Photography Student Gallery: Alba Torres
Once a student of City Academy’s Digital Photography For Beginners course, Alba Torres is now the proud entrepreneur and creative…
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Our stories shares experiences from our City Academy students and tutors about their classes – hear about acting to singing, dance to comedy in their own words.
What We Love About Writing
We tap into our creative writing community to find out what they love about the written word, and how they…
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Inside Singing: Louise Sparkes
I was lucky to grow up in a musical family; my gran is a retired music teacher, so maybe I…
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Inside Acting: Michael Lipman
For the last 38 years I’ve been a hairdresser. Being a hairdresser is all about skill and performance, and that…
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What We Love About Musical Theatre
From fringe theatre to the West End, musicals have become a respected part of the theatre industry – giving equal…
Read MoreInside Commercial Dance: Rickesh Chauhan
I work at Virgin Active doing multiple roles, you will often find me at reception ‘working’ and occasionally practising dance…
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Inside Ballet: Susan Rimmer
Having graduated with a maths and statistics degree, I now work in a fairly high pressured job in the insurance…
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Inside Contemporary Dance: Ellie Collinge
Despite being in the dance studio every day as part of my job, taking part in the Contemporary Dance Company at City…
Read MoreInside Urban Dance: Kayal Velaigam
Watching music videos from the likes of Ciara and Usher really inspired me to do urban dance. The rest is…
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Inside Tap Dance: Risa Mori
During the day I work in a university lab as a scientist researching cancer – which involves using maximum brain…
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