About Wendy
Wendy's mother Molly Vidler was well known in Hastings as a dancer, singer and actress before she married Donald Cameron who was a cartoonist and artist for the local paper. Before his death Donald was made a Freeman of the City of London for his drawings in City newspapers.
Wendy's grandmother was a Battenberg and her grandfather was a Colonel in the Indian Army.
Wendy Cameron followed in her mother's footsteps by being a pupil and teacher at the
Phyllis Godfrey School of Dancing and subsequently won most of the classes she entered at the Hastings festivals including the Bronze, Silver and Gold medals and the prestigious exhibition award when she was only seven. On four occasions Wendy was All England Champion and at sixteen, she left Phyllis Godfrey with her Advanced Ballet, Modern, Tap and National Association membership of the L.S.T.D. with distinction inter R.A.D. certificate and Associate Diploma of the Ballet I.S.T.D.
Madame Legat wrote and offered her a free place at her school at Goudhurst where Madame told Wendy she had similar qualities to Anna Pavlova who was her husband's partner for many years.
Wendy aged 21
During her twenty years in the Theatre, as choreographer, singer and principal dancer, Wendy appeared in many musicals, summer shows, pantomines, ballets, operas, television shows and films and was respected for her professional integrity. She worked with most of the top entertainers of the day, including Ken Dodd, Mike Yarwood, Tommy Steele, Max Bygraves, Danny La Rue, Des O'Connor, Jimmy Edwards, Billy Cotton, Yana, Beryl Reid, Dicky Henderson, Jimmy Clitheroe, Mike and Bernie Winters, Hope and Keen, Stan Stennet, Eddie Calvert, Lonnie Donegan, Dallas Boys, Jimmy Jewel, Ben Warris, Eve Boswell, Ted Loon, Adele Lea, Susan Lane, Jack Tripp, Kay Sisters, The Three Monarchs, Jack Douglas, June Bronhill, Jean Bayliss, etc.
At nineteen Wendy left with her advanced Russian Ballet certificate to enter her professional career in the Theatre where she studied singing under Janet Howe, Lorrely Dyer and Dame Isobel Bailey and they wanted her to take up classical singing as a career.
After a back injury at Eastbourne Theatre ended her dancing career, Wendy was invited to teach at the Arts Educational School and she also adjudicated at many festivals before opening her own school at Hyde Park and at weekends in Hastings.
Ex-pupils have gained places at the following schools: Royal Ballet School, Arts Educational, Hammond School, London Studio Centre, Elmhurst Ballet School and Legat.
Wendy Cameron Academy of Dancing
Ore Community Centre, Ore Village, Hastings
Principal: Wendy Cameron
peter.wendydyer@tiscali.co.uk
Advanced Russian Classical, Adjudicator and Choreographer
Professional Principle Dancer and Singer
Classes Daily (3 Studios, Sprung Floor) in Ballet, Modern, Tap, Jazz, Drama
Childrens Exams from Primary to Advanced.
Past pupils have gained places at The Royal Ballet School, Elmhurst School, Arts Educational, London Studio Centre, Doreen Bird, Lane Arts Theatre and the Hammond School.
Pupils are appearing in The Producers, Cruise Ships, Summer Shows, Films, Television and some have even opened their own dance schools.
Wendy's productions with her pupils at The White Rock Pavilion and The Phoenix Arts Theatre are Ballets, Cinderella, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Snow Queen, Thumberlina, Little Mermaid and Showtime.
