Manchester Dance Festival

⭐️ Adjudicator Announcement ⭐️

Introducing our May adjudicator
Clare Kelly
F.A.D.A L.I.S.T.D.

Clare was trained at Merseyside Dance and Drama Centre under Gaynor Owen and holds Licentiate status from the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance. She is also a Fellow, Examiner and Director of the Allied Dancing Association, British Dance Council Adjudicator, Theatre Dance Council International Adjudicator, World Performer Adjudicator and Miss Dance Adjudicator.
She is a Fitness Instructor, LAMDA and Guildhall trained and a Level 5 Cheerleading Coach with the United States All Stars Federation.
Clare has examined and judged all over the UK including the TDCI British, English and Scottish Dance Championships.

As a dancer, Clare toured India and the Far East, worked for Radio City and Radio Merseyside and was a member of Ken Dodd's Happiness Tour.
Theatre credits include Midsummer Night's Dream, The Blue Touch, Me and My Girl, South Pacific, Aladdin, Babes in the Wood, Cinderella and many more. She has choreographed and directed many pantomimes, shows and productions throughout the North West.

TV and Film credits include Archie, No Offence, Peaky Blinders, X plus Y, Making of a Lady, Scott and Bailey, Coronation Street, Death comes to Pemberley, Being Eileen, Ridley Road, Emmerdale, DCI Banks, The Bill, Shameless and Life on Mars. She has also appeared in many adverts - Safe Style Windows, Unison, McDonalds and Coca Cola. Theatre credits include Midsummer Night's Dream, The Blue Touch, Me and My Girl, Pedalo to Paris, South Pacific, Slave of the Ring in Aladdin, Babes in the Wood, Cinderella and many more.

We are thrilled to have Clare join us for our May festival!