About Cornwall Dance and Drama

Juliet Matthews has over 25 years experience in the dance and fitness industry. After teaching both children and adults in Sweden, Juliet returned to Cornwall in 1987 as proprietor of Truro based ‘Cornwall Dance Centre’.
Now in partnership with Stephanie Johnson, Cornwall Dance and Drama has gone from strength to strength offering performance classes in DANCE (jazz, street, stage, hip-hop, junior tap), DRAMA, and SINGING.

Classes held in Truro and Newquay. Click - timetable for details. Students from aged 6 years to adults aged 60 plus receive a friendly welcome at Juliet’s dance and exercise classes. Juliet teaches all classes personally with guest teachers from the dance industry invited to run occasional workshops. Annual show at the Hall for Cornwall each summer plus individual dance and drama productions throughout the year….Click – News for what’s happening at the mo!

Juliet is also a director of Impact Model Agency and runs regular ‘Model School’ classes. These classes are great for confidence building and include training in essential life skills that work well for anyone considering a profession within the performance or model industry. Click – Model School.

Stephanie Johnson runs the drama classes, she is a teacher, actress and dancer with a London Academy of Dramatic Art Training in Drama. She has thirteen years experience in theatre, many of which in top West End musicals, such as Cats, Grease and Chicago. she has worked with some of Britains leading directors and choreographers such as Arlene Phillips of Dancex and strictley come dancing fame, David Ian from Grease is the word, Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

She completed a two year Rudolf Steiner Teacher Training course which gave her a deep insight into child development and the importance of drama in their lives.

Stephanie has taught the LAMDA syllabus in schools, run workshops, and directed shows up and down the country.
She is the principle of Cornwall Dance and Drama alongside Juliet Matthews.