Meet The Team

Laura Gray

Jason Gray

United Arts Academy is founded and directed by Laura and Jason Gray.
Laura and Jason trained at BodyWork Cambridge Performing Arts and have performed professionally on West End shows, Cruise Ships, and International tours worldwide. Credits include Fame The Musical (European Tour) Thriller Live (West End, World Tour, European tour and Japanese tour) Starlight express (Germany) The Illusionists (International Tour) P&O Cruise ships, BBC’s talent show – All together now and numerous corporate events both in the uk and worldwide.

They have over 12 years of extensive teaching and choreographic experience teaching both children and adults within the country’s leading stage schools and events such as Bodywork Cambridge Performing Arts, Urdang Academy, Move It, Italia Conti and Pineapple Dance Studios.
Choreography credits include companies such as BBC, Porsche, Givenchy, Santander, Alan Sugar’s tropic skin care and P&O cruise ships.

Since starting a family, they have left their life on the road behind and decided to move back to Lincolnshire to raise their two little boys. They believe that coaching is such a vital part of life and they take great pride in their approach to passing on their knowledge and experience to others.

Whilst being back in Lincolnshire they have continued teaching for various performing arts colleges around the local area and have most recently choreographed the production of GREASE at the Key Theatre in Peterborough.

Laura and Jason have a great passion for what they do and are excited to continue to guide young aspiring performers to a happier more confident way of life through the wonderful teachings and power of the arts.

Laura and Jason Gray

GUEST TEACHERS

Many of our dedicated and enthusiastic team are past or current industry professionals who are committed to delivering fun and fresh teaching methods in multiple areas of the arts. All of our teachers take great pleasure in passing on their knowledge and love for the arts.

SCOTT MAURICE

Training: Pineapple Performing Arts

Professional Performing Credits:
Beyonce, Dancer, 52nd Grammy Awards, MTV’s, VMA’s
Chris Brown ‘FAME’ tour with Kelly Rowland, T4 on the Beach
Top of the Pops, Blue Peter, BBC Proms in the park
Xfactor UK and Germany
Never Forget, Original Cast, Savoy Theatre, West End
‘FAME’ the musical, Tyrone, UK Tour
Ghost the musical, Subway Ghost, Picadilly Theatre, West End
Lion King, Mufasa, Lyceum Theatre London, Australian Tour
Bodyguard the musical, Assistant choreographer, West End, UK Tour and Geramny

DANIELLE HAMPSON

Training: Phil Winstons

Professional Performing Credits:
Girls Aloud 10 Tour
X Factor series 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
X factor Tour 2014 & 2015
Robbie Williams
Take That lll UK and European tour 2015
Olly Murs
Little mix
Kylie Minogue
Fleur East
BGT 2014
Big Reunion tour
Ant & Dec Takeaway on Tour

KOFI (GAME) AGYEMANG

Training: Boy Blue Ent

Professional Performing Credits:
Film: Street Dance 3D (Mack)
(Working alongside Flawless and George Sampson)
Company member of Boy Blue Ent and Plague
Lawrence olivier award winning ‘Pied Piper’
Thriller Live, West End, assistant Dance Captain
Dancer, Alexandra Burke, Bad Girls music Video
Backing Dancer, Lemar, Music Video

YASMIN YAZDI

Training: The Urdang Academy

Professional Performing Credits:
Show Girls, Lead Vocalist, Trafalgar Studios
Thriller Live, Resident Director, West End
Hair the Musical, Tribe member, Resident Director
20th Century Boy, Ensemble, Dance Captrain, Belgrade Theatre
The Tina Turner Experience, Holland, Gary Lloyd
World Music Awards, Chris Brown/Michael Jackson
Paul McCartney Music Video, Brown Eyed Hanson Man, Dancer

DALE WHITE

Training: Performers College, Essex

Professional Performing Credits:
Starlight Express-Germany-Swing.
Starlight Express-Germany-Flattop cover caboose.
Bugsy Malone-Lyric Hammersmith-Bronx Charlie, Cagey Joe.
Bugsy Malone-Lyric Hammersmith-Resident Choreographer.
In The Heights-Kings Cross Theatre-Ensemble
Sunday night at the palladium-Itv-Dancer.
The One Show-BBC1-Dancer.
Olivier Awards 2016-ITV1-Dancer
London Boat Show-Singer/Dancer
Cinderella-Manchester-Dancer
Jack and the beanstalk-London-Dancer

CANDY MARRIOT

Training: London Studio Centre.

Professional Performing credits:
Wicked, Swing, UK and Ireland Tour.
We Will Rock You, Swing, Switzerland and Germany.
Best of Musicals Arena Tour, Germany, Ensemble
Wicked, Oberhausen, Germany, Swing
High School Musical, Dartford, Assistant Choreographer
Wicked,Stuttgart and Oberhausen Germany, Ensemble
Dick Whittington Pantomime, Llandudno, Ensemble
We Will Rock You, Zurich and Vienna, Ensemble
Mother Goose Pantomime, Bromley, Ensemble.