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THE INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE OF THE ISTD DANCE EXAMINATIONS BOARD

CREATION AWARDS Modern Theatre Dance

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RUBY GINNER AWARDS Classical Greek Dance

DANCE PROMS An exciting finale

National Youth Ballet JAN–MAR 2018 Issue 482

of Great Britain INTERVIEW WITH RUTH BRILL

NATIONAL GRAND FINALS & DANCE EXCHANGE Disco Freestyle Rock ‘n’ Roll

CECCHETTI CLASSICAL BALLET AWARDS

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DANCE Welcome to DANCE We are looking forward to a year full of exciting possibilities for members, so why not take a moment to relax with your magazine and make a personal wish-list for the year ahead?

Early in the new year we celebrate achievement with our graduation ceremony, plus the Bursary Awards and Nurturing Talented Young Dancers events. Then we have our April programme of courses at an exciting new venue, Laine Theatre Arts, followed by summer schools in Italy and the UK as well as a whole host of other opportunities throughout 2018.

January is a great time to make resolutions for what we can do better in the year ahead and reflect on all that has been achieved during the previous year. This

issue is packed with fantastic photos and highlights from the Cecchetti awards, the Creation choreographic competition, the Imperial Ballet Junior Awards, Blackpool and DFR grand finals, and the Ruby Ginner Awards, as well as a must-read article about the National Youth Ballet of Great Britain. And to help you plan ahead, DANCE Extra has a new twist for 2018… spot the difference….

So, slip off your dancing shoes and enjoy a good read.

And don’t forget to write in with your own news, photos or questions.

Tamsin Moore, Editor

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5 News from Our Artistic Director A letter to members from Ginny Brown 7 Out and About The ISTD Chair, Sue Passmore, shares her latest news 9 #BestPractice: Insurance The final element in our series about the new Professional Standards Scheme 10 The National Youth Ballet of Great Britain How the NYB provides professional performance opportunities for talented students, plus an interview with Ruth Brill 15 Dance Proms A wonderful finale for this great event 20 International News Photos from exam sessions in Canada, Portugal, Singapore, Spain and Vietnam 22 Library News News of our new catalogue and an unusual portrait of Cyril Beaumont 23 Dancewear Central Reader Offer Win a dance class bundle worth over £100

24 Nurturing Talented Young Dancers and the ISTD Bursary Awards Taking place at The Lowry on 21st January 2018 26 ISTD Graduation Ceremony 2018 A celebration of achievement 28 ISTD Teachers’ Summer School Save the date for our 2018 residential summer school 30 Peggy Spencer Legend Award A new two-dance examination available for all dancesport genres 33 ISTD International Student Summer School Join us for a multi dance genre residential summer school in Italy

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34 ISTD Spring Programme A varied and exciting programme of courses in April 37 Advance Your Teaching Skills Courses on specialised units of the DDP Level 6

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38 Cecchetti Classical Ballet The Cyril Beaumont Scholarship, Cecchetti Children’s Awards, Vocational Awards and information about scholarships and awards 46 Classical Greek Dance A report, photos and results from the recent Ruby Ginner Awards 49 Classical Indian Dance Anaya Bolar talks about being commended at the ISTD Bursary Awards 51 Disco, Freestyle, Rock ‘n’ Roll Reports and photos from Dance Exchange and National Grand Finals Day 59 Imperial Classical Ballet Results and photos from the recent Junior Ballet Awards, the Training of Ballet Technique course and important diary dates 65 Latin American, Modern Ballroom & Sequence Reports and photos from Blackpool Grand Finals and the ISTD Medallist Festival in Troisdorf, plus an article about Salsa in India 72 Modern Theatre Report and photos from the Faculty’s Jazz & West End workshops and Creation choreographic competition 79 National Dance The benefits of residential summer school 83 Tap Dance Feedback from Intermediate Tap courses and details of Tap Challenge 2018

87 New Staff Profiles and photos of new ISTD staff 88 Exam Successes Qualifications recorded at ISTD HQ over the past months 91 #DanceInspiration Roberta Woodhouse has had the best 12 months of her life and it’s all down to Ballroom and Latin dancing 92 Buy Why not treat yourself to something new for the new year?

93 Directory ISTD councils and committees, plus contact details for staff, faculty co-ordinators and global organisers 96 Membership Matters Important updates about ISTD membership

108 Courses and More A section dedicated to ISTD examination dates, courses and contact details. Please note this section runs backwards from page 108.

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NEWS From Our Artistic Director A letter to members from Ginny Brown

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ear Members, Implicit in the ISTD’s mission ‘to educate the public in the art of dancing’ is a responsibility to ensure that our work is accessible to all, regardless of (dis)ability, age, culture, gender or financial status.

Broadening access to dance has been a guiding principle throughout my career and I am therefore delighted to announce a raft of new initiatives to ensure breadth of access to the ISTD.

BRIAN SLATER

Financial Bursaries

I am delighted to announce a raft of new initiatives to ensure breadth of access to the ISTD

In 2018 we are introducing new bursaries to support current and future dance teachers to develop their skills and qualifications, as part of the ISTD’s charitable purpose. Teachers will be able to apply for funds under three categories: 1. Initial teaching training (the new Level 4 Diploma in Dance Education and Dancesport Associate). Applicants will be able to apply for up to £5,000 to cover the cost of training and associated expenses (such as travel and any carer costs) 2. Higher teacher training (the Level 6 Diploma in Dance Pedagogy). Applicants may apply for financial support of up to £2000 towards the cost of the course fees and associated expenses. This course is suitable for professional dancers and experienced teachers who wish to further their teaching skills and gain a government recognised teaching qualification (QTLS). The fund is already available for the next course, starting in September 2018, and applications are open until 15th April 2018. For further information see page 37 or contact the Education & Training Department: higherqualifications@ istd.org

3. Continuing professional development for international members. We understand that it can be logistically challenging and expensive for international members to attend ISTD training and that this can prevent our teachers from continuing their professional development. Therefore we are also introducing bursaries to support international members with the cost of travel to another country for intensive study periods with the ISTD Applications for the new bursaries will open in early 2018 and will be assessed on financial need, plus motivation to undertake training.

Look out for further news to be posted on the website shortly.

The ISTD also supports talented young dancers and their teachers through the Theatre Bursary Awards. ISTD young dancers are selected by each theatre faculty to compete for awards of up to £3,000 to support further training. Come and experience this exciting showcase first hand at the Quays Theatre, the Lowry, Manchester on 21st January 2018 (see page 24 for further details).

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We are excited to be starting a disability dance research project

Disability Dance Research Project Additionally, we are excited to be starting a disability dance research project, which will run through 2018. Three ISTD teachers have been selected to partner with three disability dance specialists.

During the year they will explore how ISTD syllabi can be adapted to suit the needs of their disabled learners. This process will be recorded and evaluated by Imogen Aujla, Senior Lecturer in Dance Science at the University of Bedfordshire.

Thank you to all who responded to our recent questionnaire about including disabled learners in your classes. Responses revealed that whilst most teachers generally felt confident managing disabled learners’ needs in their classes, only 36% felt they had sufficient knowledge of disabilities. However, it was gratifying that 76% of respondents stated that they would like to make their classes more accessible to learners with differing disabilities. This project is a step in that direction and we plan to share the outcomes with members early in 2019.

Theatre Advanced 1 and 2 Analysis These initiatives to broaden access to ISTD training fit nicely with the new Theatre Advanced 1 and 2 Analysis exams (introduced in the last issue of DANCE). These will enable teachers to progress onto the Licentiate and Fellowship qualifications by providing an accessible route to gaining the Advanced 1 or 2. These new exams have been very well received and are now available for examination.

Do you have experience of introducing ISTD syllabi to a new group? Perhaps you teach children in a state school, work with older adults, or teach recreational classes in a non-typical setting.

If so, we would love to hear from you. To share your experience and photos, please email marketing@istd.org.

Ginny Brown, Artistic Director

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Out and About

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The ISTD Chair, Sue Passmore, shares her latest news

XS Latin at Dance Proms 2017

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n this issue I am focusing on several examples of the extraordinary dedication and achievements of our members that I have encountered recently.

The latter end of 2017 has had so many highlights, surprises and most importantly a reality check for potential growth in building our future.

On Saturday 4th November the Blackpool Grand Finals was a triumph and without the tireless effort of the remarkable Nicky Miles might never have been possible. The Empire Ballroom had been forced to close for essential repair to the roof, however, miraculously it was encased with scaffolding and the organisers produced their usual highly prestigious event.

The Dance Proms sadly faced the end of an era and this year’s performance was without doubt spectacular in diversity and quality of technical underpinning across the age spectrum.

XS Latin, guest artists at Dance Proms, wrote the following: XS Latin coach and ISTD member David Mallabone was delighted to receive a call from Sue Passmore inviting the team to perform as guest artists at the prestigious 2017 Dance Proms.

David was one of the founder members in 1997 before becoming part of the coaching team in 2005. The club continues to have close links with the Cambridge University Dancesport team with its current members being largely, although not solely, made up of current or former students at the University. XS Latin specialises in Latin Formation dancing, which includes the five International Latin dances and requires teams of couples to dance them in ever-changing patterns and with tight synchronization.

The team is largely a competitive team and indeed, Sue and David first met to discuss the Dance Proms performance after the team had become the first British team in eight years to win the British Open Latin Formation Championship in Blackpool. However, the team also perform demonstrations and the show at the Royal Albert Hall promised to be an unforgettable one. Their current routine, based on the Broadway musical Wicked, XS Latin won the 2017 British Open Latin Formation Champions, British National Formation Champions and UK Adult Formation Champions.

Sam Rowe is studying for a Doctorate in Organic Chemistry. He had not danced before coming to Cambridge to study and has now danced ballroom and latin for two years. Sam said “after putting my books down in the evening, I devote most of my free time in the week to dance training and see it as a wonderful release from the rigours of academic work at such a high level.”

Kirsty Davies is a former student of Experimental Psychology at Cambridge University. She now works for a medical research company as a Principal Clinical Research Scientist but continues to dance with XS Latin. Kirsty studied lots of dance forms as a child, including tap, ballet and disco but started her career in ballroom and latin on arriving at Cambridge. She said, “It was an honour to dance as guest act for Dance Proms on behalf of the ISTD. The setting and the lighting were utterly incredible and the whole evening inspired me to want to dance as well as I can. An evening I will never forget.”

Thomas Nelson is currently studying Classics at Cambridge. He has been a member of XS Latin for three years and, in that time, has competed in Germany, Hungary, Austria and the Netherlands with the team. Reflecting on Dance Proms, Thomas said, “It was a real honour to perform in such a prestigious venue, and the atmosphere on the night was incredible: the applause of the audience, the building’s excellent acoustics and all the lighting effects made the show feel very special.”

XS Latin is very grateful to Sue and the ISTD for the kind invitation to perform at such a spectacular event and to the wonderful audience for their incredible and enthusiastic reception. It is particularly special to be able to perform at an event where dance in all its forms is celebrated and honoured and the atmosphere and respect of all the performers backstage was testament to this.

It is to be hoped that there will be opportunities to promote a new initiative at the Royal Albert Hall, which is without doubt our most important, iconic venue for recognising international music and dance for global ‘well-being’.

The Malaysian Awards culminated a month of ISTD teaching and examinations. For both Ginny Brown, Artistic Director and

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myself it was the first time to visit Kuala Lumpur. Although the schedule was tight we were able to observe different aspects of ISTD delivery throughout the short visit. The organisation, energy and dynamic at every level was outstanding.

Throughout my career recognising potential skill and an indefinable quality of dance performance has been rewarded in many ways and this visit did not disappoint.

Sherina Hamzah was working with two other young teachers led by Jackie Barnes on the Grade 5 Modern syllabli. This was the first class Ginny and I watched and after speaking to Sherina.

After the class I asked her to share her profile with me for DANCE Magazine:

I have also spent a significant amount of time choreographing and entering groups for competitions locally. In 2014 and 2016 I was awarded the Mercedes Benz Award for Creative Excellence by the Director of the KUALA LUMPUR PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE. Other than that I spend my free time with my three children who are nine, six and two years old.

I have been teaching the ISTD Tap and Modern work since I opened my studio in 1999. I love teaching and absolutely enjoy all the work in both Tap and Modern. The design of the syllabus trains young dancers well, and at this stage I already have several students around the world finding jobs as teachers, dancers, or in various fields in the performing arts. My studio is now 18 years old and I am thankful that it is still thriving. I have 15 teachers working in my centre and about 500 students. This year I opened a new branch, which will serve as a suitable black box space for in-house productions.

I obtained my Tap Fellowship in 2012 and two years later obtained my Modern Fellowship. It is my proudest achievement as a teacher, because I used to admire all the examiners and tutors coming to my country with the initials ‘FISTD’ and to be able to use that behind my name is, for lack of better words ‘awesome’.

JACQUI NORTON

Right: Images of Sherina Hanzah

Above: 2017 Blackpool Grand Finals

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#BestPractice: Insurance The final element in our series of articles about the new Professional Standards Scheme The ISTD Professional Standards Scheme covers four main areas that form the foundation of a good dance teacher: Child Protection Insurance Continuing Professional Development Health and Safety The scheme is being rolled-out in conjunction with our new-look DANCE-TEACHERS.ORG, a searchable directory where ISTD-qualified teachers can register their details and advertise their dance school business. For each completed element of the scheme you will receive a badge against your online profile, showing potential customers that you take your responsibilities in the dance studio seriously.

How do I get started?

We recognise that some aspects of the Professional Standards Scheme may be unfamiliar. To help you get started, we have produced a series of articles, each focusing on one element. You can find previous articles in DANCE Magazine issues 481, 480 and 479.

More detailed guidance and template documents for each professional standard are downloadable from the ISTD website at www. istd.org/courses-and-training/professional-standards-scheme.

Insurance – do I need it?

Insuring your dance business is a legal requirement if you employ others but even a teacher operating solely can benefit from the financial protection that insurance provides against unforeseen events. What constitutes an unforeseen event? For example: • You or another suffers an injury on your school’s premises • A student blames you for their failing a prestigious audition and sues for the money paid for classes • Adverse weather damages your school and equipment, leaving you unable to teach for a number of weeks No single type of insurance will protect you against the full extent of potential claims, so it is important to take out a suitable range of policies. In most cases this can be done with a single insurer.

Here we will briefly break down the most common types of insurance that a dance teacher should have, depending on their circumstances.

Mandatory Insurance If you employ another person for any kind of work at your school (dance teaching, reception duties, cleaning, etc) then you must take out Employer’s Liability Insurance. This type of insurance will protect you in the event of claims made against you by an employee for injury or illness allegedly caused by working at your school. It will also cover the associated legal costs of defending yourself against such a claim.

Recommended Insurance Public Liability Insurance provides protection for claims made against you by members of the public for injury or damage to their property.

Professional Indemnity Insurance covers you in the event of alleged professional negligence (eg a student is injured while attempting a dance move and alleges you did not adequately demonstrate it); accidental breach of copyright or confidentiality; defamation or libel; and loss of money, data or items for which you are responsible.

Buildings Insurance is important for anybody who owns their school’s premises and who wants to protect it against damage, adverse weather or natural disaster. Contents Insurance will provide cover for the contents of your premises against damage or theft.

If you find yourself in a situation where you cannot teach for an extended period of time (such as a result of natural disaster), then Business Interruption Insurance will protect you against the subsequent loss of income and the additional costs of getting yourself back on your feet, eg temporarily hiring an alternative venue and new equipment.

If you become ill or injured, Health Insurance can help with the costs of diagnoses and treatment. In some cases it will also provide financial support during your time off from teaching.

What next?

For our UK members, the ISTD has an on-going business relationship with Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers Limited (which is underwritten by AXA Insurance Limited). Arthur J. Gallagher provides policies for our teachers, adjudicators, examiners and dance school principals.

Their insurance scheme offers the following standard essential covers: • Public Liability £5,000,000 (Higher limit available upon request) • Employer’s Liability £10,000,000 • Free legal helpline • Financial loss cover up to £25,000 It can also provide the following optional covers: • Personal accident for teachers and pupils • All risks for property and computers • Business Interruption • Money For more information, please contact the Arthur J. Gallagher team. Tel: 0345 073 8495, email: danny_king@ajg.com We advise our non-UK members to seek out trusted insurance providers in their respective countries.

If you would like any further help or advice, the Education & Training Department is on hand at coursebookings@istd.org or on +44 (0)20 7377 1577. Alternatively, full guidance and template documents for all elements of the Professional Standards Scheme are downloadable from www.istd.org/courses-and-training.

Matthew Brandwood, Professional Development Co-ordinator

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The National Youth Ballet of Great Britain The National Youth Ballet of Great Britain provides professional performance opportunities for talented students from across the UK

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he main aim of the National Youth Ballet of Great Britain (NYB) is to offer talented young dancers, aged 8 to 18 years, an opportunity to work, rehearse and perform like a professional dance company. Members are recruited by audition and in the words of the NYB’s artistic director Mikah Smillie: “Without the teachers’ expertise we wouldn’t have the calibre of students to do it.”

The NYB commissions bold new work, created by professional choreographers working within the industry, collaborating with musicians, designers, eminent composers, costumiers, and technicians to create a complete company experience. Many alumni have gone on to gain contracts with major ballet and musical theatre companies throughout the world. The NYB also encourages children from all walks of life to become involved with their outreach Fit to Dance programme in schools and the community.

Find out more about the National Youth Ballet of Great Britain online at nationalyouthballet.org.

“We finished with a short question and answer session. It’s great to be able to share my experiences, both as a dancer and a choreographer, to inspire and encourage young dancers.”

Ruth Brill is a First Artist and choreographer with Birmingham Royal Ballet. She recently lectured at the ISTD’s Performance Masterclass on Tuesday 24th October 2017.

Just after the class she said: “It was a pleasure teaching the NYB performance masterclass at the ISTD today. We had such fun! I wanted to give the young dancers an insight into working and rehearsing like a professional company. We focused on my recent work Steamboat Summer for the NYB. I taught an excerpt directly from the opening scene, followed by a more creative, task-based exercise. The workshop had an emphasis on character development, stagecraft, drama, personality and performance.

“It was lovely to have teachers observing the session in such a positive way. I believe that the work that the NYB does complements and builds on the strong grounding that teachers are giving their students every week, in their schools. NYB offers something different – a chance to use this technique to develop through a performance experience.

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The work that the NYB does builds on the strong grounding that teachers are giving their students every week

Wonderful, inspirational masterclass McAlpine Dance (Twitter feedback following Ruth’s ISTD Masterclass)

How did dancing with the National Youth Ballet of Great Britain (NYB) help you?

The NYB offered me valuable performance experience and the chance to work as part of a company at a more demanding level, at a crucial stage of my development as a dancer. I was able to learn how a performance comes together and enjoy the excitement of building a production to a climax in a major theatre. The repertoire is wide and varied, giving me the chance to try different styles of dance and making me more versatile as a dancer. I was treated as a professional, expected to be resilient, independent and competent. At the same time, I was working with industry professionals, who support and work with the NYB, and who demonstrated skills that I would need in the future. I made many helpful contacts, some of whom I have kept in touch with throughout my career.

Would you recommend teachers to encourage their gifted students (who may be looking at dance as a career) to apply to dance with the NYB? Yes! The NYB gives young students a wonderful experience and offers an opportunity to dance on a world stage, with professional

quality costumes, sets and production. High standards are expected of all participants. As a result, those involved have the chance to perform and grow, respond positively to the challenges and expand their knowledge of characterisation and dance styles. They can experience the importance of company spirit and feel what it’s like to be part of a closely-knit team. It is valuable to meet like-minded young people and establish new friendships. In all these ways, students can raise their self-esteem and confidence.

How did you get into the NYB? I heard about the NYB through my local dance teacher and having seen advertisements in the dance magazines. I went to watch performances when I was very young and was inspired to apply in the future. Local auditions are held across the country. I got through the first round, then to the finals and casting auditions in London. There was an agonising wait to hear if I had been accepted.

Then the letter came listing the parts I had been cast to dance in. The audition process itself was a useful learning experience.

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What is the best thing about choreographing for the NYB? This is an exciting time for the NYB. Building on Jill Tookey’s legacy, Mikah Smillie is pushing the company forward and exploring exciting new possibilities.

There is a great, vibrant atmosphere. I was given a great deal of freedom as a choreographer in the choice of music, casting and projection design. It is always a very satisfying experience to create an entirely new piece. The children were enthusiastic and receptive, working hard at every stage of the process. I was able to reconnect with established and successful alumni, several of whom I had worked with in the past.

What is the most difficult aspect of this?

We rehearsed and produced a 22-minute ballet in 10 days! It was an intense period of time, requiring fast and highly focused work. With precise preparation, this was successful because the momentum drove me forward. I’m also still a dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet, so I was juggling two jobs at the same time.

What is the best thing about working with the Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB)?

I moved to BRB to experience its extensive repertoire and work with David Bintley. While protecting and cherishing the important heritage of masters such as Macmillan and Ashton, BRB also develops new works. I enjoy working with David Bintley, a choreographer himself. He has given me the opportunity not only to dance a variety of wonderful roles, but also to choreograph. My first main stage commission for BRB, Arcadia has been performed on tour, at Birmingham Hippodrome and at Sadlers Wells. David Bintley has been supportive of my career and encourages me with each new challenge. As a patron of the NYB, he enabled me to make a piece this year, while continuing to dance with the company.

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And the hardest thing?

BRB have a very busy schedule with a great deal of repertoire. We have to learn quickly.

We are a touring company, which can be tiring and challenging at times. Yet it all brings us closer together within the BRB family.

And is there anything you’d like to add about the NYB that you think would be important for ISTD members to know?

The NYB offers a chance for everyone involved to grow and develop.

There are opportunities within all aspects of the company – dancers, costume, administration, stage management and design.

Working with a new generation of choreographers, designers and dancers, the NYB is nurturing upcoming talent.

Interview by Tamsin Moore

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The NYB celebrated its 30th Anniversary in 2017 with four performances of its Time in Motion programme at the Crescent Theatre in Birmingham, followed by a gala at Sadler’s Wells on 3rd September. I must declare a personal interest in the Company, for which I have taught and choreographed since 1990, and am now a Trustee. Even so, I can report without much fear of contradiction that the ’Wells gala presented a rejuvenated NYB fairly brimming with energy and optimism under the new artistic directorship of Mikah Smillie, who was appointed in 2016 following the death of its inspirational founder, Jill Tookey.

Each year NYB recruits members by audition, with 75 dancers aged 13–18 forming the main Company, and 30 children

aged 8–12 in its junior ranks. During an intensive residential summer school, the season’s repertoire is created and rehearsed, costumes are fitted, set-changes and lighting plotted. There follows a short week of rehearsals and performances in a regional theatre, before the season ends with a gala, which is usually held at Sadler’s Wells.

The NYB Beyond Ballet choreographic platform provides aspirant choreographers with rare access to the full resources of a large ballet company. After making a formal pitch of their proposed ballet, successful participants go on to engage with all aspects of production, from auditions and casting to collaboration with composers, designers, rehearsal directors, stage management and wardrobe. Although the Beyond Ballet initiative was officially introduced four years ago, it has developed over time in response to a rising tide of talent. Alumni Drew McOnie (now an Associate Artist of the Old Vic), Joanne Meredith and Andrew McNicol are among those who made some of their earliest professional work for the NYB. For the 2017 season, this opportunity was extended to three young choreographers, Ruth Brill, Arielle Smith and Louise Bennett. All are at very different stages of their professional careers.

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National Youth Ballet’s Beyond Ballet at Sadler’s Wells

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Other items from the 2017 programme included NYB repertoire revivals, including Christopher Hampson’s fabulous Carnival (2000), and Jonathan Payn’s ever-popular Iken (2001). It is notable, however, that the 2017 NYB choreographic platform provided a welcome opportunity for female choreographers, who are still all too rare in ballet.

“But the form has to move forward”, insists Ruth Brill, “and it is important for audiences and artists alike to take risks.” Brill, Smith and Bennett are among a new generation of artists willing and able to take those risks, while National Youth Ballet’s Beyond Ballet choreographic platform aims to help them to do just that. Look out for NYB’s return to the ’Wells in September 2018.

Anna Meadmore The above article is based on an earlier piece Anna wrote for the July 2017 edition of Dancing Times.

The NYB choreographic platform provided a welcome opportunity for female choreographers AUDITIONS FOR THE NYB OPEN IN JANUARY 2018.

Check Facebook @nationalyouthballet and the website, nationalyouthballet.org for updates.

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ance Proms has provided ISTD and Royal Academy of Dance schools, teachers, and students a unique performance platform since 2010. This years’ event was bigger and better than ever before with schools from Austria, Italy, Malta, Vietnam and all across the UK joining together as a company to perform original pieces created by their teachers and choreographers in a variation of genres. From Ballet to Commercial, Contemporary to National, there really was something for everyone in this fantastic and eclectic performance.

The ISTD would like to congratulate all the dancers on their excellent performance skills, the teachers and choreographers for exceptional creativity; the guest acts Flawless and students from the Flawless Dance School, Nafisah Baba, and XS Latin for their inspiring work and finally all the members of the Dance Proms event team for all the hard work putting together another unforgettable experience.

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INTERNATIONAL BARBARA SIMONS IN CANADA

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n 13th June 2017, my students from the Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement in Toronto took their National Dance Exam at Canada’s National Ballet School with examiner Barbara Simons.

Zita and Amelia took their Gold Medal exam and Alaia and Sophie took their Silver Medal exam. For the project, Zita and Amelia made a traditional Austrian dessert called Kaiserschmarrin and created a collage about Russia. Alaia talked about Portuguese custard tarts and Sophie made a collage about Italy.

Also, four dancers took their Folk Dance study exams. They presented three dances from England. Willa and Sarah baked English scones and Audrey and Emily made English rice pudding.

We all had a wonderful time and it was pleasure to have Barbara Simons. Congratulations to all my students!

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KATE SIMMONS IN PORTUGAL Left: The last examination session that took place at Pirmin Treku school in Porto, in June 2017. Students from the major level with examiner Kate Simmons (centre left) and teacher Sara Leite (centre right). Maria José Rodrigues (director) far right. Bárbara Guedes (director) far left

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PADDY HURLINGS IN SPAIN

PAMELA EDDLESTON IN SINGAPORE

Above: Rosa Gomez, John O’Brien and their students who entered for vocational graded examinations in Madrid, Spain

Above: Pamela Eddleston examining students of Sharon Liew in Singapore. It was Sharon’s first time entering a candidate from a special needs school, where she is developing a programme using the ISTD Modern Theatre Dance syllabus

JULIE TOMKINS IN SINGAPORE AND VIETNAM

Photos from Julie Tomkins’ visit to Singapore and Vietnam in 2017

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Library News ISTD Librarian, Sarah Jardine-Willoughby reports NEW Library Catalogue

An Unusual Portrait of Cyril Beaumont

I am in the process of entering details of all the library books onto an online database, Libib.com, which is searchable via the web.

There is a link to the catalogue from the Library webpage on the main ISTD site. I am making sure every book will be listed with the correct details on the database with a photograph of the book, usually of the front cover or title page. The shelf mark is listed on the catalogue as call#: = dewey number. I am also trying to include a note with the copy information if our copy is a presentation copy or sometimes the previous owner.

It is possible to download a Libib.com app for a smart phone or tablet to be able to check the catalogue at any time. I am checking the entries against our old ACCESS database by title and have reached “L”. Most of our new books are already on the database and I have to just add the #call mark information. The main work involved is entering most of the older books from scratch, also adding photographs to many entries. I will update this information when it is complete.

Many photographs of Cyril Beaumont portray him as an older man, including the portrait behind my desk in the library (image 1). So, I was intrigued to find an unusual portrait of him (image 2), which is a drawing that was published in 1916 in a magazine called Drawing: a paper devoted to art as a national asset.

It was published in the issue for October 1916, No. 18, Volume 3. The drawing accompanies an article about his bookshop. The drawing makes Cyril Beaumont look like a 1950s rebel, smoking a cigarette, and was not reproduced in his autobiography, Bookseller at the Ballet: Memoirs 1891 – 1929, or in the biography by Katherine Sorley Walker. The closest one is the drawing by Randolph Schwabe (image 3) used on the cover of Bookseller at the Ballet but in this picture Cyril Beaumont is more formal.

Donation I am delighted to report we received a large donation of books from Marion Roberts, and I was pleased to find many books to add to the library stock, most of which have now been catalogued on the databases.

Image 1: Cyril Beaumont’s portrait hangs behind the Librarian’s desk (signed Rupert Shepard, 1970)

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The drawing makes Cyril Beaumont look like a 1950s rebel

Image 2: A wonderfully modern looking portrait of Cyril Beaumont published in 1916 (artist unknown)

Image 3: A drawing of Cyril Beaumont

by Randolph Schwabe

The ISTD HQ Library, is a unique resource that offers a wealth of material covering most dance disciplines and related subjects. We are open Mondays and Thursdays, 10.30am–3.30pm.

Visitors must book in advance. For further information or to book an appointment please call us on +44 (0)20 7377 1577 or email library@istd.org.

FIND US AT: ISTD Library, Imperial House, 22/26 Paul Street, London EC2A 4QE

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YOUNG DANCERS Sunday 21st January 2018 10:30 @ The Lowry

Pier 8, The Quays, Salford M50 3AZ

With lecturers from The Royal Ballet School, The Hammond School and The Lowry Centre for Advanced Training A teachers’ seminar providing an exclusive insight into how some of the country’s leading institutions identify and train their talented young dancers.

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GRADUATION Thursday 1st February Milton Court Concert Hall, The Barbican London The ISTD Education & Training Department is delighted to announce the 2018 Graduation, celebrating the achievement of teachers as well as a special dedication to the life and work of our patron, Dame Beryl Grey.

Special guests include John Travis and Matthew Cutler.

To book your place at this special event please contact Gemma Bridge directly at gbridge@istd.org or call +44(0)20 7377 1577 "Through everything, do not forget the person you are and what you learn from your own journey – and also remember, every now and then, to be inspired by your own achievements."

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET Tuesday 3rd April 2018

Advanced 2 Revisions and Vocational Vocabulary Student Masterclasses 10:30 – 12:15 Grade 3/4 level | 13:00 – 14:45 Grades 5/6 | 15:00 – 17:00 Intermediate Foundation and Intermediate

Wednesday 4th April 2018

Class exams for Grades 3, 4 and 5 (teachers' course) Vocational classes at Intermediate and above (for students with teacher observation) 10:30 – 11:00 Warm-up | 11:15 – 13:00 Class | 14:00 – 15:00 Body Conditioning | 15:15 – 17:00 Pointe work and Repertoire

Thursday 5th April 2018

Class exams for Grades 6,7 and 8 (teachers' course) Training Ballet Technique (teachers' one day course)

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New Intermediate (Day One) Grade 5

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New Intermediate Tap (Day Two) New Intermediate Tap (Day One) New Primary Class Examination and Teaching in Primary Schools

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Advanced 1 Revision Day 1 Grade 6 Revision of Girls' work excluding amalgamations

Friday 13th April

Advanced 1 Revision Day 2 Gold Jazz & Free Jazz

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Free place for any teacher booking three or more students on to one day.

STUDENT OBSERVATION COURSES PER DAY: Members – £32.50 Provisional Members/student teachers – £20 Non-members – £40

FIRST AID: Members – £100 Provisional members/student teachers – £85 Non-members – £120

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Cecchetti Associates

Junior, Middle & Senior Associates The Associate Scheme is a wonderful opportunity for young dancers, both male and female, to develop and expand their technique and knowledge of dance.

Monthly classes are taught by experienced professional dancers and teachers. Students have a classical ballet class and classes in other dance genres.

The classes for ages 7+ to 16 boys and girls are held at The Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in Twickenham.

Audition date for 2018/19: Sunday 10th June 2018.

For more information please contact: Claire Hern cecchetti08@aol.com.

Cecchetti Associates Central London, East and South England Tel: 07748 365375 Email: committee@cecchettiassociatescentral.org www.cecchetti.co.uk/associates

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Launching September 2018

Diploma in Performance and Teaching Studies

Introducing our new groundbreaking course combining vocational training in dance or musical theatre with the ISTD teaching qualifications Diploma in Dance Education (DDE) and Diploma on Dance Pedagogy (DDP).

Apply now at:

www.thecentrepac.com/apply/application-form/ The Centre - Performing Arts College, Rochester Dance Junction, 681 Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent. ME1 3QJ t: +44 (0)1634 848009, e: dance@thecentrepac.com, w: www.thecentrepac.com

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Advance Your Teaching Skills These specialised units form part of the ISTD’s Level 6 Diploma in Dance Pedagogy. They are offered on a individual basis to allow our teachers to access regulated professional development opportunities and gain credits that can later contribute to advanced study.

UNIT 5A Applied Dance Science £770 30 CREDITS AT LEVEL 6

UNIT 5B Social, Emotional and Cognitive Development £770 30 CREDITS AT LEVEL 6

UNIT 5C Choreography £770 30 CREDITS AT LEVEL 6

Lead by Erin Sanchez, the Healthier Dancer programme manger at One Dance UK and endorsed by Safe in Dance International.

This unit will allow you to study the skills to understand, interpret and apply evidence from research in dance science and medicine.

Dates: 5 day intensive course, August 2018 (TBC)

Lead by Honorary Fellow of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, Julia Buckroyd. You will study material relevant to the social, emotional and cognitive development of children and adolescents.

Dates: 5 day course – 11th February, 11th March, 13th May, 10th June and 8th July 2018 Lead by professional dance practitioner and qualified dance movement therapist, Elizabeth Foster. You will study material to create dance in performance, education and community settings.

Dates: 6 day course – 6th, 7th, 8th April and 26th, 27th, 28th May 2018

Please contact higherqualifications@istd.org for further information and an application pack www.istd.org #LoveLearnTeachDance

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Wales and the West Awards Sunday 11th February 2018

Congress Theatre, Cwmbran, Wales NP44 1PL Tel: 01495 756567 or 07962 233396 Email: jacqui.everson@aol.co.uk

Choreographic Competition Sunday 11th March 2018

Cecil Sharp House 2 Regent’s Park Road London NW1 7AY

Tel: 01588 660844 Email : cecchettichoreo@aol.com

Southern Area Awards Sunday 25th March 2018

The Barn Theatre, Southwick, Sussex BN42 4TE Tel: 07583 143895 Email: pann.w@hotmail.co.uk

Cecchetti Classical Ballet The Cecchetti method of Classical Ballet is an outstanding system of training for all, from the small child through to the vocational student, professional dancer and future teacher. As a faculty of the ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing), Cecchetti Classical Ballet offers examinations and qualifications for children, students and teachers that are nationally and internationally recognised for their excellence. To find out more about the ISTD please visit www.istd.org

Recreational Vocational Professional There is a wide network of excellent ISTD qualified Cecchetti teachers in the UK and Europe. To find a teacher in an area near you visit

www.cecchetti.co.uk/wheretolearn

The Cecchetti Centre, London offers opportunities throughout the academic year for teachers, students and professional dancers who would like to learn more about Cecchetti Classical Ballet. For full details of venues, term dates, class times and courses please visit:

www.cecchetti.co.uk/cecchetticentre

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The 2017 Cyril Beaumont Scholarship

Above: Back Row L–R: Chloe Howarth, Richard Glasstone MBE, Deborah Weiss, Patrick Gill Front row L–R: Danielle Burgess, Susanna Murphy, Zoe Kelsall

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was delighted to have Deborah Weiss as my co-adjudicator at this year’s Cyril Beaumont Scholarship, held at the KS Dance Studios in Warrington on 12th October. Deborah was a student when I was on the staff at White Lodge and we were both delighted to be able to reach total agreement on awarding this prestigious scholarship to Chloe Howarth. As well as demonstrating a strong

technique, Chloe danced elegantly and musically, with a particularly pleasing use of the Cecchetti port de bras.

The runner-up, Danielle Burgess demonstrated excellent dynamics and very strong elevation. The Mary-Jane Duckworth Award for a promising male student went to Patrick Gill for the intelligent way in which he tackled some complex enchaînements.

Commendations for musicality and dynamics were given to Zoe Kelsall and Susanna Murphy.

The combination of Gillian Hurst’s excellent teaching and John Taggart’s sensitive musical accompaniment ensured that the 16 students were all able to perform to a commendably high standard. I would, however, like to make one practical suggestion concerning the balance of class work at future competitions: a shorter barre could allow more time for the students to perform in smaller groups, enabling them to demonstrate the important ability to pick up and perform complex unseen exercises to the best of their ability.

The numerous distinguished guests included David Lloyd and Brenda Last OBE, KS Dance patrons; Elisabeth Swan, Chair of the Cecchetti Trust; Ginny Brown, Artistic Director ISTD; Kay Ball, Chair of the Theatre Faculty Board and Catherine Hutchon, Chair of the Cecchetti Society Classical Ballet Faculty. Kate Simmons and her friendly and efficient staff ensured that we all enjoyed a truly warm welcome.

Richard Glasstone

The Cecchetti Children’s Awards took place on Sunday 5th November at Westminster Kingsway College Theatre. The day was organised by the Cecchetti Group Chair, Elizabeth James and a splendid support team of volunteers working with organisers, Lisa Hunter, Tanith Waldie and Sarah Bradshaw and Stage Manager Rachel Gordon and David Marley Technical Support.

Let’s Make a Competition was presented by Tanith Waldie with pianist Mike Silk accompanying and although it is not judged, Elisabeth Swan, the Adjudicator for the afternoon was able to give encouragement and advice to children who may wish to go on to take part in a competition. The Children’s Award work was presented by Sarah Bradshaw and accompanied by Evie Preston.

Miss Swan warmly congratulated all those taking part and their teachers for their support. The deserving winners are listed on the next page.

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Above: Children’s Award winners and adjudicator Elisabeth Swan

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Above: Children who took part in Let’s Make a Competition

CECCHETTI CHILDREN’S AWARD RESULTS Winner Iris Gazet Susan Handy/Melanie Bull/ Sarah Bradshaw Runner Up Ayaka Yoshida Tanith Waldie CECCHETTI ASSOCIATES PERFORMANCE AWARD Winner Sayaka Suwa Tanith Waldie

Left and below: ‘Blowing Bubbles’ Children’s Award dance

Runner Up Maria Sudman Silke Mackay Commendations Hermione Hallett Lucy Pohl/Juliet Locks Heidi Sear Emma Jane Padfield Herbert Mandeville Jacky Wood

Cecchetti Scholarships and Awards 2018 Cecchetti Trust support for teachers, students and young dancers

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he Cecchetti Trust gives generous annual support to a number of scholarships and awards for teachers, students and young dancers to further their Cecchetti studies. If you are a teacher studying for a qualification or would like to attend a UK Cecchetti Teachers’ Summer School, or if you have pupils who would really benefit from attending either the Young Dancers’ Summer School at Tring Park or the Students’ course at Elmhurst, a number of bursaries are available. Applicants do not have to be resident in the UK.

STUDY AWARDS FOR CECCHETTI TEACHERS The Richard Glasstone Award 2017

The Cecchetti Trust established the Richard Glasstone Award in 2016 in recognition of the outstanding contribution that Richard has made to the furtherance of the Cecchetti work and his role as a teacher and mentor to so many dancers and teachers. The Award is open to ex-professional dancers who have already embarked

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on a teaching career, as well as to professional dancers wanting to start teaching and is to enable the applicants to enhance their own understanding of the teaching of classical ballet in general and of the Cecchetti Method in particular. Applicants should write to the Trustees, with a brief CV and an idea of how they would use the Award and the reason for requesting support. The value of this annual Award is £1,000 and it is at the discretion of the Trustees to decide whether it might be shared. Applications should be sent to Elisabeth Swan, Chairman: Cecchetti Society Trust, 28 Prykes Drive, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1TP or email: cst@cecchetti.co.uk

by Wednesday 31st January for consideration at the meeting of Trustees on 6th February 2018.

N.B. Please note applications for all other Awards listed below have to be made on an Application Form and returned by the dates listed. Please contact Sharon Orme at cecchetti@istd.org or telephone 07551 159471 for an application form. Teachers may make their own applications, or another teacher or examiner

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may recommend a colleague. Student applications need to be completed by both Parent/Guardian and Teacher.

The Diana Barker Memorial Award was established by the Cecchetti Trust to honour the life and work of Diana Barker and is open to teachers and students in the UK who wish to apply for financial assistance for their study of the Enrico Cecchetti Diploma or Fellowship qualifications. The award can be used for training, to attend a summer school or course, or towards the examination fee. The value of the award is determined by the Faculty Committee, but it is anticipated that two awards of up to £1,000 each can be made in 2018.

The Grety Salomonson Bursary is awarded annually to help with the costs of study abroad, the value is up to £1,500 and is for one or more teachers who wish to study abroad. It can be used by a non-UK applicant to come to the UK to study or attend the UK Teachers’ Summer School, or for a UK applicant to study abroad.

The Bursary can be used to cover tuition and/or accommodation and/or travel.

Applications for both the Diana Barker Award and the Grety Salomonson Bursary should be sent to Catherine Hutchon, Faculty Chair, c/o Faculty Co-ordinator, Sharon Orme, 9 Sheppard Drive, Chelmsford, CM2 6QE or email: Cecchetti@istd.org by Wednesday 10th January 2018 for consideration at Faculty Committee meeting on Sunday 14th January 2018.

UK CECCHETTI TEACHERS’ SUMMER SCHOOL BURSARIES Elmhurst Ballet School 21st to 26th July 2018

Application forms for all Teacher Summer School bursaries listed below should be sent to Catherine Hutchon, Faculty Chair, c/o Sharon Orme, Faculty Co-ordinator, 9 Sheppard Drive, Chelmsford, CM2 6QE or email: Cecchetti@ istd.org by Monday 26th February 2018 for consideration at Faculty Committee meeting on Sunday 4th March 2018. The relevant course organiser may also be consulted about the application.

• School Nora Roche Scholarships – for trainee teachers holding DDI and are studying for DDE • Daphne Cooper Memorial Award – awarded to a mature teacher, not necessarily studying for a qualification but who wants to further their own personal development

Cecchetti Centre Comes to Glasgow Up in Glasgow we’re a long train ride away from the Cecchetti Centre in London, so we were honoured, this November, to receive a visit from Cara Drower – Fellow of the ISTD and highly respected member of the Cecchetti Faculty Committee – for a course exploring the essential components of the DDE teaching examination. The day began bright and early with an Intermediate syllabus class, in which we were delighted to learn from Cara’s expertise on the technique and principles of Cecchetti classical ballet, and how best to realise these in our own dancing. Our focus then shifted to an exploration of teaching practice, starting with a session

• Pat Hardy Scholarship – awarded to help with fees for the Cecchetti Teachers’ Summer School in the UK studying at any level • The Jennifer Morgan Scholarship – UK Cecchetti Teachers’ Summer School – awarded to a young teacher not from the UK, studying at any level. The Scholarship covers tuition and accommodation only. The recipient meets their own travel costs • The Margaret Marsh & Sylvia Hamer Memorial Scholarships – awarded annually in support of a UK/USA exchange scheme for Teachers’ Summer Schools. The fees are provided by the UK Teachers’ Summer School and the Cecchetti Council of America (CCA). The Margaret Marsh Scholarship is awarded to a UK teacher to attend the CCA Summer School. The Scholarship covers tuition, food and accommodation for the summer school week and the recipient pays their own travel and expenses • The Betty Major Scholarship – this award is supported by the Cecchetti Group and is awarded annually to help with fees for the UK Cecchetti Teachers’ Summer School. The Scholarship is for teachers working towards their Licentiate or Fellowship. Please note that Applications for this Scholarship will be forwarded to Group Chair, Elizabeth James for consideration by the Group.

UK CECCHETTI STUDENTS’ SUMMER SCHOOL BURSARIES Elmhurst Ballet School 21st to 26th July 2018

UK CECCHETTI YOUNG DANCERS’ SUMMER SCHOOL BURSARIES

Tring Park School for the Performing Arts 28th July to 3rd August 2018 A number of Awards are available to attend both of the above courses. Applications for students or young dancers need to have a recommendation from their teacher or an examiner, outlining their experience and how they would benefit from receiving an award to attend the course. If made by a parent, the application should have a supporting statement from the student’s teacher.

Please contact Sharon Orme at cecchetti@istd.org or telephone 07551 159471 for an Application Form stating clearly which Summer School.

on the build-up of movements through the Cecchetti method.

As well as honing our knowledge of the syllabus, this led to a detailed discussion about the ways in which we might promote good technique and correct common faults in students. Then, after lunch, Cara led a fascinating class on music and its potential to enhance ballet technique and performance, complemented by wonderful and inventive playing from our pianist for the day, Andrew Brown. The course ended with some time spent reviewing the content and structure of the Cecchetti teaching examinations, with each of us hugely inspired by what we had learned during the day, and excited to continue our training.

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Cecchetti Vocational Awards winners with centre adjudicators Jessica Clarke and David Nixon

Cecchetti Classical Ballet Vocational Awards 2017 It was most encouraging that as many as 56 students, from a selection of 9 Vocational Ballet Courses, had registered to participate in the 2017 Cecchetti Vocational Awards, held on Sunday 19th November at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre’s Lilian Baylis Studio.

However, the time it takes to assess each applicant fairly does regularly present the organisers of this event with some logistical problems.

Initially, the applicants were divided into three groups, each group to be seen in an unset classical ballet class. These classes were carefully structured by Shannon Parker and sympathetically accompanied by Olga Mazour, Ms Parker’s often challenging enchaînements were confidently tackled by the students. Inevitably the setting and teaching of each exercise took up most of the time allotted to each class. This left very little time to assess each student individually. Personally, I would have liked to see each candidate perform a series of grands jetés en tournant – there is no surer way of seeing whether that student understands the dynamic connection between the Cecchetti ports de bras and allegro work.

None of this could have made it easy for our two distinguished adjudicators, David Nixon OBE and Jessica Clarke to reach their verdicts; but I was certainly most impressed by the perspicacity of their choices as well as by the wise practical advice they gave to the students before the names of the winners were announced.

In the Fewster Cecchetti Scholarship section of the Vocational Awards, No 8 Serina Faull and No 13 Ai Sa Mok, both from Elmhurst Ballet School, received Commendations. The Fewster Award for a promising male dancer was No 46 Basil James whilst the promising female award winner was No 14 Natalia Watt – both from Tring Park School. The runner-up to the Fewster Scholarship was No 5 Georgia Smart from Elmhurst Ballet School and the winner was No 35 Molly Hall from English National Ballet School.

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Above: Promising Young Dancer Lin Fujimoto and Musicality Award William Brooke Elmhurst Ballet School

In the Barbara Geoghegan section, all the following students were from Elmhurst Ballet School: The Promising Young Dancer Award went to No 10 Lin Fujimoto, the Musicality Award went to No 47 William Brooke, and No 20 Tokiko Sosao received a Commendation. The runner-up to the Geoghegan Vocational Award was No 12, Yuzu Hikosaka and the winner was No 44 Reo Morikawa. His spectacular performance of Basilio’s Don Quixote Act 3 variation brought the house down!

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Reo Morikawa’s spectacular performance of Basilio’s Don Quixote Act 3 variation brought the house down

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Fewster Scholarship Male Award Basil James, Tring Park School for the Performing Arts

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Fewster Scholarship Female Award Natalia Watt, Tring Park School for the Performing Arts

Fewster Cecchetti Scholarship winner Molly Hall, English National Ballet School

Barbara Geoghegan Award winner Reo Morikawa, Elmhurst Ballet School

DIARY DATES CECCHETTI CENTRE SUNDAYS SPRING TERM Sunday 28th January 2018 Sunday 25th March 2018 Sunday 22nd April 2018 Kingsway College, London.

For further details please contact Sarah Wells on 07767 790970 or email: sarah@cecchetticentre.co.uk CECCHETTI CENTRE EASTER COURSE Tuesday 3rd April – Thursday 5th April, Westminster Kingsway College Sunday 11th February 2018 Wales & West Awards at Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. For further details please contact Jacqui Everson on 01495 756567 or 07962 233396 or email: jacqui.everson@aol.co.uk

Sunday 11th March 2018 Cecchetti Choreographic Competition to be held at Cecil Sharp House, London NW1 7AY. Open to students aged 7 to 18 years, solos, duets, trios and groups. For further details, including rules and entry forms, please contact Claire Hern on 01588 660844 or email: cecchettichoreo@aol.com Sunday 25th March 2018 Cecchetti Southern Area Awards at the Barn Theatre, Southwick, Sussex.

For further details please contact the CSAA Organiser on 07583 143895 or email: pann.w@hotmail.co.uk

CECCHETTI DAY Sunday 15th April 2018 To be held at The Royal Ballet School, Covent Garden, London. We look forward to welcoming old and new colleagues to this prestigious venue for our annual celebration of Cecchetti work. For further details please contact Faculty Co-ordinator Sharon Orme. Email: Cecchetti@istd. org Telephone: 07551 159471 Saturday 19th May 2018 Auditions for the Cecchetti Classical Ballet Scholars to be held at Arts Educational School, Chiswick.

Please email Cecchetti@istd.org for an application form or send a stamped addressed envelope to Sharon Orme, Faculty Co-ordinator, Cecchetti Classical Ballet, 9 Sheppard Drive, Chelmsford CM2 6QE

SUMMER SCHOOLS Saturday 21st – Thurs 26th July 2018 Cecchetti Summer School for Teachers is to be held at Elmhurst Ballet School, Birmingham. For full details please contact the Organiser, Christine Axon on 01204 841389 or email mcblhooper@ntlworld.com Saturday 21st – Thurs 26th July 2018 Cecchetti Summer School for Students is to be held at Elmhurst Ballet School, Birmingham. For full details please contact the Organiser, Linda Isaacs on 01702 473272 or email lindaisaacs@yahoo.com Saturday 28th July – Friday 3rd August 2018 Cecchetti Summer School for Young Dancers is to be held at Tring Park.

For further information please contact the Organiser, Paris Brownlie Notley on 07518 818620 or email paris@parishelen.co.uk

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adjudicators’ job was certainly not an easy one, but the winners were very deserving of their success.

The Awards weekend is a key event in the Cecchetti Faculty calendar and relies on the generous voluntary help of so many colleagues, both in the preparation for the event and on the weekend itself. The members of the Cecchetti Group and their Chair, Elizabeth James and Awards Organiser, Lisa Hunter are the key to this. Also vital to the success of the event is the support of all the teachers who prepare their students. I am extremely grateful for the huge amounts of time, energy and commitment each gives to realise the Awards and make this exceptional performance opportunity available to so many young dancers.

Catherine Hutchon Chairman, Cecchetti Society Classical Ballet Faculty

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The Cecchetti Mabel Ryan Awards were held at the Lillian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells Theatre on the 18th and 19th November.

The weekend began with the Lower Junior, Junior and Middle Mabel Ryan Awards and it was a pleasure to welcome Brenda Garratt-Glassman and Lucille Briance as the adjudicators. Sarah Wells’ encouraging presentation of the children’s work on stage, accompanied by Maria Milanova’s sympathetic playing, allowed the youngest dancers to enjoy the competition. On Sunday the adjudicators of the Senior Award were Jessica Clarke and Mary Stassinopoulos, who both bought their expertise and warmth to their assessment of the dancers. Carolyn Parker’s supportive presentation and Olga Mazour’s inspiring music enabled the senior competitors to show their best work. With 160 young dancers taking part overall and an extremely high standard of work, the

Top left: Senior Vacani winner Lily Armah with Adjudicator Mary Stassinopoulos

Top: Senior Mabel Ryan Award winner 2017, Jasmyne Taylor with Adjudicator Jessica Clarke

Above: 2017 Middle Mabel Ryan Award winner, Ellie Fisher

Above: 2017 Lower Junior Mabel Ryan Award winner, Skye Kemsley

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Above: Junior winners with Adjudicators Lucille Briance and Brenda Garratt-Glassman. Front row centre: Junior Mabel Ryan Award winner Leanne Wong and Vacani winner Daisy Cohen

RESULTS LOWER JUNIOR MABEL RYAN Winner Skye Kemsley, Julie Cronshaw Runner Up Dinburgh Ai, KS Dance CECCHETTI ASSOCIATES PERFORMANCE AWARD Winner Kitty Cox-Harrison, Susan Handy/ Melanie Bull Runner Up Elizabeth Nelson, Karen Speers/ Shauna Dyas JUNIOR MABEL RYAN AWARD Winner Leanne Wong, Philippa McMeechan Runners Up Yuki Yoshida, Tanith Waldie Hannah Orman, Sandra Powell/ Hayley Cheneler

Above: Senior Mabel Ryan Award winner, Jasmyne Taylor

WENDY GANDOLFI Wendy Gandolfi sadly died on the 15th November 2017 after a long illness. Wendy was a wonderful advocate and teacher for the Cecchetti Faculty for so many years, working alongside her husband and great supporter, Mario. She will be very much

VACANI AWARD Winner Daisy Cohen, Juliet Locks/ Lucy Pohl Runners up Margret Barrett, Sandra Powell/ Hayley Cheneler Isla Burr, Mary Goodhew

MIDDLE MABEL RYAN AWARD Winner Ellie Fraser Mary Goodhew Runner Up Julia Petrou, Juliet Locks/Lucy Pohl VACANI AWARD Winner Darcey Shaw, Holly Unnuk/Jane Scholl Runner Up Amelia Riley, Carolyn Parker SENIOR MABEL RYAN AWARD Winner Jasmyne Taylor, KS Dance Runner up Hannah Gerrard, KS Dance VACANI AWARD Winner Lily Armah, Faye Harmsworth/ Valerie Borg Runner up Lily O’Regan, Mary Goodhew/ Anita Gunn

missed and our thoughts are with Mario, her family and pupils of Harrow Ballet School. Donations in memory of Wendy can be made to Macmillan cancer support at www.macmillan.org.uk.

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Editorial Contact: Penny Childs +44 (0)7900 741474 | Greek.DFR@istd.org www.istd.org/classical-greek

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Ruby Ginner Awards 2017 A showcase of the best Classical Greek dance has to offer From Penny Childs

From Jill Baldock

The Ruby Ginner Awards were held on Sunday 12th November 2017 in our new location, The Venue MK, Milton Keynes, which created an extra buzz of excitement. Over 150 competitors in six classes were put through their paces during the day. Teachers Donna Card, Lucy Pohl, Alison Seddon and Carol Vasko set some challenging and innovative sequences. The music, provided by pianist John Hoskins enhanced the competitors’ animated and inspired performances.

Our adjudicator Jill Baldock was treated to the best Classical Greek dance has to offer and I was privileged to assist her with the special awards throughout the day.

As a passionate advocate of Classical Greek it is always a pleasure to see how diverse the genre is. The Ruby Ginner Awards is a wonderful opportunity to showcase this and observe how it produces such musical and expressive dancers.

Congratulations must go to the teachers for the high standard of technique shown in all age groups, which gave us adjudicators some very difficult decisions to make.

With my organiser’s hat on, my thanks must go to our Faculty Chair, Kay Ball and all those who helped to make such a special and happy day.

Penny Childs

What an absolute pleasure to be surrounded by my fellow Greek Dance lovers. Each class was produced with imaginative input, from bugs and viruses to seaweed and crackling fires. The dancers were given the opportunity to contribute to the creative expression and deliver with delightful techniques.

I was able to witness the development of the techniques from the tiniest 6 year old dancer through to the powerful 18 year old senior, all being honed into becoming the ‘complete’ dancer. The class work was produced and directed by exquisite teachers, inspiring the dancers’ imagination.

To see the musicality in abundance was a particular joy for me, knowing that the dancer still had room in their lives to be artistically inventive.

All underpinned by the excellence of John Hoskins on piano. Who could not be inspired by a live musician? Thank you to all who contributed to this very special day.

Jill Baldock Left: Isabella Parsell, winner of the Roz Jennings Trophy Bottom left: Ariana Nedelcu, winner of the Barbara Coales Trophy Below: Premier Class

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Left: Veronique Adair, winner of the Rona Hart Cup

Above: Heidi Cowell, winner of the Kay Ball Shield

Above: Lili Skye Howe, winner of the Buckhurst and Woodford School Trophy

Above: Harriet Lawrance winner, of the Rachel Robinson Shield and Natasha Nibbs, runner-up

RUBY GINNER AWARDS RESULTS CLASS A Class Award Winner Arianna Allen Dupont Dance Stage School 2nd place Mia Ward Mayhew School of Dance 3rd place Isobel Barber Kilburn School of Dance and Leah Hobson Mayhew School of Dance Musicality Award Winner Daisy-Fleur Howe Kilburn School of Dance 2nd place Emily Savage Mayhew School of Dance and Georgia Gunning Kilburn School of Dance 3rd place Isabel Witheyman Mayhew School of Dance Set Sequence Award Winner Isobel Barber Kilburn School of Dance

2nd place Heidi Cowell Dupont Dance Stage School 3rd place Calvin Jagdev Buckhurst and Woodford School of Dance

CLASS B Class Award Winner Raphael Harrow Kilburn School of Dance 2nd place Libby Moore Mayhew School of Dance 3rd place Olivia Dallow Dupont Dance Stage School and Ques-li De Bruin Mayhew School of Dance Musicality Award Winner Jasmine Campion Mayhew School of Dance 2nd place Shannon Lyne Kilburn School of Dance 3rd place Sophia Ally Redhurst Schools of Dancing

Set Sequence Award Winner Lola Niewiarowski Dupont Dance Stage School 2nd place Rebecca Paulaskaite-Zile Kilburn School of Dance 3rd place Hermione Hallett Buckhurst and Woodford School of Dance

CLASS C Class Award Winner Harriet Lawrance Dupont Dance Stage School 2nd place Natasha Nibbs Dupont Dance Stage School 3rd place Evie Knights Buckhurst and Woodford School of Dance and Charlotte Bingham Dupont Dance Stage School Musicality Award Winner Ariana Nedelcu Kilburn School of Dance 2nd place Vivianna McKean Kilburn School of Dance

Set Sequence Award Winner Harriet Lawrance Dupont Dance Stage School

CLASS D Class Award Winner Francesca Allen Kilburn School of Dance 2nd place Annabelle McEwen Buckhurst and Woodford School of Dance 3rd place Imogen Pohl Buckhurst and Woodford School of Dance Musicality Award Winner Lili Skye Howe Kilburn School of Dance 2nd place Ronalee Galhena Kilburn School of Dance 3rd place Georgia Mackness Mayhew School of Dance and Darcie Patel Dupont Dance Stage School

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Jamie Tank, winner of the Senior Boys Award

Top: Grace Riley, winner of the Henrietta Fairhead Trophy

Set Sequence Award Winner Scarlett Bolwell Kilburn School of Dance 2nd place Beatriz Kingsmill-Smith Mayhew School of Dance 3rd place Emilia Spencer Buckhurst and Woodford School of Dance and Eleanor Achurch Mayhew School of Dance

CLASS E Class Award Winner Grace Riley Dupont Dance Stage School 2nd place Georgie Coughlan Roshe Performing Arts 3rd place Abigail Huitson Kilburn School of Dance Musicality Award Winner Alexandra Ratcliffe Kilburn School of Dance 2nd place Scarlett Treadaway Roshe Performing Arts

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3rd place Imogen Burn Kilburn School of Dance Set Sequence Award Winner Sian O’Keeffe Kilburn School of Dance 2nd place Freya Cox Mayhew School of Dance 3rd place Georgina Stock Kilburn School of Dance

CLASS F Class Award Winner Veronique Adair Dupont Dance Stage School 2nd place Alycia Devaney Dupont Dance Stage School Musicality Award Winner Lidia Slominski Sue Merrett School of Dance Set Sequence Award Winner Jamie Tank Dupont Dance Stage School

Left: Class B

CLASS G Class Award Winner Christian Knight Dupont Dance Stage School 2nd place Tallulah Treadaway Roshe Performing Arts 3rd place Rhiannon Walls Dupont Dance Stage School Musicality Award Winner Isabella Parsell Ison Aslanoff School 2nd place Kiran Young Kilburn School of Dance 3rd place Amelia Hawksby Kilburn School of Dance Set Sequence Award Winner Lucy Woodcock Tarry Dupont Dance Stage School 2nd place Ruth Knight Mayhew School of Dance

SPECIAL AWARDS Kay Ball Shield Morning Session Heidi Cowell Dupont Dance Stage School Kay Ball Shield Afternoon Session Scarlett Hordok Buckhurst and Woodford School of Dance Tanya Allen Trophy Morning Session Ariana Nedelcu Kilburn School of Dance Tanya Allen Trophy Afternoon Session Isabella Parsell Ison Aslanoff School Junior Boys Trophy Calvin Jagdev Buckhurst and Woodford School of Dance Senior Boys Award Jamie Tank Dupont Dance Stage School Biddy Pinchard Cup Francesca Allen Kilburn School of Dance Christine Orange Cup Alexandra Ratcliffe Kilburn School of Dance

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Editorial Contact: Shivangee Agrawal +44 (0)7719 996632 | sagrawal@istd.org www.istd.org/classical-indian-dance

Anaya Bolar What has the ISTD Bursary Award done for you?

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Being selected for commendation boosted my confidence and pushed me to pursue what I really wanted

Anaya Bolar at the 2016 ISTD Bursary Awards

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s we approach the ISTD Bursary Awards 2018, we caught up with Anaya Bolar to find out how she’s getting on with her training, just a year after achieving a commendation in the 2016 Bursary Awards.

She is currently in the final year of her Sports Medicine degree at Coventry University, but returns each weekend to Birmingham to continue her dance training and teaching. Since her success at the Bursary Awards in 2016, Anaya has been determined to pursue dance professionally, a venture that still faces challenges in the classical Indian dance sector. The significant monetary prize that she received, however, has stood her in good stead.

“It has given me the headspace to just move forwards with my training,” she related to me. She has saved the £2,000 prize money for professional training in India this December, where she hopes

to learn from a variety of teachers and also invest in Carnatic music training, which is essential for the holistic understanding of Bharatanatyam.

I asked her about the experience of participating in the Bursary Awards, to which she gave me some colourful anecdotes. It was not a breeze, she recalls. When she arrived for the competition, she found herself surrounded by contemporary and ballet dancers who seemed extraordinary and virtuosic, leaping across the warm-up space effortlessly. “They were all doing splits and whatnot, and there I was in my corner, trying to recite my mantra.” However, her Bharatanatyam skills shone through for the judging panel and she was selected for the senior commendation, which she says has been life-changing.

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The atmosphere backstage at the Bursary Awards was lovely and we were cheering each other on SIMON RICHARDSON

Not only has it given her the finances to access professional training, she has also made a good friend and collaborator in Kaine Ward, who danced as her duet partner in a contemporary piece for BBC Young Dancer.

“The atmosphere backstage at the Bursary Awards was lovely and we were cheering each other on,” she recalls. “I knew as soon as I saw Kaine dance that I had to collaborate with him.” The duo was choreographed by contemporary dancer-choreographer Subhash Gorania, and the piece received substantial attention. Kaine has gone to the Juilliard School in New York and Anaya is delighted for him and their future friendship.

Since their collaboration, she has also conducted a Bharatanatyam workshop at his old school, Tring Park School for Performing Arts.

The Bursary Awards have undoubtedly opened many doors for Anaya, and the Classical Indian Dance Faculty is excited to be hosting the next round of selections for the 2018 Bursary Awards, with optimistic hope that another Indian Classical Dancer can go on to shine.

Shivaangee Agrawal

Right: Anaya Bolar and Kaine Ward

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The Classical Indian Dance Faculty is excited to be hosting the next round of selections for the 2018 Bursary Awards

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Far Right: Anaya Bolar

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DISCO FREESTYLE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL

Editorial Contact: Penny Childs +44 (0)7900 741474 | Greek.DFR@istd.org www.istd.org/disco-freestyle-rock-n-roll

Dance Exchange 2017

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A varied programme of excellent lectures

Above: Alex Costi Right: Vernon Kemp Above: Lisa Ambrose

MORNING BY JACQUI NORTON The 29th DFR Dance Exchange was held at a new venue, The Elgiva Theatre on Sunday 17th September 2017. First up was the warm-up lecture by Lisa Ambrose, which proved how very interesting a warm-up can be when carefully constructed and beautifully performed.

The next lecture was on Freestyle medal work, by Alex Costi assisted by two of her pupils. The first routine demonstrated was for Bronze level, and then Alex added some additional figures suitable for Silver level, with an optional spin section. Both routines were well performed with attractive arm and leg lines showing expressive presentation and good quality of work throughout.

Samantha Vale led the lecture assisted by the DFR Street Team then taught three routines covering Bronze, Silver and Gold levels for the Street Dance medal test syllabus. Samantha is a highly experienced, knowledgeable and talented Street Dance teacher.

She was awarded the Carl Alan Street Dance Teachers’ Award for 2016. The tremendous amount of work that was taught with Samantha’s enthusiasm and energy proved to be a highly successful and very useful lecture for everyone.

The Rock ‘n’ Roll genre is hugely popular with every age category and this style was presented by Stacey Edwards, who has had tremendous success in the various competition levels and medal examinations with her highly trained pupils. She gave us an insight into her foundation programme.

The next subject to be covered was competition work by Stefanie Watts who has had a great deal of experience in this field. Primarily, Stefanie prefers, “substance over speed”. This interesting lecture covered many aspects for solo and couples’ competition work, and also included some helpful points with regard to etiquette at competitions. It was well received by all the teachers.

Next up was the eagerly awaited question and answer lecture by ISTD examiner, Vernon Kemp. Vernon has a special way of making this type of lecture interesting to help teachers keep up to date with syllabus requirements. Vernon also confirmed that there is now a special examination available until 31st December 2018, using the code IDF in the Faculty column and PSL in the Level column on timetables, for the Peggy Spencer Legend Award.

The last morning lecture, Party, Party, Party! was presented

by Liz Young, who is accustomed to entertaining everyone at Blackpool events. Liz immediately invited everyone onto the floor to participate and, with her tremendous personality, began by teaching excellent, lively party routines for use as solo and pairs routines with a variety of foot actions and good body movement including shimmies. This is one of the most humorous lectures I have ever attended and, with Liz’s dynamic approach to teaching in a fun way, created a very happy atmosphere.

Jacqui Norton

Right: Mandy Pearce’s class

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Next up, showing four different routines, all with different rhythms and styles, there was so much content in this lecture

by Suzanne Hammond – always remembering to think outside the box – a valuable lecture, and always a pleasure to watch, a fabulous end to our day.

Finally, Lisa Ambrose had everyone up one last time for cooldown. A fun party circle for the final mobiliser left everyone in great spirits at the end of another fabulous day of lectures.

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We began the afternoon with more work from Samantha Vale and the DFR Street Dance Teaching Team, this time concentrating on Street warm-ups. Sam completed her lecture with a fun social circle exercise, great for use at the end of a class – another valuable lecture from a very knowledgeable teacher.

Richard Marcel then brought everyone up onto the floor with a groovy warm-up to introduce his Latin/Reggae inspired routine. This was action packed and danced with power and great performance skills from his demonstrators. The movements used were raw, fresh and very commercial. The use of hair and clothing as part of it made his routine unique. I’m sure we will be seeing Richard back again in the future.

We then welcomed Mandy Peace to the floor with her teaching techniques. The movements used in all the exercises were incorporated into a routine, turning technique into suitable class routines – some very useful tips for teachers to take back to their pupils.

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Prior to lunch Paul Streatfield took the opportunity to introduce the newly elected DFR Committee, Michelle Arnell, Maria Howse, Nigel Kirk, Jonathan Reed and Julia Westlake who he would have the privilege to work alongside.

Paul then made a presentation to retiring Chair Yvonne Taylor-Hill and thanked her for her tremendous contribution and utmost dedication over many years which has helped make the DFR Faculty the success it is today. Nigel Kirk replied on behalf of Yvonne thanking Paul for his dedication as Vice-Chair and his support. Yvonne received a well deserved standing ovation.

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Yvonne Taylor-Hill Hands Over the Key After being part of the Disco/ Freestyle/Rock ‘n’ Roll Faculty since its conception and Chair for 21 years, I decided in this election year, it was time to hand over the helm of what I had affectionately named the Titanic. It was so called because the Faculty was the biggest under the Dancesport Yvonne Taylor-Hill Faculties’ Board, carrying a cargo of four genres – Freestyle, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Country Western and Street Dance.

On reflection, it has been a wonderful time in my dancing career. As a young student, I always loved debating, so standing for a committee would provide an opportunity for harmonious discussion with like-minded, dedicated colleagues to find a solution or compromise. Sometimes the debate would be feisty but always pleasurable especially when the outcome would benefit our very loyal membership – to be involved with the future of both dance and the Society was a challenging way forward.

While Chair I was fortunate to serve on ISTD Council and the Benevolent Fund Committee as well as many other sub-committees. How lucky was I to be mentored by Elizabeth Romain, who I trained, coached and assisted for many years, as well as Peggy Spencer, Anne Lingard, Sydney Francis and the lovely Joyce Percy.

I can say (without being pretentious) that I am so proud of everything the DFR Faculty Committee has achieved under my watch. This could only have been achieved through teamwork and spirit from the crew, an excellent Faculty Secretary and Co-ordinator and dedicated Vice-Chairs, especially Paul Streatfield who has been a marvellous friend, giving me huge support and advice during calm, turbulent and sad times.

On reflection – what fond memories do I leave with? Leaving a legacy – that through my Slow Dance lectures, Slow Dance became compulsory within the syllabus, of formulating professional syllabi and of course the grades and Intermediate syllabus, all endorsing the foundations of secure technique about which I am so passionate, our 25th anniversary celebrations and by no

means least – the banner parades at Grand Finals which never cease to bring on a tear and a gasp of breath.

In closing, huge thanks to you all for your lovely words, messages, cards and gifts. It is wonderful to feel so appreciated and my late husband Peter would be so chuffed and proud of me. I am not retiring. I am still teaching full time and examining, which I love.

The Dancesport Faculties’ Board know that the ISTD ‘runs through my veins’. I am merely taking the opportunity and time to ‘smell the roses’, or should I say, my very large garden. I am only a phone call or email away. Through the love of dance, I look forward to seeing you at many events in the coming years.

Yvonne Taylor-Hill

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM YOUR NEW CHAIR The last term of 2016 saw some changes within the DFR Faculty Committee. I was honoured to be elected Chair of the new committee, which began in September 2017. However, the biggest change is that Yvonne Taylor Hill, Patsy Graham and Rachel Wadey have decided to stand down from committee work. I would very much like to thank these three for being so dedicated to their roles within the Faculty and for giving up so much of their precious time to ISTD business. I for one enjoyed every meeting working alongside them and learning from their expertise. I’m sure you will join me in wishing them much happiness for the future and in the knowledge that the new committee will continue to uphold all the amazing work that has been established during their time.

I would like to introduce the new committee. I have two valuable Vice Chairs, Maria Howse and Nigel Kirk, both examiners with many years of experience on this Faculty along with committee members Jonathan Reed and newly appointed Julia Westlake and Michelle Arnell, and Faculty Co-ordinator, Penny Childs. Together we make a great team of busy, active teachers. With forward thinking and planning I know this committee will continue to lead the way for a bright and healthy future for our members in Freestyle, Rock ’n’ Roll, Street Dance and Country and Western.

On behalf of the DFR Faculty Committee I would sincerely like to wish you and your families a prosperous, healthy and happy New Year.

Paul Streatfield, Faculty Chair To read full versions of all the above reports, please visit istd.org.

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National Grand Finals Day

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Dancers of the highest calibre demonstrated breath-taking routines

Set Dance winners

SET DANCE EVENT REPORT BY KIRSTY WARREN Dancers from all over the country have been competing all year for a place to dance at the prestigious Grand Finals. Finally, the long-awaited 8th October 2017 was here. On arrival the queue outside the Guildford Spectrum was full of excited dancers and enthusiastic supporters, all with a keen eagerness for the doors to open. Once inside everyone was buzzing.

The Set Dance Banner Parade started at 9:30am, when Nicky Miles introduced all 40 schools in the Set Dance event. The adjudicating panel for this event was introduced: Suzanne Hammond, Maria Howse, Nigel Kirk, Jonathan Reed, Paul Streatfield, Yvonne Taylor-Hill and Julia Westlake.

Paul Streatfield, the new DFR Faculty Chair, congratulated all competitors for making it to GFD, wishing them every success for the day and announced that they were all winners. He also expressed his thanks and appreciation to the DFR Faculty Events Co-ordinator, Patsy Graham, for all her hard work and commitment over the last 20 years after she had made the difficult decision to retire.

The adjudicators had an exceptionally hard job to pick the finalists

The adjudicators had an exceptionally hard job to pick the finalists. I was blown away by the standard in all the finals, which was truly outstanding with dancers of the highest calibre demonstrating breath-taking routines. What a spectacular event with well-deserved winners. Congratulations to all the Set Dance contributors and teachers for all their input and hard work. Well done to each one of you.

Kirsty Warren

Set Dance Winners Under 6 – Harriet Bevan Under 14 Bronze/Below – Isabella Dewell Under 8 – Lyla-Jo Stavrakas Under 14 silver/Gold – Taylor Jacques Under 10 SDT – Holly Bunter Under 14 Gold Stars/Awards – Becky Lyon Under 10 Pre-Bronze – Ruby Allen Over 14 Bronze/Below – Ella Sewsarran Under 12 SDT – Mia Sewsarran Over 14 Silver/Gold – Corey Moore Under 12 Pre-Bronze – Ruby Potter Under 16 Gold Stars/Awards – Alana Rixon Under 12 Bronze/Silver – Tamsin Hinson Over 16 Gold Stars/Awards – Rosie Montague Under 12 Gold/Above – India Taylor Over 25 All Grades – Kerry Tokley

The Set Dance competition started with the wonderful Under 6s and Under 8s categories, all demonstrating a high level of confidence and a superb standard for their age group. The Freestyle routines were powerful, full of energy and were danced with superb technique, flair and control. In the Rock ‘n’ Roll style category the routines were demonstrated with precise technical accuracy and showed clean and well-timed footwork. The Slow dancers were radiant and performed their routines with beautiful emotion, resistance and gracefulness. The Street style competitors were fantastic, performing with superb attack and attitude and showed great isolation and strong Street style moves.

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PAIRS REPORT BY YVONNE TAYLOR-HILL Podiums were cleared away, the floor emptied ready for the first of the supporting events and a new adjudicating panel was introduced – Carla Field, Kirstie Henry, Moya Jordan, Vernon Kemp, Jacqui Norton and Naomi Richards. All was now ready for the first rounds of the Pairs event and the competitors were bursting with adrenaline and energy.

As a teacher, I can say from personal experience, that this is always an event that is so enjoyed by the dancers themselves.

Dancing with a ‘buddy’ is so much fun and a less daunting experience. I was very impressed with the partner skills developing from some of our younger medallists who were already showing an appreciation of shape and line towards partner as well as good spatial awareness. No more solo routines danced side by side – well done.

Overall, I felt that this year the dancing and choreography ticked all the required boxes that produce excellent couples dancing – good connection to partner both visually and physically, inspired choreography that showed a change in shape and position to each other, dancing that moved around the floor safely with an understanding of floor craft and spatial awareness.

Yvonne Taylor-Hill

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FINALS REPORT

BY SHONA CLACK At 3pm following the Pairs competition, Nicky Miles introduced each dance school competing in the Rock ‘n’ Roll event as school representatives filed past into the arena carrying their colourful school banners. All the Rock ‘n’ Roll qualifiers

joined them to create high spirits for the start of the Rock ‘n’ Roll finals.

Taking to the floor first were the Under-8s and Under-10s. They showed so much energy in their dancing, and their timing was impeccable despite being the youngest competitors.

As the competition moved on there was a good use of syllabus figures and compound steps being danced by the Bronze/Silver/ Gold levels.

Our first rounds were concluded by the four remarkable couples in the Over-25s. It is so wonderful to see the commitment these dancers still hold and how much enjoyment they get from their dancing.

The costumes and the choreography were the two elements that stood out for me this year. The choreography was pleasing to watch especially from the Gold Stars and Awards categories.

They combined a variety of basics with some outstanding partner work to incorporate lifts and jumps and had some imaginative sequence of steps to finish off some fantastic routines.

It was soon finals time and you could see from the smiles and expressions on the competitors’ faces as they were dancing that they were ecstatic to have been chosen and were all determined to gain a place on the podium.

The adjudicators had their work cut out and this shows what an exceptional job the teachers are doing to train their pupils throughout the year. The standard improves greatly every year and it will be so exciting to see what 2018 holds. What an amazing event and congratulations to all the winners.

Shona Clack

The Under 6s performed with just as much talent as the Gold Stars

Left: Pairs

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Winners Under 8 – Ava Dalby/Abbie Scott Under 10 SDT/Pre-Bronze – Tamsin Hinson/Erin Sibley Under 12 SDT/Pre-Bonze – Sophie Eltze/Emma Eltze Under 12 Bronze/Silver – Abigail Wadsworth/Christina Matsukatova Under 12 Gold/Above – Diaz Jelliff/Scarlett Fabian-Lovely Under 14 Bronze/Below – Arianna Prosser/Flora Jones Under 14 Silver/Gold – Maddy Twomey/Imogen Stead Over 14 Bronze/Below – Anna Wilkinson/Amy Taylor Under 16 Silver /Gold – Summer Moxham//Olivia Scott Under 16 Gold Stars/Awards – Daisy Powell/Alisha McLoughlin Over 16 Silver /Gold – Molly Butler/Kitty Butler Over 16 Gold Stars/Awards – Georgia Monk/Kirby Scarth Over 25 All Grades – Michelle Bird /Fleur White

SOLOS REPORT BY MICHELLE ARNELL As the floor filled for the last event of the day, the atmosphere in the room was still full of excitement. There was a great display of solo dancing with some excellent floor-craft. The Under-6s performed with just as much talent as the Gold Stars and the rounds of Solos show an increase in standard every year with a lovely display of bold and beautiful colours in the Bronze & Below sections to the glitz and glamour of the higher levels.

Above: Rock ‘n’ Roll pairs

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This year there was an additional event – the ISTD teachers dancing to ‘5678’ proved how wonderful they really are and great role models for their pupils.

After the presentations were made, many happy faces left the venue proudly holding their trophies as they made their way home, ready to do it all again next year – 7th October 2018 – at the Guildford Spectrum.

Thank you to the DFR Faculty Committee for excellent organisation of another amazing National Grand Finals’ Day, to Nicky Miles for compering, keeping a busy programme of events on time, to Justin Light for inspiring dance tracks throughout the day, to the adjudicating panels for their commitment ensuring the best dancers got through to the final rounds, and less obvious but with very important contributions to the smooth running of the day – the team of scrutineers and the tireless runners and Door Stewards.

Michelle Arnell

This is always an event that is so enjoyed by the dancers themselves

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IMPERIAL OPEN

Tickets

£15

FREESTYLE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday 4th March 2018 Spelthorne Leisure Centre, Knowle Green, Staines TW18 1AJ Contact Paul Streatfield for tickets/information +44 (0)7939 302106 • harfielddancestudios@hotmail.com www.istd.org DFR FACULTY AREA COMPETITION DATES 2018 Sunday 14th January Hants/South – Applemore Christine Edwards – 07877 531915 Jonathan Reed – 07721 050414 Sunday 28th January Essex – Southend Pat Woor – 07780 670611 Sunday 4th February North 1 – Horbury Nigel Kirk – 07930 432097 Liz Young – 07872 169467 Sunday 11th February Hants/Dorset – Littledown Christine Edwards – 07877 531915

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Sunday 11th March Beds/Herts/Northants – Hemel Hempstead Pat Woor – 07780 670611

Sunday 10th June Cambridge – Kelsey Kerridge Sports Centre Gail Henry – 07767 793499

Sunday 22nd April East Anglia 1 – Clacton Julia Westlake – 07720 844619

Sunday 24th June Wilts/West – Swindon – Oasis Centre Maria Howse – 07747 606501

Sunday 22nd April East Anglia 2 – Sudbury Pat Lait – 07889 723358 Sunday 6th May London/Kent – Gillingham Nicky Miles – eventsecretary1@ gmail.com

Sunday 1st July North 2 – Horbury Nigel Kirk – 07930 432097 Liz Young – 07872 169467 Sunday 8th July Sussex/Surrey – Maidstone Jonathan Reed – 07721 050414

Sunday 9th September Bucks/Berks/Middx – Spelthorne Leisure Centre, Staines Paul Streatfield – 07939 302106 Yvonne Taylor-Hill – 01494 874494

DIARY DATES Sunday 4th March 2018 Imperial Open Freestyle & Rock ‘n’ Roll Championships Spelthorne Leisure Centre – Staines Sunday 16th September 2018 Dance Exchange Venue TBC Sunday 7th October 2018 Grand Finals’ Day The Guildford Spectrum

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TEACHERS Are you AN ISTD LICENTIATE or FELLOW

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The DFR Faculty Committee

NEEDS YOU

The ISTD is inviting teachers to choreograph a Set Dance routine for consideration for the 2019 Selection

INTERESTED? 1) Submit a routine of your choosing 2) Specify age range and level 3) Demonstrate routine to music 4) Then repeat broken down facing and again backing the camera 5) Any complicated arm actions should be broken down further 6) Submit routine on DVD and check compatibility on a standard DVD player

Set Dances DVD

2018 SELECTION NOW AVAILABLE To place an order please contact Penny Childs, DFR Faculty Co-ordinator.

Email: Greek.DFR@istd.org A limited number of DVDs from previous years may still be available and make an excellent resource for class and examination work.

Apply to Penny Childs for information. www.istd.org

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7) Send clearly labelled DVD in boarded envelope to Penny Childs, DFR Faculty Co-ordinator by 31st January 2018.

Address: 14 Whitmore Close, Bridgnorth WV16 4LR If successful, written notes will be required. The DFR faculty reserves the right to decide suitability.

CARL ALAN FREESTYLE AWARDS The Awards ceremony took place at the Pleasure Beach Conference Centre in Blackpool on 14th October 2017. Congratulations are due to the following worthy recipients from the DFR Faculty: Teacher’s Award Maria Howse, DFR Faculty Vice-Chair/Examiner/Choreographer Competitive Coach Award Paul Streatfield, DFR Faculty Chair/ Examiner The Young Performer’s Award Oliver Kirk, previous ISTD medallist Our commiserations go to two other DFR Faculty short-listed nominees, and we wish them the very best of luck for success another time.

The well-known and loved Len Goodman, who has a long ISTD background received a Lifetime Achievement Award.

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IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET

Editorial Contact: Julia Beattie +44 (0)1788 899127 | Imp.Nat@istd.org www.istd.org/imperial-classical-ballet

The Junior Ballet Awards

JAMES HUDSON

Results and photos from the Imperial Classical Ballet Faculty’s superb Awards

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uge congratulations must go to everyone involved in this year’s Junior Ballet Awards held at The Venue in Milton Keynes on 29th October.

Upon arrival I was greeted by our Co-ordinator Julia Beattie who, as always, makes you feel welcome, and an electric atmosphere in the foyer, filled with excited children and parents. As I went backstage to help with the Grade 1 class, I was amazed to see the way in which the large team of examiners and student helpers organised the children in a calm and friendly way, ensuring that everyone knew exactly what was required of them, preparing the children to be able to dance and give of their best. Special thanks go to Lisa Aldridge, Ruth Davies, Sadie Morgan, Beverley Rand, Helen Steggles and Donald Vleugels.

The afternoon session saw the Grade 2 classes and I was privileged to be one of the Faculty to adjudicate this group. As in the morning there were three classes and then the final with about 60 children in each of the grades. Joanne Evans and Alison Avis taught their beautiful classes calmly to put the candidates at their ease and the overall standard was excellent. The teachers and parents should be very pleased and proud of the achievements of the children.

Well done to Jackie Styles who stage-managed the whole day, for the first time, to Vivienne Saxton our Faculty Chair and to all in the Imperial Classical Ballet Faculty.

Janet Marshall

Huge congratulations must go to everyone involved

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RESULTS GRADE1/CLASS EXAM 1 First Lauren Brown, Adagio School of Dance Second Isabelle Soars, Expressions Theatre Arts Lucy Wyatt, Adagio School of Dance Logan James, Junior Masters Performing Arts Third Nimeesha Abraham, Expressions Theatre Arts Musicality Nimeesha Abrahams Expressions Theatre Arts

GRADE 2/CLASS EXAM 2 First Ruben Garcia, South London Dance School Second Isobel Francis Richardson, Angela Allport Performing Arts Third Denis Teixeira, Janet Lomas School of Dancing

JUNIOR AWARDS ADJUDICATORS

Grade 2 Heats: Guy Niblett, Madeleine Jacques, Janet Marshall

Grade 1 Heats: Ruth Davies, Lisa Aldridge, Fleur Jones

Grade 2 Finals: Janet Marshall, Fleur Jones, Beverley Rand

Grade 1 Finals: Lisa Aldridge, Guy Niblett, Madeleine Jacques

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Musicality Elizabeth Keane, Adagio School of Dance Emily Teixeira, Janet Lomas School of Dancing Boys’ Cup Ruben Garcia, South London Dance School

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The Training of Ballet Technique Courses Reports from the ISTD’s successful courses in Guildford and Italy From Cathy Court

From Judith Koppenleitner

I attended the ISTD Imperial Ballet Summer School in August and was thrilled to be able to spend a day working with Helen Steggles to learn about The Training of Ballet Technique (TBT).

The day was so inspiring, with Helen’s clear and objective approach, which enabled me to immediately understand the benefits of each exercise and how to apply them to children and students of all ages and abilities at the various stages of their training.

Helen explained so clearly the importance of creating a ladder system to apply the fundamental skills, which are so important to train pupils safely throughout their development. The work is very clearly laid out in the course of study, concentrating on particular areas of ballet training and within those sections a clear method of progression. Helen also emphasised the importance of the use of suitable music to enhance the work.

I have been using TBT in all my classes this term, working up to Intermediate level. The students have responded very positively to the work. The exercises are simple but so effective and therefore the students can immediately feel the benefit of the exercise and apply it to their class work. I have found this has also encouraged the students to take ownership of their work in class as their understanding of how their own individual body works is increasing.

Thank you, Helen, for giving me the opportunity to develop my own understanding of the fundamental skills required for the teaching of classical ballet and to be able to pass this on in my teaching. Also, many thanks go to Debbi Parks who played so beautifully for us on the day.

Cathy Court

I found The Training of Ballet Technique at the ISTD summer school not only enjoyable, but also very educational and beneficial. It was recommended to purchase the book and DVD prior to the course, which I found to be very helpful. The course of study comprises many short exercises, so to be able to gain an overview by watching the DVD and reading through the book before attending the course, certainly aided the understanding.

Helen Steggles who ran the course was passionate and presented even the simplest exercise in an interesting way. We learned, went over and discussed most of the exercises and how they progressed. I found it to be of great benefit to be able to actively try them out, working with a partner and practise and discuss teaching methods at the same time. The training concept is very user friendly and designed for any teacher to be able to incorporate it in their weekly classes.

During the day we had interesting discussions about a variety of aspects of ballet teaching and it has broadened my knowledge and given me new ideas. I have already started using many of the exercises recommended, not only with my younger students, but also with my full time vocational and DDE students. So far, I have found it to be extremely useful and well received by all of them.

Judith Koppenleitner

Images: Technique training courses in Bari

From Diane Durant in Italy The course in Bari, Italy was a great success. Many of the teachers attending had already gained their DDE or Licentiate status, but there were also some younger DDE students.

Initially, watching the DVD gave the teachers a good idea as to what they were looking for and eventually what they were hoping to achieve. The important aspect of these exercises is that they can be taught in everyday classes and without the use of any equipment.

The training exercises are prepared on three different levels, and for various age groups, from the young children to the more mature adult. The different sections from ports de bras to adage through to pirouettes and allegro make a very interesting variety of work. The teachers enjoyed working in pairs, which helped them understand more fully the technique of some of the exercises.

Helen Steggles was the lecturer on this occasion. She was very professional and full of information, which made the whole day profitable and enjoyable. The exercises were taught very clearly and with precision. At the end of the day Helen taught a junior ballet class, introducing some of the exercises from the programme.

The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and it was a lovely way to finish the day.

Diane Durant

ISTD Residential Summer School will take place in Chichester in 2018. Please turn to page 28 for more information.

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Clarification of use of CDs in examinations The Faculty sincerely recommends that a pianist be used for ALL examinations.

However, the following applies IF a pianist is not used: The new CDs for Primary – Grade 2 that are on sale from January 2018 must be used INSTEAD of the old CDs (not instead of a pianist) from September 2018 worldwide IF A PIANIST IS NOT USED. Grade 3 – Grade 6: the new CDs produced in 2014 may be used if a pianist is not.

Vocational Examinations: a pianist is compulsory for all examinations at these levels.

Diary Dates 2017/18

Faculty Newsletter

28th January London Teachers Group Meeting at ACDS, Romford

A Faculty newsletter, Imperial Ballet Info, is published twice a year in August and February, to keep teachers up-to-date with courses, Faculty events, syllabus matters and general information.

This is available to teachers by email or post for the small fee of £5 annually. If you are interested in receiving this publication, please contact the Faculty Co-ordinator: Julia Beattie, email Imp.Nat@istd. org or tel 01788 899127.

4th February Boys Dance Day at Laine Theatre Arts, Epsom 3rd/4th March Senior Ballet Awards at The Hawth Theatre, Crawley 3rd/4th/5th April Imperial Ballet Spring Programme at Laine Theatre Arts, Epsom

WANTED

13th May Baines Hewitt Award Class at Laine Theatre Arts, Epsom

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The Imperial Classical Ballet Faculty presents

A BOYS’ DAY A day of classes for your male pupils given by specialist male teachers

Sunday 4th February 2018 10.30am – 4.30pm • Laine Theatre Arts, East Street, Epsom, Surrey KT17 1HH

For boys of eight years and above.

Boys both experienced and inexperienced in Ballet are welcome.

Closing Date: 15th January 2018

Please contact the Faculty Co-ordinator to make your bookings: Mrs J Beattie, 8 School Close, Braunston, Daventry, Northants NN11 7JD

£30

PER PU

PIL

Tel: 01788 899127 Email: beattie.ballet@gmail.com

NEW EXAMINERS FOR THE IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET FACULTY The ISTD is seeking to appoint new examiners for the Imperial Classical Ballet Faculty.

Applicants must hold the Fellowship qualification in the relevant genre and should request an application form from Gemma Ward at the ISTD. Email: gward@istd.org.

The closing date for applications is 16th February 2018.

compulsory in examinations from September 2018 worldwide.

Advanced 2 A new CD for Advanced 2, which includes revisions for the female Advanced 2 syllabus is now available from the Sales Department at the ISTD. Interim notes for the female revisions are also available.

THE IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET

2018

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3rd & 4th March 2018 The Hawth Theatre, Crawley Classes for Grades 3, 4, 5, 6/Inter Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced 1

Candidates must have passed the relevant Grade examination with 70–100 marks.

Intermediate and Advanced 1 candidates must have passed their examination with 65–100 marks.

The closing date for entries is Monday 15th January 2018 Rules and entry forms are available from the Faculty Co-ordinator, beattie.ballet@gmail.com

MORE INFORMATION ON THE ISTD WEBSITE AND IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF DANCE

SAVE THE DATE

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BAINES HEWITT Award

in association with the Gordon Edwards Charitable Trust and the Imperial Classical Ballet Faculty

13TH MAY 2018 LAINE THEATRE ARTS Epsom, Surrey at 12.30pm

A discretionary prize of £1,000 may be awarded to a Ballet student who has been accepted by or who is already studying on an accredited Classical Ballet course at a vocational establishment of international repute.

Candidates must hold the Intermediate Certificate or higher of the Imperial Classical Ballet Faculty.

Age Limits Minimum age limit for entry is 15 years on 1st September 2018.

The candidates will be required to take part in a class at Advanced level but are not required to show a dance.

Previous winners of this award are NOT eligible to compete.

Entry Fee: £15.00 Closing date: Friday 20th April 2018 Please contact the Faculty Co-ordinator, Julia Beattie, for information: Tel: 01788 899127 Email: beattie.ballet@gmail.com

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TAKE YOUR FIRST STEP

JUNIOR ASSOCIATE AUDITIONS 2018 Our Junior Associates are young dancers aged 8 to 10 who train with The Royal Ballet School alongside their regular ballet class.

Every child who applies is offered an audition.

APPLICATIONS OPEN JANUARY 2018 royalballetschool.org.uk/apply

REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 214364

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LATIN AMERICAN

MODERN BALLROOM

SEQUENCE

Editorial Contact: Joanne Blackshaw +44 (0)7900 741473 | Latin.Ballroom@istd.org www.istd.org/latin-american

Editorial Contact: Malcolm Hill +44 (0)7772 199103 | hilldanceacademy@gmail.com www.istd.org/modern-ballroom

Editorial Contact: Diana Wykes +44 (0)7771 657556 | dianawykes6@gmail.com www.istd.org/sequence

How to Make a Miracle Happen Morgan Hemphill reports on another sparkling Blackpool Grand Finals

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here is always something spine tingling and special about walking into the world famous Winter Gardens in Blackpool.

And this year’s ISTD Grand Finals were no exception.

Whilst preparations by dancers, teachers and dance schools across the UK and as far away as Barbados got underway, behind the scenes hard work, organisation and dedication was transforming the prestigious Empress Ballroom ready for a busy and successful weekend.

With damage to it’s beautifully ornate ceiling, the ballroom had been closed for repair, so it wasn’t until the last minute that the event was given the full go ahead. Huge

congratulations to Nicky Miles, the ISTD and the whole team who worked endlessly to make it happen.

After lessons, practice and training, tan, hair, make-up, rhinestones, long journeys, early starts, the doors opened on Saturday morning to the buzz and excitement, with the youngest competitors ready to dance first.

It always inspires me to see so many dancers of all ages, backgrounds and abilities coming together, cheering on friends and fellow competitors. Seeing the thrill and enjoyment of dance through the whole of Saturday’s programme from the early rounds right through to the finals, makes anyone see just what dance is about.

And it didn’t stop there. Saturday night brought Disney to Blackpool. A full evening of dancing, good spirits and laughs combined with a fabulous Disney parade with every character imaginable. Richard Lifshitz and Laura Robinson, the current International Professional Rising Star Champions performed a fantastic Latin show, a combination of traditional, modern and creative ideas together with great dancing held something for

It’s inspiring to see dancers of all ages, backgrounds and abilities coming together

Images from the Blackpool Grand Finals 2017

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Saturday night brought Disney to Blackpool. A full evening of dancing, good spirits and laughs Images from the Blackpool Grand Finals 2017

everyone. Everyone had a great evening and a chance to let their hair down, celebrate results and add to an already brilliant weekend.

Another early start on Sunday, for the adults this time, proved to be just as electrifying as the day before. The day started with the Sequence events followed by the Ballroom and Latin events and couples to round off the weekend. From first rounds to the finals the energy was high, with many successes and personal achievements along the way.

Packed cars, trophies galore, tired feet and plenty of new stories were taken away from another ISTD Grand Finals weekend. I’m pretty sure that all dancers, teachers and the team of organisers are already looking forward to what the next year brings... after a good rest of course!

Well done and congratulations to everyone who participated in and supported Grand Finals 2017.

Morgan Hemphill

GRAHAM OSWICK’S CARL ALAN AWARD I consider myself fortunate to be able to make a living from doing something that I love. During my career I have had the pleasure to dance at a high competitive level and then the chance to pass on my knowledge to so many talented dancers. Being nominated by your peers for a Carl Alan award is an honour in itself, so hearing my name announced as the winner of the Award for Inspirational Coach was absolutely amazing. I wouldn’t be in this position without the original support of my wonderful family, my own coaches and all the people who have helped me along the way – thank you all.

Graham Oswick The full-length report and photos are online: www.istd.org/news/istdnews/this-years-carl-alan-awards

MEDALLIST COMPETITION DATES

Sunday 15th April 2018 Gillingham – Adults and Children

Sunday 14th January 2018 Kettering – Adults and Children

Sunday 13th May 2018 Hemel Hempstead – Adults and Children Lower Grade

Sunday 21st January 2018 Lymington – Adults Sunday 4th February 2018 Southend – Children Sunday 18th February 2018 Lymington – Children Sunday 18th February 2018 Wakefield – Adults and Children Sunday 25th February 2018 Southend – Adults

Sunday 3rd June 2018 Burgess Hill – Adults and Children Sunday 17th June 2018 Ipswich – Adults and Children – Mainly Lower Grades Sunday 1st July 2018 Gillingham2 – Adults and Children Sunday 15th July 2018 Wakefield – Adults and Children For details please contact eventsecretary1@gmail.com

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ISTD Medallist Festival in Troisdorf Angela Pikaski and Alex Tenou report on a successful and supportive event

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n Sunday 25th June we danced our first ISTD Medallist Festival in Troisdorf. When we arrived in the morning the atmosphere was very much the same as before the start of any other competition: dancers trying out the floor, getting dressed, warming up, preparing for their great day. What we found very special was the great support that the dancers gave each other. No matter if there was a young dancer dancing his or her first medallist competition or a group of more experienced dancers competing against each other, the crowd cheered for every dancer. Between their competitions most of the dancers stayed in the room to support all the others. So although it was a competition and everyone wanted to deliver a good performance the atmosphere was very friendly.

What was really new for us was being judged as individual dancers and not as a couple. Most of the other dancers danced with a teacher in the solo competitions. We were really impressed by the way the teachers danced the whole day with all their different students, doing their best to make them look good. It was nice to see how a teacher can dance one dance with a beginner junior dancer and the next with an experienced adult dancer and give both the best possible support. So every competitor was able to show his or her best dancing. And you could tell that the teachers really enjoyed those dances themselves.

What we found very special was the great support that the dancers gave each other At the end of the day there was a party where all the dancers came together to talk and dance and have a good time. Our first Medallist competition was a great new experience and we are very happy that we were given the opportunity to take part.

Angela Pikaski and Alex Tenou Read the full length report on istd.org.

Images from the ISTD Medallist Festival 2017

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ISTD Salsa in India Conrad Coelho introduces the new ISTD Salsa Syllabus in India

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have been teaching Latin American and Ballroom Dancing in Mumbai, India, since 2006. In my quest to pursue excellence in dance, I travelled to England in 2009 to learn the ISTD Syllabus and in due course gained the ISTD Ballroom Student Teacher and Latin American Associate qualifications. I am also a Salsa enthusiast and have been passionately promoting this dance style in Mumbai, along with other popular club dances such as Bachata and Merengue.

The unique selling point of Salsa has always been its ‘social dancing’ element ie you could frequent a Salsa club and dance Salsa with strangers and socialize. The biggest challenge to a Salsa teacher, however, is devising a syllabus for this dance that could have varied permutations of hand holds, arm positions, turn patterns, shines and styling. Any Salsa enthusiast would agree that once the fundamentals are learnt the possibilities of the combinations are limitless, allowing for personal expressions of the music.

The Salsa scene in India is growing exponentially with almost every city hosting a Salsa party on almost every night of the week.

With this increasing popularity of the dance, the need for a relevant and credible syllabus is essential.

During my interaction with Simon Cruwys, an ISTD Examiner, at a medal test exam day in Mumbai in December 2016, I was pleased to learn that the Authentic and Emerging Dance Committee (formerly the Club Dance Faculty) had recently released the ISTD Salsa syllabus. I was also aware that Susana Montero (world renowned Salsa expert and performer) was part of the Salsa syllabus framing team. So, very excited to learn the revised ISTD Salsa Syllabus, I travelled to the beautiful town of Bournemouth in England in May 2017 and commenced training with Suzanne Hammond, Fellow and Examiner, AED Committee member and co-author of the Salsa syllabus.

I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the syllabus study material consisted of four books: a Technique Book dedicated to each of the three main styles, LA, NY and Cuban coupled with a separate Study Book dedicated to understanding the rich history and evolution of the music and dance and also covering technical aspects of footwork, spinning, free styling, music definitions and much more. Care was taken to also add chapters on Class Structure, Legal Requirements and Professional Etiquette, which are invaluable to a new teacher entering the profession. It was also a pleasure to meet Cuban Salsa expert and author of the Cuban syllabus book Ian Postle, and gain insights on Cuban Salsa styling.

Having studied intensively for two weeks with Suzanne Hammond, I was entered for the LA Salsa Associate exam on 20th May 2017 with Miss Anne Lingard as my examiner. I am pleased to announce that I passed with Highly Commended.

Gaining this qualification, I am so very proud to say that I have become the first ISTD qualified Salsa teacher in India.

On my return to India I was very much looking forward to sharing this extensive syllabus with my students and am now excited to announce that many of them will be taking the Salsa medal tests in December at my exam session. I also have four candidates currently studying for the LA Salsa Student Teacher examination.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Cruwys family for hosting me during my stay in England and Simon Cruwys and Suzanne Hammond-Cruwys for your whole hearted support and guidance.

I now look forward to the ISTD Salsa Licentiate Qualification…

Viva La Salsaaa!

Conrad Coelho, LA Salsa Associate, Latin American Associate, Ballroom Student Teacher, Mumbai, India

The unique selling point of Salsa has always been its social dancing element

Left: Conrad teaching Salsa

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ISTD Dancesport Congress DVD 2017 Includes three great discs...

DISC I I. Twists & Turns II. Little Latin Sparkles III. Inspired Ballroom IV. How Sequence can benefit your business VI. Developing the next generation of Dance Stars VII. Latin Sparklers in Rumba & Samba DISC II I. Latin Sparklers in Cha Cha Cha & Jive II. A Lady’s Style III. Something old.

Something New IV. Espression and Speed in the Feet, Legs and Ankles

DISC III I. Inspired Ballroom Combinations in Foxtrot & Quickstep II. Understanding Classical Sequence Tango III. How to make your Paso Doble Sparkle IV. Party Dances

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£45

ON SALE NOW from shop.istd.org/shop/accessories/item-dancesport-congress-2017

ISTD PIERRE & BILL IRVINE TROPHY COMPETITIONS STOP PRESS

A once a year opportunity to get back into competition mode dancing the beautiful ISTD Basic syllabus.

There are eight months left to prepare for next year’s Pierre Trophy Latin American competition or the Bill Irvine Trophy Modern Ballroom competition.

The event will take place at the ISTD Dancesport Congress on Saturday 21st July 2018.

Fantastic prize money of £500 for each winner and males and females are judged separately.

Practice wear only to be worn.

To register your interest and for more information please contact the Faculty Co-ordinator, Joanne Blackshaw: Latin.Ballroom@istd.org.

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TRIBUTES TO JOAN SOUTHWOOD (NÉE FIELD) From Vernon Kemp

On joining the Sequence Faculty Committee in 1987 I began to see the dedication and hard work behind the scenes that Joan brought to the ISTD. Despite living the furthest from London in the North East, Joan Above: Joan Field attended many meetings and regularly examined all over the UK. As our friendship developed I began to realise the depth of knowledge behind that calm exterior. As well as the countless dancers and teachers that Joan has left in the North East, her legacy to the ISTD is without doubt the wonderful Grade work in Sequence. Above all, I will remember her genuine open nature and friendship.

Vernon Kemp

From Jill Bush In the past I had never stopped to consider how long I had known Joan. Truly, I was amazed to discover that we had first been introduced 40 years ago, when I was a newly qualified Associate.

Many years of Joan’s life were dedicated to the ISTD, not only was she a teacher but also a multi-faculty examiner, lecturer and highly valued committee member. In all the years that I knew Joan she was always the same. She was a calm, modest and very kind person, who never sought the limelight or expected any recognition. She herself was overwhelmed when the Society honoured her with the Imperial Award in 2001: “Whatever have I done to deserve this?” I heard her say. The list would have been endless!

Jill Bush, Sequence Faculty Chair

Sunday 22nd April 2018 SAVE THE DATE – For further details see istd.org

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From Morris Langham I have known Joan all of my life, as my mother and Joan were cousins and our families were very close. After years of trying, Joan finally persuaded my younger brother, younger sister and me to go and learn to dance. She was an excellent teacher and soon had the three of us with partners and entering competitions.

After many years of competing I went on to study with Joan to take my professional exams with the ISTD. I am sure you will always be remembered, Joan, by all those people whose lives you improved through dancing. God bless you and thank you for bringing dancing into my life.

Morris Langham FISTD To read the full-length versions of the above tributes please visit istd.org.

SEQUENCE MEDALLIST COMPETITION 2018 This annual event will be held on 10th June at West Park Leisure Centre, Wilsthorpe Road, Long Eaton, Derby NG10 4AA. An all-day competition for medallists, from the youngest to our more senior dancers to compete in a range of Classical, Modern and Latin sequence sections. This is an opportunity to qualify for the 3-dance Sequence event. Save the date for this prestigious day in the Sequence calendar. See istd.org for updates.

Sequence 3-Dance Competition Dances 2017

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Classical

Modern

Latin

Fylde Waltz

Quando Quickstep

Paso Petite

Junior Countess Waltz Tango Tarquilla

Vistamar Cha Cha Cha

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Wedgewood Blue Gavotte

Tango Callatina

Juneau Jive

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Regency Mazurka

Ben’s Waltz

Social Samba

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Diamond Jubilee Two Step

Arcadia Foxtrot

Rumba Sicilia

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INVENTIVE DANCE COMPETITION SUNDAY 22ND APRIL 2018 PLEASE NOTE: Date is later than usual

West Park Leisure Centre Wilsthorpe Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire NG10 4AA

SAVE THE DATE

Featuring Classical and Modern Sequence Sections, and Sequence 3-Dance events for Medallist competitors to qualify for the Blackpool Grand Finals

ENTRANCE FEE ISTD Members: £11.50 Non-members: £12.50 3-dance competitors: £7.50 Doors open: 9.00am First round of 3-dance events: 9.30am First round of Inventive Dance Competition: 11.00am

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Editorial Contact: Toni Ketterer +44 (0)1255 852299 | istd@aspects.net www.istd.org/modern-theatre

MODERN THEATRE

A Creative Explosion Elizabeth Reeves reports from the Modern Theatre Faculty’s Jazz & West End Workshops and Creation choreographic competition

How inspiring it was to work with professional dancers and get a real taste of West End repertoire JAMES HUDSON PHOTOGRAPHY

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n Sunday 12th November, I arrived with the sun shining on the new Bird College building and there was an air of excitement and anticipation for the day of workshops and competition ahead.

From the moment we entered it seemed to be the perfect location for our showcase. The opportunity to work at such a great location was inspirational for our ISTD dancers. It gave them a taste of what a day in the life of a full time college student might feel like.

The quadrant layout has a strong community feel with large, bright studio spaces. The environment and architecture gave a vibe of inspiration while, at the same time, providing a safe place to engender positive dance creativity.

The facilities were topped off by the terrific support and enthusiasm of the Bird students who looked after everyone for the whole day. They were certainly a credit to Luis De Abreu

Left: Commercial Hip Hop with Freya Sands

(Vice Principal), Shirley Coen (Principal) and Bird College. Luis also found time to give parents of the students a guided tour of the new building, which was an unexpected and additional treat.

The children were split into four groups with well-established and seasoned professionals from the dance world. The students were taught a broad range of different styles of modern dance from musical theatre to hip hop. This proved both challenging, insightful and fun.

During the day, I walked from studio to studio, witnessing each space buzzing with excitement.

The classes gave off a great energy due to the fast and professional pace at which they were being taught. From what I observed, not one student ever sat down or gave up. They all rose to the challenge.

One student quipped: “how inspiring it was to work with professional dancers and get a real taste of West End repertoire.”

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CREATION

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Our choreographic competition in memory of Miss Doreen Bird, followed in the afternoon.

It was a joy and a privilege to watch 11 beautifully created dance pieces, across the age range from 8–18 years. The quality of the trios and troupes made the judges’ decisions much harder. The dancers had the joy of performing in the beautiful new Doreen Bird Foundation Theatre, which fashioned a wonderful theatrical experience along with some atmospheric smoke.

While the judges went out to deliberate, two students from Morea Performing Arts danced their own choreography. Both dances were motivating and inspirational.

Above: The ISTD Jazz and West End workshops 2017

Above: Premier winner – Steph Wright

Finally, the five judges had made their decisions and the winners were: Junior Winner Beatrice Jenkins, Matilda McCormick, Ell Richardson, Iona Tanner Suzanne Gielgud – Gielgud Academy of Performing Arts Runner Up Emily Derham Jamie Lee – Jamie Lee Dance Academy Senior Winner Alice Rimmer Janet Marshall – Janet Marshall Studios Runner Up Anne-Marie Wojna Elizabeth Reeves – Betty Wivell Academy Premier Winner Steph Wright Jill Tindale – Quay Theatre Arts Runner Up Bethany Halford Janet Marshall – Janet Marshall Studios Christina Ballard Award for Artistry Steph Wright Jill Tindale – Quay Theatre Arts Sue Passmore Award Jill Tindale

It was a joy and a privilege to watch 11 beautifully created dance pieces Above: Senior choreography by Isobel Hadden

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Above: Premier winner – Steph Wright receiving her award from Sue Passmore

Thank you to our fabulous teachers/judges for the day: Hannah Fairclough, Matt Gillett, Justin-Lee Jones and Freya Sands, whose classes were cleverly crafted for each age group. They were joined

by Luis De Abreu to adjudicate Creation. The guest of honour, ISTD Chair, Sue Passmore presented her award to the teacher of the Premier Winner.

The whole day ran smoothly thanks to the support of the ISTD examiners and the Bird students. Thank you to Luis for letting us use your stunning new college, studios and theatre and the continued support for the ISTD at this extraordinary event.

Elizabeth Reeves Above: Junior Section – Emily Derham

From Vancouver to Guildford Penelope Boyse’s memories of summer school 2017

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hen I heard the news that my beloved residential summer school was returning, I could barely contain my excitement. From 2002–2013 Chichester teacher training summer school had quite literally been the highlight of my year, as it allowed me the opportunity to reconnect with so many of my amazing and inspirational tutors and mentors from Bird College, Tracey Lee, Katie Morea, Lyn Richardson and Tereza Theodulou to name but a few. It is also the place where I made some of my most special teacher friends from around the globe.

On the first evening all residing delegates and faculty members were invited to the bar for the welcome meeting, which was the perfect environment for mingling and getting to know one another, hosted by the new Artistic Director, Ginny Brown, the newly appointed Chair of the Modern Theatre Faculty, Tereza Theodoulou, and Jackie Hayward, Chair of the Tap faculty. All three welcomed us with open arms, updated us with their latest news, and gave us a brief insight into how the week ahead was going to be structured. We spent the remainder of the evening reminiscing, and sharing our excitement about what was to come.

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Each day would begin with an energizing warm up of our choice, (either Jazz or Tap or Pilates) and the evenings filled with lectures, additional classes, social gatherings, and the famous trivia quiz night.

For the first two days I studied Advanced 1 Modern, with the lovely Ruth Armstrong. Ruth did an amazing job at reading the class and recognizing our needs. We spent the days recapping/learning exercises, dancing our hearts out, and laughing uncontrollably at her hilarious personality! We all felt enormous gratitude to Ruth, for sharing her great knowledge and expertise, which was informative and inspiring.

The work was created so beautifully and taught with such clarity

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I spent the next two days learning the new Inter Tap Syllabus.

Heather Rees taught this with great precision, passion, and enthusiasm, and on day one we managed to get through the warm ups and drills, leaving a little time at the end to play around with rhythm. Leaving day two for the technical exercises, performance sequences and amalgamations. We were even lucky enough to have Ruth perform her Musical Theatre Amalgamation, so that we could see the detail and style required. There was an enormous amount of information to take in, but the work was created so beautifully and taught with such clarity, that it seemed to flow through our bodies with great ease. It felt so good to just let go and dance.

On the morning of day five, I met a sympathetic response from the ISTD staff, when asking if I could drop in and out of classes.

I had just one more day to squeeze in as much information as possible, before heading back to Vancouver. This would be an enjoyable and slightly less taxing day, spent with the lovely Helen Green, Alison Forrester and Elizabeth Reeves, revising some of the Tap and Modern grade work. What a wonderful way to conclude such an amazing week.

I would sincerely like to thank everyone involved in making it such a special and memorable experience, and I cannot wait until next year.

Penelope Boyse, Canada The full-length report is available to read on istd.org.

ISTD Residential Summer School will take place in Chichester in 2018. Please turn to page 28 for more information.

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Janet Cram Awards Hosted by the ISTD Modern Theatre Faculty

REGIONAL HEATS SCOTTISH HEAT, SUNDAY 29TH APRIL 2018 The Edinburgh Academy, 42 Henderson Row, Edinburgh EH3 5BL Details and entry forms from Kerrie Bruce: kerriebruce@hotmail.com Closing date for entries: Tuesday 3rd April 2018 SOUTH EASTERN HEAT, SUNDAY 6TH MAY 2018 Seevic Theatre, Runnymede Chase, Benfleet, Essex SS7 1TW Details and entry forms from Amanda Butcher: ajbutcher67@gmail.com Closing date for entries: Monday 9th April 2018 SOUTH WESTERN HEAT, SUNDAY 6TH MAY 2018 The Bacon Theatre, Dean Close School, Shelburne Road, Cheltenham GL51 6HE Details and entry forms from Andrea Ashton/Sadie Morgan: andreayeates@hotmail.com Closing date for entries: Monday 9th April 2018 NORTHERN HEAT, SUNDAY 6TH MAY 2018 The Dane Bank Theatre, South Cheshire College, Dane Bank Avenue, Crewe CW2 8AB Details and entry forms from Cathi Conroy-Jones: cathiconroyjones@hotmail.com Closing date for entries: Monday 9th April 2018

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SOUTHERN HEAT N SUNDAY 13TH MAY 2018 Magna Carta Arts Centre, Thorpe Road, Staines, Middlesex TW18 3HJ Details and entry forms from Candi Trabucatti: candi_trabucatti@hotmail.com Closing date for entries: Monday 16th April 2018 Schools will be allowed to enter eight pupils (this is to include branches’ and assistants’ pupils) Juniors: 8yrs to 11yrs on 1st April 2018 Must have passed ISTD Grade 3 or 4 Modern and no higher.

Seniors: 11yrs to 14yrs on 1st April 2018 Must have passed ISTD Grade 4, 5 or 6 Modern and no higher.

Premier: 13yrs to 16yrs on 1st April 2018 Must have passed ISTD Grade 6, Intermediate Foundation, Intermediate Modern or Advanced 1 Modern and no higher.

The qualifying examination for Juniors and Seniors must have taken place between 1st October 2016 and 1st April 2018. The qualifying examination for Premiers must have taken place between 1st April 2016 and 1st April 2018. There will be no exceptions to this rule.

Competitors must have been trained at the ISTD school entering them, from the dates below unless written permission is given by the previous principal.

SCOTLAND: 2nd October 2017 SOUTH EAST: 9th October 2017 SOUTH WEST: 9th October 2017 NORTHERN: 9th October 2017 SOUTHERN: 16th October 2017

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Please note that numbers are limited at each heat. Heats may be closed to applications before the advertised closing dates if classes are oversubscribed.

HEATS CLASS CONTENT JUNIOR CLASS Set Grade 4 Warm Up Two unset sequences, which may include the following technical content: • Circular Spring • Side Kicks • Front Kicks • Spin Turns at high level • Triple Runs • Split Runs forwards NO DANCES WILL BE SEEN AT THE HEATS

SENIOR CLASS Set Grade 6 Warm Up Two unset sequences, which may include the following technical content: • Single Pirouette at low level, inwards/outwards • Side Kicks • Front Kicks • Any Dance Vocabulary Steps from Grades 5 amd 6 NO DANCES WILL BE SEEN AT THE HEATS PREMIER CLASS Free Warm Up Two unset sequences, which may include the following technical content: • Any Dance Vocabulary Steps from Intermediate Foundation and Intermediate • Double Pirouette at high or low level, inwards/outwards NO DANCES WILL BE SEEN AT THE HEATS

Finals Sunday 3rd June 2018 from 10am The Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London SE1 3RA FINALS CLASS CONTENT: A FREE WARM UP AND TWO CONTRASTING SEQUENCES Each finalist will then perform their prepared dance.

JUNIOR SOLOS Must be no longer than 1.5 mins

SPECTATORS ADMISSION FOR ALL HEATS AND FINAL Adults, including teachers: £10 Under 14s: £5 Family ticket (2x adult 2x children): £25 Free admission for one teacher of each finalist

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Editorial Contact: Julia Beattie +44 (0)2380 452911 | Imp.Nat@istd.org www.istd.org/national

NATIONAL DANCE

Residential Recollections Lisa Norris, Karen Thompson and Sally Upton remind us of the benefits of residential summer school

PHOTOS BY RACHEL CHERRY

I am delighted to report that I now have a regular weekly National dance class at my school

The ISTD Residentital Summer School 2017

I cannot thank the National dance tutors, Jayne Wing and Barbara Simons enough for sharing all their knowledge with us and to all the National course attendees for giving us so much encouragement and support so that we were able to return to our schools and introduce the National work. I am delighted to report that I now have a regular weekly National dance class at my school, which is proving extremely popular and have also recently been invited into one of our local primary schools to teach.

My students are gaining so much from the National work and I would encourage more teachers to attend courses and see the many benefits it has to offer their students.

Karen Thompson

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From Sally

Having wanted to attend the National Dance residential course for several years, I finally got my wish in 2017 and travelled over to the Surrey University campus in August. I was looking forward to learning more about the National graded work and developing my interest further. When I arrived, and found my way around the campus, I was delighted to meet with past London College of Dance students, some of whom I hadn’t seen since graduation. An evening of reminiscing ensued, which is one of the great things about being on a residential course.

The following day I made my way to the superb venue at the Guildford School of Acting, where I was greeted with such friendliness at the National dance warm up session, given by Jayne Wing. This was an excellent way to meet other teachers.

Everyone was so friendly and welcoming that we soon became engrossed in learning the syllabi.

Jayne Wing was so clear in her instructions and imparting her knowledge that Elisa, my dance partner for the week, and I were slightly in awe and wondered if we would be able to learn all the various countries’ dances and more importantly replicate their different styles. With lots of encouragement from everyone, we soon became more confident and even though it was hard work, we had so much fun.

On Monday 7th August I headed off early to the National Summer School. It was easy to find and I was soon under my umbrella making my way to the building. It almost felt like one’s first day at school, with anticipation, excitement and not quite knowing what to expect. On signing in, the ISTD staff were cheerful and helpful and pointed me in the right direction. I was greeted with a lovely warm welcome from Barbara Simons, and friends I had made on previous National summer schools. We were soon all up and enjoying working on our first dance. Everyone was very friendly and by changing dance partners frequently you really got to know each other.

Barbara Simons’ delivery of the Vocational syllabus was clear, working at a suitable pace for everyone and we were able to make helpful notes as we went along. Jayne Wing had been taking the National grades class in another room and at various times we all met up and had fun dancing some of grade dances together.

It was great to get together with other National teachers and examiners, we had time over lunch and in breaks to chat together, compare experiences and ask any questions that we had.

The highlight of the summer school for me was the new Primary Class Examination that Barbara Simons has created. We all took part in the class, learning the new work to some great tunes for children. The syllabus is a general introduction to National dance

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and will be very good for youngsters, as it requires partner work.

This will give the opportunity to make new friends and the less confident children can rely on the support of someone with whom to dance. I am looking to start this as a family class as I think all ages will enjoy the new work.

Thank you to Barbara Simons and everyone involved for a great summer school. I will look forward to next year.

Sally Upton

From Lisa, the Helen Wingrave Award Winner National Dance has always been a favourite of mine. After introducing the vocational grades at the college where I teach, I felt that I needed to improve my knowledge and decided to apply for a place on the summer school in Guildford. I was then lucky enough to win the Helen Wingrave Award, which was a scholarship for the tuition fees enabling me to attend the course. I am very grateful to the National Faculty for giving me this opportunity.

It was lovely to be taught by the National Faculty Vice Chair, Barbara Simons, who taught me National at college many years ago. As always she delivered the work with passion, imparting her

PRACTICE STEPS FOR THE CHILDREN’S GRADED EXAMINATIONS The candidates will dance individual steps across the room to the warm-up music. They may choose to relax the arms by their sides, place hands on waist or hold skirts.

GRADE 1 England • Skips across the room on the diagonal, one by one • Skip change of step across the room on the diagonal, one by one France – Teachers choice of one of the following: • French runs across the room on the diagonal, one by one • Gallops sideways across the room on the diagonal, one by one GRADE 2 Wales • Reel steps on the diagonal, one by one Denmark • 8 Hurretrin travelling to the left and 8 to the right

excellent knowledge and ensuring that every detail was covered.

The teachers attending were all at different stages of their learning but many, along with myself, needed Licentiate training so it was good to share the experience with others in the same position. We took time to discuss the many requirements of the Graded and Vocational Graded exams as well as the teaching examinations, which was very useful and gave me the confidence I needed to deliver the work. Each and every person who attended this course was friendly and supportive and the lecturers were a credit to the National Dance Faculty.

Lisa Norris

It was great to get together with other National dance teachers and examiners ISTD Residential Summer School will take place in Chichester in 2018. Please turn to page 28 for more information.

Czech Republic & Slovakia • Heel and Toe Polkas forward on the diagonal, one by one GRADE 5 Ireland • Jig Promenades on the diagonal, one by one • Jig Seven and Two Threes, twice each Portugal • Portuguese Pas deBasque, straight or turning, on the diagonal, one by one. Own choice – could mix turning in own circle & straight or all straight hands on waist or raised. Boys could place hands behind back.

GRADE 6 Italy • 4 runs and 2 pas de basques on the diagonal, one by one Greece • Basic Kalamatianos sequence forwards on the diagonal, one by one

Background Information GRADE 3 Isle of Man • Manx reel step on the diagonal, one by one Austria • Polkas turning on the diagonal one by one – only LDB – RDF GRADE 4 Scotland • Skip change of step on the diagonal, one by one • Setting – one by one 4 each

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Background knowledge will be in the form of a very basic discussion.

Each candidate may present their own choice of one of the following for each country. There will be no individual questions.

1 Style 2 Costume – man and woman 3 Music 4 Traditions 5 Steps and patterns 6 Geography/history relevant to the country

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NEW PRIMARY CLASS EXAMINATION The new syllabus will be examined from January 2018. The examination will be conducted by the teacher and candidates will be entered in sets of up to four. The syllabus does not cover dances from specific countries, but focuses on the basic elements of National dance, such as working in partners, groups and patterns, using simple steps including walks, runs and gallops. It is suitable for teachers of all dance genres who teach young children and those who teach in primary schools. No previous experience of National dance is required.

The work was taught for the first time at the Teachers Residential Summer School in Guildford, where it was extremely well received. The following are a few of the comments that were made: “The highlight for me was the new Primary Class Examination.”

“It will be very good for youngsters as it requires partner work, which will give them the opportunity to make new friends.”

“I am looking to start this as a family class as I think that all ages will enjoy the work.”

E M D M T A R IS G O R P G N I SPR Sur rey , m o s p E re Ar ts, t a e h T ine 18 at La th April 20 3rd –13 The National Dance Faculty will be holding two days of courses as part of the 2018 Spring Programme.

SATURDAY 7TH APRIL New Primary Class Examination and Teaching Dance in Primary Schools This is an exciting new course covering the new Primary Class Examination Syllabus in the morning and an introduction to teaching dance in primary schools in the afternoon. The two sessions will be linked

and the afternoon session will include guidance on how to adapt some of the Primary work covered in the morning to suit the primary school context.

SUNDAY 8TH APRIL Intermediate The course will cover a selection of the syllabus work, which will be sufficient to enter students for the examination.

See page 34/35 for further details.

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Editorial Contact: Helen Green +44 (0)1708 743663 | helen.green26@ntlworld.com www.istd.org/tap-dance

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Intermediate Tap Feedback from teachers who have attended Intermediate Tap courses in 2017 From Alison Christy

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here was a Buzz in the air as I checked into the Guildford School of Acting for the ISTD residential summer school.

Everyone was talking about the new Intermediate Tap syllabus, “ground breaking”, “so much content”, “amazing”, “can’t wait to teach this”, were the comments from the lips of the delegates who had already taken the two day course. Demand was at an all-time high, so the Society had to schedule four separate courses to fill the demand.

This is a syllabus that will bring the ISTD to the forefront of Tap in this competitive era We were presented with a very cleverly and well-constructed syllabus and the clearest Tap notes that I have ever laid eyes upon.

The syllabus contains drills to perfect technique, technical exercises, turning sequences, and numerous time-steps. It culminates in two exceptional amalgamations that are so relevant in the world of Tap today. The build-up from the grades is now seamless and it’s such an exciting start to the vocational examinations.

Thanks to the whole team on creating such an amazing training tool for today’s young tapper, and a syllabus that will bring the ISTD to the forefront of tap in this competitive era and be relevant and challenging for very many years to come.

Alison Christy

From Emily Goldborn

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he new Intermediate Tap syllabus is modern, fresh, challenging and embraces the roots of Tap. I’m so pleased to see a strong rhythm Tap influence, and extended vocabulary and techniques like slides included. The styles are varied and reflect the diversity of Tap dance and, as we always have, place a strong emphasis on the connection between music and dance. The new drills stress the importance of focusing on each step individually and mastering them, while the technical sequences bring these steps together in a way that allows the students to understand how to apply the vocabulary. The amalgamations give a further chance for students to really dance and show their skills. The choreography throughout the syllabus is beautifully done and feels lovely to dance. The interpretive section

replacing the ‘rhythm’ section is exciting and I hope will motivate people to explore and experiment with rhythm and musicality.

Overall the new Intermediate has a feeling of continuity from the new grades and seems like a natural progression now in terms of content and standard.

As teachers what we all really need and want is a vocational syllabus that excites us and our students, and the Tap Faculty have done such a great job creating this for us. Although we all do free work and training outside of the syllabus with our students, it’s lovely to have set work that is up to date, fun and still challenging.

From a business point of view we need an energised syllabus that keeps our students coming back, and from an artistic point of view we need work that is exciting and gives students the necessary training to cope with what they will encounter when they move on to the next part of their journey – especially if they are training/working internationally. By keeping up to date and embracing different styles in how we train our students we can elevate the level of Tap we see in this country – and maybe even its popularity in mainstream culture. I know my students are going to love it and I can’t wait to teach it.

Emily Golborn

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he new syllabus is everything that we ISTD Tap fanatics hoped it would be – stunningly modernised incorporating American styles, but carefully retaining the ISTD character with a nod to the old work.

Right from the start of a true Tap warm up (rather than a more choreographed sequence) through to the brilliantly devised vocab drills, technical exercises and turning sequences, as teachers we could feel the improvement of technical skill, artistry and virtuosity of upcoming Intermediate students in our hands with such a syllabus creatively crafted with care. In truth, picking up the syllabus to write this article, I got utterly distracted with my own squeals of delight on recalling some of the time-steps.

I’ve always been a huge fan of the contrasting Inter Tap amalgamations, with a special place in my heart for the Schottishe, but the exhilaration of learning the two new dance sequences made us all realise how lucky the new generation of vocational students will be to learn such stunningly choreographed routines from different ends of the performance Tap spectrum.

Liza Meggitt

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International Intermediate Tap Courses for 2018 Sign up now for courses in Australia, Germany and Spain

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he ISTD is delighted to announce that international Intermediate Tap teacher training courses will take place in February and April. The February courses will be held in Sydney, Australia (1st–2nd February at Langshaw Dancity Studios, 6 Chapel Rd, Bankstown, NSW 2200) and in Hanau, Germany (10th–11th February at the Ballettschule Schimmer, Frankfurter Landstr. 52, 63452 Hanau). And the April course will be held in Barcelona, Spain (14th–15th April, at Escola de Dansa i Música Elisenda Tarragó, Barcelona).

Be among the first outside of the UK, to be learning the new Intermediate Tap syllabus. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to learn the new syllabus whilst refining your teaching skills and continuing your professional development. Examiner and ISTD committee member Helen Green will lecture the Sydney course; examiner, adjudicator and Tap syllabus creator, Alison Forrester will lecture the Hanau course; and ISTD Fellow and examiner, Heather Rees will lecture the Barcelona course. You can purchase the course syllabus through: shop.istd.org.

To book, visit: www.istd.org/courses-and-training/ international-courses-and-summer-schools. Fill in and return your booking form(s) to the Education & Training Department at intcourses@istd.org by scan, email, post or fax. Alternatively, call the department on +44 (0)20 7377 1577 to make your booking over the phone.

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Sunday 22nd April 2018 Hawth Theatre Crawley Age Groups: Junior: 10–12 years; Senior: 13–14 years; Premier: 15+ years Application forms are available to download from istd.org/tap-dance or email Tap.Indian@istd.org Closing date: 31st January 2017

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Unrivalled part time and intensive Teacher Training All units of the new DDE Licentiate and Fellowship Coaching Faculty: Ruth Davies FISTD, Kate Izzard LISTD Cathy Stevens FISTD

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DANCE People

PEOPLE ISTD Staff Louise Molton Head of Education & Training Louise joins the ISTD as the new Head of Department for Education & Training. Louise started dance with Vivienne Moore in Hastings, moving to Cambridge and training at Kings Slocombe before starting Elmhurst Ballet School, aged 11.

Having trained in all genres of dance and gained her Modern and Ballet Associate, Louise went on to dance professionally for six years within the commercial sector. After exploring teaching and choreography Louise went on to achieve her BA Honours at London College of Dance, Bedford. She taught dance within private and public settings internationally and in the UK, completing her PGCE (Dance) and taking up post as dance lecturer at MidKent College, in Kent.

During her time at the college Louise choreographed several main scale productions, led projects to develop a range of qualifications and initiatives, creating employer links and progression opportunities for students. In the last five years Louise led the Creative Industries as Curriculum Director responsible for all aspects of teaching and learning. Louise is delighted to be part of the Education & Training team to support the next generation of teachers and to be part of the ISTD and its vision for the future.

Toyin Makanjuola Professional Qualifications Officer Born in northern Nigeria, Toyin’s late father, a Naval Marine Engineer trained and studied in England and had always wanted her to get her higher education in England because of the standard and quality of the education.

Toyin’s dreams came true when she completed her degree and Masters in Business Administration from the university of Gloucestershire. She is passionate about education and has always loved working in the education development sector.

Her last role with Pearson was as a qualifications data manager, which gave her the experience she needed for her new role with the ISTD as a Professional Qualifications Officer within the Customer Services & Quality Assurance Department.

Toyin also loves sports and was an active sprinter and footballer in high school as well as a huge tennis fan.

For a full list of our staff at HQ and their contact details, please visit: www.istd.org/about-us/people/istd-hq or see our Directory on page 93.

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EXAM SUCCESSES We congratulate the following members of the Society who have achieved success in their Regulated Level 4 and Level 3 teaching qualifications.

DIPLOMA IN DANCE EDUCATION LEVEL 4 CECCHETTI CLASSICAL BALLET KS Dance Ltd. Leona Galea Scuola Di Danza “Hamlyn” Lucia Cittadini The Linda Sweetzer Teacher Training College Selina Marsh CLASSICAL GREEK DANCE The Centre – Performing Arts College Lucy Elizabeth Robinson IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET ACS Dance Centre Nicole Carman Arte e Movimento SSD arl Dana Vendrasco Chichester College Megan Wright Zoe Marshall Zoe Quinney Dance 2 Advance Hannah Georgina Jeffery Ellite Studios Cara O’Shea Inchicore College of Further Education Paul Doyle Margaret Howard Theatre College Kathryn Anne Fowler Preston’s College Bethan Tarver Danielle Cooper Emily Ann Roylance Georgina Brown Hayley Louise Jade Stubbs Kassiani Samiou Lucy Auty Scuola di Danza “Il Balletto” Francesca De Munari The Centre – Performing Arts College Lucy Elizabeth Robinson MODERN THEATRE DANCE ACS Dance Centre Nicole Carman Arte e Movimento SSD Dana Vendrasco Ava Simone Gianluca Raponi ASD Circeo Danza “La Sylphide” Joana Pinto Chichester College Charlotte Reader Megan Wright Zoe Marshall Zoe Quinney

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Dance for All at The Theatre School Chanelle Derighetti Dance Teachers Inc. Rebecca Carter Deeside Dance Centre Joanna Louise Milne Fitzell-Roberts Dance Industries Samantha Jayne Frampton Fly Dance Studio Ilaria Fontana Inchicore College of Further Education Tara Dore Margaret Howard Theatre College Kathryn Anne Fowler Margo Perdiki – Archontaki School of Dance Christina Giannarou Performers College Lindsay Jane Woodman Preston’s College Abigail Gibbs Amy Lawton Emily Ann Roylance Hayley Louise Jade Stubbs Kassiani Samiou Kiera Ann Daglish Monica Shalloe Amber Ochieng Atlanta Newbold Bethan Tarver Danielle Cooper Georgina Brown Lewis Danson Lucy Auty Natasha Winstanley Talia Murphy Terpsi-Chorus School of Dance Aikaterini Katsanaki The Centre – Performing Arts College Lucy Elizabeth Robinson The Dance College Carla Weedon The Deborah Lamb Dance Centre Rosie Perry Zoe Rebecca Eyles The Linda Sweetzer Teacher Training College Elizabeth Constantine Woking Teacher Training Kerry-Louise Phelan NATIONAL DANCE The Dance College Carla Weedon TAP DANCE Chichester College Megan Wright Poppy Marie Wright Zoe Marshall Zoe Quinney Dance 2 Advance Hannah Georgina Jeffery Margaret Howard Theatre College Kathryn Anne Fowler Preston’s College Abigail Gibbs

Atlanta Newbold Emily Ann Roylance Kiera Ann Daglish Monica Shalloe Natasha Winstanley Talia Murphy The Centre – Performing Arts College Lucy Elizabeth Robinson The Dance College Carla Weedon The Deborah Lamb Dance Centre Rosie Perry The Linda Sweetzer Teacher Training College Elizabeth Constantine

DIPLOMA IN DANCE INSTRUCTION LEVEL 3 CECCHETTI CLASSICAL BALLET Highgate Ballet Academy Antonio Barone Emily Megan Arwen Davis Hayley Kathryn John The Weston School of Dance and Performing Arts Helen Louise Yewbrey The Dance Workshop Sarah Cachia Dorian Mallia West Berks Ballet School Lucie Dale CLASSICAL GREEK DANCE Dance 2 Advance Eleanor Myfanwy Poppy Lane IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET ACS Dance Centre Isabel Deborah Gamble Angela Riga Dance School Christianna Triantafyllou Anna Morgan Teacher Training College Caroline Emily Burke Hannah Harris Jodie Knight Hannah Harris Arte e Movimento SSD arl Elisa Baggio Francesca Bruno Giorgia Crapanzano Giulia Panizzi Jessica Spataro Veronica Alba Bird College of Dance, Music and Theatre Performance Lauren Harrison Louise Adamson Patrick Brian Coulter Bristol School of Dancing Penelope Jane Hemms Centre Pointe Ruth Eastwood Chichester College Amy Jane Pickup Danielle Eloise Hardy Hannah Mason

Jamie Nicole Pearce Lauren Elizabeth Ede Lauren Hewett Sophie Rebecca Evelyn Bruce Zoe Ann Hindmarsh Ellite Studios Elizabeth Schmidt Ruth Gillian Hakes Shauna Matthewman Stacey Young Fitzell-Roberts Dance Industries Caitlin Anastasia Brown Giselle Academy of Dance and Theatre Arts Meghann Louise Buckley Inchicore College of Further Education Eileen Rose Moore Grace English Hazel Dunne Katie McLoughlin Katie Tara Charles Serena Brady Shauna Coffey Italia Conti Arts Centre (Guildford Site) Ellie McNaught Emma Muncey Lauren Hamblin Rebekah Jackson Tandi Elizabeth Dodman KS Dance Ltd. Ceri Lyn Shone Margaret Howard Theatre College Josephine Wormall Isabelle Sophie Russell Maria Morphitou Papademetriou School of Ballet and Modern Dance Barbara Georgiou Eleni Koursari Maria Ioannou North Liverpool Dance Academy Chelcie Ann Elizabeth Sherrington Performers College Alice Kathleen Pettini Amy Sara Joan King Veronique Baumgarten Pirouette Academy of Dance Imogen Paige Barnes Preston’s College Elizabeth Jane Walker Nina Ruth Telford Brittany Davina Hood-Bladon Roynon Dance Centre Kerrie Patricia Bailey The Brighton Academy Rachel Clare Jaap The Centre – Performing Arts College Amy Thomas Evie Brown Libby Wildego Sophie Tye The Dance College Sara Emilia Clayton The Deborah Lamb Dance Centre Charlotte Burt

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The Judith Hockaday School of Dance & Drama Harriet Long Rosanna Rudd The Linda Sweetzer Teacher Training College Georgia Ellis Sophie Eleanor Hannah Louise Seal The Northern Ballet School Alice Boddy Ceara Hoggett Chloe Emily Elizabeth Hurd Clare Lucy Marie Henry Edna Patricia Paxtot Silva Elisavet Genethliou Ellie-Ann Roberts Melissa Midgley MODERN THEATRE ACS Dance Centre Alfie Gardener Francesca May Deere Isabel Deborah Gamble Anna Morgan Teacher Training College Stephanie Jayne Cobourn Arte e Movimento SSD arl Carmine Passaro Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Fly Dance Studio Assunta Zavettieri Bird College of Dance, Music and Theatre Performance Amber-Rose Hall Chloe Adele Burton Claudia McKell Louise Adamson Matthew James Trevorrow Hill Centre Pointe Ruth Eastwood Centro Danza La Sylphide Aurora Di Benedetto Chichester College Amy Jane Pickup Ciera Blount Daisy Jean Tozer Danielle Eloise Hardy Gina Neal Heather Louise McClumpha Jamie Nicole Pearce Lauren Hewett Luci Ann Hodges Lucy Catherine Burgess Maddison Kimber Megan Barbara Gibson Megan Louise O’Hanlon Pippa Spicer Rebekah Wells Sophie Rebecca Evelyn Bruce Zoe Ann Hindmarsh Creative Academy Alexandra Marie Watson Anna Ruth Gardener Danielle Billie Jayne Scott Megan Swinn Molly Christina Noble Molly Southall D & B School of Performing Arts Bethany Garcia Rebecca Glassby Taylor-Ann Kruyswijk

Dance Academy Kaitlin Cassidy Marina Mappouridou Dance Academy South West Sophie Ball Philippa Jo Hodgson Ellite Studios Antonia Mack Vakhos Deborah Ann Hoskins Shauna Matthewman Stacey Young Fitzell-Roberts Dance Industries Gemma Victoria Davis Harriet Elizabeth Crompton Giselle Academy of Dance and Theatre Arts Meghann Louise Buckley Guildhall School of Dancing Nicole Cottee Hildale Academy of Performing Arts Alexandra Crudgington Inchicore College of Further Education Blathin Katharina Saoirse Eckhardt Donna Magee Italia Conti Arts Centre (Guildford Site) Ellie McNaught Emma Muncey Francesca Teresa Gomez Hannah Lowther Terri-Jayne Maclaren Linda Virgoe Dance Studios Ltd Megan Amy Birchley Margaret Howard Theatre College Isabelle Sophie Russell Merseyside Dance and Drama Centre Sarah Elizabeth Johnston New London Performing Arts Centre Emily Susannah Jones-Dawson Francesca Sgolmin Rahma A’lulu Kingfisher North Aberdeenshire Dance Academy Alison Kay Henderson North Liverpool Dance Academy Anthony Jones Performers College Alice Kathleen Pettini Amy Sara Joan King Kyeirah D Marni Stephens-Thoms Veronique Baumgarten Pirouette Academy of Dance Jade Whitt Preston’s College Brittany Davina Hood-Bladon Leah McNay Matilda Mai Hayes Nina Ruth Telford Olivia Shakespeare Rebecca Heath Shereen Osman Roynon Dance Centre Paige Eleanor Shanley Rye Dance Centre Natasha Poyton Sinead Loughnane Academy Teacher Training Centre Anna Mair

South Downs College Jennifer Randall Joseph Head Lucia Crown Sophia Jarrom Terpsi-Chorus School of Dance Elisavet Alexandra Kaimasidou Evangelia-Marina Tzima The Betty Wivell Academy of Performing Arts Danielle Marie Bodnieks Phoebe Dunster The Centre – Performing Arts College Caragh Barry Elena Smith The Dance College Sara Emilia Clayton The Dance Workshop Nicole Schembri The Deborah Day Theatre School Trust Aimee Jacqueline Pettifer Jessica Herbert Hannah Bird The Deborah Lamb Dance Centre Tabitha Rowena Bronwyn McConnell The Judith Hockaday School of Dance & Drama Harriet Long Rosanna Rudd The Linda Sweetzer Teacher Training College Jemma Dunne Stephanie Natasha Jones Stevie Goodwin The Manchester College Katie Frances Joan HigginsonTranter Rebecca Michelle Jones The Northern Ballet School Clare Lucy Marie Henry Ellie-Ann Roberts Yan Ni Koh Wilkes Academy of Performing Arts Ellie Lewis Rebecca Anne-Marie Calver Rebecka Lea Petersen Woking Teacher Training Millie Collyer NATIONAL DANCE The Judith Hockaday School of Dance & Drama Amy Charlotte Mumford Tamara Anne Perri Cowley TAP DANCE Academy of Dance Nicole Milella Anna Morgan Teacher Training College Stephanie Jayne Cobourn Arte e Movimento SSD arl Jessica Tesconi Bird College of Dance, Music and Theatre Performance Charlotte Downey Matthew James Trevorrow Hill

Chichester College Amy Jane Pickup Emily Bradford Gina Neal Lucy Catherine Burgess Maddison Kimber Megan Barbara Gibson Megan Louise O’Hanlon Rebekah Wells Sophie Rebecca Evelyn Bruce Zoe Ann Hindmarsh Dance 2 Advance Rachel Louise Brown Dance Academy South West Daisy Annabelle Scott Libby-Jo Dixon Dance For All At The Theatre School Sophy Dowie Ellite Studios Shauna Matthewman Stacey Young Giselle Academy of Dance and Theatre Arts Meghann Louise Buckley Hildale Academy of Performing Arts Alexandra Crudgington Chantelle Kemp Imperial Academy of Dance Jenny Edwards Italia Conti Arts Centre (Guildford Site) Ellie McNaught Hannah Lowther Janet Marshall Dance Centre Alice May Fisher Linda Virgoe Dance Studios Ltd Megan Amy Birchley Merseyside Dance and Drama Centre Sarah Elizabeth Johnston New London Performing Arts Centre Emily Susannah Jones-Dawson Rahma A’lulu Kingfisher North Aberdeenshire Dance Academy Alison Kay Henderson North Liverpool Dance Academy Patricia Mary Melton Anthony Jones Performers College Alice Kathleen Pettini Kyeirah D’Marni Stephens-Thoms Matilda Mai Hayes Pirouette Academy of Dance Jade Whitt Preston’s College Callum Donaghey Nina Ruth Telford Matilda Mai Hayes Olivia Shakespeare Rebecca Heath Brittany Davina Hood-Bladon Caitlin Rice-Jones Elizabeth Jane Walker Leah McNay Roynon Dance Centre Charlotte Jane Lloyd Rye Dance Centre Bryony Erin Katie Wattenbach

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South Downs College Jennifer Randall Joseph Head Lucia Crown Sophia Jarrom The Betty Wivell Academy of Performing Arts Danielle Marie Bodnieks The Centre – Performing Arts College Caragh Barry Jodie Anne Wilson The Deborah Day Theatre School Trust Jessica Herbert

The Judith Hockaday School of Dance & Drama Hayley Worrallo Harriet Long The Linda Sweetzer Teacher Training College Howard Ibbotson The Northern Ballet School Ellie-Ann Roberts Emi Ng Ichikawa Wilkes Academy of Performing Arts Ellie Lewis Rebecca Anne-Marie Calver Woking Teacher Training Lydia Leigh Simpson Millie Collyer

Letters All the way from Italy, previous competition winner, Camilla De Pieri is looking fab with her LOVE LEARN TEACH DANCE tote bag.

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I

have had one of the best 12 months of my life and it’s all down to one thing… Ballroom and Latin dancing.

Last year I took part in The Secret Life of the Ballroom, a six-part UKTV Original television documentary series following five everyday couples, as they started competitive dancing around the UK. My reluctant partner was my 18 year-old son Harry and together we spent three months learning a new dance every two weeks with our amazing ISTD dance teacher Caroline Hampton from Hove Dance Centre. We then took to the floor to compete against the other couples. There were highs – winning the Cha-Cha and the Waltz – but also lows due to sickness bugs and struggling to fit it in around our ‘normal’ family life.

We spent three months learning a new dance every two weeks with our amazing ISTD dance teacher

Walking into the Winter Gardens on competition day was a dream come true When the filming stopped I was left with a big void in my life, so I set myself another challenge, to dance at the ISTD Grand Finals within the year.

With Caroline’s help I took my social dance test exam, entered into my first medallist competitions around the South of England and, to my total amazement, qualified to dance at Blackpool.

Walking into the Winter Gardens on competition day was a dream come true… the music, the dresses. The atmosphere was electric and hazy with hairspray, but I loved it.

I felt I danced the best I had ever danced on that historic dance floor and will be back every year until I get to wear an ISTD Grand Finalist’s sash, so watch this space....

Roberta Woodhouse

Roberta Woodhouse with her son, Harry

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DIRECTORY COUNCIL

Dame Beryl Grey DBE President

Sue Passmore Chair

Chair Sue Passmore Vice Chair Erin Sanchez Simon Adkins Kay Ball Adam Cooper Julie Earnshaw Christopher Hawkins Jeremy Kean Karen King Annabelle Mannix Keith-Derrick Randolph Vivienne Saxton Sho Shibata Chitra Sundaram Elisabeth Swan Julie Tomkins FINANCE, GENERAL PURPOSES AND AUDIT COMMITTEE Chair Jeremy Kean Committee Julie Earnshaw Sue Passmore Erin Sanchez Chitra Sundaram

Hassan Khan Chief Executive

NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE Chair Elisabeth Swan Committee Simon Adkins Kay Ball Sue Passmore Sho Shibata Julie Tomkins GRAND COUNCIL

Ginny Brown Artistic Director

President Dame Beryl Grey DBE, DMus, DLitt, DEd, FRSA Kenneth Challinor Robert Cohan CBE Anthony Crickmay Tudor Davies Sir Anthony Dowell CBE Mary-Jane Duckworth Peter Eggleton Barbara Fewster OBE Lesley Garrett CBE Barbara Grover Robert Grover Dr Stanley Ho Gr of OIH, Chev Leg Anthony Hurley Peter Kyle Anthony van Laast Betty Laine OBE Lorna Lee Anne Lingard Gillian Lynne CBE Sir John Manduell CBE Professor N F Morris MD, FRCOG Olive Newson Dame Merle Park DBE Linda Pilkington Patricia Prime Stephen Remington Angela Rippon OBE

Michael Rose Delia Sainsbury Yvette Sargent Michael Stylianos Doreen Wells, Marchioness of Londonderry Sir Peter Wright CBE, DMus (Lond), FBSM, DLitt (B’ham) ISTD HQ 22/26 Paul Street London EC2A 4QE Main Tel: +44 (0)20 7377 1577 www.istd.org Admin Fax: +44 (0)20 7655 8859 Education & Training Fax: +44 (0)20 7247 8309 Uk Examinations Fax: +44 (0)20 7655 8879 International Examinations Fax: +44 (0)20 7539 9262 EXECUTIVE OFFICE Chief Executive Officer Hassan Khan (ext. 805) hkhan@istd.org Artistic Director Ginny Brown (ext. 809) gbrown@istd.org Senior Administration Officer Interim (ext. 806) pa@istd.org HR Officer (Mon, Tues & Thurs only) Sajeela Haak (ext. 816) hr@istd.org BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & MEMBERSHIP SERVICES Business Development & Membership Services Manager Chelsea Franklin (ext. 804) cfranklin@istd.org Membership Services Administrator Carl Bardsley (ext. 891) membership@istd.org Membership Services Assistant Nicole Cronin (ext. 892) membership@istd.org FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT Finance Manager Sintayehu Billat (ext. 851) sbillat@istd.org Assistant Accountant Kazim Saglam (ext. 855) ksaglam@istd.org Accounts Payable & Receivable Chandni Patel (ext. 852) cpatel@istd.org Accounts Payable Sarah Iriogbe (ext. 853) siriogbe@istd.org Accounts Receivable Raeline Moody-Wyse (ext. 854) rmoodywyse@istd.org Accounts Receivable Sandra Murdoch (ext. 850) smurdoch@istd.org

PROJECT, OPERATIONS & FACILITIES DEPARTMENT IT Manager Ledonson Lewis (ext. 817) llewis@istd.org IT Assistant Shamar Brown shamarb@istd.org ISTD HQ Receptionist Laura Henderson (ext.800) receptionHQ@istd.org ISTD HQ Facilities Manager Chris New (ext. 812) cnew@istd.org UK EXAMINATIONS DEPARTMENT Head of UK Examinations Liz Wills (ext. 871) lwills@istd.org UK Examinations Manager Danielle Wojtylo (ext. 878) daniellew@istd.org Senior UK Examinations Officer Amanda Adams (ext. 876) aadams@istd.org Dancesport Examinations Administrator (Timetables and reports) Sarah Brown (ext. 880) sbrown@istd.org UK Centres Officer Sadie Serridge (ext. 874) sserridge@istd.org UK Examinations Officer Rosanna Whittle (ext. 875) rwhittle@istd.org UK Examinations Administrator Alia Mehmood (ext. 873) aliam@istd.org Dancesport Medals Administrator Brian Sanders (ext. 890) bsanders@istd.org UK Examinations Administrator Hannah Smale (ext. 872) hsmale@istd.org UK Examinations Administrator Georgina Bell (ext. 879) gbell@istd.org UK Examinations Administrator Katy Beckett (ext 878) kbeckett@istd.org INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS DEPARTMENT Head of International Exams Robert Fox (ext. 860) rfox@istd.org International Examinations Manager Eve Drakouli (ext. 862) edrakouli@istd.org (Malta) International Examinations Officer (Dancesport) Julie Harries JHarries@istd.org International Examinations Officer Adil Yilmaz (ext. 861) ayilmaz@istd.org (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA) International Examinations Officer Metaxia Ypsilanti (ext. 866) mypsilanti@istd.org (Cyprus, N.Cyprus, Greece)

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International Examinations Officer Stephanie Russo (ext. 864) SRusso@istd.org (Germany, Gibraltar, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Kenya, South Africa) International Examinations Officer Negin Vaziri (ext. 865) NVaziri@istd.org (Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland) International Examinations Officer Alex Batts (ext. 867) abatts@istd.org (Bahrain, Barbados, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kuwait, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Macau, Malaysia, Qatar, Seychelles, Singapore, Saint Lucia, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam) International Examinations Administrator Jade Leatham (ext.863) jleatham@istd.org International Examinations Administrator James Smyth-Tyrell (ext. 868) jamesst@istd.org EDUCATION & TRAINING DEPARTMENT Head of Education & Training Louise Molton (ext. 844) lmolton@istd.org Professional Development Manager Melanie Curtis (ext. 833) mcurtis@istd.org Professional Development Co-ordinator Matthew Brandwood (ext. 831) mbrandwood@istd.org Education & Training Assistant Georgina Winterborne (ext 835) gwinterborne@istd.org International Professional Development Co-ordinator Valentina Grecchi (ext. 836) vgrecchi@istd.org Teacher Training Manager James Savva (ext. 837) jsavva@istd.org Initial Qualifications Co-ordinator Gemma Bridge (ext. 834) gbridge@istd.org Higher Qualifications Co-ordinator Kathryn Bye (ext. 837) kbye@istd.org MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT marketing@istd.org Head of Marketing & Communications James Scanlan (ext. 820) jscanlan@istd.org Design & Publications Manager (Mon, Tues & Wed, working out of office) Tamsin Moore tmoore@istd.org In-House Graphic Designer Leanne Armstrong (ext. 821) larmstrong@istd.org Marketing & Communications Officer Katie Andrews (ext. 822) kandrews@istd.org

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Online Marketing Officer (Tue & Wed only) Birgit Diggins (ext. 823) bdiggins@istd.org Shop Manager David Wood (ext. 810) sales@istd.org Shop Assistant Simon Hidson (ext. 811) sales@istd.org Librarian (Mon & Thurs only) Sarah Jardine-Willoughby (ext. 813) sjardine-willoughby@istd.org

DISCO/FREESTYLE/ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FACULTY

CUSTOMER SERVICES & QUALITY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT

LATIN AMERICAN FACULTY

customerservices@istd.org Head of Customer Services & Quality Assurance Cynthia Pease (ext. 840) cpease@istd.org Quality Assurance Manager Gemma Ward (ext. 841) gward@istd.org Complaints & Result Enquiries: complaints@istd.org Customer Service Officer Amy Fraser (ext. 848) afraser@istd.org Quality Assurance Officer (Dancesport, International Theatre, and Additional Needs) Alys Fanner (ext. 826) afanner@istd.org Applications for Reasonable Adjustments (ARA): ara@istd.org Quality Assurance Assistant (UK Theatre) Lloyd Ford (ext. 847) lford@istd.org Quality Assurance Assistant (Dancesport and International Theatre) Amy Williamson (ext. 846) awilliamson@istd.org Professional Qualifications Officer Toyin Makanjuola (ext. 845) toyinm@istd.org Professional Qualifications Assistant Luisa Amponsah (ext. 842) lamponsah@istd.org Professional Qualifications Officer Sofia Meniourakou (ext. 830) smeniourakou@istd.org IMPERIAL DANCE & DANCESPORT FACULTIES BOARD Chair Julie Tomkins Vice Chair Christopher Hawkins The Dancesport Faculties’ Board consists of two representatives from each of the Ballroom, Latin American, Sequence, Disco/Freestyle/Rock ‘n’ Roll and Club Dance Faculty Committees.

Chair Paul Streatfield Vice Chair Maria Howse Nigel Kirk Committee Michelle Arnell Jonathan Reed Julia Westlake Faculty Co-ordinator Penny Childs

Chair Julie Tomkins Vice Chair Graham Oswick Committee Janet Clark Simon Cruwys Matthew Cutler Paul Killick Crystal Main Faculty Co-ordinator Joanne Blackshaw AUTHENTIC & EMERGING DANCE SUB-COMMITTEE Suzanne Hammond Ralf Schiller Faculty Co-ordinator Charles Richman (also on Committee) MODERN BALLROOM FACULTY Chair Christopher Hawkins Vice Chair Warren Boyce Committee Margaret Connon Malcolm Hill Vernon Kemp Anne Lingard (Invited Member) Ian de Souza Paula Goodyear Faculty Co-ordinator Joanne Blackshaw SEQUENCE FACULTY Chair Jill Bush Vice Chair Robert Aldred Committee Louise Aldred Louise Sampson Diana Wykes Faculty Co-ordinator Katherine Costain IMPERIAL DANCE & THEATRE FACULTIES BOARD Chair Kay Ball Vice Chair Vivienne Saxton Cecchetti Ballet Catherine Hutchon Cara Drower Classical Greek Carol Vasko Fiona Sheehan

Classical Indian Dance Sujata Banerjee Nina Rajarani Imperial Ballet Judith Hockaday Modern Theatre Tereza Theodoulou Lyn Richardson National Dance Jacqueline Ferguson Barbara Simons Tap Dance Nick French Jackie Hayward CECCHETTI SOCIETY CLASSICAL BALLET FACULTY Chair Catherine Hutchon Vice Chair Kate Simmons Committee Cara Drower Linda Isaacs Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud Sandra Powell Sarah Wells Faculty Co-ordinator Sharon Orme CLASSICAL GREEK DANCE ASSOCIATION FACULTY Chair Kay Ball Vice Chair Carol Vasko Committee Karen Collings Fiona Sheehan Amanda Wilkins Faculty Co-ordinator Penny Childs CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCE FACULTY Chair Sujata Banerjee Vice Chair Nina Rajarani MBE Committee Chitraleka Bolar Pushkala Gopal Kiran Ratna Dr Swati Raut Chitra Sundaram Urja Thakore Faculty Co-ordinators Shivaangee Agrawal IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET FACULTY Chair Vivienne Saxton Vice Chair Celia Johnson Committee Corraine Collins Jacqueline Gray Judith Hockaday Janet Marshall Helen Steggles Faculty Co-ordinator Julia Beattie

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MODERN THEATRE DANCE FACULTY Chair Tereza Theodoulou Vice-Chair Lyn Richardson Committee Jackie Barnes Katie Morea Gaynor Owen Cathy Stevens Sarah Wilson Co-ordinator Toni Ketterer NATIONAL DANCE FACULTY Chair Jacqueline Ferguson Vice-Chair Barbara Simons Committee Heather Burns Cathi Conroy-Jones Jayne Wing Co-ordinator Julia Beattie TAP DANCE FACULTY Chair Jackie Hayward Vice Chair Nick French Committee Carol Ball Jason Di Mascio Alison Forrester Helen Green Heather Rees Faculty Co-ordinator Caroline Lavelle DANCE RESEARCH COMMITTEE Chair Dr Susan Danby Committee Diana Scrivener Fiona Sheehan Co-ordinator and Committee Member Nicola Gaines NATURAL MOVEMENT GROUP Chair Jean Kelly Committee Jacqueline Ferguson Co-ordinator Jean Kelly

FACULTY CO-ORDINATORS Disco/Freestyle/Rock ‘n’ Roll (DFR) Faculty Penny Childs 14 Whitmore Close Bridgnorth WV16 4LR Tel: 07900 741474 Email: Greek.DFR@istd.org Latin American Faculty Joanne Blackshaw 51 Peartree Lane, Danbury, Essex CM3 4LS Tel: 07900 741473 Email: Latin.Ballroom@istd.org Authentic & Emerging Dance Sub-Committee Charles Richman 10 Howard Crescent Basildon Essex SS13 2AB Tel: 07956 957038 Email: harris20001@blueyonder.co.uk Modern Ballroom Faculty Joanne Blackshaw 51 Peartree Lane, Danbury, Essex CM3 4LS Tel: 07900 741473 Email: Latin.Ballroom@istd.org Sequence Faculty Katherine Costain 22 Hatch Road, Lenham Maidstone Kent ME17 2HL Tel: 07551 159470 Email: Sequence.Club@istd.org Cecchetti Society Classical Ballet Faculty Sharon Orme 9 Sheppard Drive Chelmsford Essex CM2 6QE Tel: 07551 159471 Email: Cecchetti@istd.org Classical Greek Dance Association Faculty Penny Childs 14 Whitmore Close Bridgnorth WV16 4LR Tel: 07900 741474 Email: Greek.DFR@istd.org Classical Indian Dance Faculty Shivaangee Agrawal (Part-Time) Email: sagrawal@istd.org Imperial Classical Ballet Faculty Julia Beattie 8 School Close, Braunston, Daventry Northants NN11 7JD Tel/Fax: 01788 899127 Email: Imp.Nat@istd.org or: beattie.ballet@gmail.com

National Dance Faculty Julia Beattie 8 School Close, Braunston, Daventry Northants NN11 7JD Tel/Fax: 01788 899127 Email: Imp.Nat@istd.org beattie.ballet@gmail.com Tap Dance Faculty Caroline Lavelle Tel: 07900 741472 Email: Tap.lndian@istd.org Dance Research Committee Nicola Gaines Ludwell House, Charing Kent TN27 0LS Tel: 01233 712469 Fax: 01233 712768 Email: n.gainesarmitage@tiscali.co.uk Natural Movement Group Jean Kelly 26 Sence House, Welland Place St Mary’s Road Market Harborough Leics LE16 7GH Tel: 01858 289546 Email: jftownsend@talktalk.net INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA: Adil Yilmaz (ext. 861) ayilmaz@istd.org Cyprus, N. Cyprus, Greece, Malta: Metaxia Ypsilanti (ext. 866) mypsilanti@istd.org Germany, Gibraltar, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Kenya, South Africa: Stephanie Russo (ext. 864) SRusso@istd.org Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland: Negin Vaziri (ext. 865) NVaziri@istd.org Bahrain, Barbados, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kuwait, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Macau, Malaysia, Qatar, Seychelles, Singapore, Saint Lucia, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam: Alex Batts (ext. 888) abatts@istd.org

ISTD INTERNATIONAL LIAISON OFFICERS Australia Bernadette Langshaw-Clark 71 Beethoven Street Seven Hills NSW 2147 Australia Tel: +61 2 96248308 Cell: +61 416 010 183 Email: istd.au@icloud.com Mexico Gail Clifford Via Villa Florence 2-F Col.Jesus Del Monte Huixquilucan, Edo de Mexico CP 52763 Mexico Tel: +52 55 52473409 Cell: +52 (1) 55 25607289 Email: gailcliff45@gmail.com South Africa Delia Sainsbury 7 Perrault Road, Hout Bay Cape Town 7806 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 4184600 Cell: +27 (0) 83 556 7849 Email: wtschool@mweb.co.za INTERNATIONAL THEATRE ORGANISERS Malta Cecchetti/Modern Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud 10 Santa Cruz Triq L-Irmigg Msida MSD 03 Malta Tel/Fax: + (356) 21242465 Email: thedanceworkshop@ gmail.com IMPERIAL DANCE & DANCESPORT ORGANISERS Malaysia Imperial Dance and Dancesport Nelly Tsen PJ Academy of Dancing S/B 56A Jalan SS2/61 Petaling Jaya 47300 Selangor Malaysia Tel: + (60) 3 78749522 Fax: + (60) 3 78773725 Thailand Imperial Dance and Dancesport Sittichai Preyadara 43/381 Silom-Surawong, Condominium Soi Anumanrajdhon Surawonge Road Bangkok 10500, Thailand USA Imperial Dance and Dancesport Wayne Crowder US ISTD President 120 Smith Acres Road Eden, NC 27288 Tel: + 00 (1) 336-623-4961 Email: sirtfied@gmail.com

Modern Theatre Dance Faculty Toni Ketterer 29 Greenway, Frinton on Sea Essex CO13 9AL Tel: 01255 852299 Email: istd@aspects.net

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Membership Matters Important changes to Provisional Membership take effect from 1st January 2018

T

o give readers a heads-up, here is some useful information regarding three changes coming into effect from January.

In summary, these changes mean that in future: • Provisional members will no longer be able to enter candidates for examinations • All teachers wishing to enter candidates for exams must be full members of the ISTD • To become a full member of the ISTD, teachers must hold the Theatre Diploma in Dance Education, or the Theatre or Dancesport Associate Please see below details of how this will affect you:

ISTD Provisional Membership Current Provisional Members who joined in 2017 or prior to this year, will be granted five years from 1st January 2018 until 31st December 2022 to complete their full ISTD teaching qualification.

These current Provisional Members will still be able to enter their students for exams during this five-year period. This entitlement will end on 31st December 2022.

2018 Fees: UK and EU: £124.00 International: £153.00 Support: If you need any advice in regard to achieving your full ISTD teaching qualification, please contact Education & Training on: higherqualifications@istd.org.

New Provisional Members who join from 2018 onwards In order to apply for the new Provisional Membership category you must be: • Any person aged 16 or over who holds an ISTD qualification; Intermediate, Advanced 1, Advanced 2 (Theatre) or the student teacher qualification (Dancesport) OR • A person who has no ISTD qualifications, but has applied and been approved by submitting a CV and covering letter to the relevant Faculties Board, and must be working towards an ISTD qualification Change in benefits: New Provisional Members will not be eligible to enter students for exams but will receive the following benefits: • DANCE magazine three times a year • Significant discounts on courses • Discounts on adverts in DANCE and the ISTD website • 5% discount in the ISTD shop • Free use of the ISTD Library • Access to My ISTD online members’ area • Ability to join the ISTD dance insurance scheme (UK) • Access to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

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Membership Renewal and the General Data Protection Regulation Act (GDPR) For those members who have yet to renew for 2018 please be aware that in light of the new legislation regarding the General Data Protection Regulation Act (GDPR), we now need you to complete a section on consent so that we are compliant with the new GDPR ruling.

Data Consent Form: This section is on either the website or renewal form and must be filled out by all members in order for us to contact you in the future. If this is not completed, then unfortunately we cannot by law, contact you through any format for anything other than a membership update; be it mail, email or telephone. Can we also ask members not to email their card details.

Teaching members please note: The new GDPR law will also affect you and how you communicate with your students and store and process their data. For more information regarding the GDPR Act you can visit https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/ data-protection-reform/overview-of-the-gdpr/ for a comprehensive update of all changes from the current Data Protection Act. If you have any queries regarding these changes, or indeed anything to do with Membership, please do not hesitate to contact our Membership Services Administrator: Carl Bardsley or our Membership Services Assistant: Nicole Cronin on +44(0)20 7377 1577 or membership@istd.org.

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MONTH

DATE

December

14/12/2018

EVENT

2018 February

extra

Closing date for portfolio submission for Moderation and Standardisation – ONLY AVAILABLE FOR LAST SUBMISSION OF DDI PORTFOLIOS

01/02/2019

Dispatch of December portfolio results

2019 In addition, Approved Dance Centres may wish to be aware of the following target dates, which are subject to confirmation: January 2018

08/01/2018

Commencement of migration of existing DDI/E learners who wish to do so, to new DDE

February

19/02/2018

Registration of any new learners taking new DDE Unit 4 Dance Practice begins

May 2018

01/05/2018

First examinations of new DDE Unit 4 Dance Practice

August 2018

31/08/2018

Last examinations of existing DDI and DDE Unit 4 Dance practice Units (NO FURTHER RE-TAKES)

2018

Please note that results for each unit may be issued earlier than the dates given above if possible, but should be no later than the specified date. Results for the practical units (DDI unit 4 and DDE units 2 and 4) will be issued within 21 days of the examination date. Although the ISTD will make every effort to adhere to these dates, they are always subject to review and potential alteration.

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Teaching Qualification Assessments Regulated Teaching Qualifications Below is the Teaching Qualifications Calendar for the current Diploma in Dance Instruction and Diploma in Dance Education until the end of 2018, to allow Approved Dance Centres to plan their delivery. Note that entry dates for Health and Safety and Lifespan Development examinations have been separated for EU and UK Approved Dance Centres because of the extra time potentially needed for translation of papers.

All fees and relevant work or information should be sent to the Professional Qualifications Assistant in the Customer Services

& Quality Assurance Department, by the Approved Dance Centre with which the learner is registered, by the closing dates indicated.

Although the ISTD will make every effort to adhere to these dates, they are always subject to review and potential alteration.

Please note: This is for the existing Diploma in Dance Instruction and Diploma in Dance Education qualifications, to allow for the transition to all units of the new Diploma in Dance Education from September 2018.

MONTH

DATE

EVENT

January 2018

26/01/2018

Closing date for EU entries for DDI U2 Health & Safety and DDE U3 Lifespan Development examinations

February

01/02/2018

Closing date for UK entries for DDI U2 Health & Safety and DDE U3 Lifespan Development examinations

09/02/2018

Closing date for submission for DDE U5 Contextual Study of Dance assignment

23/02/2018

Closing date for portfolio submission for Moderation and Standardisation

08/03/2018

DDI U2 Health & Safety in Dance examination

09/03/2018

DDE U3 Lifespan Development examination

29/03/2018

Dispatch of February Contextual Study of Dance results

29/03/2018

Dispatch of February portfolio results

06/04/2018

Dispatch of March Health & Safety, and Lifespan Development results

27/04/2018

Closing date for EU entries for DDI U2 Health & Safety and DDE U3 Lifespan Development examinations

04/05/2018

Closing date for UK entries for DDI U2 Health & Safety and DDE U3 Lifespan Development examinations

04/05/2018

Closing date for portfolio submission for Moderation and Standardisation

11/05/2018

Closing date for submission for DDE U5 Contextual Study of Dance assignment – LAST FULL ENTRY

07/06/2018

DDI U2 Health & Safety in Dance examination – LAST FULL ENTRY

08/06/2018

DDE U3 Lifespan Development examination – LAST FULL ENTRY

08/06/2018

Dispatch of May portfolio results

29/06/2018

Dispatch of May Contextual Study of Dance results

06/07/2018

Dispatch of June Health & Safety, and Lifespan Development results

06/07/2018

Closing date for portfolio submission for Moderation and Standardisation

August 2018

17/08/2018

Dispatch of July portfolio results

September

07/09/2018

Closing date for EU entries for DDI U2 Health & Safety and DDE U3 Lifespan Development examinations – RE-TAKES ONLY

14/09/2018

Closing date for UK entries for DDI U2 Health & Safety and DDE U3 Lifespan Development examinations – RE-TAKES ONLY

05/10/2018

Closing date for portfolio submission for Moderation and Standardisation

06/10/2018

Closing date for submission for DDE U5 Contextual Study of Dance assignment – RE-TAKES ONLY

18/10/2018

DDI U2 Health & Safety in Dance Examination – RE-TAKES ONLY

19/10/2018

DDE U3 Lifespan Development Examination – RE-TAKES ONLY

November

09/11/2018

Dispatch of October portfolio results

2018

16/11/2018

Dispatch of October Contextual Study of Dance results

19/11/2018

Dispatch of September Health & Safety, and Lifespan Development results

2018

March 2018

April 2018

May 2018

June 2018

July 2018

2018 October 2018

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Regional Representatives Regional Representatives are an important link between ISTD HQ and our dance teachers throughout the UK. Representatives provide advice, support and information on upcoming ISTD teachers’ courses in your local area.

They are always happy to hear from nearby teachers, so please get in touch. You can email or call your Representative using the details provided below. For further information, visit www.istd. org/courses-and-training.

AREA

NAME

ADDRESS

CONTACT

Bristol

Kathy Plaster

Dance Academy South West, Dance Station, 344 Dance Centre,

E: admin@dancestation.org.uk

Alexandra Park, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 2BG

T: 01179 655 660

3 Cotton Close, Broughton, Astley, Leicester LE9 6NJ

E: jayne_wing@me.com

Derbyshire/

Jayne Wing

Leicestershire/

T: 07850 084 797

Northamptonshire Devon

Deborah Laws

7 The Mews, Moorhaven Village Nr Ivy Bridge, Devon

E: deborahlaws08@gmail.com T: 07525 177 788

East Sussex

Jackie Hutt

200 Harold Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN35 5NG

E: jackie_hutt@hotmail.com

Essex

Jessica Morgan-Beale

The Company Performing Arts, 105 Oxford Road,

E: istdessex@gmail.com

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex CO15 3TH

T: 07905 757 624

T: 01424 444 803

Gloucestershire/

Judith Hockaday

Wiltshire Guernsey Hertfordshire

Karen Thompson Siobhan Chown

The Judith Hockaday School of Dance and Drama, Bali-Hai,

E: jhs.dance@yahoo.co.uk

Prospect Place, Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 3LQ

T: 01793 527 275

Pernera, Maladerie Road, St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel

E: karen@kddance.co.uk

Islands GY2 4RQ

T: 01481 242 568 / 07781 113 542

10 Belsize Close, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL4 9YD

E: info@dance-teachers.org.uk T: 01727 847 442

Jersey

Janice Letty

Maytrees, La Rue De L'Etoquet, St John, Jersey JE3 4AS

E: janletty@hotmail.com

Kent

Charlotte Hudson

The Centre Performing Arts College, Rochester Dance Junction,

E: c.hudson@thecentrepac.com

681 Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent ME1 3QJ

T: 01634 848 009 E: pauline@paulinegschoolofdance.com

T: 01534 862 686

Manchester

Pauline Gee

50 Moor Street, Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire OL2 7BD

Merseyside

Gaynor Owen

Unit 10 Bemrose Industrial Park, Hanson Road,

E: studio10@studiodance10.co.uk

Liverpool L9 7BG

T: 0151 521 4188

School House, School Road, Colkirk, Fakeham NR21 7NW

E: istdnorwich@gmail.com

T: 01706 840 342

Norwich

Amy Jarrett

T: 07786 955 966 / 07880 558 031 Preston

Andrew Hindley

Dance Academy, Preston College, Fulwood, Preston PR2 8UR

E: ahindley15td@yahoo.com

Scotland (Central)

Elizabeth Henderson

Crown Mansions, 6 North Gardner Street, Glasgow,

E: eahdance@googlemail.com

Strathclyde, Scotland G11 5BT

T: 0141 339 8116

Cevidley Croft, Keig, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB33 8BH

E: cjfistd@btinternet.com

T: 01772 225 614

Scotland (Northern)

Celia Johnson

T: 01975 562 521 Shropshire

Nicola

9 Holyhead Road, Oakengates, Telford, Shropshire TF2 6DW

Carmichael-Phillips South Coast

Victoria Caine

E: carmichaeldance@gmail.com T: 01952 610 491 / 01952 619 155

10 Crabwood Road, Maybush, Southampton,

E: istdscr@gmail.com

Hampshire, SO16 9EZ

T: 02380 170 828

South Wales

Joan Williams

8 Lon-Pen-Y-Coed, Sketty, Swansea West, Glamorgan SA2 0YE

E: joanwilliamsstageschoolswansea@ gmail.com T: 01792 552 831/07967 294 420

West Midlands

Joanna Brangwin Stephanie Brangwin

11 Blackroot Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B74 2QH

E: info@bojanglesdance.co.uk T: 01213 552 293

Yorkshire

Fleur Stevenson

Pasture House, 1 Cottage Field, Bishop Burton, East Yorkshire HU17 8YE

E: fleur@fleurelizabethacademy.co.uk T: 01964 550 996

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GERMANY Tap Dance

New Intermediate (Day 1 of 2)

10/02/2018

New Intermediate (Day 2 of 2)

11/02/2018

Ballettschule Schimmer, Hanau

09:00 – 17:00 09:00 – 17:00

SOUTH AFRICA – TEACHER TRAINING Street Dance

Associate (Day 1 of 3)

19/02/2018

The Art of Movement, Johannesburg

09:00 – 16:00

Associate (Day 2 of 3)

20/02/2018

09:00 – 16:00

Associate (Day 3 of 3)

21/02/2018

09:00 – 16:00

Associate (Day 1 of 3)

23/02/2018

Waterfront Theatre School,

Associate (Day 2 of 3)

24/02/2018

Cape Town

Associate (Day 3 of 3)

25/02/2018

09:00 – 16:00 09:00 – 16:00 09:00 – 16:00

SOUTH AFRICA – STUDENT CLASSES (MIXED ABILITIES) Street Dance

Junior Student Class: 7-11

19/02/2018

The Art of Movement, Johannesburg

Junior Student Class: 12+

17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Student Class: 17+ Junior Student Class: 7-11

16:00 – 17:00 18:00 – 19:00

20/02/2018

16:00 – 17:00

Junior Student Class: 12+

17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Student Class: 17+

18:00 – 19:00

Junior Student Class: 7-11

21/02/2018

16:00 – 17:00

Junior Student Class: 12+

17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Student Class: 17+

18:00 – 19:00

Junior Student Class: 7-11

23/02/2018

Junior Student Class: 12+

Waterfront Theatre School,

16:00 – 17:00

Cape Town

17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Student Class: 17+ Junior Student Class: 7-11

18:00 – 19:00 24/02/2018

16:00 – 17:00

Junior Student Class: 12+

17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Student Class: 17+ Junior Student Class: 7-11

18:00 – 19:00 25/02/2018

16:00 – 17:00

Junior Student Class: 12+

17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Student Class: 17+

18:00 – 19:00

PORTUGAL Imperial

Training Ballet Technique

10/03/2018

Classical Ballet

New Advanced 2 Revisions for Girls

11/03/2018

Ballet Art, Porto

14:00 – 20:00

New Intermediate (Day 1 of 2)

14/04/2018

Escola de Dansa i Música Elisenda

09:00 – 17:00

New Intermediate (Day 2 of 2)

15/04/2018

Tarragó, Barcelona

09:00 – 17:00

Sportilia Summer School

14/07/2018–

Sportilia, Spinello

Various

09:00 – 15:30

SPAIN Tap Dance

ITALY Various

21/07/2018 MALTA Modern Theatre

Advanced 1 (Day 1 of 3)

20/07/2018

Advanced 1 (Day 2 of 3)

21/07/2018

09:00 – 17:00

Advanced 1 (Day 3 of 3)

22/07/2018

09:00 – 14:00

Student Class

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14:00 – 17:00

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Level 6 Diploma in Dance Pedagogy The Level 6 Diploma in Dance Pedagogy (DDP) application deadline is 15th April 2018. Interviews will be held in May/June 2018 with the course starting in September 2018.

Below are specialised units that form part of the ISTD’s DDP. They are offered on an individual basis to allow our teachers to access regulated professional development opportunities and

gain credits that can later contribute to advanced study. See page 37 for more information.

For an application pack or to ask a question, please contact the Education & Training Department on +44(0)20 7377 1577 or email higherqualifications@istd.org. Alternatively download a prospectus from the ISTD website at www.istd.org/courses-and-training.

GENRE

COURSE TITLE

DATE

VENUE / AREA

CPD

UNIT 5A – Applied Dance Science

5-day intensive course – 30 credits at Level 6

TBC

£770

20th – 24th August 2018.

LONDON

UNIT 5B – Social, Emotional

5 day course – 30 credits at Level 6

TBC

and Cognitive Development

11th February, 11th March, 13th May, 10th June and 8th July 2018

LONDON

UNIT 5C – Choreography

6 day course – 30 credits at Level 6

TBC

£770

6th, 7th, 8th April and 26th, 27th, 28th May 2018

LONDON

CPD

£770 CPD

Open Days Join the ISTD for open days aimed to introduce students and teachers to our initial and higher qualifications.

For an application pack or to ask a question, please contact the Education & Training Department on +44(0)20 7377 1577 or email higherqualifications@istd.org.

GENRE

COURSE TITLE

DATE

VENUE / AREA

CPD

Higher Qualifications Open Day:

24th February 2018

Middlesex University.

Narrating the Somatic – Gathering

(Time TBC)

The Burroughs, London NE4 4BT

Voices. Free for ISTD members.

CPD

Student Open Day. Free event.

LONDON 8th April 2018

Swindon Dance , Regent Circus,

(Time TBC)

Swindon SN1 1QF SWINDON

International Courses and Summer Schools For further information on ISTD international courses, fees and booking forms please refer to www.istd.org/courses-and-training.

To register your interest in attending a course below, please email intcourses@istd.org or call +44 (0)20 7377 1577.

GENRE

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: Due to unforeseen circumstances the previously advertised courses in Australia and New Zealand have been postponed and changed.

COURSE TITLE

DATE

VENUE/REGION

TIME

Imperial

Developing Musicality & Artistry with use of new CD

26/01/2018

The Art of Movement, Johannesburg

09:00 – 12:30

Classical Ballet

Training Ballet Technique Supported by DVD & Notes

SOUTH AFRICA 13:30 – 17:00

Revision of Grade Work

27/01/2018

09:00 – 17:00

Revision of Grade Work

28/01/2018

09:00 – 12.30

New Advanced 2 Revisions for Girls

13:30 – 17:00

AUSTRALIA Tap Dance

New Intermediate (Day 1 of 2)

01/02/2018

New Intermediate (Day 2 of 2)

02/02/2018

Langshaw Dancity Studio, Sydney

09:00 – 17:00 09:00 – 17:00

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Spring Programme 2018, UK Join UK and international members for our Spring Programme 2018. Covering a wealth of syllabus work from our Imperial Classical Ballet, Tap, National and Modern Theatre faculties, ensure you’re up-to-date for the year ahead!

NEW FOR 2018 – We are pleased to offer Teaching Dance in Primary Schools on Saturday 7th April, an afternoon session examining approaches and techniques for teaching in primary schools, perfect for any teacher who wishes to expand their portfolio of work into the state-supported sector. The session is

preceded by a morning looking at syllabus work ideal for children of primary school age: the new National Dance Primary Class Examination.

All courses will take place at Laine Theatre Arts, East Street, Epsom KT17 1HH and will run 10:30–17:30 unless otherwise noted. Please be aware that Refresher courses are for teachers familiar with the work being presented and are not suitable for those wishing to learn the syllabus in-depth.

SYLLABUS COURSES PER DAY: MEMBERS £65/PROVISIONAL MEMBERS AND STUDENT TEACHERS £40/NON-MEMBERS £80 TEACHER OBSERVATION OF MASTERCLASSES PER DAY: MEMBERS £32.50/PROVISIONAL MEMBERS AND STUDENT TEACHERS £20/NON-MEMBERS £40 FIRST AID PER DAY: MEMBERS £100/PROVISIONAL MEMBERS & STUDENT TEACHERS £85/NON-MEMBERS £120 GENRE

COURSE TITLE

DATE

Imperial

Advanced 2 Revisions and Vocational Vocabulary

03/04/2018

Classical Ballet

Teachers’ Observation: A day of student masterclasses for Grades 3 and 4, 5 and 6, and Inter Foundation and

03/04/2018

Intermediate Level (10:30 – 17:00)* Class Examinations 3, 4 and 5

04/04/2018

Teachers’ Observation: A day of student masterclasses for Intermediate and above inc. Pointe Work, Repertoire and

04/04/2018

Body Conditioning (10:30 – 17:00)* Class Examinations 6, 7 and 8

05/04/2018

The Training of Ballet Technique Course Day PLUS essential accompanying book and DVD for £50

05/04/2018

The Training of Ballet Technique Course Day ONLY

05/04/2018

*Student places also available. Teachers who bring three or more students qualify for a FREE place. Download a student booking form via www.istd.org/ courses-and-training Tap Dance

National Dance

New Intermediate (Day 1 of 2)

06/04/2018

Grade 5

06/04/2018

New Intermediate (Day 2 of 2)

07/04/2018

New Intermediate (Day 1 of 2)

07/04/2018

New Intermediate (Day 2 of 2)

08/04/2018

New Intermediate (Day 1 of 2)

08/04/2018

New Intermediate (Day 2 of 2)

09/04/2018

Grade 6

09/04/2018

New Primary Class Examination and Teaching Dance in Primary Schools*

07/04/2018

Intermediate

08/04/2018

*Further information can be found on page 81 Non-Syllabus

Emergency First Aid at Work for Dance Teachers

09/04/2018

Modern

Intermediate

10/04/2018

Theatre

Advanced 2 Refresher (Day 1 of 2)

10/04/2018

Bridging the Gap Between Intermediate and Advanced 1

11/04/2018

Advanced 2 Refresher (Day 2 of 2)

11/04/2018

Advanced 1 Refresher (Day 1 of 2)

12/04/2018

Grade 6 Refresher of Girls’ Work Excluding Amalgamations

12/04/2018

Advanced 1 Refresher (Day 2 of 2)

13/04/2018

Gold Jazz and Free Jazz

13/04/2018

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COMING SOON The Education & Training Department is working hard to deliver new and inspiring courses for our members. Upcoming events include: • A practical guide to running a dance school business • Student repertoire masterclasses

Keep an eye on upcoming issues of DANCE Magazine, the ISTD website and email bulletins for further information.

If you have any comments, suggestions or ideas for training, please let us know by getting in touch at coursebookings@ istd.org or on +44(0)20 7377 1577. We look forward to hearing from you.

Non-Syllabus Training, UK Our non-syllabus courses are open to teachers of all genres and no previous experience of the topic is required. Membership of the ISTD is not needed to book and attend.

To book onto the below courses or to ask a question, please contact the Education & Training Department on +44(0)20 7377 1577 or email coursebookings@istd.org. Alternatively, download a booking form from the ISTD website at www.istd.org/events.

Emergency First Aid at Work Knowing what to do in a first aid situation is vitally important.

Providing basic first aid and acting promptly could make all the difference to someone who is injured or taken ill.

This one day training course is specially created for dance teachers and provides delegates with the necessary knowledge and skills needed to act safely and calmly in emergency situations.

COURSE FEE PER DAY: MEMBERS – £100 / PROVISIONAL MEMBERS AND STUDENT TEACHERS – £85 / NON-MEMBERS – £120 GENRE

COURSE TITLE

DATE

VENUE / AREA

TIME

CPD

Emergency First Aid at Work for Dance Teachers

09/04/2018

Laine Theatre Arts, East Street,

10:30 – 17:30

Epsom KT17 1HH

Teaching Dance in Primary Schools We are pleased to offer an afternoon session on Saturday 7th April 2018 examining approaches and techniques for teaching in primary schools, perfect for any teacher who wishes to expand their portfolio of work into the state-supported sector. The session is preceded by a morning looking at syllabus work ideal for children of primary school age: the new National Dance Primary Class Examination.

Delegates will learn: • An overview of the primary school context, including an introduction to Arts Mark and the PE and School Sport Premium • Strategies for managing large class sizes • An introduction to the National Curriculum and how National can fulfil the dance requirements • Teaching and learning in a school context – an introduction to the three stranded model of composing, performing and appreciating dance

COURSE FEE PER DAY: MEMBERS – £65 / PROVISIONAL MEMBERS AND STUDENT TEACHERS – £40 / NON-MEMBERS – £80 GENRE

COURSE TITLE

DATE

VENUE / AREA

TIME

NATIONAL

New Primary Class Examination and Teaching Dance in

07/04/2018

Laine Theatre Arts, East Street,

10:30 – 17:30

DANCE

Primary Schools

CPD

The Level 6 Diploma in Dance Pedagogy Unit 4C:

Oct 2018,

Teaching Dance in Education and Community settings

Apr, Aug

Epsom KT17 1HH TBC

TBC

2019

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Syllabus Training, UK In addition to our upcoming Spring Programme (page 34/35), the ISTD will be offering a range of teacher training courses throughout the UK, co-ordinated by ISTD HQ in Greater London and elsewhere by our team of voluntary Regional Representatives.

To book any of the below courses or to ask a question, contact the Education & Training Department on +44(0)20 7377 1577 or

email coursebookings@istd.org. Alternatively, download a booking form from the ISTD website at www.istd.org/courses-and-training To request a course and to be kept informed of local training developments, contact your nearest representative via the details listed on page 99.

REGIONAL COURSES: MEMBERS – £60 / PROVISIONAL MEMBERS AND STUDENT TEACHERS – £36 / NON-MEMBERS – £75 LONDON COURSES: MEMBERS – £65 / PROVISIONAL MEMBERS AND STUDENT TEACHERS – £40 / NON-MEMBERS – £80 GENRE

DATE

COURSE TITLE

VENUE / AREA

TIME

TAP DANCE

07/01/2018

New Intermediate

Margaret Howard Theatre School, Bushey, WD23 3DH

10:00 – 17:00

(Day 2 of 2)

HERTFORDSHIRE

New Intermediate

The Company Performing Arts, 105 Oxford Road, Clacton on Sea, CO15 3TH

(Day 1 of 2)

ESSEX

New Intermediate

TBC ABERDEEN

10:00 – 17:00

New Intermediate

Caroline Green Dance & Theatre Arts, 125 London Road, Derby, DE1 2QQ

10:00 – 17:00

(Day 1 of 2)

DERBYSHIRE

New Intermediate

Samantha Jane School of Dance, Stockfield Road, off Melbourne Street,

(Day 2 of 2)

Oldham, OL9 9EW

10:00 – 17:00

(Day 2 of 2)

28/01/2018

10:00 – 17:00

MANCHESTER New Intermediate

Rochester Dance Junction, 681 Maidstone Road Rochester ME1 3QJ

(Day 1 of 2)

KENT

New Intermediate

The Company Performing Arts, 105 Oxford Road, Clacton on Sea, CO15 3TH

(Day 2 of 2)

ESSEX

New Intermediate

Unit 10 Bemrose Industrial Park, Hanson Road, Liverpool L9 7BG

(Day 2 of 2)

MERSEYSIDE

15/02/2018 –

New Intermediate

Studio Wayne McGregor Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, E20 3BS

16/02/2018

(Day 1 and 2)

LONDON

18/02/2018

New Intermediate

Bexhill College, Penland Road, Bexhill on Sea, TN40 2JG

(Day 2 of 2)

EAST SUSSEX

New Intermediate

Gt Witchingham Village Hall, Hubbards Loke, Lenwade, NR9 5AZ

(Day 2 of 2)

NORFOLK

New Intermediate

Preston’s College, Dance Academy, St Vincents Road, Preston PR2 8UR

(Day 2 of 2)

LANCASHIRE

New Intermediate

Caroline Green Dance & Theatre Arts, 125 London Road, Derby, DE1 2QQ

(Day 2 of 2)

DERBYSHIRE

New Intermediate

Coombeshead Academy, Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT

(Day 2 of 2)

DEVON

New Intermediate

Ellite Studios, The Dancer, 8 Peterson Road, Wakefield WF1 4EB

(Day 2 of 2)

YORKSHIRE

New Intermediate

Savernake Street Social Hall, Savernake Street, Swindon SN1 3LZ

(Day 2 of 2)

WILTSHIRE

New Intermediate

Dance Factory, 142 Calder Street, G42 7QP

(Day 2 of 2)

GLASGOW

New Intermediate

Dance Station, Alexandra Park, Fishponds, BS16 2BG

(Day 2 of 2)

BRISTOL

New Intermediate

Dance Factory, 142 Calder Street, G42 7QP

Refresher

GLASGOW

New Intermediate

Coombeshead Academy, Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT

Refresher

DEVON

Grades 1 – 6

The Company Performing Arts 105 Oxford Road, Clacton on Sea, Essex,

Amalgamations

CO15 3TH

Refresher

ESSEX

Advanced 2 with

Unit 10 Bemrose Industrial Park, Hanson Road, Liverpool L9 7BG

New Revisions

MERSEYSIDE

04/02/2018

25/02/2018

04/03/2018

11/03/2018 06/05/2018 13/05/2018 24/06/2018 01/07/2018 MODERN THEATRE

IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET

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10:00 – 17:00 10:00 – 17:00 10:00 – 17:00 10:30 – 17:30 10:00 – 16:30 10:00 – 17:00 10:00 – 17:00 10:00 – 17:00 10:00 – 16:00 10:30 – 16:30 10:30 – 17:00 10:00 – 17:00 10:00 – 17:00 10:00 – 17:00 10:00 – 17:00 10:00 – 17:00

10:00 – 17:00

DANCE

Payment via Debit/Credit Card We have introduced a new system for taking card payments.

Since 1st March 2017 if you want to pay by debit/credit card, please call +44 (0)20 7377 1577. One of our team members will take your exam details and put you into an automated system where you will enter your card details using the keypad on your phone. The system is highly secure and will email you a receipt for the payment. There will be no additional charges for this service.

Please do not send your card details along with the timetable.

Please note the ISTD is no longer accepting cheques. Please make payment via bank transfer, quoting your exam reference number or payment can be taken via credit/debit card as above.

SPRING TERM 2018 FACULTY

LEVEL

EXAMINATION DATES

CLOSING DATE

Imperial

Grades

4th, 11th, 18th March

21st January

Classical Ballet Imperial

Vocational

VENUE The Lowford Centre, Portsmouth Road, Bursledon, Southampton SO31 8ES.

2018

2018

11th March 2018*

21st January

Classical Ballet

2018

Modern Theatre

Vocational

4th, 11th, 18th March

21st January

and Tap Dance

and Grades

2018

2018

SUMMER TERM 2018 FACULTY

LEVEL

EXAMINATION DATES

CLOSING DATE

Imperial

Grades

17th, 24th June, 1st,

16th April

8th July 2018

2018

Vocational

17th June*

9th April 2018

Modern Theatre

Vocational

17th, 24th June, 1st,

9th April 2018

and Tap Dance

and Grades

8th July

Classical Ballet

Southampton Centre

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AUTUMN TERM 2018

NOTE FOR IMPERIAL BALLET EXAMS The studio used for Imperial Ballet exams is a sprung wooden floor.

We suggest damping shoes on a wet cloth, if the students aren’t used to the flooring. This is usually left inside the exam room.

FACULTY

LEVEL

EXAMINATION DATES

CLOSING DATE

Imperial

Grades

11th, 18th, 25th

16th

November 2018

September

11th November 2018

16th

Classical Ballet

2018 Imperial

APPLICATIONS All completed applications and payments for the Southampton Centre must be submitted direct to Sadie Serridge at sserridge@ istd.org or Imperial House, 22/26 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4QE. DATES Please see right for examination dates and deadlines for receipt of applications. Please indicate on your application whether you will be requiring a CD Operator/Pianist for your entries. Applications should be downloaded from the website: www.istd.org/about-us/ documents/centre-exams--application-form-fees-and-timetablesheet-for-2017.

Vocational

Classical Ballet

September 2018

Modern Theatre

Vocational

11th, 18th, 25th

16th

and Tap Dance

and Grades

November 2018

September 2018

* Vocational exams are held on one day for Ballet with a pianist. All other exams will have a CD/iPod operator.

Should you have any queries regarding Southampton Centre examinations, please contact Sally Upton at southamptoncentre@ hotmail.co.uk.

The Southampton Centre is designed to accommodate teachers entering grade and class examinations who have a total entry of under 3½ hours. Regretfully entries of more than this cannot be accepted.

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London Centre

Examination Dates: Dancesport 2018

Examination Dates: Theatre Faculties Please read the following notes carefully before submitting applications to the London Centre.

Special Notes for London Centre Candidates Please note: teachers must provide their own music for Tap Grades 4 and 5, Popular Tap Tests, Tap Medals, Jazz Awards, Modern Advanced 1 and Advanced 2. Free music must be on either an iPod/MP3 player or the original CD. Copied CDs are not always reliable therefore unacceptable for exams.

Candidates taking exams at the London Centre, must be accompanied by one adult only.

SPRING TERM 2018 LEVEL

EXAMINATION DATES

CLOSING DATE

Grades and Class

3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th

21st January

Examinations

March 2018

2018

Vocational Grades

24th February – 9th March 2018

14th January

(weekdays only)

2018

DDI & DDE (Unit

24th February – 9th March 2018

4)* and Licentiate/ 23rd, 24th March 2018

Ballet (All Levels) Classical Indian

21st January 2018

25th March 2018

Dance (All Levels)

21st January 2018

SUMMER TERM 2018 LEVEL

EXAMINATION DATES

CLOSING DATE

Grades and Class

9th, 10th, 16th, 17th, 23rd,

16th April 2018

Examinations

24th June 2018

Vocational Grades

26th May – 8th June 2018

16th April 2018

(weekdays only) DDI & DDE (Unit

26th May – 8th June 2018

4)* and Licentiate/

(excluding 3rd June)

16th April 2018

Fellowship Cecchetti Classical

29th, 30th June, 1st July 2018

16th April 2018

3rd June 2018

16th April 2018

Ballet (All Levels) Classical Indian

CLOSING DATE

18th March 2018

25th February 2018

3rd June 2018

13th May 2018

4th November 2018

8th October 2018

Dancesport applications to: ukdanceteachers@istd.org. Applications received after the advertised closing dates will only be accepted if there is space available or if a cancellation occurs. Telephone applications cannot be accepted.

The London Centre is designed to accommodate teachers entering grade and class examinations who have a total entry of under 3½ hours. Regretfully entries of more than this cannot be accepted.

Teachers may stipulate the reason for any impossible dates on their application form if necessary. We will attempt to allocate your examination accordingly, however, this cannot be guaranteed. With particular reference to Fellowship and Licentiate examinations, it is hoped that applicants will make themselves available for all the advertised dates.

14th January 2018

Fellowship Cecchetti Classical

EXAMINATION DATES

Dance (All Levels)

AUTUMN TERM 2018

CDs may be used for all Imperial Classical Ballet grades and class examinations. Please contact the Centre Examinations Administrator to verify dates for all National and Classical Greek exams.

DDI & DDE (UNIT 4) Applications for the above exams can only be accepted with a covering note specifying why they cannot be entered at the Approved Dance Centre (ADC) with which they are registered.

Theatre applications should be downloaded from the website: www. istd.org/about-us/documents/centre-exams--application-formfees-and-timetable-sheet-for-2017. For queries regarding London Centre examinations please contact Sadie Serridge at ISTD HQ on extension 874 or email sserridge@istd.org.

REMINDER ABOUT POST 16 CANDIDATE ID CHECK All Vocational and Professional level candidates (Intermediate Foundation and above) who are aged 16 years and over must provide an official form of photographic identification.

The Post 16 Student ID Form can be downloaded from www.istd. org/about-us/documents/post-16-student-id-form-2014. This must be completed, signed by the teacher and handed to the examiner on the day of the exam. Results will not be processed if this is not supplied. Further information can be found on the ISTD website.

LEVEL

EXAMINATION DATES

CLOSING DATE

Grades and Class

3rd, 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 24th

16th September

Examinations

November 2018

2018

Vocational Grades

20th October – 2nd November

9th September

2018 (Weekdays only)

2018

DDI & DDE (Unit

20th October – 2nd November

9th September

4)* and Licentiate/

2018

2018

Cecchetti Classical

30th November – 2nd

16th September

Ballet (All Levels)

December 2018

2018

Spring 2018

11th March – 1st April 2018

Classical Indian

4th November 2018

16th September

Summer 2018

3rd June – 22nd July 2018

2018

Autumn 2018

16th November 2018 – 22nd December 2018

Fellowship

Dance (All Levels)

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GENRE & DATE

ENTRIES TO

TELEPHONE

Bolton

Contact organiser

Miss Christine Axon, 5 Oakwood Drive, Bolton,

01204 841389

Lancashire BL1 5EE Bournemouth

Contact organiser

Mrs M. Headford, 4 William Road, Queens Park,

01202 393032

Bournemouth, Dorset BH7 7BA Bristol

Contact organiser

Miss K. Plaster, 344 Dance Centre, Alexandra Park, Fishponds,

0117 9655660

Bristol BS16 2BG Chichester

Contact organiser

Centre Derby

Ms Samantha Watkins, Chichester College, Westgate Field,

01243 786321 / 01243 782297

Chichester PO19 1SB Contact organiser

Miss E. Leveaux, The Old Mill Studio, Lynton Street,

01332 371016

Derby DE22 3RW Devon /

Contact organiser

Mrs Deborah Bond, King Street Studios, King Street,

Southwest

Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 2LG

Jersey / Guernsey Contact organiser

Mrs Janice Du Val Letty, Maytrees, La Rue de L’Etoquet, St Johns,

01626 367010

01534 862686

Jersey JE3 4AS Liverpool

London

Manchester

12/05/2018 – 13/05/2018

Miss G. Owen, Unit 10, Bemrose House, Long Lane, Fazakerley,

01515214188

07/07/2018

Liverpool L9 7BG. Please contact Miss Owen if teachers have any

mddcstudio10@gmail.com

Imperial ballet entries.

studio10@studiodance10.co.uk

Sadie Serridge, Centre Examinations Administrator, ISTD,

020 7377 1577

Imperial House, 22/26 Paul Street, London EC2A 4QE

Extension 874

Miss Samantha Greenwood, Lyndene 939, Middleton Road,

01616330178 / 07943111191

See 101 for details

Contact organiser

Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0NG North Wales

Contact organiser

Miss Helen Barton, Mount Norris, Gors Avenue, Holyhead,

01407 769818

Wales LL65 1PB Scotland

Contact organiser

Cecchetti Centre Scotland Central

Mrs Maureen Christie, The Studio, 19 Westbourne Gardens,

0141 3399637

Glasgow G12 9UL 05/03/2018 – 18/03/2018

Region

Please download and complete a private exam application form.

020 7377 1577

When applying please state the number of examining hours.

Extension 874

The closing date for applications is 21st January 2018. All applications are to be sent directly to ISTD HQ or by email to sserridge@istd.org. Timetables together with payments must be received at HQ six weeks before the exam date.

Scotland

Contact organiser

Northern

Miss Celia Johnson, Cevidley Croft, Keig, Alford,

01975 562521

Aberdeenshire AB33 8BH

Southampton

See page 105

Sally Upton, Southamptoncentre@hotmail.co.uk

07900 574718

West Midlands

Contact organiser

Mrs Jo Brangwin, 11 Blackroot Road, Sutton Coldfield,

01543 415354 / 07582 920427

Centre Yorkshire Centre

West Midlands B74 2QH Contact organiser

Miss Samantha Bell, ElliTe Studios, The Dancer, 8 Peterson Road,

0845 6525361 / 07908 808696

Wakefield WE1 4EB

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Open Days

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Syllabus Training for Teachers, UK

104

International Courses and Summer Schools

101

Non-Syllabus Training, UK

103

Regional Representatives

99

Spring Programme

102

Teaching Qualification Assessments

98

Level 6 Units, UK

101

EVENTS CALENDAR January 2018 21st January ISTD Bursary Awards and Nurturing Talented Young Dancers The Lowry, Salford Quays

February 2018 1st February ISTD Graduation Ceremony 2018 Milton Court Concert Hall, The Barbican London 4th February A Boys’ Day Laine Theatre Arts, Surrey Imperial Classical Ballet 11th February Wales & West Awards Congress Theatre, Cwmbran Cecchetti

March 2018 3rd – 4th March Senior Ballet Awards The Hawth Theatre, Crawley Imperial Classical Ballet

4th March Imperial Open Freestyle & Rock ‘n’ Roll Championships Spelthorne Leisure Centre, Staines 11th March Cecchetti Choreographic Competition Cecil Sharp House, London

May 2018

August 2018

13th May Baines Hewitt Award Class at Laine Theatre Arts, Surrey Imperial Classical Ballet

6th – 17th August ISTD Residential Summer School Chichester

June 2018

April 2018

Sunday 3rd June Janet Cram Awards Finals The Greenwood Theatre, London Modern Theatre

3rd–13th April ISTD Spring Programme Laine Theatre Arts, Surrey

July 2018

22nd April Tap Challenge The Hawth Theatre, Crawley

14th – 21st July 2018 ISTD International Italian Summer School Sportilia, Forli, Italy

22nd April Latin Magic

22nd – 21st July 2018 ISTD Dancesport Congress

22nd April Inventive Dance Competition West Park Leisure Centre, Derbyshire Sequence

21st – 26th July Cecchetti Summer Schools for Teachers and Students Elmhurst Ballet School, Birmingham

September 2018 16th September Dance Exchange Venue TBC DFR

October 2018 7th October Grand Finals Day The Guildford Spectrum DFR This calendar is designed for you to see major events at a glance. see the DANCE Extra section in this magazine for a full listing of courses. For more information, please check the Faculty pages, or contact the Faculty Co-ordinator. We believe this information to be correct at the time of going to print. All events can be subject to change.

28th July – 3rd August Cecchetti Summer School for Young Dancers Tring Park

Summer programme 2017

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