How did Emil Dale start?
Emil Dale Academy was founded in 2009 by Emil Dale, First Class Honours graduate from Arts Educational Schools London, and co-founder Victoria Hammond. During his training time at Arts Ed, Emil was working at various stage school franchises as his pay-the-rent job and realised that families were paying extortionate amounts of money to train their children, for an average standard of teaching. He knew that he could do better. Emil decided to open his school on a Sunday, instead of the usual Saturday schools, to allow West End performers to teach. Emil Dale students began receiving 3.5 hours of training every week, with students participating in technique classes as well as having weekly West End Masterclasses.Starting with only twenty-two students in a primary school hall in Hertfordshire, the school was opened with only £60.00 worth of Vistaprint flyers. In ten years, with not one loan, not one overdraft, not one grant or arts funding - Emil now trains four-hundred part time student...
Published Monday 10th August 2020
