Both our children's school and Silver Swans® enjoyed some special treats this week as Birmingham Royal Ballet toured their latest production of La Fille Mal Gardée to The Lowry in Salford. 

Some of our students from the children's school went to watch the full production, and others watched Birmingham Royal Ballet's La Fille Male Gardée production specially adapted for children (First Steps - a child's La Fille Mal Gardée). Students were were able to meet the dancers afterwards.

A group of our Silver Swans® also enjoyed a wonderful day on Saturday, starting in the morning, watching Birmingham Royal Ballet's Company Class on stage. After this, by special arrangement with Birmingham Royal Ballet, Will, the company manager, gave a private viewing, exclusively to our Silver Swans®, of the re-setting of the stage, a close-up look at costumes and Q&A. The Silver Swans® then watched the matinee performance of La Fille Mal Gardée.

On Sunday 7th October seven of our Junior students competed in the UK Dance Class Championships in Sheffield.

Students had to progress through three elimination heats, with each student learning and performing a short dance in front of a large audience and three adjudicators.

We were delighted that all seven of our students reached the semi-finals in Ballet with the results as follows:

​Ages 6-7 (40 entrants)
2nd place
4th place

Ages 8-9 (50 entrants)
2nd place
6th place
2x semi finalists

Ages 10-11 (70 entrants)
4th place

Tuesday 2nd October marks World Ballet Day – and our school joined in with the celebrations! 

The evening before, on Monday 1st October, our Seniors gave presentations on different themes about ballet – topics included Darcey Bussell, Mariinsky Ballet, Anna Pavlova, and The Royal Ballet to name just a few.