Meet The Team

Principal and Teacher of Street dance, Acro dance, Musical Theatre and Singing

Sam is from Fleet and trained at The Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts and graduated with Honours.

She is the Principal and owner and over North Ascot Academy of Performing Arts in 2020 and is absolutely loving running the school.

She has been an industry professional and teacher/choreographer/director for many years now teaching at various schools including Italia Conti, KEW Dance Academy, Through the Wardrobe Theatre Company. She has also choreographed for large corporate events such as a worldwide product launch for "Yale".

Sam also currently works as Professional Princess (oh yes…it’s a real thing!) and franchise owner for children’s Entertainment Company My Little Princess Parties and also tours the country singing in tribute bands ABBA gold, Motown nights and 1940’s vocal harmony group The Candy Girls.

Theatre Credits include; STARLIGHT EXPRESS- Bochum, UK Tour and International Tour, THRILLER LIVE UK Tour -(assistant dance captain) IRVING BERLINS WHITE CHRISTMAS THE MUSICAL-U.K Tour, THE RAT PACK LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS-European Tour, THE MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS WITH MARTY WEBB AND WAYNE SLEEP -West end and U.K Tour, SPIRIT OF THE DANCE -U.S Tour, MACBETH-U.K Tour, ROMEO AND JULIET (RSC)-The Barbican Theatre London, THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS- The London cruise terminal, THE ROYAL VARIETY SHOW- The London Palladium, P&O AURORA , P&O AURORA WORLD CRUISE, P&O ARCADIA (Vocal captain), SILJA LINE CRUISE and VARIOUS PANTOMIMES.

T.V and film: ADVERTS for BOOTS, and TROPICANA, Viral adverts for Sony music’s “THRILLER ON THE TUBE” and SANEX CAMPAIGN, GUITAR HERO LIVE! (VIDEO GAME), THE BAFTAS, THE MOBO AWARDS, BLUE PETER, learning video for EMI RECORDS and Voice over work for Oxford University Press.

Street Dance, Musical Theatre, Acro, Contemporary

Bea grew up in Berkshire where she was a competitive freestyle disco dancer for 14 years whilst studying performing arts and Dance at school and then college.

She got accepted into Masters performing arts to study professionally for 3 years however decided to move across to acting where she completed a foundation in Acting from Arts Educational Schools London and a diploma in Acting from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.Bea is also a fellow teacher of Miss Sam's at PQA Windsor and helped lead our Summer camp back in August.

Bea is excited to join the team at North Ascot Academy in the coming year.

Ballet and Tap

Ali has just returned back from living in America where she was teaching dance to both competitive and recreational students in California and Texas.  Her training began at the age of 3 at the Anne Page School of Dancing in Fleet & The Prince Regent Theatre School in Farnborough.  At 16, she was accepted into Performers Dance College - founded and run by the internationally renowned choreographer, Brian Rogers.  Here she studied a 3-year Musical Theatre course and obtained her teaching certificates.  She then went on to complete a Summer Season. Ali has performed at numerous venues, including The London Palladium; Royal Albert Hall; The Variety Club of Great Britain Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel; and at Southport Theatre.  She has also appeared in productions of the hit musical '42nd Street' at Guildford Civic Hall and the Hexagon Theatre, Reading; 'Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood' at Guildford Civic Hall; ‘Aladdin’ at Guildford Civic Hall; the 'Jolson, Formby and Crosby Show' at venues such as Blackpool, Great Yarmouth and the Isle of Man; and ‘Cinderella’ at The Grand Theatre, Blackpool.  She has appeared in a T.V. pilot called ‘Dance Masters’ for Diane Youdale, formerly ‘Jet’ from the Gladiators, and was a member of ‘Dance Athletica’, a Sports Dance Aerobics display team performing at Trade Shows and Fitness Conventions across the country.

Ali has run her own successful dance school in the UK for over 25 years directing and choreographing shows, dance competitions & entering students in for dance exams with an outstanding 100% success rate.  She is an Associate​ of Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance; holds the British Cheerleading Association NCSSE Level 2 & 3 teaching certificates; is an Acrobatic Arts certified teacher; and holds a Level 2 Exercise to Music teacher's certificate.  She is CRB checked.

Ali has a passion for teaching and choreographing in ma​ny genres and is proud to have used her knowledge to help very many students achieve high standards in th​eir vocational exams to a professional standard.  She is a fun, enthusiastic and encouraging teacher motivating students of all ages and abilities to be the best dancer that they can be.  Ali teaches Ballet, Tap, Modern, Commercial Jazz, Acro, Lyrical/Contemporary, Showstoppers, Pointe work, Pre-school Ballet & Tap and Teen fit and she is really looking forward to joining the teaching team!"

Singing, Mini Acro, Mini Musical Theatre, Drama and LAMDA

Sarah grew up in Windsor and attended the Susan Handy School of Dancing. She continued her training at Laine Theatre Arts, where she gained a National Diploma in Dance. During her extensive career, Sarah has appeared on stage in The Tour (Edinburgh Fringe), Starlight Express (UK Tour, Germany & Asia) and A Christmas Carol (Litchfield Garrick) as well performing at Buckingham Palace as part of A Performance for Young People in the Arts.

In addition, Sarah has appeared on screen as a dancer for The X Factor, Big Brother, Grease is the Word, Saturday Night Takeaway and the Disney Channel working with the likes of Ant & Dec, Katy Perry and Cee Lo Green. Sarah has also worked extensively as a choreographer for various stage and screen projects. Alongside this, Sarah has been teaching a variety of performing arts subjects at many schools and college across the UK and is the Principal of PQA Windsor.

Ballet and Tap

Christie has performed extensively as a singer, dancer and actress in all aspects of the industry, her favourites being for films “The Aeronauts”, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them”, and TV productions such as “The X Factor”, “Britain’s Got Talent”, “The Crown”, “Call The Midwife” ”, “Endeavour”, “Silent Witness”, “Eastenders” and “Holby City” to name a few. Alongside her performing career, she continues to fulfil her passion as a qualified teacher with OCR, LAMDA and ISTD, and as a freelance choreographer for Weddings couples and dance parties. In 2022 she launched the Junior Ensemble for Edge Productions, giving NAPA students the opportunity to perform with an adult cast on stage for their annual pantomime.