KK DANCE RAISE MONEY FOR BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH
KK Dance run dancing classes at the Pavilion in West Park, Loughborough Road in West Bridgford. There are classes to suit everyone’s tastes for both children and adults, including ballroom, Latin American, disco and rock ‘n’ roll. A?special family charity social event is held each year where the pupils, aged between three and 18, demonstrate [...]
SANDRA TAYLOR SCHOOL OF DANCE
The Sandra Taylor School of Dance has been successfully established in West Bridgford since 1980 and has seen many of its students go on to professional dancing, performing and teaching careers. The school offers training in the core subjects of classical ballet, tap, modern and theatre craft, as well as freestyle/street dance and musical theatre. [...]
LONDON CALLING IN WEST BRIDGFORD
Students of the Leonard School of delighted audiences at the School’s 31st anniversary performance of ‘London Calling’. The show was an original work created by the School’s director, Helen Leonard and head teacher, Michelle Widdison. It involved an Olympic theme, which in Act One included Londoners, torchbearers, Olympic flames, the red, white and blue colours [...]
WEST END PROFESSIONAL BACK IN KEYWORTH
Keyworth School of Theatre Dance (KSTD) welcomed back Hayley Reed to Keyworth recently. Hayley is a former pupil and now a West End professional. She led a three-day dancing, singing and drama workshop based on Grease. It coincided nicely with the Grease the Musical UK tour coming to the The Royal Centre in Nottingham during [...]
YOUNG EVE IS A DANCING STAR
West Bridgford youngster Eve Summers started dancing at the age of 11 at the Rollini School of Dance in West Bridgford. Now two years later she has passed all her Royal Academy of Dance examinations with top marks. She auditioned along with over 1,000 girls and was successfully awarded a place to dance in Swan [...]
DANCE NIGHT AT COTGRAVE WELFARE CLUB
The Henley Farrell Big Band invites you to come and dance the night away to the sounds of a live big band as they bring the magnificent sounds of swing to Cotgrave. The band plays music to suit all the dance styles featured on the BBC’s hit show Strictly Come Dancing. The event takes place [...]
TOP PERFORMERS AT WEST BRIDGFORD DANCE SCHOOL
Rebecca Gale, a pupil at the Leonard School of Dance in West Bridgford, has done exceptionally well in securing a place as an Associate of Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. Every weekend, 13-year-old Rebecca attends special ballet classes at the Hertfordshire-based school. Rebecca attends ballet classes twice a week at the Leonard School. [...]
SUMMER DANCE IN COTGRAVE
Sophie’s Academy of Performing Arts celebrated the end of another very successful year with a Summer Showcase last month. The strong choreography, great enjoyment and increased performance technique shown by the students indicate why the dance school goes from strength to strength. The highlight this year was the invitation for some students to perform at [...]
LOCAL MAN KEEPS ON DANCING
When Keyworth resident Phil Kelsall performed at the Nottingham Arts Theatre in July 2010 he was impressed that the evening Billy Fury show with 32 dancers had sold out. He said: “Perhaps you should get dancers performing with me”. This has now been organised and 16 dancers from the Rollo Academy of Performing Arts will [...]
IT’S SAMBA TIME IN RUSHCLIFFE
The United Schools Samba Band took to the stage at Arnold Carnival last month for the first of the three carnivals they are playing this summer. The United Schools Samba Band is run by Tony Barber, who is the percussion teacher at Dayncourt School. The band combines four different schools; Dayncourt, Toothill, Redhill and Carlton [...]