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BREAKING NEWS

Stay fit this Summer with our NEW Summer Evening Classes (adults):

Mondays 6.10pm - 7.10pm
Summer Yoga
26th July and 2nd, 16th, 23rd, 30th August and 6th, 13th September
£6.50 (£5.50)

Tuesdays 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Summer Dance Fitness/Jazz 6 weeks (except 27.7.10)
£7 (£6) or 6 classes for price of 5

Wednesdays 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Summer Ballet 14.7.10 to 18.8.10
£7 (£6) - drop in

Julie Martin is moving on to pastures new. We wish her all the best in her new position: Assistant Manager at IQ (student accommodation. Julie will always be part of the Dance For All family - we'll miss you Julie!

New Graduate Testimonials and Photo Gallery pages!

Dance For All Summer School is an energy filled, fun-packed week of dance and musical theatre. It gives enthusiastic young dancers from 6 to 16 a chance to experience different forms of dance, choreography and musical theatre, culminating in an exciting performance experience at the end of the
week .

Summer School is a great opportunity to explore creativity through movement and song, fun and games, to meet new friends and have a totally thrilling week.

2010 Events

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DANCE FOR ALL presents...

VARIATIONS

Our spectacular showcase of exceptional dance was a great success. We wish our 2010 Graduates all the best in their new careers.

Variations features a mesmerising array of dance genres performed by talented students from Scotland’s premier Full Time Professional Dance college.

THURS 24th JUNE @ 7.30pm
FRI 25th JUNE @ 7.30pm
SAT 26th JUNE @ 7.30pm

St Brides Theatre

   
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Spring Fling 2010

SAT 27th MARCH @ 3pm & 7.30pm

St Brides Theatre

Our annual Spring Showcase featured an exuberant display of Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Spanish, Contemporary and Musical Theatre from the talented 1st, 2nd and 3rd year full time Professional Dance Course students.

Our Grade 5+ Ballet, Tap & Senior Jazz class pupils also performed in this exciting show.

   
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Easter Show

Children & Teen Classes

SAT 20th MARCH @ 5pm
SUN 21st MARCH@ 3pm

Portobello Town Hall

Our bi-annual Easter Show gave our junior class pupils a fun and exciting opportunity to show off their budding talents in a performance extravaganza.

The faiytale theme featured Nursery to Grade 4 Ballet, Tap & Junior Jazz pupils.

   
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Go Dance 2010
WED 27th JAN @ 7.30pm
Theatre Royal in Glasgow

Go Dance is fast becoming a highlight in the Scottish dance calendar bringing together over 40 dance groups from across the country. This ambitious festival celebrates the work of dance schools, vocational colleges and community groups with a vibrant mix of dance styles; from hip hop to ballet, contemporary to jazz.

   
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2010/2011 Professional Course Audition

30th JUNE 2010

DANCE FOR ALL Theatre School is the only full-time dance course in Scotland that offers an HND in dance alongside a complete professional dance and dance teacher training. Find our more - including application form and brochure downloads

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On Sunday the 29th August 2010, Dance For All invites all previous professional course students, graduates and teachers to our Official Reunion to celebrate the double anniversaries of 10 years of the Professional Course amalgamated with the Theatre School in Stockbridge and 25 years of Dance For All.

All students, ex-students, graduates, alumni, teachers, staff & ex-teachers are invited to our reunion on the 29th of August from 3pm until approx 7.30pm.

With drinks and a buffet join us for an informal catch-up to reminisce & celebrate everyone’s achievements in whatever they have gone on to do. 

WE WANT YOUR PHOTOS! Do you have any old photos from your DFA days? We’d love to have them for our "Dance For All Days" display at the reunion. Don’t forget to tell us the year/s they were taken. 

WE NEED YOUR HEADSHOTS! We often get enquiries from companies looking for teaching staff and dancers. Send us your contact details, headshots and recent work experience so we can pass these valuable opportunities on. 

What are you up to now? We would love to hear from you, even if you cannot make the event. 

Are you still in touch with the great friends you made at Dance For All? Spread the word about the reunion – we need RSVP’s! 

Make sure we've got your most up-to-date contact details and drop us a quick RSVP by email: tracy@danceforall.freeserve.co.uk

You can follow this Reunion event on our Facebook page - it is a great way to keep in touch with one another.  

Dance For All is honoured to be part of the Active Nation campaign.

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Director Tracy Hawkes is delighted to announce that the accomplished writer, playwright, actor and director Steven Berkoff is to become Dance For All's first official Patron. Scroll down for more...

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Since founding the London Theatre Group in 1968, Steven Berkoff has created numerous adaptations for the stage as well as his original stage plays which have been performed internationally in many countries and languages. Berkoff’s adaptations include Metamorphosis and The Trial, Agamemnon after Aeschylus, and Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher. He has directed and toured productions of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus – also playing the title role, Richard II, Hamlet and Macbeth, as well as Oscar Wilde’s Salome. Berkoff’s original plays include East, West, Messiah: Scenes from a Crucifixion, The Secret Love Life of Ophelia and Decadence in addition to his trilogy of solo shows: One Man, Shakespeare’s Villains and Requiem for Ground Zero which he has performed in venues all over the world. Not to limited his distinguished career to the stage, Berkoff has acted in a number of films, including A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, Octopussy Rambo, The Krays and Head in the Clouds and has written a variety of books, including production journals I am Hamlet and Meditations on Metamorphosis as well as autobiographical books Tough Acts, My Life in Food and most recently, published earlier this year, his book of poetry entitled “You Remind Me of Marilyn Monroe.”

www.stevenberkoff.com


Dance For All is a hub of expertise that you can dip into at any age and level, from the complete beginner to the experienced professional and Steven Berkoff says he is “thrilled to be a Patron” and that Dance For All is a “wonderful school.”

 

 

 

 

Find out more about our weekly children, teen and adult classes or our three year full-time professional course which is the only full-time dance course in Scotland that offers an HND in dance alongside a complete professional dance and dance teacher training. 

DANCE FOR ALL was founded by Director, Tracy Hawkes - discover more about our dance school here.

 

Studios are available to hire by the hour.

Check out the info on our popular Summer School and you can view our current class timetables here. Information on the full time dance training course is available here.

For further information and to book please call 0131 226 5533

 

 

Highlights
 

2009 Highlights…

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BRAND NEW CLASSES: Strictly American Ballroom and Street Jazz Exercise.
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Street Jazz Exercise - a fun class of fitness and toning those muscles! On Tuesdays 7.30-8.30pm.

Strictly American Ballroom - a fun Fred & Ginger style couples ballroom class. Thurs 8.15-9.30pm.

Check out our class timetables or give us a call on 0131 226 5533 to register your interest and/or book. All our adult classes are open to any age from 16 to 106 years old!

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Congratulations to senior pupils who are pursuing their dreams of a professional dance career in September 2009!
Left to right: Stacey Graham has gained direct entry into second year on our Professional Stage Dance course here at Dance For All, Claire Robertson will be studying a degree in modern ballet, run by Scottish Ballet at the RSA MD in Glasgow and Beverley Grant is taking up a coveted place at the prestigious Rambert Dance School in London.

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BBC3 Move Like Michael Jackson

Congratulations to Lauren Cunningham who made it through the first two rounds of auditions for new BBC3 show Move Like Michael Jackson. Lauren was one of the top forty acts selected for the final callbacks in London.

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MOBO AWARDS

Lisa Aytoun backstage at the 2009 MOBO Awards

Congratulations to our 3rd Year Student Lisa Aytoun on her live performance at the 2009 MOBO Awards held in Glasgow on 30th September. Lisa was chosen to bring on the MOBO Award envelopes to the presenters Reggie Yates and Keri Hilson in a unique way: tumbling onto the stage!

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SKY TV SHOW JUST DANCE

Very well done to our 3rd Year Students who made it through to the second round of auditions for the new SKY TV show JUST DANCE. Also through was one of our young pupils who is only nine years old!

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New Facebook page created keeping all tutors, teachers, students and pupils in touch...

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