DARCEY BUSSELL DANCE DAY
Two of our students, Isobel and Katie, attended the royal ballets special dance day with Dame Darcy Bussell! she taught an hour and a half repotoire of the Royal ballets CINDERELLA! they then had an hour and a half ballet class with one of the teachers at the royal ballet afterwards. they said they had an insightful and inspiring day in total! what a day to spend being taught by the best of the best in ballet!
BATD DANCE COMPETITION RESULTS
TWSOD RECENTLY TOOK PART AND COMPETED IN THE BATD LONDON REGION DANCE FESTIVAL AND TOOK THE STAGE BY STORM! WE ARE HUGELY PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ACHIEVMENT!
- LOTTIES BALLET SOLO
-LOTTIES LYRICAL SOLO
-ALEXANDRAS BALLET SOLO
-LILY'S BALLET SOLO
-DAISY'S LYRICAL SOLO
-LILY'S JAZZ SOLO
-THE PLAYING CARDS BALLET
-ENCHANTED CONTEMPORARY
-ALEXANDRAS CHARACTER SOLO
-LILY'S CHARACTER SOLO
-COPPELIA TRIO
-DANCE OF THE FLOWERS TRIO
-DANCEC OF THE HOURS POINTE PIECE
-STEP IN TIME MUSICAL THEATRE
- LOTTIES BALLET SOLO
-ELSA'S BALLET SOLO
-SELAH CONTEMPORARY
-DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY STREET GROUP
-THE TEA PARTY BALLET
-LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO STREET GROUP
-YOU WILL BE FOUND LYRICAL
-SOPHIE'S BALLET SOLO
-ALEXANDRAS JAZZ SOLO
-LILY'S LYRICAL SOLO
-THE CATERPILLAR BALLET GROUP
-A LITTLE PARTY NEVER KILLED NOBODY JAZZ
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS FOR LILY CHALLIS WINNING A TASTER WEST END WEEK AT THE BRIGHTON ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS! SHE WAS SPECIALLY SELECTED AT THE FESTIVAL FOR WINNING HER JAZZ SOLO!
TRIPLE THREAT DANCE COMPETITION RESULTS!
TWSOD COMPETED IN THE TRIPLE THREAT DANCE COMPETITION ON 30TH AND 31ST OCTOBER 2024! HERE ARE OUR RESULTS!
- DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY JUNIOR STREET GROUP
-THE CATERPILLAR BALLET GROUP
-THE TEA PARTY BALLET GROUP
-THE PLAYING CARDS BALLET GROUP
-LOTTIES LYRICAL SOLO
-PENNY AND DAISY ACRO DUET
-ZERO TO HERO JAZZ GROUP
-LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO SENIOR STREET GROUP
-ENCHANTED JUNIOR LYRICAL GROUP
-PENNYS STREET SOLO
-YOU WILL BE FOUND SENIOR LYRICAL GROUP
-NEWSIES SENIOR TAP GROUP
- SELAH CONTEMPORARY GROUP
-POINTE ROUTINE SENIOR BALLET GROUP
-ALEX AND EMILY ACRO DUET
-GRACE AND LILY LYRICAL DUET
-MAN WITH THE HEX SENIOR JAZZ GROUP
-ALEXANDRAS NARRATIVE BALLET SOLO
-STEP IN TIME SENIOR MUSICAL THEATRE
-COPPELIA SENIOR BALLET TRIO
-ELSAS BALLET SOLO
- A LITTLE PARTY SENIOR JAZZ QUARTET
-IVYS SOLO SONG
-ISOBEL AND LILYS JAZZ DUET
-ME OL BAMBOO JUNIOR MUSICAL THEATRE GROUP
-ALEXANDRAS CLASSICAL BALLET SOLO
BATD BALLET SCHOLARSHIPS 2024
8 of our beautiful ballerinas were invited to compete in the annual BATD ballet scholarships this year from their recent success in their exams. Ella and Olivia competed in the Junior section where they both stood out for their performance and technique, Ella also made it through to the Final Cut! In the senior section we had Lily, Abbie, Sophie, Alex, Phoenix and Katie performing and representing TWSOD, they were all gorgeous and performed their hearts out! They all picked up the set exercises well and showed stunning technique and passion for the art. We are so proud of all of them, being picked to compete at the prestigious event and they showed everyone how incredible they truly are at ballet! Huge congratulations!
BATD BALLET SCHOLARSHIPS 05/10/24-06/10/24
ANNUAL MACMILLAN COFFE MORNING
On Saturday 14th September TWSOD held their annual MacMillan Coffee morning where we fundraise for the charity! The fundraiser started at 9:00 and finished at 16:30 where parents and students would purchase cakes and biscuits and tea and coffee to raise money for the Charity! alongside the cake sale we held a raffle which included A TERMS WORTH OF FEES for one lucky winner! In total we raised £252.55 for the charity which we are super proud of as a dance school! Below are all of the raffle winnings/winners!
RAFFLE WINNERS
TERMS WORTH OF FEES: EMILY!
GUESS THE NAME OF THE TEDDY BEAR: MARGOT!
PROSECCO: SIMON!
TWSOD SWEATSHIRT: ABBIE!
CHOCOLATES: LAURA!
ORCHID: ELLEN!
HARIBOS: DAISY!
ENGLISH NATIONAL YOUTH BALLET CO-NNECT
ALEXANDRA HOLLAND
Our beautiful Alexandra Holland has recently auditioned for the ENB and was scouted out to join the English National Youth Ballet CO-nnect program for 13-16 year olds, which will commence in September. She will be taking weekly classes on a Friday night with the company. The program offers a unique experience in Ballet and Contemporary dance technique, introducing choreographic skills development and working towards performance opportunities. We are SUPER proud of Alex and her achievements!
DANCIN' FOOL SHOW 2024
Below are some fabulous photos of our gorgeous performers from our 2024 production of "DANCIN' FOOL"
In June 2024 TWSOD held their BIG SHOW at the Southmill Arts centre in Bishop's Stortford. Our students put on the most professional, exciting and strong performance of all of their routines they have been working on this year. Below are some photos taken by the amazing Howard Photography from our dress rehearsal. Congratulations to every student, we are so proud!
News
DID YOU SPOT US IN THE NEWSPAPER?
Today 10/07/2024 the Bishop's Stortford independent published a great page all about our incredible show we held at the end of June!
Make sure you take a look at the paper to read the amazing write up about our wonderful performers!
BATD JUNIOR AND SENIOR BALLET SCHOLARSHIPS 2024
Once again, 9 of our talented ballet students have been picked to compete in the Junior and Senior Ballet Scholarships for BATD in Newcastle later on this year.
From their most recent ballet exams, 9 of Our students were picked out due to their gorgeous technique, performance and grace they showed on the exam day and had to have achieve the highest distinctions in their ballet exam. This is a highly prestigious event ran by the BATD and only a small amount of people in the UK get chosen to compete!
Huge congratulations to our junior ballet students : ELLA GOOD and OLIVIA-CASWELL LAY
and our senior students: LILY CHALLIS, EVE BAILEY, PHOENIX PARRY, KATIE BILLINTON, ALEXANDRA HOLLAND, SOPHIE MACDONALD, ABBIE WOODMAN
We cannot wait to see you all shine! we are wishing you the best of luck and are so proud!
BISHOPS STORTFORD TOWN CARNIVAL 2024
ON JUNE 15TH 2024 TWSOD TOOK PART IN THE BISHOP'S STORTFORD TOWN CARNIVAL, WE HAD OUR INCREDIBLE STUDENTS PERFORM THROUGH THE TOWN PARADE WITH NON STOP ENERGY AND FULL OUT DANCING! THE WEATHER WASN'T ON OUR SIDE AS IT WAS HEAVY RAIN FROM THE MOMENT WE STARTED, BUT OUR STUDENTS MADE THE BEST OUT OF A BAD SCENARIO AND HAD EVEN MORE FUN BECAUSE THEY WERE DANCING AND SINGING IN THE RAIN. AFTER THE PARADE OUR AMAZING STUDENTS TOOK TO THE STAGE IN THE ARENA PERFORMANCE AND DID US ALL SO PROUD! A 20 MINUTE PERFORMANCE OF 7 DIFFERENT DANCE ROUTINES, INCLUDING JAZZ, STREET, MUSICAL THEATRE AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE! THEY ALL PERFORMED THEIR HEARTS OUT AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY DANCER ON THE DAY! BELOW ARE SOME FUN PHOTOS FROM THE MEMORABLE DAY!
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BATD EXAM SESSION MARCH 2024
In March 2024 we held our BATD exam session for grades pre primary, grade 4 and grade 5 in Ballet and Bronze tap and Modern. We are elated to announce that 100% of our students gained the highest marks in all of their exams! In ballet every student achieved DISTINCTION and in tap and modern every student achieved HIGHLY COMMENDED. We are very proud of each and every one of them as they now embark onto the next grades. Congratulations to every student who gained incredible marks in their exam work.
BATD EXAM SESSION DECEMBER 2023 RESULTS
In December 2023 we held our BATD exam session for grades 1, 6 and Intermediate in Ballet and Grade 2 Stage and Blue Ribband Tap and Modern. We are elated to announce that 99% of our students gained the highest marks in all of their exams! We are very proud of each and every one of them as they now embark onto the next grades, with two of our senior students now moving onto their associate teaching exam in ballet.
RECENT NEWS - JULY 2023
Tracey Walker recently held her annual summer camp for children age 4 - 11 years. the children attended the camp from 10:00- 15:00 Monday- Friday learning a variety of different dance styles including BALLET, CONTEMPORARY, HIP HOP AND MUSICAL THEATRE. They all smashed it and learnt so many new skills! it was such a fun packed week!
Tracey and Milly were so proud of all of the children that attended the summer camp, however they really felt one child shone in all three aspects of performing (Singing, Acting and Dancing) so they decided to award AMBER LONG a musical theatre scholarship to attend TWSOD in September. Huge congrats Amber and welcome to the TWSOD family!
HUGE SHOUTOUT TO PRINCIPAL TRACEY WALKER:
Tracey recently decided to conquer the Macmillan cancer support HULA HOOP Challenge, this was hula hooping for 15 minutes per day for the whole month of July! Tracey got everyone involved including all the students at the dance school and managed to raise a whopping £1116 for the charity! Huge well done Tracey, we couldn't be more proud of you for raising money for such an amazing charity!
BATD SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
BATD BALLET JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIPS
We are thrilled to say that we received a letter from the BATD nominating 6 of our talented students to attend the Junior BATD Annual Scholarships 2023.
This is the most prestigious event that BATD holds every year as nominees are carefully selected as the top BATD ballet dancers in the UK. They are selected from their recent ballet exams, if the examiner thought they achieved higher than top marks.The purpose of the Scholarships is to promote talented students of BATD affiliated members. It is mandatory that any student nominated will have been trained in the branch of dance for which they have been nominated within a BATD dance school.
The students selected will travel to Glasgow to attend a large ballet class with the other selected students from across the UK, at the end of the class the winning student will receive a large sum of money to put towards their training at their BATD school.
BEST OF LUCK GIRLS, WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD!
BISHOP'S STORTFORD TOWN CARNIVAL
TWSOD has recently been involved in the Bishop's Stortford town Carnival! We took our students through the parade where they danced for 30 minutes straight through the streets of Bishop's Stortford.
After the parade our selected dancers performed in the Arena, where we had a 15 minute slot performing JAZZ, STREET AND CONTEMPORARY routines.
The students smashed it and it was a fun filled day!
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