Congratulations to our Junior students who competed in the UK Dance Class Championships in Preston.

The standard was incredibly high with schools competing from all across the North.

With three elimination heats, each student had to learn and perform a short dance in front of a large audience and three adjudicators.

We are very proud that since the UK Dance Class Championships were introduced, we have won the age 6-7 Ballet section at all five competitions in the North.

​Ages 6-7 (33 entrants)
1st place

Ages 8-9 (54 entrants)
1st place
4th place
Finalist

Ages 10-11 (73 entrants)
5th place

Congratulations to one of our students who has been accepted as an Elmhurst Ballet School Junior Associate in Manchester.

After only four months of ballet classes, demonstrating such potential and progression in this short period of time, she was offered a late audition and accepted onto the scheme.

Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham (in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet) is one of the top ballet schools in the country. Each year, thousands of children from all across the country audition for just a handful of places as a Junior Associate.

We had a fantastic year at the ISTD Imperial Classical Ballet Junior and Senior Awards winning multiple prizes in 2017/2018.

We were delighted that photos of our students were featured in both the January-March 2018 and September-December 2018 issues of the ISTD official dance magazine.

Congratulations to five of our current students, and two past students (now in full-time ballet training) who feature in the latest catalogue from Dancewear Central. Their photos feature alongside professional dancers from English National Ballet, Northern Ballet and The Royal Ballet.

There is also an article on adult ballet featuring interviews with three of our Silver Swans®.

Today marks one year ago since our very first Silver Swans® ballet classes for the over 55s. We were very fortunate to be the first school in Lancashire to offer the Royal Academy of Dance's Silver Swans® classes, and one of only 120 teachers licensed throughout the world.

We began our Silver Swans® in September  2017 with two classes – this has now expanded to five classes, and has over 75 people attending each week.

In this first year, our Silver Swans® classes have been featured on BBC North West Tonight, BBC Radio Manchester, That's Manchester TV, and in The Times, Daily Express, This is Lancashire, Bury Times and Bolton News. The social media video created by BBC North West Tonight has been shared all over the world and currently viewed over 380,000 times.

Wishing all our Elmhurst Ballet School (in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet) Junior Associates a fantastic first day back. We currently have three students who are Elmhurst Ballet School Junior Associates.

In the last four years we have had six students accepted as Junior Associates of Elmhurst Ballet School – two of whom are now studying at full-time ballet school.

Also wishing one of our senior student's a great first day back in her second year as an associate at Moorland Ballet International Ballet Academy.

Our student who was very excited on her first day as an Elmhurst Ballet School Junior Associates