Ballet Classes in Harlow - Balletfirst Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance Lessons

Principal Theresa Crumb

Former member of the Royal Ballet School

Theresa trained ballet from age 7 with Janet and Leo Kersley in Harlow, where amongst other roles she danced the lead in The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty as well as dancing with world famous Japanese star Hideo Fukagawa in the Blue-Bird pas-de-deux when just 15yrs old. At 16 she successfully joined the Royal Ballet School.

As a Classical and Contemporary dancer she appeared globally, including 13 yrs in Germany. Whilst engaged at Theater des Westens in Berlin, she danced in Musicals including Cabaret, Sweet Charity and Oliver! During this period she also appeared for 3 consecutive years in the hit musical My Fair Lady. As well as numerous German Television productions as a soloist, she also assisted well-known American choreographer Gene Reed on major TV shows.

Theresa Crumb, Principal of Ballet First

Theresa as Aurora, aged 15

Following this she became Company Ballet Mistress and Assistant Choreographer for the State Theatre of Muenster, Germany. In Munich she worked as a Dance Therapist for special needs, working with the German Health Authorities to develop a programme of free movement.

Throughout her career, Theresa continued to teach freelance to Professional Companies and Schools as an invited guest teacher.

She founded Ballet First in May 1999 on returning to England, where she continues to teach and Choreograph vocational and non-vocational dance students.