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Silver Swans on World Ballet Day!

31/10/2023

Following our Silver Swans Celebration Day video, we are so honoured that the Royal Academy of Dance have asked to feature our video on World Ballet Day!

You can watch the Royal Academy of Dance's video live on World Ballet Day (Wednesday 1st November) at 11.30am on the Royal Academy of Dance's YouTube and social media. Don't worry if you can't watch it live though, you will still be able to access it afterwards.

World Ballet Day is organised by the Royal Ballet, Australian Ballet and San Francisco Ballet and is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year.

You can watch the Royal Academy of Dance's video here:

Silver Swans on World Ballet Day

Darcey Bussell: Dancing to Happiness

30/10/2023

In case you missed it! Darcey Bussell: Dancing to Happiness has aired again on TV!. This documentary was filmed five years ago with our Silver Swans® classes.

Darcey Bussell: Dancing to Happiness
Monday 30th October
BBC Four – 11pm

Also available on iPlayer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0btt5n1

Cup of Europe 2023

28/10/2023

Sending lots of luck to Eva as she represents Team GB at Cup of Europe in Pula, Croatia next week! Eva's skating is trained by Elite Artistic Skating Club and she attends our weekly online ballet classes to enhance her skating training.

Artistic roller skating competitions

27/10/2023

Huge congratulations to our Ballet for Skaters students on their recent successes at Autumn Nationals, Roller Cup and Bolton Opens:

1st places
🏆 Bella – Figures & Free Autumn Nationals
🏆 Isabel – Roller Cup (Bronze level)
🏆 Jessica – Bolton Opens (Free Dance)
🏆 Jessica – Bolton Opens (Interbronze+ teams)
🏆 Georgia – Bolton Opens (Senior solo dance)
🏆 Emma, Nicole, Georgia – Bolton Opens (Bronze+ teams)
🏆 Nicole – Bolton Opens (duo teams)

2nd places
🥈 Eva – Bolton Opens (Free Dance)
🥈 Georgia – Bolton Opens Senior (Free Dance)

3rd places
🥉 Eowyn – Roller Cup (Elementary Free dance)
🥉 Jessica – Bolton Opens (Up to Senior solo dance)

4th places
Eva – Bolton Opens (solo dance)
Nicole – Bolton Opens (solo dance)

6th place
Nicole – Bolton Opens (Senior Free Dance)

Huge congratulations to all the skaters who competed at these competitions. And congratulations to their skating coaches

Want to know more about our ballet training for skaters?

Ballet for Skaters

Silver Swans Celebration Day 2023

12/10/2023

On Sunday 1st October, the Royal Academy of Dance held the first Silver Swans® Celebration Day at their London headquarters. We were honoured for our online Silver Swans® classes to be chosen to feature at this event (which was attended by Silver Swans® ambassador, Angela Rippon, and Queen Camilla also sent a letter of good wishes to all participating Silver Swans).

The video features some of our UK and international Silver Swans demonstrating a Port de Bras, learnt in the 2023 spring term of our weekly online Silver Swans® classes.

The dancers in this video are all aged in their 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. Some started ballet as a complete beginner in our online Silver Swans classes (there is one lady featured in this video who had only started ballet that term!), and some are ex-professional dancers.

Watch our Silver Swans Celebration Day video!

NEW online ballet class for Asia-Pacific time zones and UK/European home school

6/10/2023

After huge demand, we're excited to announce our BRAND NEW online ballet classes, suitable for Asia/Australia time zones!

This class is also perfect children aged 8-12 years old and can also be accessed by home-schooled children in the UK and Europe.

Join us on Tuesdays at:
11.45am (BST/GMT) UK
5.45pm Thailand
6.45pm China
6.45pm Western Australia
7.45pm Japan
7.45pm Korea

Join us for our online ballet classes, taught live from the United Kingdom

Silver Sunday 2023

1/10/2023

A HUGE thank you to everyone who joined us for our Silver Sunday online events!

We enjoyed two fully-booked ballet classes with dancers joining us from across the UK, France, South Africa and Malaysia! Thank you to everyone for your very kind comments about the event. It was a pleasure to share the day with you.

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