Meet Our Faculty

Originally from San Diego, California, Sara has achieved great success as an international medallist, honoured with prestigious recognitions such as the RAD Solo Seal, and is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Dance as well as Outstanding Instructor and Outstanding School. 

Working with renowned ballet companies such as The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, and Scottish Ballet. She has also showcased her talent in films, television programs, and music videos, attracting attention from magazines globally and continues collaborating as a Creative Director with dance photographers and videographers.

Sara-Maria's passion lies in inspiring and nurturing the next generation of dancers. With over 25 years of teaching experience, she is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, is actively involved in the delivery of Degree and HND courses, and is a registered teacher of the American Ballet Theatre's National Training Curriculum.

 Isaac began his training at the Centre for Advanced Training at The Lowry Theatre.  Isaac achieved distinction in his Advanced 2 Classical Ballet RAD Exam in Scotland,  finishing his classical training at Elmhurst Ballet school,  where he was awarded the Male prize winner for the Birmingham Royal Ballet solo competition and  the Sir Peter Wright award from the London Ballet Circle. Isaac also reached the semi finals at the 2014  Genée International Ballet Competition in Antwerp.

Isaac made his professional debut performing the Title role of Romeo for Ballet Theatre UK's world premiere of ‘Romeo & Juliet’. He remained as principal, performing in ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Giselle’.  Isaac then joined Birmingham Royal Ballet as a Dance Artist, and as an Outreach Artist, delivering ballet masterclasses and workshops to communities across the UK. Isaac  joined New Adventures in 2018  for the international tour of Matthew Bournes ‘Swan Lake’. Isaac has been Working with New Adventures ever since performing in ‘Nutcracker!' ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ & ‘The Car Man' as well as  ‘Doorstep Duets’. Isaac regularly leads company class for the professional company, and supports the next generation by leading Pro-classes, Masterclasses, Production Workshops and teaches at both Swan & Cygnet School.

Isaac has performed in a variety of  Pantos, music videos, corporate events and tours across the UK, and is a talented and creative choreographer.

Olivia trained at The Riley School of Dance, and then Rambert School  she was also a Northern Ballet Associate and a  Louise Brown York Scholar. She won awards such as Young Dancer of the Year at the All England Dance Finals, came runner up at Miss Dance of Great Britain and was a semi finalist on TV show ‘Got To Dance’.   Competing in the Genee International Ballet Competition in both New Zealand and Scotland, as well as being the only student to travel with the school to Japan, China and Vietnam on their audition tour.  

Since graduating with a First class honours degree, Olivia has worked as a freelance artist working on array of different projects from contemporary dance, to circus and cabaret.

She has worked with various artists and groups such as Katie Armstrong, Éowyn Emerald & Dancers, Bartek Woyzczsynski, Richard Chappell Dance, and Bassline Circus. She has also performed as a contortionist at cabarets and in music videos for Be Charlotte, Nathan Evans, and Bang Bang Romeo, as well as in promotional videos for Rolls Royce and Premier League Football.

As well as performing and creating, Olivia is a ballet/contemporary teacher to children and college students.  Olivia gained a ‘Professional Dancers Teaching Diploma’ from the Royal Academy of Dance in 2021 and works in various schools and institutions across Scotland, as well as having lead workshops across the UK and in Poland.  

Bethany Kingsley-Garner was born in Devon ,she joined the Royal Ballet School age 11 and completed the full eight years of training and graduated with Honours in 2007 after winning The Wyre Drawer Company Leavers Prize, The April Olrich Award for Most Dynamic Performer and First Commendation in Young Dancer of The Year. 

After being offered a place she joined Scottish Ballet in 2007 and was promoted to Soloist and then Principal Dancer having performed numerous roles. Bethany  was nominated by the Critics Circle for Outstanding Classical Performance, and is actively involved in Dance Education teaching and guest coaching at workshops and seminars across the world. Bethany was chosen to be  a Champion of Scotland to inspire, motivate and encourage young people. Bethany enjoy presenting to audiences and has appeared as a Ballet Mentor for the BBC Young Dancer. Bethany got awarded Ambassadorship of “Scotland is Now” and named The peoples Ballerina,  most recently created Be Inspired dance wear collection with Movedance, individually designed to inspire dancers and share positivity and encouragement.

Bethany has worked very closely with The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to create the unique link from company to school, being awarded Ambassador for the Morden Ballet course she will be present and coach the dancer of the next generation.

Keavie Holliday is an SMB Bespoke dancer from Glasgow. During her time with S-MB she has placed top 12 twice  at the prestigious YAGP competition in Barcelona and 3rd at the Dance Open America finals in Miami. She won  ‘Outstanding Contemporary Dancer’ at Dance Open America and was subsequently offered an ambassador role.  in 2023 she placed 1st  for both classical and contemporary in Dance Open America.  Keavie also won 1st place at the Ballet Grand Prix and the choreographic prize for her self choreographed contemporary solo. She performed at The Grad Pro finals in-front of an esteemed panel of judges, and won 'Outstanding Performance’ award at The performance Platform Competition in London.  Keavie's Impressive performances have seen her receive a number of scholarships, including a 100% scholarship for United Ballet Theatre summer intensive. She completed a weeks intensive training with YAGP’s International Contemporary Ensemble in New York and is performing with the ICE Ensemble at the Nervi Festival in Italy this summer. .Keavie has completed her Intermediate, Advanced 1 and Advanced 2 RAD exams receiving distinction for all. She has had  summer intensive offers from  Ailey, Rambert  and ABT Schools.

Keavie is a talented contemporary choreographer who has created many award winning pieces for herself and other dancers. Her work has received international recognition and success at prestigious competitions.