Isobel Powell

Isobel is the owner and Principal of Isobel Powell Performance and Dance and works closely with The Thornbury Clinic to offer non impact and dance based classes to help improve health and decrease pain.

Isobel began her vocational training at the Arts Educational School Tring Park, and then went on to complete her professional training at Bird College, Conservatoire for Dance and Musical Theatre. Isobel trained as an associate with The Royal Ballet School and performed as a soloist with the National Youth Ballet. Isobel’s passion for music and choreography began at an early age where she was awarded the Barbara Geoghan Choreographic award twice and her work was performed at Sadlers Wells, London.

In addition to being awarded the ISTD Young Dancer of the Year, Isobel’s choreography won The Creation Choreography Award from UK’s leading dance school principal Luis D’Abreu. Isobel is now an international performer and choreographer.

She currently works as The Head of Dance at The Big Act Academy of Theatre Arts, the South West’s leading musical theatre college, offering professional, vocational training in Dance and Musical Theatre, and is the principal of Isobel Powell Performance and Dance. In 2022 She was amongst the first of twenty-five teachers worldwide to train in The Royal Ballet School’s Training and Assessment programme, and now holds affiliate teacher status with The Royal Ballet School.

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