Ruby-May Martinwood, Hype Dance Patron
Actor Ruby-May Martinwood started dancing at Hype when she was 5, and today she’s our patron. Alongside her dance training with us, she studied screen acting at the Nottingham Television Workshop and musical theatre at Bird College.
Ruby-May won Best Breakthrough Actor at the Royal Television Society Awards 2022 for her guest role in the BBC’s Father Brown, and went on to join the series as Brenda.
“Hype Dance is my family and my home. The team provide fantastic pre-vocational dance training in an environment that is positive, supportive and inclusive, and all the teachers encourage creativity and hard work. I’ll cherish my memories of Hype forever, and I’m privileged and honoured to be a patron.”
Screen: Father Brown (BBC), Death in Paradise (BBC), Taboo (BBC), Doctors (BBC), RideBy (feature film).
Stage: Grease (UK tour), West Side Story (Royal Exchange, Manchester).
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