About Marie…
Marie Booth is an ex professional dancer who trained from the age of five up to eighteen at the Janet Ashton School of Dance, Lincolnshire.
From the age of eight she started appearing in E&B pantomimes every Christmas and continued to do so up to the age of 26. She considers herself lucky to have worked professionally from an early age.
She has worked in Jersey, Greece, Oasis holiday village, Penrith, Extra work for BBC, and toured the UK in ‘The Leah Bell Rock & Roll Show’ and also a touring show of ‘Grand Night For Singing’.
Marie has worked with Johnathon Wilkes (singer and tv presenter), David Griffin (Hi Di Hi, Keeping Up Appearances), Frazer Hines (Emmerdale and Doctor Who), Eric Sykes (actor and comedian) Geoffrey Hughes (Coronation Street, Keeping Up Appearances) Tracey Bennet (Coronation Street / London’s West End) Martin Daniels (comedian/ magician) and Brian Cant (children’s tv presenter) to name but a few.
Television work includes ‘Kiss Me Kate’ with Caroline Quinton and Amanda Holden, and advertising work on Greek national television.
Marie decided to go back to college to gain her professional dance teaching qualifications. She studied at Preston College of Dance and Theatre Arts where she received her Associate Level teaching qualification in Ballet, Modern and Tap under the prestigious Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD)
Marie has since got her International Dance Teachers Association (IDTA ) and License to teach ‘Melody Movement’ as well as Progressive Ballet Technique (PBT )
As well as running BYSD & Performing Arts, Marie has held workshops in local primary schools, choreographed routines for many local primary schools Christmas and Summer shows, taken part in the ‘ACE Dance Festival’ and ‘Carlisle & District Music & Drama Festival’ where she is very proud to say she worked with Hunter Hall School for several years winning first prize in the Actions Songs’ category several times.
In 2024, Marie celebrated 25 years of teaching and has spent the year hosting performances and charity events in various venues in Penrith and also in the Dance Schools new home at 11a Studios, Burrowgate, Penrith. The celebrations culminated with Marie taking eighteen BYSD students and a large group of supporting friends and families; on board a Mediterranean cruise ship to perform as part of the professional entertainment team – a truly incredible event that will leave memories for a lifetime for everyone who took part.