Amplified Arts Academy - AMP

🌸 Celebrating some of the incredible women of Amplified Arts Academy! 🌸

This International Women’s Day, we want to take a moment to appreciate the amazing women on our team who inspire, empower, and uplift our students every single day. 💜✨ Your dedication, passion, and creativity make a lasting impact, and we are so grateful for everything you do!

Here’s to strong women—may we know them, may we be them, may we celebrate them! 💪💃🏾🎭

Drop a ❤️ in the comments to show some love! 👇

What a beautiful week for AMP Summer Camp! A big thank you to everyone who came along and to the amazing AMP staff for doing a fantastic job.

Bookings for our AMP Easter Camp are now LIVE!

Join us at the Golders Green Hippodrome from 2nd-5th April for a week of dance, acting, vocals and music - culminating in a performance for friends of family. Includes a hot meal daily.

Book now - link in bio!

If you’re not eligible for a FREE space via Barnet council, fear not! You can also book a low-cost space (£40 for the week!) by getting in touch with us directly.

Book now while availability lasts!

Tomorrow in Canning Town AMP we will be joined by the amazing as a Guest Dance Coach! So excited for all that he has to bring to our Academy dancers.

Check out his bio below:

Jaïh Betote started his passion for dance with Martial arts, and went on to learn ballet, Jazz, contemporary, tap at Tring Park performing arts school whilst also being part of Kate prince’s Zoonation company.
That led him to many ventures taking him all over the world. Being part of 9 feature movies as an actor, Dancer, choreographer,singer, and stunt man.
Multiple music videos, backing dancer for Artists, on Xfactor, Brit awards, Latin Grammys.
Commercials/adverts. Finalist on BGT and GTD with Boyband dance crew and many more with the blessing and favour of God.

Newham Projects - You Decide!!!

We have applied for some funding to run a new project in Newham - Telling Local Stories through Theatre. The Big Vote is now open, for people who live, work or learn in Newham to vote for their favourites!

Each Community Neighbourhood has £200,000 on average to spend on local improvements.

To read about our project and vote for AMP, check out the link in our bio!

There is only TWO WEEKS TO GO before our AMP Showcase “On With The Show” commences. Get your tickets now because you do not want to miss out!! Link in our bio!!

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That’s a wrap for our first ever AMP Easter Camp!

Well done everyone on a fantastic week - roll on Summer!

Tomorrow we are joined by as our Academy guest Dance Teacher. Check out her bio:

Debôrah Godchaser is a creative and performer with years of experience in a variety of styles from Musical Theatre, Jazz, Afro, Hiphop and Contemporary. With a passion for movement and expression, she has performed in numerous productions for stage and film, one of them including The Lion King West End Production in London and events across the globe. Debôrah has a passion for teaching students of all ages and levels in helping them discover their own unique style and confidence expressed through the art of dance.

We have some exciting news….!

Amplified Arts Academy (AMP) are running 4-day performing arts holiday camp at the Hippodrome in partnership with for Spring BACE Holidays 2023. The Camp will feature fun and creative sessions in acting, dance, vocals and songwriting for young people aged 12-16.

The details:

Tuesday 11th-Friday 14th April

11.00-15.00

Hillsong North London, The Hippodrome, North End Road, NW11 7RP

If you live in the borough of Barnet and your child receives benefits-based free school meals, you are eligible for a FREE space – the booking link is in our bio

If you are NOT eligible for a free space via those criteria but would like your child to attend, we have a number of low cost spaces available to families – email [email protected] for more information and to book in for one to four days of activities.

See you there!

See you tomorrow AMPers!

We can’t wait!

Almost there! The new term at AMP starts in this Saturday!

We are excited to see everybody and to meet our new students joining this term.

It’s not too late to book a Taster class if you’d like to get involved! Link in bio

The new term at AMP starts on Saturday 14th January!

Limited spots are available across Acting, Dance, Vocals and Music - whether you want to learn a new skill, or hone your craft to the highest level, we have a pathway for you!

Get in touch for more info, or you can book a free Taster class using the link in our bio.

Excited to be launching our brand new After School Club - AMP Fridays - on Friday 13th January.

For KS2 pupils of St Luke’s Primary School in Canning Town.

If you’d like AMP in YOUR school - get in touch with us!

Our Academy Dance students who took part in London Carols also smashed it. Well done everyone!

If you’d like to join AMP, Taster classes are available for 14th January and can be booked via the link in our bio

A big well done to our amazing younger AMP students who took part in London Carols at the Dominion Theatre across December. You did brilliantly!

Merry Christmas from all our little Elves!

This weekend we have a Tanaka Bingwa joining us as to teach Academy Dance. Make sure you come ready to sweat!!

Tanaka’s Bio:

Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Tanaka Bingwa migrated to the UK at the age of 11. It was at the University of East London that he received most of his training in up to 12 different dance styles including: Hip Hop, contemporary and capoeira to name a few. He graduated with first class honours and went on to perform, teach and choreograph on platforms such as the BBC, The Greatest Dancer and Barbican.

Some of his credits include renowned artists such as ‘Anne-Marrie’, ‘Nile Rodgers’, ‘GHETTS’, ‘Alicai Harley’ and ‘Boy Better Know’. Furthermore, Tanaka has worked with hip hop theatre company, Spoken Movement and is a member of contemporary dance company, B-Hybrid Dance. He is also an active member of hip-hop theatre company, Boy Blue Entertainment.

Tanaka is a cast member of the 5*, multiple award nominated production, ‘Blak Whyte Gray’ which he toured internationally and also multiple award winning production, REDD. He has choreographed and done movement direction with several universities and theatre companies too. Bingwa has aspirations of maintaining a career and branching out to different sectors of dance and theatre and affecting real social change through his art and one day becoming a university lecturer in Dance.

Excited to welcome Natasha Cox this weekend as our guest teacher for Academy Dance!

Check out her bio👇🏻

Natasha professionally trained in Jazz dance and musical theatre at Millennium Performing
Arts. She has performed in the West End, and in regional theatres and has toured around the UK in various productions. She received a Laurence Olivier award for Best Performance
in a Supporting Role in a musical for Jerry Springer the Opera and continues to perform and
choreograph around the UK.

Some of Natasha’s credits and roles include Assistant Creative Director, Dystopia to Utopia:
reimagining our future at East Bank; Director, Dido Through the Looking Glass;
Choreographer and lead performer Snow Queen; Choreographer and performer, UK Tour of
Hobson’s Choice; Creative and Learning Manager, Selladoor Worldwide; Tour Coordinator,
Watoto Children’s Choir; Event Coordinator, East Thames Group; Choreographer and
Assistant Director, Hackney Empire (Fun Song Factory); and Theatre Royal Stratford East
(Sleeping Beauty). Natasha has produced many events including the annual International
Women’s Day event Breaking the Glass Ceiling, I Love Music, Connections and youth
development programme, Inspire 2 Motiv8.

We can’t wait!

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Tomorrow!

There is still time to book - link in bio