THE DIRECTOR, Nic Espinosa "This flourishing school for the performing arts trains young performers in all the dance skills they are likely to need." - Katherine Sorley Walker, Daily telegraph

I am delighted to take this opportunity to introduce you to the London Studio Centre. London Studio Centre celebrated its 30th birthday in 2008. The college has an outstanding international reputation for providing dance training to a wide variety of disciplines, enabling our students to become versatile and valuable members of the theatrical profession. Each department is, in its own right, a centre of excellence where students can train to a high professional standard. Through our association with University of the Arts London, the Theatre Dance Course at the London Studio Centre not only offers a thorough training in the skills required for a career in the professional theatre, but also internationally recognised qualifications. Our unique and successful modular programme enables students to follow a broad based training, specialising in their chosen field for their final year. We seek to preserve and nourish the individuality and creative spirit of each of our students, encouraging them to develop as performers and to accelerate their individual progress. Over the past few years, the profession has been expressing concern that vocational colleges are under-represented in certain areas. We are particularly interested in addressing these issues and are looking to attract students from a divers range of cultural and eethnic backgrounds. We also want to redress the male/female ratio balance that still persists in what is a traditionally female-dominated career - that of dance - and are seeking to increase the number of male students auditioning, enrolling and eventually, graduating from London Studio Centre and entering the profession. In the vibrant atmosphere at the Studio all our students are treated as professionals. We have an 'open door' communications policy which lends itself to a very special working environment that produces positive, versatile and communicative young professional performers. This is demonstrated over our 30 years by the marked successes of our graduates in every branch of the performing arts. We are most fortunate to have a highly distinguished teaching faculty dedicated to imparting their own knowledge and artistry, providing the finest training available, in one of the best equipped centres in Europe. Nic Espinosa