Joanne Darnell
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Choreographer
Dance Teacher

Joanne began dancing at the tender age of three and on leaving school she embarked on a three year performing arts course at the renowned Laine Theatre Arts College in London where she gained valuable training not just in dance, but also in choreography and theatre production.

After performing on Stage and Television for over eight years, Joanne was asked to assist in the choreography and staging of some of today's leading commercial artists such as; Boyzone, Lulu ,Steps, Atomic Kitten and BoyBand the Musical.

Joanne choreographed Variety numbers on board a luxury cruise line and since then, she has staged & choreographed in-house shows for Reebok Clothing, Wella Hair Products, Production shows at the Casino Perla in Slovenia, Lene Marlin, Daphne and Celeste on the Bewitched Tour, the World tour of Spains leading female Artist Ana Toroja, and the A1 Theatre tour.

Joanne has worked on the Disney Channel Awards, which was a huge event involving hundreds of artistes and dancers held at the London Arena.Joanne also worked on the children's Television show Star Street from audition process through to production, she coached and choreographed the original cast for Carlton Television through two series of Star Street.

Joanne  choreographed the band All Stars for their Arena Tour Supporting the very popular Steps  for a continuous 28 day run.

Joanne recently returned from the Mediterranean where she choreographed a New production Show on board The Costa Romantica.

Joanne has worked at Conrad Jupiters on the Gold Coast one of the worlds renowned Casino's Australia where she choreographed the sell out show Rhythm of the Night.

Since the summer of 2003 Joanne has choreographed the new show at the Royal Palace, Kirrwiller, Strasbourg "Instant Magique" a cast of international acts and 18 dancers. Additionally Joanne has choreographed the show at the casino De Foz in Portugal.

Joanne has also spent time in both Paris and New York, choreographing the launch of the brand new underwear range "No Romeo" When not choreographing, Joanne devotes her time teaching at the Performers Dance College in Essex where she is part of the Jazz Faculty.

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