Denzil Bailey

Denzil Bailey started to dance aged 17 in a weekly Jazz class in a church hall in Cricklewood.

Encouraged by his teacher to take ballet, he joined the London School of Classical Dance. After 3 years, he was chosen to join the internationally prestigious English National Ballet where he danced for 10 years, touring the world. Denzil was approached by Cassa Pancho, a dancer writing her dissertation on the lack of black classical dancers. Together they founded the renowned Ballet Black 12 years ago.

This led to numerous requests to teach and Denzil unintentionally became a ballet teacher, where teaching ballet classes he calls his “dream job”.