The Helen Laxton Dance Company

The school principal, Helen Laxton LRAD, ARAD, AISTD(Mod) AISTD(Nat) AIDTA, RTS is a Graduate, Licentiate & Life Member of the Royal Academy of Dance. Helen is a fully qualified, registered teacher with over 35 years of experience in performing and teaching Dance. Helen is also a mentor for students studying for The Royal Academy of Dance Certificate in Ballet Teaching studies which allows her pupils to qualify as teachers of Dance and to gain an internationally recognized teaching qualification.
 
The Helen Laxton School of Dance was founded in Yeovil, Somerset in 1986. The school began with just three pupils and it just kept growing and growing!
Thousands of children have learnt to dance at the school and many pupils have gained places at the top Vocational Dance Schools, Colleges and Universities to further their dance training.

These schools include The Royal Ballet School, The Royal Academy of Dance, PPA Academy, GSA, Urdang, London Studio Centre, Laban Centre, Britt School, Central School of Ballet, Elmhurst Ballet School, Laine Theatre Arts, The Arts Educational School, Sylvia Young, Bird College, Millennium, Performers College, Stella Mann and Phil Winston.
Many former pupils have or are performing in The West End, on cruise ships, in Disneyland resorts, in ballet & dance companies, in TV & films, with top recording artists & teaching dance & performing arts all around the world.