned for Elmhurst Young Dancers program and I can’t wait to start in September.

I am very excited to an ambassador of Images Costumes. I have had many costumes and worn them all over the country! They are great quality and the team are amazing at creating my designs for all genres of dance. 

Maddie x

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Hi my name is Tillie and I am 15 years old. I started dance at the age of 2 and have continued to build on my passion for dance throughout my life. I train in ballet, modern, lyrical, character, tap, song & dance and acro at The Studio Dance & Theatre Academy. I also attend Sheffield Performing Arts for musical theatre. I compete at dance competitions in many genres, as well as duets, trios & troupe with my team.  When I am wearing my Images Costume outfits at competitions  people always compliment my costumes!

As well as competitions I also focus on my dance exams, recently receiving 97/100. From my exam results I was nominated for the IDTA awards in all 4 categories of modern, tap, ballet & theatre craft.  I was thrilled to be recalled into the finals for 3 of these disciplines and went on to win the Bill Tasker award for theatre craft!

I have also been a juvenile dancer since I was 9 at the Sheffield Lyceum Christmas pantomime as well as playing ‘Baby June’ in the musical Gypsy at the Sheffield Lyceum Theatre and a sewer child in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Sheffield City Hall. In the future I hope to pursue my career to the West End.

I am so excited and proud to say I am an Images Ambassador.  I couldn’t wish for a nicer team of people to work with and I am proud to promote their amazing dancewear!

Hello everyone. My name is Kairi, I am 10 years old and I dance at the Bernadine Soul School of Dance.

I started my dance journey when I was 3 years old and took ballet, tap and modern jazz.  When I turned 4 I also started taking acro classes and this is where my passion began to grow. In 2020 I was extremely proud to be invited to be part of the junior acro squad.

I train once a month at Showtime circus with their associates group where we learn all things circus, and I also train on a high flying trapeze which is my favourite thing ever. My dream is to be in Cirque du Soleil.

I now train in ballet, tap, modern jazz, acro, contempory, lyrical, musical theatre and circus.

I have performed at Her Majesty’s theatre in London, the Pavillion in Bournemouth, London O2, Blackpool Tower Ballroom, Disneyland Paris and on an international cruise ship to name but a few.

In 2020 (well 2021 after lockdown) alongside my dance troupe, I attended the Dance World Cup where we placed 2nd in the world for our large group acro routine.

Coming up I am off to perform at Alton Towers, on another international cruise ship in October and Benidorm next year with many more opportunities along the way…….watch this space.

I am very grateful to be chosen as an Images ambassador for another year and cant wait to show you all their amazing costumes.

Hello, my name is Brooke and I am 15 years old.  I have been dancing since I was 3 and over the years I have been adding more and more genres of dance to my weekly dance schedule. Personal favourites being contemporary and street/commercial.

I started ballet later into my dance training, but I have gone through my grading quickly and now I am about to start my pointe journey. I still love acro & contortion Mainly focusing on tumbling and hand balancing on handstand canes.

I am just about to go into year 11 at school where I am taking music and dance GSCE. This leads to performances in and out of school and recently I won the largest prize at my school for singing. This is something I have started to take lessons in and absolutely love, especially as I am very passionate about musical theatre.

My goals for the next few years once my GSCEs are completed, are to further my training at a performing arts college, and after that I would love to work on cruise ships and at Disneyland Paris.