Horton Foundations

Classes

DAY: Saturdays

TIME: 14.30-16:00

LEVEL: ALL

PRICE: £14 in-studio / £7 online

Biography’s

Annie is a dancer, actor, stunt performer, model, and teacher. Focusing on expression and sharing through movement,  she has worked on screen and stage, in London and internationally.

Annie is multidisciplinary and studied a range of styles. Her career started within the TV and film realm I’m shows and films including Bridgerton, Enola Holmes, and Heartstopper. This screen work has also been in a range of commercials, creating different roles and doing stunt and wire work. She has performed on stage and in live projects with Blake Arts, Beyond Repair Entertainment, and BOP Jazz Dance Theatre Company. The lockdown unlocked her passion for teaching, deepening her own practice while allowing her to share with others in a range of dance and fitness disciplines. Since studying Horton Technique in college, she has continued to expand her own knowledge and share this with others through open classes, conservatoire training, and workshops.

Melissa is a Dancer, Teacher and Facilitator based in London. Since training at TrinityLaban, she has focused on developing her range of teaching methods to be able to teach as wide of a range of society as possible. In 2025 she enrolled onto the inaugural year of the Ailey Horton Teacher Training at The Ailey School, participating in an intensive summer training in New York. Melissa is aiming to keep the quality of modern dance training high in the UK and provide Horton Technique for beginner, pre-vocational and professional dancers. Outside of her Horton training and learning she is still actively dancing, teaches barre fitness for Barrecore, provides Yoga classes within studio and community environments, does extra work for tv shows and is a collaborator within the Chisenhale Dance Space Artist Community.

Class Description:

This Horton Foundations  is an introduction to the modern dance technique created in the 1930/40’s by Lester Horton. The technique focuses on alignment, strength, flexibility and co-ordination to leave the dance feeling capable and energised.

Lester Horton’s legacy was continued by dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey, through Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, a leading dance company based in New York City who continue to perform new and historical work globally, that highlight the excellence of Horton Technique and can be seen throughout their work on stage. This class will take you through the principle movements of the technique including flat backs, laterals, T positions, stags and finishing off with a dynamic choreography, allowing the students to express themselves, gain confidence and bring together the skills learnt throughout.