The South West School of Dance

07/12/2023

Whatever the weather our sailors are ready for the weekend 🌊💙⚓️

We are so excited for audiences to see all of our FAB-U-LOUS dancers perform onstage at Strode Theatre.

Only one more sleep!! 💙💙💙

⭐️ MOMENTUM 2023 ⭐️

⭐️Friday 7pm
⭐️Saturday 2pm
⭐️Saturday 7pm
⭐️Sunday 2pm
⭐️Sunday 7pm

www.strodetheatre.org.uk

06/12/2023

We are flying high this week with only two days to go till our show.

Come and support our super talented pupils at Strode Theatre this weekend.

www.strodetheatre.org.uk

💜💜💜MOMENTUM 2023 💜💜💜

05/12/2023

We are very proud to be supporting Alfie Terence Perry and his Music On My Mind show at Strode Theatre on Friday 15th December.
Our fabulous pupils taking to the stage two weeks running! 💙

04/12/2023

Our very own Tobias Turley has made it to the final!
We are so incredibly proud of you Toby and want to encourage everyone to vote for you on Sunday.
Toby has beaten tens of thousands of talented performers to get down to the last 2 boys in ITV‘s Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream Sunday night programme - let’s get our local boy to the West End by all voting for him on Sunday night.
He’s the nicest, warmest, kindest person ever who totally deserves this opportunity. Please share with everyone you know. We love you Toby 💙⭐️💙

04/12/2023

Who wants to be transported to a warmer and drier place after today‘s floods?
If you want to leave the rain behind this week, come to Strode Theatre and watch our talented pupils wow you with our dance show - there’s definitely something for everyone - great music, dances and, above all, amazingly talented young people ⭐️

MOMENTUM 2023
💜Friday 7pm
💜Saturday 2pm
💜Saturday 7pm
💜Sunday 2pm
💜Sunday 7pm

Still some tickets left from www.strodetheatre.org.uk

04/12/2023

On BBC Radio Somerset in 5 mins celebrating Toby getting through to the final!!!

02/12/2023

With our dress rehearsal all day tomorrow this is just so apt. We are so proud of all our amazing pupils 💜

30/11/2023

One of our amazing FITSTEPS ladies and mum to 2 of our pupils has just completed her Stand Up To Cancer challenge - 100 squats a day throughout the month of November - a truly FAB-U-LOUS 3000 squats done 💪⭐️💪⭐️💪⭐️💪

Congratulations Lydia Vincent, we are so proud of you 🧡

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. I’m doing 100 squats a day in November for Stand Up To Cancer to help fund life-saving research. Please show your support by making a donation to my page. Your cash will support researchers to get new tests and treatments across the line faster, so more liv...

29/11/2023

We are looking to borrow a red belt and a green belt to match these coats - does anyone have anything that might work please 💙

26/11/2023

Thank you so much Theatre Tees 💙

24/11/2023

Leaping into a busy weekend of show rehearsals. So excited to be back at Strode Theatre. Just two weeks till Momentum 2023 💙

23/11/2023

Congratulations to our amazing Finlay who has successfully auditioned for the brand new musical Starter for ten premiering at Bristol Old Vic early next year.
Finlay attends our musical theatre, singing and Speech & Drama classes and was put forward for the role by Nicky Hann, our lovely Speech & Drama teacher. We are so proud of you Finlay and can’t wait to see you shine on stage as Young Brian ⭐️

23/11/2023

Show tops have just arrived - we love them 💜
Many thanks to Steve at Theatre Tees

21/11/2023

🎄🪩LAST CALL FOR PARTY TICKETS 🪩🎄

We‘d love to celebrate the end of another great year of dancing with lots of pupils and their families.
If anyone else would like to reserve tickets for our Christmas party please email:
[email protected]

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21/11/2023

Happy birthday to our truly wonderful Miss Harriet.
Hope you have the best day 🥳🎈🎂🥂

20/11/2023

He’s continuing to wow everyone- so so proud of Toby again this week ⭐️💙👏

17/11/2023

Three weeks today is showtime again so it’s seems apt to look back at our last fabulous whole school show 💙💙💙

13/11/2023

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12/11/2023

Just so so proud of Toby and totally enjoying seeing him on the TV every Sunday ⭐️💙⭐️

09/11/2023

Great teacher training course done this morning for all three of us. Thank you Rosina 💙

Our last online teachers course of 2023! This Thursday!

Leap Surgery® with Rosina Andrews - Focusing upon Rosina's publication Leap Surgery®.The science of elevation and how to apply it to your dance teaching. Helping dancers find more height in their leaps, improving power and coordination. Basic leaping principals leading advanced moves. NOVEMBER 9th 2023 10am-12noon

https://www.rosinaandrews.co.uk/online-store/Teachers-Courses-Online-p394710635

08/11/2023

If anyone local has any old fashioned suitcases that we could borrow until 11th December we would be so grateful 🤞

07/11/2023

Do come and support our super talented pupil Ed who is playing the lead role in Strode Theatre’s panto this December alongside our other pupils Florrie, Mary, Fin and Ava🎄🎭

This year’s Christmas pantomime is Strode Productions’ original adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which follows a young gamer who stumbles across a retro video game called ‘Wonderland’. However, when Alex and best friend Billie go to play, they get sucked inside the game and end up getting a lot more than they bargained for!..

A fun-packed panto full of colourful characters, singing, dancing and comedy to entertain all the family!

Tickets can be booked at www.strodetheatre.org.uk

07/11/2023

Only 12 more days left to book your tickets for our SWSOD Christmas Party on Tuesday 12th December.

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We would love to see lots of you there for a fun evening together.

Please email [email protected] to reserve your tickets.

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06/11/2023

Another of our former boys smashing it. Look at this fab photo of Henry Hicks ⭐️💙💪

Our audition dates for Sept ‘24 entry are set.

Book your place now!

3 year Performing Arts: Dance & Musical Theatre Courses. DADAs, HE Funding and Boys Scholarships available.

Audition Dates:

Tuesday 12th December
Monday 19th February
Tuesday 20th February
Tuesday 26th February
Sunday 12th May

We offer a BA (Hons) Degree in Performing Arts in partnership with The University of Northampton. We also offer the Trinity College London Level 6 Diplomas in Professional Dance and Professional Musical Theatre.

For more information e-mail [email protected] or apply now via our website www.stellamanncollege.co.uk

Graduate Destinations include:

Dua Lipa, Little Mix, Stormzy, Kylie, Spice Girls, Take That, Robbie Williams, Taylor Swift, One Direction, Katy Perry, J-Lo, Ellie Goulding, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Jess Glynne, Joy Crookes, Mabel and Clean Bandit.

X Factor, BGT, Strictly Come Dancing, Dance Dance Dance and The Greatest Dancer.

The Book of Mormon, Moulin Rouge, Hairspray, Ghost the Musical, Grease, Thriller Live,The Prom, The Bodyguard and Guys and Dolls.

Carnival Cruises, Costa Cruises, Fred Olsen Cruises, P&O Cruises, Thompson Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Princess Cruises and Celebrity Cruises.

Wonder Woman, Peaky Blinders, Bridgerton, Black Swan, Downton Abbey, Black Mirror, Ted Lasso, S*x Education, Merlin, Dancing on the Edge, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Legend, Mary Poppins Returns, Matilda, The Little Mermaid, Red, White & Royal Blue, Indiana Jones, Dumbo, Cats and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!

05/11/2023

Such an amazing performance from Toby ⭐️⭐️⭐️

02/11/2023

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02/11/2023

⭐️⭐️⭐️𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒘? ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Did you know our gorgeous former pupil Jess Michelmore is currently in Singapore playing the lead role of Sophie in the International tour of Mamma Mia The Musical?

Jess attended classes with us from age 2 to 18 and was always a joy to teach. She was Grizabella in our first ever musical CATS, performed in our dance shows and excelled in her dance exams and now she has her dream job!

From touring Britain and Europe she’s now on the last leg of her tour in Singapore but will be coming back to see us all and teach a very exciting workshop for us in January.

We are so proud of you Jess 👏💙👏

01/11/2023

Happy World Ballet Day everyone!

We love these photos which show our amazing pupils doing what they love best 💙🩰

01/11/2023

Sounds good to us for a Wednesday morning 💙

Good morning Poetry lovers ❤️❤️
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31/10/2023

Lovely work from our Primary Modern class last night 💙

31/10/2023

So proud of our senior pupil Nina who on a school trip to Sierra Leone this half term taught several successful dance classes and shared some of our show choreography.
Well done Nina 💙

30/10/2023

Yes please 💙

Thanks and Credit to Chibird!

29/10/2023

We had so much fun this afternoon I forgot to take any photos but thank you to all our lovely pupils who took part in Halloween Fun.

We hope you all had a great time.

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27/10/2023

We can’t wait to celebrate another year of wonderful dancing from our lovely pupils as well as the FAB-U-LOUS support we always get from our SWSOD families.

You are all invited to join us for food, chat and an optional boogie🕺🏼at The Loft on Tuesday 12th December.
The buffet will be served at 7pm to let our younger pupils get home to bed.

Please book tickets by Sunday 19th November by emailing [email protected]

We would love to see lots of you there 🎄🪩🎉

27/10/2023

Once again our pupils have done themselves proud in their Royal Academy of Dance exams.

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All 30 who took their exams in the summer have been awarded fantastic marks with top marks going to Ed who received 85% and High Distinction for Grade 5.

A huge well done to our Primary Ballet, Grade 1 Ballet, Grade 5 Ballet and Discovering Repertoire pupils 🎉👏🩰💙

27/10/2023

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23/10/2023

Check those pesky spam folders if you didn’t receive your October newsletter yesterday afternoon 💙

22/10/2023

How far has our lovely Toby Turley come! 💙

So proud of everything he’s achieved so far and I’m sure you’ll agree it was amazing to watch him tonight on Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream.

We can’t wait to see how he gets on 🍀🤞🍀🤞🍀
Good luck Toby from all the pupils and teachers at SWSOD 💙