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Children and adults welcome.

We accept pupils from the age of two and half and recommend at this age they start with Baby ballet and then progress onto other styles of Dance from there. Baby ballet gives them poise, confidence and enables them to work together in small groups to boost their co-ordination and musicality. They learn lots of little ballet exercises and stories/themes that they can understand and relate to.

We also offer our Musical Theatre course run on Saturday's from 12.00 - 6.00. This is a complete dance, and musical Theatre course in which the dancers are taught all forms of dance including Latin and Ballroom alongside Drama and Singing. Each Term very talented pupils are selected to participate in Special Technical development classes. These are taught by Miss Tanya, the principal, and are aimed to really develop the technique of those pupils invited to their full potential. Students invited onto this programme are taught a full range of dance and musical theatre skills. The school currently has 600 pupils, and from those, 50 are currently attending these special extra technical development classes.

Examinations, medals and performances

Our pupils are offered the chance to enter examinations with:

 

  • The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD)
  • Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD)
  • National Association (NATD)

 

They are also entered for Stage Medal Tests, either as part of a Group Award Test, with the rest of their class, or as a solo.

 

From the Medal tests the pupils are selected to dance in The British Arts Awards heats which are held in December and January/February. If they are awarded an Honours mark, this will enable them to go through into Semi-finals and from there into the London Finals.

 

The school also offers pupils the chance to perform in pantomines, festivals, various competitions, musicals and full length ballet productions.

Our staff

Principal:
Miss Tanya Allen LRAD, ARAD, FISTD, PGCA
Britsh Federation & All England Dance Adjudicator
Member of The British Arts Awards
RAD Grades Examiner

Deputy Head of Saturday College:
Miss Alison Taylor

Teaching staff:
Miss Helen Ainsleigh
Miss Gina Allwood
Miss Emily Bell
Miss Georgie Franks
Miss Alex Elwood
Miss Soumaya El Arfa
Miss Jean Evans
Miss Natalie Maskell
Miss Kim Wootton
Miss Shelene Lester
Mr. Andrew Downer (Guest teacher from The Central school of ballet)

School Secretary & Festival booking & lesson Co-ordinator:
Mrs. Sam Morgan

School Office Secretary:
Mrs. Sue Chapman

To find out more about us call us today on
01635 201 701

Head office: 'Rivendell', Pond Lane, Hermitage, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 9RN.
Telephone: 01635 201 701
Email: allenovadance@aol.com