Sonny has been teaching dance full time for over a decade. His disciplines are jazz dance technique, musical theatre and specialises in teaching Matt Mattox based Isolation technique which he studied for 3 years whilst training at college.
Currently he teaches students on the BA (Hons) Degree course, Gap year Foundation and BTEC courses at Arts Ed School of Musical Theatre and Emil Dale Academy. He has been teaching for over 15 years at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and has also taught for the Royal Academy of Dance for over 10 years. Over the years at RAD, he has taught for their Dance School and for courses and workshops both in London and Internationally. For 8 years, Sonny was Senior Company Leader of the RAD Jazz Company at Step Into Dance which he trained weekly and choreographed for their performances at various London theatres.
In the past, he has taught at establishments such as London Vocational Ballet School (formerly known as Young Dancers Academy), The Place, Hurtwood House and has taught Internationally such as Singapore, Dubai, Luxembourg...
Sonny is an extremely passionate and committed teacher, and it is evident in his work that he loves nurturing and developing the talent in his students. He has high standards and expectations from his students, which encourages them to push their boundaries and always work to their full potential. Sonny’s classes are physically demanding and technically challenging but always suitable for the group he is teaching. Sonny has a reputation for providing the highest level of training to hundreds of students - most of which have gone on to have successful and varied careers within the industry.
Student credits include:
(London West End and UK/ International tours)
Annie
Back to the Future
Billy Elliott
The Bodyguard
The Book of Mormon
Bugsy Malone The Musical
Cabaret
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dirty Dancing
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Drifters Girl
Elf the Musical
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Fiddler on the Roof
Five Guys Named Moe
Frozen
Grease The Musical
The Great British Bake Off Musical
Gypsy
Hairspray
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child
I Can’t Sing
Jersey Boys
& Juliet
Kinky Boots
Les Misérables
The Lion King
Little Shop of Horrors
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! The Party
Mary Poppins
Matilda
Motown: The Musical
Oliver!
Ruthless!
School of Rock
Shrek The Musical
Six
The Sound of Music
Starlight Express
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Thriller
Tina
Wicked
The Witches
Laine Theatre Arts
London Studio Centre
Masters Performing Arts
Millennium Performing Arts
Mountview
Performers College
Sylvia Young Theatre School
Tring Park School for Performing Arts
Trinity Laban
Urdang Academy
Wilkes Academy of Performing Arts
Students have gained placements and awarded scholarships at prestigious establishments such as:
Addict Dance Academy
The Alvin Ailey School (New York)
AMDA (Los Angeles)
Arts Ed
Base Performing Arts College
Bird College
The BRIT School
D&B Academy of Performing Arts
Emil Dale Academy
Guildford School of Acting
Hurtwood House
Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts