Julia Wood is one of the directors, lecturers, not to mention incredible "Hands-On" therapist of the new Organic based Complimentary Health Treatment Centre, known as CHP.Ltd  based in the heart of London on South Molton Street W1.

Dollie shares her thoughts ...
On my return from a rather hectic Summer in NYC and Poland, I needed to re-energise and get my body back in line and so I made my way to see Julia for my first session of Muscle Therapy and Aromatherapy massage ... The experience was Glorious!!

This is the first time I’ve wanted to recommend a massage therapist to my students and dancers. In my personal experience, Julia’s observations about my posture and ‘problem areas’ (and I do have them) were absolutely spot on. Naturally, I was aware of how my body had been performing over the last few months but until I had a treatment with Julia, I hadn’t paid sufficient attention to it. During a wonderfully restorative full body massage, using a blend of aromatherapy oils Julia prescribed for me, she gently questioned me about my dance practice and particularly what my routine was when teaching.  Through this I was encouraged to reflect on what I needed to do in order to restore all my muscles to full working order.


Anyone who knows me well will understand how important mutual respect is to me. One of the stand out features of my time with Julia was the complete respect I was shown as a dance professional; she didn’t once lecture me about what I ‘should’ be doing as she recognises I already knew the answers, it was just a case of getting me to pay attention to what my body had been trying to tell me for a while. 
It was this, as well as feeling so reconnected with my body after the treatment, that has made me want to recommend Complementary Health Professionals to you. 

Seriously Dancers, In all Honesty ... this is a must for anyone who is serious about their dance training and physical longevity as a performer. I will now be finding the time in my diary to have a regular monthly treatment just to check-in with my body and nurture my creative spirit. We forget how important it is to Give Back To Ourselves. 
I highly recommend you get on the program with me BOP friends!! 

“We understand Dance and we understand Dancers”,  couple that with many years experience treating healthy and injured sports people and creative professionals and you have the reason why Julia Wood and Carole Preen of Complementary Health Professionals are the therapists of choice for Dollie and Paul.  They are able to give a bespoke massage treatment which will address any ongoing soft tissue problems, getting to the root of the problem which may lie in general overuse, or something which needs correcting in your dance practice, or even something which needs the attention of a different healthcare professional such as an osteopath. Most often, however, they are able to offer the solution at their beautiful clinic at 58 South Molton Street.

From his career beginnings in his native home of New York in shows like The Me Nobody Knows and Hair, Ray Shell’s career has embraced starring roles in many of the greatest musicals of the past 30 years, from Hair and Starlight Express to The Bodyguard and Lion King. 
BACK2BLACK in NYC features Ray’s distinctive interpretation of well-known songs from musicals from Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd to current Broadway hit Kinky Boots and so much more ... All woven together with witty stories, insights and anecdotes from his impressive and illustrious career. 
BACK2BLACK in NYC promises to be an amazing musical journey. An evening of storytelling, song and sensational entertainment from the ‘Soul Man of London’s West End’. 

Dollie will be returning to New York this Summer to present 
a series of Jazz Theatre Dance Classes at 
Broadway Dance Center

Dollie arrives in New York direct from London to present her highly acclaimed 
BOP Jazz Theatre Dance Classes. A chance to share in the unique Jazz style, energy and passion of Ms. Henry. With a career spanning 30 years as a performer, choreographer, director and educator, Dollie is recognized as one of the most formidable dance powerhouses with a personality to match.

An immense creative and performing force, Dollie epitomizes all it is to be a consummate, all-encompassing Jazz Dance Artist. A fusion of spirit and genuine creative expression allows this Lady to sustain her position as the catalyst for the 
Jazz Dance Art Form in the UK and throughout Europe leading the way as Artistic Director of the UK’s Premier Jazz Theatre Company - Body Of People (BOP)

So to all friends and the NYC dance community Don't Miss Out ... on a chance to take class with Europe's - First Lady of Jazz - Dollie Henry 

Dates of Dollie's Jazz Theatre Classes 
Thursday | 6th / 13th / 20th August 2015
 7.30pm - 9.00pm | Studio 3

Broadway Dance Center
322 West 45th Street | 3rd Floor | New York | NY 10023
Tel: 212.582.9304  |  www.broadwaydancecenter.com

Bafana was born in Mamelodi, South Africa and was the recipient of an Alvin Ailey Dance Fellowship, which took his dance career to New York City. 
His vast and varied career in the USA  as performer, teacher and choreographer has allowed him to acquire many artistic forms of dance including Classical and Contemporary dance,  African, Jazz and Hip-Hop. 
Bafana has performed throughout the USA and internationally with dance companies; Elisa Monte Dance, Ballet Hispanico, Battery Dance company. 
In 2013 Bafana moved to London and has worked with BOP Jazz Company and State of Emergency and various creative events. in 2014, Bafana became a company member with Tavaziva Dance Company in London.  Bafana's choreography has been presented by Battery Dance Company in New York City, Africa, South America and Europe and he has performed in over 50 countries. 
As a practitioner Bafana continues to teach students and dancers nationwide in schools, colleges and open dance classes in Contemporary Dance, Jazz Dance and African Dance.

Shaun trained at Harlequin Stage School in Worcester and Graduated from London Studio Centre in July 2008.
Previous Theatre credits: Tommy Franzens 'Smile' (Assistant director/choreographer, Sadlers Wells), ZooNations 'The Mad Hatters Tea Party' (Dance Captain - Royal Opera House , Linbury Theatre), ZooNations 'Groove On Down The Road' (Assistant Director QEH Southbank centre), 'I Can't Sing - the X Factor Musical' (Dance Captain - London Palladium), Boy Blue Ent Production 'The Five And The Prophecy Of Prana' (Barbican), 'Blaze Streetdance Sensation' (Australia and Germany tour) ZooNation's 'Some Like It Hip Hop' (Sadlers Wells and UK Tour), 'Shoes The Musical' - Ensemble/Swing (Sadlers Wells) Zoo Nation's 'Into The Hoods' - Swing (Royal Festival Hall), 'West Side Story' - Swing (50th anniversary UK Tour), Boy Blue Ent production 'Pied Piper' (Theatre Royal, Stratford)
Commercial Credits: Justin Bieber 'Somebody to Love/Baby' (X Factor), LMFAO (Let's Dance and Britain's Got Talent), Cher Lloyd 'Swagger Jagger' (T4 On The Beach and BRMB Live), JLS (Summertime Ball), Cheryl Cole 'Promise This' (Children in Need), Katie Perry 'Fireworks' (X Factor), Professor Green 'Monster' (Mobo Awards), Cheryl Cole '3 Words' (Music Video)