About Us

Welcome to Cartwright Dance Collective, Founded in October 2024.

Here you will find information about our Owner and Founder, Coaches and the CDC Vision!

Our Team

Owner/Founder/Head Coach

Miss Kim

Miss Kim is the Owner and Founder of Cartwright Dance Collective (CDC). She started dancing at the age of two and has loved it ever since. As a child, she successfully auditioned and trained with Scottish Ballet Associates Programme and UK Theatre School.

Miss Kim left school to pursue her love of dance and completed her HNC and HND Dance Artist at Reid Kerr College

(Now West of Scotland College).

Miss Kim's ballet training involved studying RAD Pre-Primary to Advanced 1 level, before completing her Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies and becoming a Registered RAD Teacher. She went on to complete her qualified teacher training in Contemporary Dance with Rambert Grades and Acro Dance with Acrobatic Arts.

While attending Strathclyde and Stirling University to pursue another career, for the past nine years, Miss Kim has continued to perform and teach across the UK.

After getting married in 2023, in 2024 Miss Kim and her family took time deciding where they wanted to start the next chapter of their story before moving house and welcoming their little boy into the world.

Sharing her love of dance with others has always been her passion. Growing up in a small village inspired Miss Kim to create a dance school with a true community spirit, which is something she will continue to develop at Cartwright Dance Collective.

Miss Kim currently teaches Ballet, Contemporary and Acro at CDC.

Jazz & Musical Theatre Coach

Jazz and Musical Theatre Coach

Sophie Lafferty

Miss Sophie has been performing from a young age, attending dance classes since she was 3 years old. She then went on to studying Musical Theatre at New College Lanarkshire and earning at BA in Musical Theatre in 2021.

Miss Sophie has performed all over the world on cruise ships as a Production Vocalist seeing countries as far as Brazil and Argentina.

Miss Sophie has always had a passion for teaching having worked with kids previously at Hunters Quay Holiday Park as part of their entertainment team and teaching at various other schools after graduation.

Cover Coaches

Cover Dance and Theatre Coach

Laurin Campbell

Miss Laurin has trained in Dance and Musical Theatre from a young age. As a child, she successfully auditioned for and trained with the Scottish Ballet Associates Programme, Ballet West Aspiring Professionals and PACE Youth Theatre. At 17 years old, she moved to London to study at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts on their Foundation in Musical Theatre course. She completed her vocational training at London Studio Centre, graduating with a First Class BA (Hons) in Theatre Dance.

Miss Laurin travelled the UK as a Musical Theatre Performer before returning to Ayrshire where she has focused on nurturing the next generation of performers through her work as a dance and musical theatre teacher. She holds a Diploma in Dance Education from the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) and a Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary) from the University of the West of Scotland.

Cover Musical Theatre Coach

Lynne Brittain

Miss Lynne has been performing from a young age, earning a place at the Ian Tomlin Academy of Music at Napier University in 2006. On graduating, Miss Lynne pursued a career in teaching and community project deliver, utilising music as a tool to support and engage communities in the arts.

From here, Miss Lynne spent time teaching and lecturing at the University of the Highlands and Islands before moving to Dubai in 2015, to teach voice. During her time in Dubai, Miss Lynne had the opportunity to deliver music workshops in both Thailand and Cambodia.

Miss Lynne changed career path in 2017, however has continued to teach and perform locally.

Our Vision

Cartwright Dance Collective has a vision to create a Community within a Community.

A safe and nurturing environment to support dancers to develop their skills and abilities whilst improving their

confidence and self-belief.

A community of Calm, Caring, Confident Dancers and Performers, where life-long friendships and dreams are made.

We have built a Dance School that offers Ballet, Contemporary, Acrobatics, Jazz and Musical Theatre. With highly skilled, experienced and qualified teachers, we provide dancers with performance, event and exam opportunities.