City Dance Academy

City Dance Academy City Dance Academy is a part time dance school in association of NCDTA int. Irene is an qualified teacher with Northern Counties Dance Teachers Association.

City Dance Academy was founded in 1986 by Rowena Gilchrist who was joined by Irene Smith the following year. Rowena retired leaving the school to Irene in Easter 2004 and she has continued to teach since then. Irene is assisted by her two student teachers Rachel and Amy. In the past pupils have participated in many shows at the Sunderland Empire, Whitley Bay Playhouse, Durham Gala Theatre and Cust

oms House, South Shields. They have taken part in workshops with Birmingham Royal Ballet and have worked with Dance City for Washington Kite Festival, they have even appeared on GMTV with Mr Motivator. More recently they have appeared on Seaham Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s productions and have been invited to taking part in their concerts and musicals. Some of our students have progressed to various drama schools or have now gone on to teach at their own schools. Special mention to Nathan Wharton who recently was in the touring production of West Side Story. Some of our students were lucky enough to enjoy a workshop with Nathan and learn snippets of choreography from the show. But whatever their achievements are we are proud of each and every one of our students past and present.

15/04/2026

Show Me How You Burlesque 🩷
Here is some footage from our Burlesque workshop from Sunday!

13/04/2026

Freak Flag 💚
Some footage from our Shrek workshop yesterday.

We had an amazing time at our Musical Theatre workshops with the fantastic today! Students were taught choreography fro...
12/04/2026

We had an amazing time at our Musical Theatre workshops with the fantastic today! Students were taught choreography from Shrek the Musical and Burlesque the Musical. We had so much fun. Huge thank you to Nathan for popping in to see us on his day off ❤️ Best of luck for the rest of the tour ###

Tonight a group of our students went to see former City Dance Academy student Nathan Ryles Wharton in 🌈 very proud of h...
09/04/2026

Tonight a group of our students went to see former City Dance Academy student Nathan Ryles Wharton in 🌈 very proud of him 🌟 fantastic production xx

Less than a week until our Musical Theatre Dance workshop with Nathan Ryles Wharton! If anyone is interested please cont...
06/04/2026

Less than a week until our Musical Theatre Dance workshop with Nathan Ryles Wharton!

If anyone is interested please contact us via our social media pages or text Rachel using info on the poster. 💜

Still places left on our Musical Theatre workshop with NathanRyles 💜 Learning choreography from the most recent UK tour of Shrek the Musical and also Burlesque the Musical.

If you’re interested please get in touch to book your place!

Still places left on our Musical Theatre workshop with NathanRyles 💜 Learning choreography from the most recent UK tour ...
01/04/2026

Still places left on our Musical Theatre workshop with NathanRyles 💜 Learning choreography from the most recent UK tour of Shrek the Musical and also Burlesque the Musical.

If you’re interested please get in touch to book your place!

📣 EXCITING OPPORTUNITY 📣✨ MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP – City Dance Academy ✨Join us for two exciting Musical Theatre worksh...
14/03/2026

📣 EXCITING OPPORTUNITY 📣

✨ MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP – City Dance Academy ✨

Join us for two exciting Musical Theatre workshops with former City Dance Academy student Nathan Ryles Wharton! Perfect for performers who love to sing, dance, and act 🎭

🟢 11am–12pm - Shrek Workshop - £10

🔴 12pm–1:30pm - Burlesque The Musical Workshop - £15 (Age 14+)

📍 Fulwell Methodist Church

💜 Special Offer:Both sessions for £20

⚠️ Pre-booking required – spaces are limited!

Come along, learn exciting choreography, and experience the magic of musical theatre in a fun and supportive environment.

Message us to book your place now! 🎶

🏆 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 🏆 Ada has made excellent progress since she started with us and always puts in lots of effort in les...
17/01/2026

🏆 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 🏆

Ada has made excellent progress since she started with us and always puts in lots of effort in lessons. Well done Ada 🎉

Today our students participated in a circus workshop with former CDA student Shelley. They had an amazing time and learn...
10/01/2026

Today our students participated in a circus workshop with former CDA student Shelley. They had an amazing time and learnt some great new skills in preparation for our upcoming show 🎪 Huge thank you for coming to visit us 💜

25/12/2025

We just wanted to say we hope all our students, parents and supporters have a very Merry Christmas! We wish you all the best for a very happy and healthy 2026! xx

Last week we had our last classes before the Christmas holidays where students came dressed in festive attire! Wishing a...
19/12/2025

Last week we had our last classes before the Christmas holidays where students came dressed in festive attire! Wishing all our students and their families a fantastic break - we hope Santa is good to you all 🎅🏼 xx

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