Congratulations to all pupils who worked so hard for our school show at The Journal Tyne Theatre in July and thank you to our wonderful audience!

Aimee Berry (Northern Ballet School) and Clare Maynard (Italia Conti School) have been granted Dance and Drama awards to study full-time from this month.

Emily Hughes has completed her training at Elmhurst and has joined Ballet Venemuine at the Tartu Opera House in Estonia.

Francesca Moffat has completed her training at London Studio Centre and goes to New York next month to rehearse for a six month world cruise tour.

Love and congratulations to all four girls. [September 2008]

Bethany Guy has been awarded a B.B.O. Senior Ballet Scholarship. [10/11/07]

Jessica Horner is appearing with Mickey Rooney and Les Dennis in Cinderella at the Sunderland Empire. [29/10/07]

Zerrin Asir has joined Aimee Berry, Bethany Guy and Isabella Price as an Associate of the Royal Ballet School.[23/09/07]

Aimee Berry has been accepted for a second year as a Royal Ballet School Senior Assocciate in Birmingham. [22/05/07]

Sarah Murray was awarded her British Ballet Organisation Teaching Certificate at the Royal Ballet School. [22/05/07]

Clare Maynard has been accepted as a full-time student at the Italia Conti School and starts there in September. [22/05/07]

Congratulations to Isabel Price who has been chosen as a Royal Ballet School Junior Associate, and to all the children who were successful in the June I.D.T.A. exams, especially Aimee Betty and Laura-Anne Stewart who have been invited to dance in Manchester for the I.D.T.A. Theatre Awards as a result of their work in the Grade 5 Modern Jazz exam.  [30/06/06]

Sarah Murray has passed with Distinction the Teaching Foundation Course of the B.B.O.  [26/11/05]

Congratulations to Laura-Anne Stewart who has been awarded a B.B.O. Modern Jazz Scholarship and to everyone who did so well at the Northumberland Festival. Special mentions for Clare Maynard, who won a Gold Medal for Ballet and was also runner-up in the Cabaret Championships, and for Aimee Berry, who tied for the Classical Aggregate Trophy having been placed first for Ballet and National and second for Character. It was so lovely to have Emily and Francesca and Emma, and, of course, Irene and Bev, there for the cheering!  [28/10/05]

Emma Price joined Emily Hughes at Elmhurst in September and Lydia Redpath, who moved with her family to Vancouver, has joined the Canadian National Ballet School. Alex and Holly Moffat, Honor Penman and Holly Purvis have been appearing in Beyond The Rainbow at the Sunderland Empire this summer.  [26/09/05]

Our school show for 2005 is entitled, Once Upon A December, will again be performed at the Whitley Bay Playhouse.  Our students are currently rehearsing very hard for this and we hope you will be able to come along and watch on the night! [26/09/05]

Emma Price starts full-time at Elmhurst Ballet School in September and Francesca Moffat has accepted a funded place on the Classical Ballet Course at London Studio Centre. Emily Hughes was offered a funded place at the English National Ballet School but has chosen Elmhurst. [18/07/05]

Seven pupils and students attended the B.B.O. Easter Course at The Royal Ballet School. Aimee Berry was awarded the Ruth Berney Cup for Ballet and Laura-Anne Stewart was presented with the Artistry Award. Wayne Sleep generously added Bursaries to each of the awards which were presented on stage by the Marchioness of Londonderry (the former Royal Ballet ballerina, Doreen Wells). [01/04/05]

Francesca Moffat has been offered a full-time funded place on the Classical Ballet Course at the London Studio Centre. Emily Hughes has been offered three years on the full-time Student Course at Elmhurst (after attending the Junior School for a year) where third years are apprenticed to Birmingham Royal Ballet. Congratulations, also, to Fiona Dale who is a member of the Dance Fitness team from the North East who won a gold medal at the Blackpool Championships. [23/02/05]

Katie Collings and Amy McKenzie are sharing the role of "Annie" for Ponteland A.O.S. in March. Ellen Bartlett is to be "Molly". Sophie Bartlett, Rhowena Hall, Amy Higgins and Georgina Lee are among the "orphans" and Sophie Hood, Francesca Moffat, Jenny Smith and Laura-Anne Stewart are also danScing in the show. [15/02/05]

Please could we remind all pupils that they are expected to be correctly groomed for all ballet lessons.

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