Carrie Taylor Johnson
Training/Education: Carrie trained with Marilyn Baker and Tring Park, gaining a Bronze medal at The Genee International Ballet Competition and Young British Dancer of the Year Competition 2003.
Professional Experience: Carrie danced worldwide with Birmingham Royal Ballet, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Ballett am Rhein (soloist), New Adventures (principal), Phantom of the Opera and the McOnie Company. She is a graduate of the Professional Dancer’s Teaching Diploma 2015, and has taught at a range of vocational institutions, with a permanent place at London Studio Centre. She has been a guest teacher for New Adventures and Yorke Dance Project, and has taught for the Royal Academy of Dance’s Phyllis Bedell’s Bursary and International Summer Schools. Carrie was National Youth Ballet’s Associate Artistic Director for the 2018/2019 season. Alongside teaching, Carrie gained her BSc in Psychology & Sports Science and MSc in Applied Sport Psychology. She now lectures in Performance Psychology at The Royal Ballet Upper School and for their Teacher’s Diploma course. Additionally she provides 1-2-1 psychological support to both performers and athletes, and has run group workshops for New Adventures, Yorkshire Ballet Seminars and National Youth Ballet.
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