President 2026-2027: Loraine Hastings
President Elect 2026-2027: Dallas Chapman
Immediate Past President 2026-2027: Lynn Armsby
Financial Director 2026-2027: Michael Sandham
Honorary Director: Len Armstrong
Patrons
Lady Fearn of Southport, Anton du Beke, Erin Boag, Dame Darcey Bussell BBE, Simon Green, Dollie Henry MBE, Karen Hilton MBE, Marcus Hilton MBE, Bonnie Langford, Dame Arlene Phillips DBE, Angela Rippon CBE, Jukka Haapalainen, Sirpa Suttari-Jaasko, Joanne Clifton, Natalie Casey and Anna-Jane Casey.
Directors 2026-2027
Top Row, left to right: PHILIP DIMENT, JILL KEMP, MICHELLE UPTON, LYNDA KING, ANITA SPIERS, WESLEY FAULKNER-CLARKE, AMANDA RESTELL, MICHAEL SANDHAM, BRYAN THOMSON, DONNA WILCOX, VICTORIA STANSFIELD, DENISE SKINNER
Bottom Row, left to right: DAWN PARKER, LINDA COOK, DALLAS CHAPMAN, LORAINE HASTINGS, LYNN ARMSBY, YVONNE SAUNDERS, WENDY HEYWOOD
Director Emeritus
Yvonne Gout, Anna Henrich-Jones, Barbara Sharples, Phil Winston
Chief Executive Officer
Darren Kelly
Chief Operations Officer
Joanne Kirkland
Financial Controller
Joseph Harrison
Ballroom Branch Faculties (2026-2027)
Ballroom Faculty
Chair: Yvonne Saunders
Members: Lynn Armsby, Dallas Chapman, Lynda King and Michael Sandham.
Latin Faculty
Chair: Lynn Armsby
Members: Jill Kemp, Lynda King, Michael Sandham and Yvonne Saunders.
Sequence Faculty
Chair: Dallas Chapman
Members: Dawn Parker, Vicki Smith, Andrea Wortley and Tracey Taylor.
Freestyle Faculty
Chair: Loraine Hastings
Members: Caroline Downing, Dawn Parker, Anna Henrich-Jones and Jill Kemp.
Quality Assurance Panel – Ballroom
Consists of the four Faculty Chairpersons and the Chief Executive Officer.
Theatre Branch Faculties (2026-2027)
Ballet Faculty
Chair:
Members: Virginia Bell, Wendy Hazelby, Gillian Hopkinson, Christa Collard and Donna Wilcox.
Contemporary Modern Jazz Faculty
Chair: Shani Mitchell
Members: Lisa Handley, Linda Cook, Michelle Upton and Amanda Restell.
Tap Faculty
Chair: Emma Turner
Members: Lindsay Pollard, Mariyka Bolubasz, Natalie Day and Vicki Richardson.
Theatre Craft Faculty
Chair: Linda Regan
Members: Elizabeth Kendrick, Denise Skinner, Victoria Stansfield and Cheryl Dodd.
Musical Theatre Faculty
Chair: Cheryl Dodd
Members: Denise Skinner, Joanne Perkins, Linda Regan and Lisa Handley.
Quality Assurance Panel – Theatre
Consists of the four Faculty Chairpersons and the Chief Executive Officer.
Finance & General Purposes Committee (F&GP)
Financial Director (Chairman), President, President Elect, Chief Executive, Phil Diment, Colin Donaldson (Reserve), Joanne Kirkland, Lynda King, Yvonne Saunders, Linda Cook.
London Meeting and Congress Arrangement Committees Ballroom and Theatre
Financial Director (Chairman), President, President Elect, Chief Executive, plus:
Ballroom: Philip Diment, Colin Donaldson, Yvonne Saunders.
Theatre: Linda Cook, Amanda Restell, Denise Skinner.
Miss Dance of Great Britain
Joanne Kirkland (Chair), Sharon Berry (Vice-Chair), Christine Minott – Secretary, Linda Lister, Rebecca Akers, Fay George, Lisa Sykes, Joanne Perkins.
International Theatre Dance Awards
Michelle Upton (Co-chair), Donna Wilcox (Co-chair), Wendy Heywood, Vanessa Hooper and Cheryl Dodd.
Nationwide Medallist of the Year Committee
Dawn Parker (Chair), Anglia: Wendy Anderson, North East: Cynthia Coleman, North West: Wayne Turner, South East: Dawn Armitage, South West: Keith Laughton, Tyne Tees: Ann Haining.
Publicity Committee
President, President Elect, Financial Director, Chief Executive, Linda Cook, Wendy Heywood, Jill Kemp, Dawn Parker.
Awards Committee
President, President Elect, Financial Director, Chief Executive, Dallas Chapman, Wendy Heywood, Dawn Parker, Denise Skinner.
Overseas Development Committee
President, President Elect, Financial Director, Chief Executive, Linda Cook, Joanne Kirkland, Jill Kemp, Yvonne Saunders.
IT Committee
Chief Executive, Gavin Stevens (IT Support), Joanne Kirkland, Dallas Chapman, Michael Sandham (Financial Director).
IDTA Representatives
British Dance Council (BDC)
BDC Council: President, Philip Diment, Colin Donaldson, Reserve: Yvonne Saunders
BDC Sequence Advisory Committee:
BDC Teachers Committee: Michael Sandham
BDC Contemp / Freestyle Advisory Committee: Anna Jones res Dawn Parker
Sports and Recreation Alliance
Joanne Kirkland
Theatre Dance Council International
Linda Cook, Barbara Sharples
Federation of Dance Awarding Bodies
Michael Sandham
Note: All committees, chairmen and representatives are elected annually in September by the Board of Directors. A list of IDTA Examiners is available from IDTA Head Office. Please call 01273 685652 or email info@idta.co.uk