Meet the team

Joshua Base Pilmore
Class | Commercial

Biography

Joshua Base Pilmore is a choreographer and educator based in London specialising in his unique style of full out Commercial Dance.  His work spans to all aspects of the industry with credits stacking up in World Tours, Music Videos, Festivals, TV adverts and TV performances.  Credits include Rina Sawayama’s world tour, Ashnikko, Kimberly Wyatt, Glastonbury, Vogue, Samsung, Coachella, The Graham Norton show and many more.  As well as working as a choreographer in the industry, Joshua’s passion for teaching has seen him work for some of the biggest dance colleges in the country as well as some of the most prestigious dance events such as Move it, CYD? and HDI.  He has also taught internationally in France, Germany, Netherlands, Israel and Spain to name a few.

What to expect in class

Joshua now wants to use his skill set to nurture and help the younger generation in achieving their dreams.  Joshua’s full out style of commercial focuses on stage performance and power, paired with a strong focus on performance and characterisation

Freddie Conway
Class | Movement Quality

Biography

After graduating from The Urdang Academy in 2019, Freddie has gone on to work with major international artists on Awards Shows, Festivals and Music videos. Most recently Freddie was featured as one of the original cast members of Netflix hit dance show ‘Dance 100’.  During his time on the show Freddie was fortunate enough to work with a plethora of incredible choreographers and creatives.  Freddie has danced for artists such as Kim Petras, David Guetta, Bebe Rexha and Kimberly Wyatt.

What to expect in class

Freddie’s movement draws on his training in Street Styles, Commercial, Hip-Hop, Contemporary and Technical Jazz.

His teaching style focuses on the execution of textural, full-bodied choreography whilst retaining detail and finding the balance between power and softness for high visual impact.

Matthew Miller
Class | Femme Movement

Biography

Matthew is a 24-year-old Professional Dancer from Birmingham based in London.  Graduating from Addict Dance academy in 2019 Matthew has amassed an impressive credit list working as a professional dancer.  These include Pop icon Britney Spears, Elton John, WICKED (Film), Netflix Dance 100, Ashnikko, Ann Summers, Rina Sawayama and many more.

What to expect in class

Matthew’s movement is specialised in the Femme style drawing aspects of commercial and jazz that combine to create an exciting and explosive performance.  Matthew believes in standing out and always wants his choreography to have the intention of making the student feel like a star.  A safe space to experiment with dynamic quality is a must and Matthew is always on hand to encourage and build up confidence in his students.

Charlie Downs
Class | Vibes and Styles

Biography

Charlie prides herself on being a highly skilled versatile dancer with a wide range of styles under her belt. Beginning her training in the underground/ battle scene, Charlie has developed a strong understanding on freestyle and creativity and how to apply this to different aspects of training.

Charlie then moved on to exploring the commercial genre where she not only works as a dancer but also an actor in a plethora of TV Adverts for clients such as Boots, META, Nando’s and many more.

What to expect in class

Charlie’s classes focus on a range of styles including House, Locking, Hip Hop & Freestyle and she believes foundations should be at the very core of any young dancers training. Within these classes students will learn foundations, grooves, bounces, placements as well as an understanding in the history of these styles before moving onto choreography. The class also focuses on developing freestyle and creativity enabling dancers to stand out from the crowd when beginning their professional career. A safe environment is paramount in developing the mind, body and soul.

Khawla Amina
Class - Creativity

Biography

Khawla Amina is a professional dancer based in London and Manchester who trained and developed as a performer in the UK crew scene.  Khawla has trained with some of the most prestigious dance collectives in London such as IMD, Unity UK and Boy Blue and has her Hip Hop training to thank for her long list of credits.  These include working with power houses such as award-winning choreographer Parris Goebel, Little Mix, Saweetie and feature films such as Disney’s Cinderella.  Khawla has also featured in TV adverts and a plethora of Live TV performances such as The Graham Norton show and VEVO.  She has now moved to Manchester to further her knowledge and growth in other umbrella categories of dance, hoping to bring new knowledge with her to the More. training space.

What to expect in class

Khawla’s classes will focus mainly on performance and creativity, with the importance always on developing the dancers individuality.   Her choreography comprises of elements from several sub genres including but not limited to Hip Hop, Commercial, Afrobeat and experimental movement. Khawla is an advocate for pushing people out of their comfort zone as she believes this is where the most growth happens.

Summer Jay Jones
Class | Performance skills

Biography

After graduating at the Wilkes academy, Summer continued to flourish in her dance training at classes and training programmes in London.  A strong believer in work ethic,  Summer has gone on to achieve her dream job being one of Pop star Rina Sawayama’s key dancers.  Summer has toured the world, performed at every festival imaginable including Glastonbury and Coachella whilst also featuring in TV performances across the globe whilst touring.

What to expect in class

As an Actor/Dancer Summer is very passionate about performance technique and believes that having a connection with your audience is one of the most important factors when it comes to dance.  This is always at the core of her lessons and is vital to any dancer’s development in preparation for the industry.