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Timothy Howson & Joanne Bolton

Timothy & Joanne's Story

Hello and welcome to the profile on Timothy Howson & Joanne Bolton.

1991 was an important year for Timothy and Joanne, as this was the year they started their now nine-year partnership together. They began their personal relationship three years earlier, but it was not until the August of 1991 that they decided to dance together.

During this time they have enjoyed much happiness and have achieved incredible success together. Dancing has always dominated their lives, and they consider themselves very fortunate to be able to travel the world visiting many breathtaking places. They compete, demonstrate, teach and lecture all over the world, and they cherish their opportunities of meeting up with old friends and of course making new ones. Being able to earn a living doing what they love most was a dream they both had from an early age.

Take a look at the List of Achievements’ page to see exactly how many titles they have secured so far!

So let’s go back to their childhood to find out how and when they both began.

Timothy started dancing when he was five years old with the Ken Bateman and Blanche Ingle School of Dancing. Similarly Joanne started when she was four, with the Tom and Pat Lait Dance Club. Timothy came from a dancing back ground, as his mother ran a Ballet and Tap school, and his brother and sister both danced Ballroom and Latin at an early age. Tim, however didn’t share the same enthusiasm in the beginning, and was bribed with sweets into a dance class by his early teacher Blanche Ingle. The rest as they say is History, as he never looked back from here.

Joanne’s parents attended Social Dancing classes right up to the time she was born, and say that as soon as she could walk it was clear to see that she was going to be a dancer of some kind. So at the age of four they took her to Ballroom and Latin American classes, and she too has never once thought about any other career.

At the beginning of their competitive dancing careers they both enjoyed the Latin and the Ballroom styles, and over the years have achieved great success with different partners.

Timothy’s, first significant success came when he won the Juvenile, (under 12 years old), International Ballroom Championships. As a Junior, (12-16 years), he won the British Open and International Ballroom Championships. During his Youth career, (16-21 years), he won the British Open Championships three times.

Similarly, Joanne’s competitive career started dancing at a young age. Firstly she was involved with medallist competitions, and then later enjoyed the Supadance League. When she was six she started to learn the Man’s steps as well as the Lady’s in both the Ballroom and Latin American styles. This she feels has been of great benefit to her as a Professional Dance Teacher, and she is thankful to have been given the opportunity to learn invaluable information at an early age.

Later she widened her interests with Open Competitions, and with her previous partner won the International and British Open Youth Championships.

Separately, their parents hugely supported their Juvenile, Junior, Youth and part of their Amateur careers once they were together. They both agree that they would not be where they are today without the love, help, advice and financial support of their parents. Of course their parents still follow their careers constantly as Professionals, but they now have their own lives back. They were totally devoted for many, many years, to driving up and down the country for the lessons and practice time required, several times a week. This was in addition to holding down full time jobs to cover the cost of their children’s ambitions.

As Professionals they have entered a whole new stage in their development as dancers. They are becoming established Dance Teachers, and demonstrators, and they feel that their Demonstration work has added a new dimension to their competitive performance.

So far Timothy and Joanne have lived the life they always dreamed of and say that they will continue in their pursuit of perfection. In the future they aim to become World and British Professional Modern Champions, and to be able to represent their country in the Olympics.

In addition to their very busy schedules they have now completed a series of videos. With the help of the Himawari Dance Company of Japan, they have produced one Basic Figures video, (which is now available in both Japanese and English versions), and Four Teaching Videos to be released later this year. These they hope will enable you to improve and enjoy your dancing more, so don’t forget to check the ‘Teaching Videos’ page to see how to can obtain your copies.

Achievement

Timothy Howson and Joanne Bolton got together in August 1991

6th Place in Pioneer U.K. Amateur Modern Championships in January 1992,

(first major comp together).

4th Place in British Open Amateur 1992

British Open Amateur Modern Champions 1993,1994,1995

International Amateur Modern Champions 1993,1994,1995

Pioneer U.K. Amateur Modern Champions 1994,1995

European Amateur Modern Champions 1994,1995

German Open Amateur Modern Champions 1994

U.S. Open Amateur Modern Champions 1993,1994

Carl Alan Award Winners 1995