Michelle won a scholarship to study at Laine Theatre Arts where she gained her
Associate in Cecchetti Ballet with Distinction – during her time there, she also won a scholarship to study at The Royal Ballet Summer School. After her studies, Michelle toured both the UK and Europe with Contemporary Dance companies such as Union Dance Company and Carol Straker Dance Company.
After enjoying an international tour with Union Dance Company, Michelle then went on to appear in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical ‘Cats’ in Hamburg, where she lived for 2 years performing the roles of Demeter, Bombalurina, Cassandra and Tantomile. Upon returning to the UK, Michelle landed the role of ‘Buffy’ in ‘Starlight Express’ at the Apollo Victoria in the West End.
Michelle has also worked in television and landed a few small roles in productions such as Eastenders, Absolutely fabulous, The Real Mcoy and many more. Michelle was also a backing vocalist for the Jazz Funk collective ‘Abstract Word’, performing in venues such as Ronnie Scotts and The Jazz Cafe.
In 2008, Michelle graduated from Middlesex University with a BA Hons in Dance
Studies and upon graduating, worked very closely with Robert Cohan and Anne
Donnelly on the first drafts of the ‘Rescen’ projects, documenting ‘Martha Graham Technique’ for future resources.
Michelle has dedicated many years to teaching Ballet and Contemporary dance and has taught in many prestigious institutions such as Urdang City, University of London, Bird College, London Contemporary Dance School, Tring Park Associates Programme, The CAT Programme at The Place, Ballet Black, Middlesex University, and also recorded the first online series of ‘Introduction to Ballet Technique’ for the Classes & Courses programme at The Place.
Michelle spends much of her time now working for the English National Ballet as Project Lead for Ballet Futures: the Pipeline Project, which is a programme dedicated to tackling the lack of diversity in classical ballet.
