Straight From Dua Lipa's Tour to Studio 1 | Ben Hukin x Sammi Lee Jayne at The Manor LDN

Choreography by Sammi Lee Jayne and Ben Hukin

The Manor LDN Dance Studio recently hosted a collaborative masterclass with Sammi Lee Jayne and Ben Hukin — two established UK choreographers who've built consistent careers across live performance and commercial projects. Most recently, both have been part of the Dua Lipa tour, and it showed: the session brought current, working-industry experience directly into the room, rather than choreography built around theory alone.

The class made full use of The Manor LDN's Studio 1, London's premier space for exactly this level of session. With professional studio lighting, a full sprung floor, and the scale to hold a genuinely high-energy room, Studio 1 gave Jayne and Hukin the same kind of production-grade environment they'd expect on tour — the difference being it was happening in Finsbury Park, accessible to London's dancers rather than a closed rehearsal room.

Focused on musicality, performance, and working with intention, the session gave dancers a clear, honest insight into the level and consistency required in today's industry — not a watered-down version of it. For a studio built on bringing world-class choreographers into a room London dancers can actually access, this was exactly the kind of class The Manor LDN exists to deliver.