BREAKING NEWS

We are pleased to announce that esteemed Flamenco tutor Maria Bustos Calderon, a soloist with many of Spain's top Flamenco dance companies, has just joined Dance For All to teach our NEW Elementary Spanish course. This 8 week course will include "palos" (the different types of Flamenco rhythms and songs), "palmas" (hand clapping following the different kinds of Flamenco rhythm) and choreography. The course will run from 30.01.12 to 19.03.12, costing £64 / £56 concession. Download our Adult Class timetable & booking form or call us on 0131 226 5533. This class joins our other new adult classes: Beginners Tap and Drop-In Ballet at Beginners, Improvers/General, Intermediate & Advanced levels. Find out about our Adult Classes or read Maria's biography on our Teachers page.

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We are very pleased to congratulate our Professional Course students who achieved Merits for their RAD Ballet Intermediate and Advanced 1 exams. Well done! We are very proud of each and every one of our students. Hard work, talent & dedication matched with expert training – a winning combination!

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Download Flyer for Classical Ballet Drop-in classes. (PDF 0.5MB)

Graduate News...

Stacey Graham, graduated 2011

Stacey has passed her RAD Advanced 2 Ballet with Merit. The Dance For All community are very proud of Stacey and Course Director, Tracy Hawkes, says the award is very well deserved. This follows on the back of Stacey achieving her ISTD Advanced 2 Modern with Distinction and ISTD Advanced 2 Tap with Merit. She is in the final stages of her ISTD DDE Teaching qualification, which we are sure she will ace with flying colours! Stacey also won DFA's Outstanding Student of the Year 2011 and we expect she has a blossoming career ahead of her.

Every year Dance For All offers a selection of very talented and unique Graduates to the professional dance industry. Our Graduates are extensively prepared to have successful and varied careers - and Year of 2011 is no different! Watch this space for more news...

Jennifer Lyall, graduated 2010
Jennifer has just completed her ISTD Teacher Training. DFA wish her all the best in her future career as a dance artist and dance tutor. More Graduate News

Looking for professional dancers or dance teachers? Contact us by email or on 0131 226 5533 and we will pass your opportunity on to our Alumni. Our talented students often perform at various types of events - call us to disccuss.

NEW! Contemporary Class 13yrs+Wednesdays 4.30pm with Samm Baigrie Progressive Contemporary Dance class with Samm Baigrie which includes various contemporary styles as well as weight bearing technique, core strengthening, contact improvisation and choreography. View Child & Teen Timetable. Find out more about our class tutors.
Two NEW! Slideshows in our ever growing Photo Gallery: From our spectacular end of year Showcase featuring an exuberant and exceptional display of Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Street, Commercial, Spanish and Contemporary Dance plus Musical Theatre from our talented 1st, 2nd and graduating 3rd year full time Professional Stage Dance Course students: The beautiful Coppelia Suite & the rest of the fabulous Showcase11
Other NEW! Teen/Young Adult classes include: Grade 3 Ballet and Student Level Flamenco which joins our other student / professional (Intermediate & Advanced) level classes : ISTD Modern, ISTD Tap & RAD Ballet	New term Timetables: Adult - all levels & term dates Child / Teen / Young Adult
Download Poster & Course details	Fringe Flamenco Courses at DFA: During the Edinburgh Festival, the following popular workshops were held at Dance For All Studios: Flamenco Song with Pedro Obregon Wed 24th - Fri 26th Aug Flamenco Guitar with Flavio Rodrigues Accompaniment for Dance & Song Wed 24th - Fri 26th Aug Soloists Wed 24th - Fri 26th Aug Flamenco Dance with David Coria Alegrias Wed 24th - Fri 26th Aug Solea & Solea por Bulerias Sun 20th and/or Sun 27th Aug Flamenco & Spanish Dance for Children Sun 20th and/or Sun 27th Aug Contact: justine@ToritoMedia.com Pedro, Flavio and David also performed during the Fringe from 17th-20th August 2011

View our 2011 Graduates! (pop-up page)

Annual End of Year Professional Course Showcase Thursday 23rd, Friday 24th & Saturday 25th June St Brides Centre, 10 Orwell Terrace This spectacular showcase was a great success! We wish our 2011 graduates all the best in their new careers. Showcase 2011 featured an exuberant and exceptional display of Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Street, Commercial, Spanish and Contemporary Dance plus Musical Theatre from our talented 1st, 2nd and graduating 3rd year full time Professional Stage Dance Course students. Spectacular! Download Poster (PDF 4.36MB)

NEW Performance slideshows in Photo Gallery:
GoDance 2011
Spring Fling Part 1
Spring Fling Part 2

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Download our NEW Professional Course Prospectus Read more about the Professional Course.

Claire Ritchie, 2005 grad has just been added to our Graduates Success page - check it out!

We LOVE hearing from all our past students - please get in touch by email or phone on 0131 226 5533 or find us on facebook.

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Congratulations to Dance For All Graduates (2010) Emma Smith, Lauren Cunningham and Lisa Aytoun!

Emma has secured a position in the Robbie Williams Tribute Show on a Balearic Islands Cruise with Main Feature Productions and is one of only three singer/dancers in the production and her tour will last from May to September.

Lisa has just won a six month contract with Octopus Entertainment in Mumbai, India which includes performing in films, music videos, theatre shows and modelling in photo shoots.

At a highly competitive audition in London Lauren won a contract with the renowned COSTA CRUISE COMPANY - she is heading off to the the Med in just to start rehearsals as professional dancer/singer in shows performed on the world cruise. Lauren will be joining Louise Ferrier who after many years performing with the company is currently dance captain with COSTA CRUISES!

Go DFA grads - we are VERY proud of you!

More Graduate Sucesses
HOT OFF THE PRESS: ISTD Teaching Certificates in Dance Education (CDE) have been awarded to DFA Graduates: Lousie Ferrier, Jennifer Lyall & Claire Roberston. Well done for all your hard work and congratulations on your success! We wish you the the very best in your continued professional teaching careers!

Read all about some more of our Graduate's Successes from the last ten years on our New Alumni News page or a selection in our Prospectus (pdf).

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New Adult Class Timetables and Child & Teen Class Timetables now available to download.

Adult Class Term Dates: Please see individual class lists on our Timetable

Spring Fling Fri 1st April @ 7.30pm Sat 2nd April @ 5.00pm DANCE FOR ALL, Scotland’s premier dance college, held their annual Spring Fling on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd April. It featured an exuberant display of Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Street, Spanish and Contemporary from the talented 1st, 2nd and 3rd year full time Professional Stage Dance Course students. They were joined by DFA’s pupils from Grade Four upwards in what was an exciting and mesmerising show.  Photos will be online soon.

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Open Day 2010 was a brilliant success, with many potential full-time students experiencing a fun packed day of classes, workshops, talks and demonstrations! Judging by the buzz at the end of the day they had an inspiring and informative day. We also had a special visit from a prize-winning photographer and freelance journalist who specialises in Dance industry articles… hush, hush! We’ll let you know when the feature is out!

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NEW TEACHERS!
We'd like to warmly welcome new tutors Paul McLavin and Christina Gusthart to our staff faculty. Paul has worked with international chart-topping performers, in TV & theatre and is also Resident Choreographer and Artistic Director for MEP Production. Christina has trained under some of the most renowned names in Breakdance / Hip Hop and has worked in Bollywood, with David Guetta, Kelly Rowland & Kylie and the Breakin Convention Tour.

DANCE FOR ALL is an officially approved centre for teacher training, vocational and professional qualifications and all students are given the opportunity to gain both nationally and internationally recognised academic and teaching qualifications. Find out more about the Professional Stage Dance Course, unique to Scotland.

You can also explore our graduate and alumi news pages and check out our graduate testimonials as well as view a wide range of stage shots and studio photography slideshows in our Picture Gallery.

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PROFESSIONAL COURSE REUNION

Dance For All held a Reunion for all previous professional course students, graduates and teachers to celebrate the anniversary of 10 years of Dance For All's Professional Course amalgamated with the Theatre School in Stockbridge. View the slideshow of photos from the night.

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GREAT NEW PHOTO SLIDESHOWS now in the Picture Gallery:

Summer School pics added to kids classes slideshow.

Professional Course End of Year Showcase Slideshows
Variations - Colour Shots
and Variations - Black & White

New Graduate Testimonials and Photo Gallery pages!

2010 Events...

	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 featured a mesmerising array of dance genres performed by talented students from Scotland’s premier Full Time Professional Dance college. THURS 24th JUNE FRI 25th JUNE SAT 26th JUNE St Brides Theatre
	Spring Fling 2010 SAT 27th MARCH 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.
	Easter Show Children & Teen Classes SAT 20th MARCH SUN 21st MARCH 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.
	Go Dance 2010 WED 27th JAN 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.

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

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...

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.”