Stars of tomorrow move to a larger base to meet ever-growing demand for school places

A dance school that was launched two years ago has gone from teaching 20 to 200 pupils - and has now moved to a new and much larger home.
Stars of tomorrow? Young performers at the Allstars AcademyStars of tomorrow? Young performers at the Allstars Academy
Stars of tomorrow? Young performers at the Allstars Academy

Allstars Academy, which was based in Felden Lodge, Boxmoor, will now teach classes from the Berkhamsted and Hemel Hockey Club site in Cow Roast.

Co-owner Amanda Constantinou said: “We have outgrown our current base and invested in a massive new dance studio in this wonderful new venue.”

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The school has become so successful that 14 boys who go there have been selected to act in a big Warner Brothers film starring Hugh Jackman.

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Stars of tomorrow? Young performers at the Allstars Academy PNL-140909-101816001

Amanda would not say the name of the film, but it is understood that the film is Pan - which is currently being filmed at nearby Leavesden Studios.

The boys were selected by the film’s casting agent while they were performing in a show at Berkhamsted Civic Centre in March.

The movie - which tells the tale of Peter Pan - is due out in the UK on July 17, 2015.

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Amanda said: “They had the time of their lives. It was a wonderful experience.”

Amanda has had her own taste of showbiz, having danced for Madonna and Robbie Williams.

She taught Harry Potter’s Dementors to skate in the Olympics opening ceremony in London 2012 – and performed in West End hit Starlight Express from 1999 to 2003.

She runs the after-school Allstars Academy classes with Natalie Powers, lead singer for the band Scooch – which performed for the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007.

Allstars Academy – which held an open day at its new venue on Sunday – hosts dancing, singing and drama classes for £8 per hour. You can find out more at www.allstarsacademy.biz

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