Laura Tye

Laura Tye, previously Laura Purkiss a Soloist Dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet. Laura started dancing at the age of 8 at a local dance school in Eastleigh, At the age of 16, she was awarded a full scholarship to The Royal Ballet School. During her time at RBS, Laura was frequently chosen to perform with The Royal Ballet and also Birmingham Royal Ballet. Laura was offered a contract to join Birmingham Royal Ballet at age 18. During her 21 year professional career with Birmingham Royal Ballet, she performed in a variety of ballets. Regularly performing in Tokyo, Bejing, New York and London. As a senior dancer, Laura always enjoyed mentoring and encouraging younger dancers to achieve their potential and enjoyed choreographing for Companies such as Pandora Jewellery and Selfridges. A highlight of Laura’s career was being asked to join forces with Channel 4 on an 18- month project that combined ballet, fitness, personal development training and life coaching to enable young people from troubled backgrounds to develop skills that will help in enhancing their lives. This was captured on film and translated into a four-part series. Laura is a qualified Hatha Raja and Trapeze yoga coach and is currently a Ballet Lecturer at Performers College Birmingham and a regular teacher at Elmhurst and Yorkshire Ballet Seminars.