Meet the team

Founder & Principal - Claire Pourret

Claire trained under a scholarship at the London Studio Centre. Her performing and choreographing career took her around the world and back. She founded TSPA in 2001 and has overseen development of the project from then until the present day, and she founded the Theatre Street Dance Company in 2014. Claire has two daughters who are both West End performers, plus two cats and two dogs… who aren’t.

Guest Tutor -Joel Cooper

Joel is a performer, choreographer and teacher with a first class performing pedigree. His credits include Wicked, 42nd Street and Hairspray in the West End. Joel teaches at many of the UK’s top dance conventions alongside working as a freelance teacher at many UK dance schools and colleges.

Senior Dance Tutor - Tyler Lotzof

Tyler is an Australian performer who recently came to the UK after playing the role of Victoria, The White Cat in the global tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS, a role she won at the age of 17! She is a sought after tutor and choreographer and was the face of Bloch in 2019.