Meet the team
Adele Clarke Principal & Owner
AMC School of Dance is founded and led by Adele, an award-winning dance teacher with over 20 years’ experience and a passion for helping people grow through dance.
Founded in 2011, AMC delivers over 40 classes each week to hundreds of children and adults, from early years through to older adults. Adele’s approach focuses on creating a kind, inclusive environment where dancers develop strong technique and confidence, alongside important skills for life such as resilience, teamwork and self-belief.
Adele began dancing at the age of three and trained for 15 years at The Bannister Academy of Dance. She remains hands-on across the school, leading Tots, Adult Ballet, Adult Modern & Jazz, and selected Adult Tap classes, while supporting teaching across the wider School of Dance.
Alongside studio classes, Adele leads AMC’s in-school and nursery provision, community workshops, and dementia-friendly and seated dance sessions, including intergenerational projects. She is passionate about non-exam-based dance education and mentoring young dancers through AMC’s Student Helper and Junior Instructor programmes.
Adele is a BBO qualified dance teacher, certified PBT instructor, Dementia Friend, Designated Safeguarding Lead, first aid trained, and holds enhanced DBS clearance. In 2020, she was named National Leader of the Year at the Club Hub Awards.
Above all, Adele believes dance should be positive, supportive and joyful, ensuring every dancer feels safe, encouraged and proud of their progress.
National Award Winning!
Sarah Weston Assistant Principal
Dancing since she was 3 years old, Sarah has always loved all kinds of dance and has always been a part of a dance school and classes. Dancing at Karen Loomes Dance Academy throughout her childhood, she later danced at Kibworth Dance Centre, before joining AMC in 2013.
Sarah has always been a core member of the school and is known for her warmth, encouragement and technical dancing ability. Over the years, Sarah has become more and more involved in the school - both in assisting with teaching and administration, resulting in her promotion to Assistant Principal in 2020.
Sarah oversees much of our administration - answering your queries, and making you feel super welcome at our dance school. She is often described as 'the glue that holds it all together' - and she really is!
In addition, Sarah leads our Junior, PreIntermediate and Intermediate Tap classes, PreIntermediate Modern, PreIntermediate Ballet and assists with the teaching of all of our Adult Tap, Ballet and Modern/Jazz classes, our Ballet en Pointe class, many of our Junior classes and our Sunday Tots classes. She's known for her warm and encouraging teaching style.
Annabel Banks Dance Instructor
Annabel has been dancing since a young child, and danced with AMC School of Dance for over 8 years.
She has been teaching for us since 2015, after completing teacher training with the school, and over that time has become a pivotal member of the AMC staff team - often choreographing our large show pieces.
Her confident, structured and friendly teaching style brings out the very best in her dancers - whatever their age and ability.
In our School of Dance classes, Annabel leads our Senior Modern and Tap classes, our Senior Commercial class, and co-teaches our Senior Ballet and Contemporary class.
Annabel is also a well-loved Adult classes Instructor, leading all of our Adult Improvers Tap classes and often taking one-off workshops.
You will also see Annabel as the lead Instructor in our annual Tapathon events.
Jodie Martin Dance Instructor
Dancing since age 12, Jodie studied ISTD Ballet and Modern and competed as part of HipHop and Disco troupes with both Anglesey School of Dance and Dance World Môn in Wales. Jodie has a BTEC in Performing Arts and a Level 6 extended diploma in Musical Theatre with professional training across musical theatre, ballet, jazz, contemporary, commercial and tap.
After graduating, Jodie travelled around Europe performing, before taking a couple of years away from the performing arts world.
Jodie joined our adult classes September 2021 and continues to be a talented and much loved member of our Adult Ballet, Tap, Modern & Jazz classes, as well as our Ballet en Pointe group. Joining our teaching team in 2023, Jodie currently leads our PreIntermediate Ballet class, PreIntermediate Street class and Intermediate Street class.
Ellie Eccles Dance Instructor
Ellie danced at Charnwood Dance from the age of 2, with her love of dance leading her to go on to complete a dance degree at the University of Lincoln. Ellie has stacks of teaching experience including leading university dance teams and working within school settings.
An extremely talented dancer in her own right, we've been lucky to have Ellie dancing in our Adult Ballet, Tap and Modern & Jazz classes for the last couple of years - meaning she was already a big part of our AMC dancing family before stepping in to join our teaching faculty in 2025.
Ellie is currently leading Senior Tap, Modern and Street and & Commercial classes covering Annabel's maternity leave, as well as working alongside Adele to lead Senior Ballet and Contemporary.
Anna Wiggins Junior Dance Instructor
Dancing with us for over 6 years, Anna is a committed and talented member of our Senior classes at AMC. Anna also became a Student Helper in 2021, assisting with our Saturday Tots and Saturday Junior Ballet classes - honing her leadership and dance instruction skills. Due to her skills, experience and wonderful teaching ability, in 2024 Anna was promoted to a Junior Instructor, leading our Saturday Junior Ballet 2 & 3 classes assisted by Adele, as well as assisting other classes on Saturdays. Anna has also completed her Level 3 British Ballet Organisation Teaching Qualification.
Adored by the children, Anna's kind and encouraging nature combined with structured well planned classes, helps even the most shy dancers to shine.
Amber Whitton Junior Dance Instructor
One of our longest standing members, Amber has been dancing with AMC since 2012 and is a talented member of our Senior classes.
Becoming a Student Helper in 2020, Amber has honed her teaching skills and styles over the past 4 years in multiple classes - specialising in Junior Street., whilst also completing a childcare course at Loughborough College.
In 2025, Amber was promoted to a Junior Instructor and now leads our Junior Street class, assisted by Adele, as well as supporting Junior Modern A.
Amber is known for her fun and vibrant teaching style, creating energetic classes based on solid street foundational technique.
Natasha Coster Administrator
Natasha is in charge of all admin for our Junior dance classes. She ensures our members are checked in and out of classes, provides lots of support and encouragement to our pupil, and keeps our communication with these pupils and their families top notch.
Natasha also takes a lead role in special event costumes, chaperoning and logistics. She's been involved and supported us for over 13 years and is roped into most of our adventures!
Natasha answers any questions you may have and generally makes sure everything runs smoothly.
Natasha is also a member of our Monday Adult Improvers Tap group.
Rhiannon is in charge of all admin for our PreIntermediate dance classes. She ensures our members are checked in and out of classes, helps with toilet trips, tying shoe laces and giving our young dancers lots of encouragement within classes and keeping their families in the know with what we're up to in class.
Rhiannon also takes a lead role in special event costumes and logistics, as well as providing the dance school lots of marketing support.
She answers any questions you may have and generally makes sure everything runs smoothly. Mother of one of our PreIntermediate pupils herself, Rhiannon brings vital 'dance mum' perspective to the team.
Rhiannon is also a member of our Monday Adult Improvers Tap and Ballet groups.
Rhiannon Clapperton Administrator
Emma is in charge of all admin for our Intermediate and Senior dance classes. She ensures our members are checked in and out of classes, helps with admin, filming rehearsals and giving our dancers lots of encouragement within classes and keeping their families in the know with what we're up to in class.
Emma also takes a lead role in special event costumes and logistics.
She answers any questions you may have and generally makes sure everything runs smoothly. Mother of one of our Intermediate pupils herself, Emma brings another vital 'dance mum' perspective to the team.
Emma is also a member of our Wednesday Adult Modern and Jazz group.
Emma Bennion Administrator
We're incredibly passionate at AMC about giving the opportunity for as many of our Seniors as possible to volunteer in our younger classes as Student Helpers. With a carefully crafted mentorship program, we help them build their leadership skills and learn what it takes to be a great teacher. The Student Helpers attend training sessions and are given opportunity to input, support and at times, take the lead within our younger classes, all under the guidance of our experienced Dance Instructors. What a joy it is for us to be able to help our young leaders develop their skills to help them in later life - whatever direction they choose to use them in. It's also wonderful for our younger dancers to have these role models in classes to raise their aspirations. We're delighted to be currently mentoring 10 AMC Seniors as Student Helpers across our classes.