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Swindon

Wilkes Academy
Unit 1 Westmead Industrial Estate
Westmead Drive
Swindon
SN5 7YT

2026 - 2027

Company 

Term 1
Term 2
Term 3

10th May 2026

13th September 2026

10th January 2027

24th May 2026

27th September 2026

24th January 2027

14th June 2026

8th November 2026

7th February 2027

28th June 2026

22nd November 2026

28th February 2027

12th July 2026

7th March 2027

Company Auditions:

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Chris Sparkes

Chris Sparkes

Chris graduated from Bird College with a First-Class BA (Honors) in Professional Dance and Musical Theatre. Upon graduating, Chris was presented with the Most Professional Gentleman Award and the Acting Achievement Award. 

In 2014 he competed at the IDO Tap World Championships and won gold with the Tap Attack England Team. In 2019, Chris joined Avalon Rathgeb’s professional tap company, OKR Dance, and has toured with the company in performances across the UK, Caribbean, and China. Other professional performance credits include, Theatre: Bobby C in Saturday Night Fever (International Tour), Oscillate (UK and China Tour), Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Newcastle Theatre Royal), Cinderella (Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage), Television: Teen Patrick Swayze in The Real Patrick Swayze, In His Own Words (Biopic), and Feature Film: Young Dave in Brighton (Director Stephen Cookson).

In the summer of 2023, Chris was 1 of 24 international dancers chosen to participate in the esteemed Jacob’s Pillow Tap program in Massachusetts, USA. He was the only participant chosen from the UK and had the opportunity to learn intensely from industry leaders including Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Michelle Dorrance, Derrick K Grant, Sam Weber, and Dominique Kelly.

Chris has a passion for teaching and choreography and teaches for the Tap Attack company and co-teaches the Tap Attack South East Associates program. He is currently on the dance faculty at Bird College and Performers College and has experience teaching at a variety of schools and institutions including Masters Performing Arts, the Centre PAC.