New Classes coming soon!
/...We've got lots of exciting new classes coming in September! Watch this space!
Dates for the Diary
/Don't forget those all important dates for your diary...
Saturday 25th June - Ravenshead Summer Fête (St. Peters Centre)
Sunday 25th June OR Sunday 3rd July - Our next exam session
Friday 22nd July - Summer Ball
Save the Date!
/AJ School of Dance is excited to announce it's first Summer Ball, taking place on Friday 22nd July! Ball gowns, special performances, presentations and lots and lots of dancing!
New Classes
/We'll be starting our Adult classes from Thursday 7th Jan.
6:00pm - 6:30pm - Dance Fit
6:45pm - 7:30pm - Adult Ballet
7:30pm - 8:15pm - Adult Tap
Please contact us for more information and to book your place.
Moving into 2016...
/We’re making efforts to update our business to make life easier for our pupils and parents. We’ve listened to feedback and are now taking payments digitally as well as by cheque and cash. We will be sending out invoices via email to allow quick and easy payments.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
/What a fantastic year 2015 has been! Lets take a look back...
AJPG Seniors reached 'That’s Showbiz' Finals at Blackpool Opera House and took part in a workshop with Tap Attack; AJPG Juniors was founded; we witnessed the reopening of the St Peter’s Centre. AJ in Oz was a huge success, along with our performances at Ravenshead Church Fête. Our seniors took part in a Contemporary Workshop with Adaire to Dance; AJPG Juniors performed in 'That’s Showbiz 2015’; We helped raise money and awareness for Bowel Cancer with a huge Flashmob; Mrs P retired after an amazing 40 years of teaching, Miss Katie had a baby boy and we topped it all off with 4 huge exam sessions!
We wish everyone all the best for 2016 and look forward to lots of brilliant opportunities and adventures ahead!
Exams approaching...!
/Our next exam session is quickly approaching and we're working hard in lessons preparing the final touches!
The exam timetable for the day is now available to view in our Backstage area for parents and pupils.
Remember... BIG SMILE!
Contemporary Classes!
/AJ School of Dance is proud to follow the National Association of Teachers of Dance syllabus which has recently received Ofqual accreditation in it's Contemporary Syllabus as well as the Ballet & Tap now.
We're planning to start NEW Contemporary classes in January 2016 for all ages! Keep an eye on our timetable for more information!
NEW CLASSES!
/We are happy to announce our timetable is expanding! In January 2016 we are adding in classes suitable for adults (age 18+) and more baby classes (age 2½+)!
Adult Ballet - Thursdays from 6:15pm - 7:00pm
Adult Dance Fit - Thursdays from 7:00pm - 7:45pm
Baby Ballet - Saturdays from 9:30am - 10:00am
Baby Street - Saturdays from 10:00am - 10:30am
That's Showbiz!
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AJPG Juniors took to the stage at the York Barbican to compete in 'That's Showbiz 2015' and what a performance it was!
This was the groups debut performance on a huge stage and did AJ School of Dance and all of the parents proud!
A wonderful experience for all involved, including parents and teachers!
Flashmob!
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Some of our senior pupils took part in surprising 450+ guests at 'Hannah's Total Amaze Ball' in a spontaneous Flashmob! The event raised over £34,000 for Bowel Cancer and AJ School of Dance, and the pupils that took part, are proud to have been able to contribute to the cause.
Our dancers, disguised as waitresses, one by one took to the floor to create a spectacular dance performance that took the room by storm!
A great performance for a great cause - well done to all who took part!
Audition success
/Congratulations to AJ School of Dance's pupils Sarah Newton, 18, who has recently been accepted into SLP College to study dance on a 3 year diploma course and Heidi Robinson, 18, for gaining a place at Lincoln University studying on the 3 year dance course. A huge well done and the best of luck for your continued dance training!
Disney dance week
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AJ School of Dance held their annual dance summer school in August 2015 and they had a fabulous week of dancing, singing, acting, crafting and fun games, all topped off with an incredible performance to parents.
30 children aged between 2½ and 10 learnt choreography and songs from well known disney films.
NATD Exam Success!
/AJ School of Dance's pupils have received their latest exam results, and they are over the moon! Some of the incredible results were from Rebecca Meadowcroft, 18, who has undertaken her Advanced 1 in Stage Branch Tap Dance and received 94, Verity Turner, 20, completed her Associateship with 92 marks and is now a qualified ballet teacher at AJ School of Dance. Some more of the incredible results came from Lucy Gabb, 90 in Grade 3 Tap, Emily Williams & Anna Unwin 89 in Intermediate Ballet, Emily Wright 89 in Grade 5 Tap, Hannah Wakelin & Sophie Brown 89 in Grade 3 Tap.
Well done to everyone who took an exam!
AJ in Oz
/May 2015 saw AJ School of Dance present their dance adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. The 3 performances showcased pupils from nursery ballet through to the advanced seniors at Newark's Robin Hood Theatre.
