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DANCE ISSUE 481

OCT–DEC 2017

THE INTERNATIONAL QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF THE ISTD DANCE EXAMINATIONS BOARD

DANCESPORT CONGRESS

SEASONAL GIFT GUIDE

Reports and photos

ISTD BURSARY AWARDS 2018

NEW Alternative Theatre Advanced 1 and 2 examinations plus the Peggy Spencer Legend Award

Awards JANET CRAM

ISTD SUMMER SCHOOLS Reports and photos from Italy and the United Kingdom

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NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

THE INTERNATIONAL QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF THE ISTD DANCE EXAMINATIONS BOARD

MUSICAL THEATRE • FOLK • AFRICAN • CONTACT • SUPPORTING SUBJECTS • WORK EXPERIENCE • ISTD TEACHING QUALIFICATIONS

• BALLET • JAZZ • URBAN • CONTEMPORARY • IMPROVISATION • SINGING • DRAMA • TAP

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DANCE Welcome to DANCE From the ISTD Italian and UK summer schools, to the Dancesport Congress in Worthing and the Modern Theatre Faculty’s Janet Cram Awards, the past few months have been jam-packed with excitement and training opportunities.

Our Chair, Sue Passmore, has been inspired by her recent visits to ISTD dance schools. Read all about it in this issue.

We are pleased to announce the new alternative Theatre Advanced 1 and 2 Analysis examinations, which will be available from 2018 (see page 9). These are aimed at those already teaching or who wish to teach. They will test the same technical and artistic knowledge as the Theatre Advanced 1 and 2 examinations, without relying on high-level physical fitness. We are also pleased to introduce a new two-dance examination for 2018, available for all Dancesport genres in honour of our past president, Peggy Spencer MBE. Read more on page 31.

Have you registered on DANCETEACHERS.org yet? Get noticed on the new-look searchable directory where ISTD-qualified teachers can register and advertise their dance school business.

Check out the DANCE Extra section for all the latest courses and training listings, including plenty of up-coming syllabus training for teachers.

We hope you enjoy this issue, from our seasonal gift guide (with plenty of chances to win some great goodies) to all the colourful reports and photos from the ISTD’s 11 faculties.

Tamsin Moore, Editor

Above: Janet Cram Awards’ Final. See pages 54–59

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News 5 Dance Proms Find out which schools are performing and how to book now for this global celebration of dance 6 Out and About ISTD Chair, Sue Passmore, reports from the numerous dance school summer performances she has attended

8 #Best Practice: Continuing Professional Development Introducing this vital element of our new Professional Standards Scheme 9 New Advanced 1 and 2 Analysis Examinations Introducing alternative examinations to progress your career 10 ISTD Teachers’ Residential Summer School Photos and comments from this year’s successful summer school at Guildford School of Acting 12 Dancesport Congress 2017 Reports and photos from another superb weekend in Worthing

16 ISTD Italian Summer School Happy memories and photos from this year’s summer school at Sportilia 18 Library News A Dame Beryl Grey special, with a chance to win a copy of her autobiography 20 International News Examiners’ updates from Barbados, Greece, Portugal, Seychelles, Spain, Taiwan and Trinidad 24 Seasonal Gift Guide Inspiration for what to give the dancers in your life, plus the chance to win some for yourself

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Events 27 ISTD Graduation Ceremony 2018 Thursday 1st February, The Barbican, London 28 Advance Your Teaching Skills Courses on specialised units of the Level 6 Diploma in Dance Pedagogy 29 The Malaysian Awards 2017 Bigger and better with Ballet, Modern and Tap events 31 Peggy Spencer Legend Award A new, two-dance examination available for all dancesport genres 32 ISTD Bursary Awards An inspiring performance of outstanding young ISTD dancers 33 Nurturing Talented Young Dancers An exclusive insight from the ISTD in partnership with leading dance institutions

Faculties 35 Cecchetti Classical Ballet Summer Schools, the Cecchetti International Classical Ballet Competition and more 43 Classical Greek Details for the upcoming Ruby Ginner Awards and Day of Dance 45 Classical Indian The ISTD leads the way at NAVADAL 47 Disco, Freestyle, Rock ‘n’ Roll The DFR Faculty Committee needs you, plus details of the next Championships

47 49 Imperial Classical Ballet The Baines Hewitt Award 2017, plus important syllabus information and diary dates 54 Janet Cram Awards Special A six-page spread on this year’s spectacular Modern Theatre Faculty Awards 61 Latin, Modern Ballroom & Sequence This year’s Sequence Medallist Festival and Carl Alan Awards, and a tribute to Joan Southwood (née Field) 64 Modern Theatre Dance Results and adjudicator’s report from the Janet Cram Awards, Remembering Matt Mattox, and diary dates 71 National Dance Important Faculty updates 72 Tap Dance The new Intermediate Tap syllabus received a warm welcome at the ISTD Summer School

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74 New Staff and Examiners Profiles and photos of ISTD staff and examiners 75 Exam Successes Qualifications recorded at ISTD HQ over the past months 77 #DanceInspiration The story of the first special needs dance team to qualify for the United Dance Organisation’s (UDO) World Championships 78 Letters Kathak Aayam at the Nehru Centre in London was a big success

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DANCE Extra 79 Courses and More A guide to ISTD examination dates, courses and contact details

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89 Classified Adverts Teachers wanted 90 Directory ISTD councils and committees, plus contact details for staff, faculty co-ordinators and global organisers 93 Important Dates ISTD calendar for the coming months

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Specialist professional pathways EDUCATING QUALITY PERFORMERS FOR THE PROFESSION Online applications for 2018 entry close 31 January. Video audition available for overseas students.

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NEWS Dance Proms 2017 Experience this global celebration of dance

2017 marks the launch of the Dance Proms Young Choreographer category Michael Nunn described Chris’ work as, “A wonderfully accomplished piece that would sit well in a professional performance setting. Well danced and well-rehearsed. Bravo!”

The ISTD would like to congratulate Christopher and all the young talented individuals that entered this year, and we encourage more young dancers and budding choreographers to attend the show and be inspired to try their luck in 2018. To read more about Christopher and the Young Choreographer category head to the CLICK Dance Proms website: www.danceproms.co.uk.

The ISTD would also like to congratulate all the selected schools that form the Dance Proms Company 2017. We are extremely proud to have so many ISTD teachers, students, and Approved Dance Centres (ADCs) involved in such a memorable event.

We hope that next year even more ISTD members take the chance to have their students perform at a world famous venue; head to Dance Proms’ website and join the mailing list to receive updates, details and news directly to your inbox.

Performing schools include: •A cademia Veneta Danza e Balletto (Italy) • Il Balletto (Italy) • Roshe Performing Arts •A rts Educational Schools, London • The BRIT School •T he Company Performing Arts • Seed Dance Studios •A 2 Arts Performing Arts Academy •D ancing World Tanzschule Alexander Kreissl (Austria) •M ayhew School of Dance & Performing Arts

•S ummerscales Performing Arts • Sandford School of Dance • Performers College • Kilburn School of Dance • J ayne A Coleman Academy of Dance • FK Dance Academy • The Creative Academy • F irst Position School of Dance •S usan Robinson School of Ballet •S oul Music and Performing Arts Academy (Vietnam)

BOOK NOW If you haven’t already, now is the time to book your tickets to Dance Proms. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to see special guest acts such as Flawless, and BBC Young Dancer winner Nafisah Baba perform alongside the selected dance schools and talented young dancers from around the world.

You can book your tickets via the Royal Albert Hall website: www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2017/dance-proms or call the box office on +44(0)20 7589 8212.

CAMERAS AT THE READY 21st October is #DanceSelfieDay. Win yourself some fantastic prizes and take part in the worldwide phenomenon. More details to come soon on the Dance Proms Social channels: www.facebook.com/DanceProms @DanceProms

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ance Proms returns to the Royal Albert Hall, London for its seventh year on Sunday 5th November 2017. With an amazing line up of selected schools, inspiring guest acts, plus support from celebrity patrons this is a celebration of dance you won’t want to miss!

2017 marks the launch of the Dance Proms Young Choreographer category. Open to young creatives aged 10–21, the Young Choreographer category aims to give aspiring choreographers from all over the world a platform to showcase their work like no other, plus guidance and support to these growing artists in the form of one-to-one mentoring with an established industry professional.

All entries were reviewed by a celebrity judging panel made up of Darcey Bussell CBE, West End actor John Partridge, BBC Young Dancer winner Nafisah Baba, and co-founder and choreographer for BalletBoyz, Michael Nunn OBE. They were asked to consider originality, creativity, use of space, floor patterning, movement, use of costume, and choice of music when choosing a winner.

The decision was unanimous and in July Christopher Thomas was announced as Above: Young Choreographer the winner of the first ever Dance Proms winner, Christopher Thomas Young Choreographer title. He will go on to receive a one-to-one mentoring workshop with Akram Khan, MBE (DESH, iTMOi, Vertical Road, Gnosis and zero degrees) and will perform his choreography In Light of Those You Love in November.

Above: Dance Proms 2016 finale at the Royal Albert Hall, London

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Out and About The ISTD Chair, Sue Passmore, shares her latest news

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The choreography is inventive and physically demanding

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ince the previous edition of DANCE magazine I have been able to attend numerous summer performance events across the UK and it has been so reassuring to see the outcome of all the skill and dedication our teachers provide for all their students regardless of age or culture. The choreography is inventive and physically demanding. We are conscious of the ‘fusion’ of styles with complex partnering and inclusion of acrobatics and our responsibility as teachers for providing a secure technical underpinning very relevant to the core stability. This season has been a revelation in seeing the contrasts in production values and in the majority of shows the audiences have shown their support and pleasure in what is being produced.

In this edition I want to share images taken from a varied selection of summer performances. These schools/colleges offer ISTD examinations from grades to teaching qualifications. They produced an outstanding standard of teaching, demonstrating different qualities of artistry and creative performance for their dancers with diverse perspectives as either recreational or careerfocused entertainment.

I confess that watching creative outcomes of the work of the ISTD is so inspiring. The significance of music and dance is now more and more relevant to our future wellbeing in a world so focused on technology. The performances I have attended provide a conviction that the work undertaken by teachers is so valuable and an opportunity not to be neglected or rejected by a new generation of young ambitious dance practitioners.

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Masters College Matt Plummer, Principal Their showcase, UNITE, at the Shaw Theatre, London was outstanding in continuity and diversity. Every student produced evidence of sound vocational training in the three elements of musical theatre and the production values enhanced the work.

Creative Academy George Kirkham, Principal The graduate year at Creative Academy produced their Showcase 2017 at the Lillian Baylis Theatre, Sadlers Wells, London. The final year module of this BA Hons degree programme uniquely challenges the graduates to plan, administrate and choreograph the event and they achieved an impressive outcome. The 50-minute run-through performance was a mature, confident and professionally effective performance with creative, innovative ideas and excellent builds in choice of music and genre. This degree programme offers ISTD teaching pathways.

Harlequin Dance Paula Dymock, Principal This school has a high reputation for quality and diversity and this was evidenced in examination results and in national competitions where its young students impressed. This year they won both the Junior and Senior sections of the Janet Cram Awards 2017. Paula’s students were also very successful in winning numerous awards in the All England Competition 2017.

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Jonathan Wilkes, Nikki Wilkes and Suzanne Mole, Principals The Wyvern Theatre was sold out for all of the five performances and the audience response to the summer show was evidence of its successful format in production. The cast of energetic, focused artists was fully engaged in every aspect of the programme, Sing, Act and Dance. The work was punctuated with highly dynamic commercial work throughout the show and students narrated the whole performance with a modern, stand-up comedy familiarity, which had a persuasive commercial presentational skill that worked well for the audience. This is a young college that also offers ISTD technical underpinning.

JAMES HUDSON

Wilkes Academy

Left: Harlequin Dance student at the 2017 ISTD Janet Cram Awards

Left: The Centre Performing Arts Below: Wilkes Academy

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Karen King, Principal The technical and artistic quality of training was exceptional in the recent summer performance. The programme was, as always, crafted to show the creative talents of the students and the energy and dynamics in contrasting choreography. The graduates from The Centre have the opportunity to underpin their performance ambitions with sound teaching methodology from the outset of the three-year programme. These additional options are a valuable sustainable future career pathway and evidenced in the maturity of the work in every production.

Morea Performing Arts Katie Morea, Principal Their Summer Production featured a dynamic cast showing technical diversity throughout the two hour programme. The emphasis on student choreography is clearly evident in the training the dancers receive and the artistry and musicality is always professional and mature in performance.

Worthy of mention is the recent success achieved when the college entered two solo pieces by Maya Culin and El Waldron for the new Dance Proms Young Choreographers Award and both dances were in the final top 10, which were viewed by the celebrity panel of judges, Darcy Bussell, Michael Nunn, Jon Partridge and Nafisah Baba (winner of BBC Young Dancer Award).

The encouraging feedback included: “Amazing movement quality”, “Great music – really set the atmosphere”, “The dancer’s movement quality was a pleasure to watch” and “Good lyrical storytelling”.

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Watching creative outcomes of the work of the ISTD is so inspiring

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Kay Ball, Principal The score, the costumes and the sheer joy of the dancers from pre-primary to advanced made this performance so pleasurable.

The senior students were exceptional and the smallest children, whose experience, watched by an appreciative audience, was the evidence of the value of good teaching, dedication, discipline and love of dance.

Sue Passmore

Left: Morea Performing Arts

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Redhurst Schools of Dancing

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#BestPractice: Continuing Professional Development Introducing this vital element of our 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.

What is Continuing Professional Development?

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the term used to describe life-long learning. It is used by professionals in all job sectors to enhance their existing knowledge by learning new skills and following the latest developments within their chosen career.

What counts as CPD? CPD can be gained by attending ISTD courses and congresses, receiving mentoring or coaching and watching performances and competitions. You can also attend courses run by other dance, arts and educational organisations. If you currently adhere to another teaching CPD scheme you can submit the same evidence to us provided it meets the ISTD’s requirements.

When does CPD begin and why do we need it?

At the ISTD we believe that gaining your initial teaching qualifications signifies the start of CPD, which should continue throughout your teaching career.

It is important that your teaching skills are up-to-date as you have the responsibility of training the next generation of dance sector professionals. As new dance styles and techniques emerge and dance education and training methods constantly evolve, CPD helps teachers keep pace with these developments.

What are the benefits of CPD? CPD will ensure that you realise your full potential as a teacher and that your students receive the best possible training from you.

As your CPD studies progress you may develop your career with further qualifications and explore new areas of interest within the dance sector.

When you attend CPD events you also have the opportunity to meet and share your experiences with like-minded professionals, which can help inspire your teaching and build your professional network.

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How do I get started?

It is helpful to begin by reflecting on the areas of your teaching practice where you feel that you can improve and develop your knowledge. You will then be able to identify where to focus your CPD. More detailed guidance and template documents for the scheme are downloadable from the ISTD website at www.istd.org/coursesand-training/professional-standards-scheme. If you need further help please contact: coursebookings@istd.org.

How do I evidence my CPD? When you have completed your 18 hours of Continuing Professional Development simply visit DANCE-TEACHERS.org and tick the CPD Professional Scheme box on your profile. It is important to retain evidence of your CPD in the form of booking slips, tickets, notes and course certification. We will be using a system of random sampling checks to ensure that teachers displaying our CPD Professional Standard badge have completed their requirements.

The future of CPD at the ISTD: Our pledge to our teachers The ISTD recommends that our teachers undertake a minimum of 18 hours (3 days) of CPD per year. We currently offer a wide variety of courses and a comprehensive range of qualifications tailored to suit your needs at every stage of your career. We will also be developing further courses to offer support to our teachers, such as guidance on organising exam sessions, teaching pre-school and adult classes, and advice on running a dance school business.

All our courses will display a badge indicating their hourly value towards your 18 hours of CPD. We hope that you will find your CPD inspiring and that it will enrich your teaching career.

Melanie Curtis, Professional Development Manager

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NEW Advanced 1 and 2 Analysis Examinations Introducing alternative examinations to progress your career

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ne of the things that struck me when I joined the ISTD was the excellent opportunity for career progression that the Society offers dance teachers. The dance profession has a largely unstructured career path, yet at the ISTD a newly qualified teacher might start working for a dance school, go on to set up their own school, become a Teacher Trainer and later apply to become an Examiner or Faculty Committee member.

We are committed to supporting all our members to utilize their developing knowledge and skills so that they, in turn, can nurture the next generation of teachers and to contribute to the future development of the Society.

However we have identified a potential barrier to this progression in the form of the Theatre Advanced 1 and 2 examinations, which are a gateway to the Theatre Licentiate and Fellowship teaching qualifications. The Advanced 1 and 2 examinations test high level technical knowledge and skills. However changes to vocational dance training mean that fewer dancers now have the opportunity to take these examinations as students and, given the technical demand of these examinations, they can be challenging to take later in one’s career.

The ISTD is therefore introducing alternative Advanced 1 and 2 Analysis examinations in Cecchetti Classical Ballet, Classical Indian Dance, Imperial Classical Ballet, Modern Theatre and Tap Dance. These examinations will test the same technical and artistic knowledge, without relying on high level physical fitness and will be available worldwide from January 2018. The new Analysis examinations are designed for those teaching, or wishing to teach in the future. They will sit alongside the current Advanced 1 and 2 examinations which are designed for those wishing to dance, or to evidence technical dance skill.

ability to accurately demonstrate and analyse performance of the syllabus and will not include knowledge of how to teach the syllabus. The Analysis exams will be the same length as the Performance exams, but candidates will enter singly.

To satisfactorily demonstrate the appropriate technical and artistic knowledge requires a mature level of judgment and adaptation, which replicates the knowledge and skills required of a teacher who is teaching this level of material to students. As such, this exam equates to the same level of difficulty as the Advanced 1 and 2 Performance exams, but without the physical demands.

The cost of these exams will be available on the website in the autumn.

To apply for an Advanced 1 or 2 Analysis exam contact the Examinations Department who will provide you with a Statement of Physical Limitation form. This form must be completed and returned with your exam application.

Ginny Brown

Proud to be ISTD

Advanced 1/2 Analysis: This examination evidences understanding and knowledge of Advanced 1/2 and is suitable for those wishing to progress to a teaching career Advanced 1/2 Performance: This examination evidences performance at Advanced 1/2 level and is suitable for those wishing to progress to a performance career As for the Advanced 1 Performance examination, the entry criteria for the Advanced 1 Analysis is Intermediate in the relevant genre. The Analysis examinations are designed for candidates who have long-lasting and permanent physical conditions, rather than for those with an injury. Therefore candidates will complete a Statement of Physical Limitation form at the point of application, which will be signed by their teacher.

The exam format will be based on the Performance exam format and, specifically, the Examiner will request accurate demonstration of each exercise, with the option to then request analysis of a section of the exercise, or full performance of a section of the exercise in order to elicit further technical, musical or artistic detail. The examination will be marked solely on the candidate’s

We are committed to supporting all our members to utilize their developing knowledge and skills Ginny Brown, ISTD Artistic Director

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ISTD Teachers’ Residential Summer School This year’s successful summer school at Guildford School of Acting

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he 12 day residential summer school at Guildford School of Acting received enthusiastic support with 302 teachers attending a total of 67 courses run by a team of 25 lecturers.

Courses were facilitated by our Tap, Modern Theatre, Imperial Ballet, Classical Indian and National faculties with guest workshops from the English National Ballet, Liz Foster, and One Dance UK. Each of the weeks began with a welcome evening where delegates had the opportunity to meet ISTD staff, committee members and lecturers.

The response to the re-introduction of a residential event was overwhelmingly enthusiastic from teachers, most notably that it allowed them to socialise with ISTD teachers from the UK and around the world, forming new friendships and professional

connections. It was especially pleasing to see so many International teachers attending from countries such as Canada, Japan, South Africa and Mexico.

All courses received excellent feedback, with much praise for the lecturers’ comprehensive knowledge, inspirational teaching and attention to detail. There was also a range of free morning and evening activities for residential delegates such as Pilates, tap jams, ballet conditioning and jazz warm-ups which proved very popular. In addition there were opportunities to discuss the new Advanced 1 and 2 Analysis exams, DANCE-TEACHERS.org and the Professional Standards scheme with ISTD staff.

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“It was wonderful to meet other ISTD teachers and make new friends”

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“It was a beautiful and inspirational course”

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“I am so grateful for the in-depth knowledge I gained”

“It was my first ISTD course and “The it was an amazing experience” lecturer was amazing, she gave us new analogies and perspectives”

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ISTD Dancesport Congress 2017 Reports and photos from another superb weekend in Worthing on 22nd and 23rd July

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Lecturers received excellent feedback Left: Bill Irvine and Pierre Trophy Winners 2017

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his year was the 32nd Dancesport Congress weekend held in Worthing. It was attended by 180 delegates who were treated to lectures by a top team of experts in Ballroom, Latin, Authentic and Emerging Dance and Sequence.

Lecturers received excellent feedback with teachers citing how beneficial and transferable the workshop material would be to students in their dance classes.

This year’s Congress was attended by Worthing’s Deputy Mayor and Mayoress who met with ISTD committee members and enjoyed watching ISTD professionals compete in the Pierre and Bill Irvine Trophy competitions during the Tea Dance.

DAY ONE BY PAULA GOODYEAR AND SONIA NORRIS Twists and Turns with Raymond Miles saw Raymond start the day with suitable variations for Gold-Stars and above. Challenging work in Tango and Slow Foxtrot fulfilled the title, Twists and Turns.

Creative choreography using standard variations was confidently taught and beautifully demonstrated by Raymond’s son Richard and his new wife Gemma.

Little Latin Sparklers with Michelle Postlethwaite was an excellent lecture from Michelle, partnered by Richard Miles. Five short sparklers in the five Latin dances. Interesting, short, very usable variations for classes or medallist teaching were delivered with clarity and performed in a most attractive way.

Next up was Inspired Ballroom Combinations in Waltz and Tango with Stephen Arnold and Yasmin Priestnall. Stephen delivered

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the variations – good for teaching groups in Tango and Waltz – in a friendly and relaxed manner. Using standard movements, Fallaway, Slip Pivot, Whisk and Lunges, he showed how, by using syncopations and different rhythms the combination can become more inspiring. Beautifully danced by Stephen and Yasmin.

How Sequence Can Benefit Your Business was delivered by Vernon Kemp, who in his usual humorous manner, gave us an excellent Sequence lecture. He advised that as teachers we need to be enthusiastic in all that we do. We should be aware of people’s age and teach accordingly. He taught a Samba sequence using basic figures, which could be a good way of introducing Samba to pupils. He demonstrated a Classical Sequence routine showing how to improve body and head positions. This was very useful work.

Vernon Kemp

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As teachers we need to be enthusiastic in all that we do Developing the Next Generation of Dance Stars with Warren Boyce came next. A delightful lecture from Warren using one of his Juvenile couples, Gleb and Jeanne to demonstrate for him.

He showed several exercises to use to help improve power and shape. One excellent exercise showed 10 body positions from Closed Position through to Lady Outside on the left side, also head positions using A, B, C. The children showed a basic Waltz routine followed by an upgraded version in preparation for moving from Juvenile to Junior.

Latin Sparklers In Rumba and Samba with Krystof Grzelak and Natalia Krzystoszek gave us two more Latin sparklers in Rumba and Samba. Both dances included swivels, spins and a drag action, which could be used in parts if the whole variation is too much for your needs. This was a positive demonstration, enhanced by Natalia’s excellent use of feet and ankles. Krystof and Natalia coped admirably in spite of some problems with the audio equipment.

Warren Boyce

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The day’s line-up was exceptional and it began with the Latin Faculty introducing their first lecture, Danny Stowell and Emma Lee with Latin Sparklers in Cha Cha and Jive. They began with the Cha Cha and demonstrated some very useful combinations, which included a variation of the natural top and some syncopated walks in right shadow position, all taught in a clear and precise manner.

Their Jive remained on the same theme and began with a whip, then a clever side-by-side toe heel swivel combination followed

by Drunken Sailors. Both dances used basic syllabus steps with a clever twist to create effectiveness. I’m sure they will be very useful to everyone.

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Next up was a lady who required no introduction and for me I was extremely excited about this lady’s lecture as I had danced at the same studio as her as a young girl and had watched her as she travelled her path to become world champion. Joanne Bolton-Hawkins began by dancing the most beautiful Waltz with her husband Christopher, effortlessly with streams of musicality and clearly displaying her very own beautiful style. We are artistic athletes she said, we must develop our own individuality to create our own style, beginning with our look, through our dresses and hair style to developing our fundamentals, using the thighs and rib cage to create more energy and shape and movement. Joanne gave so many useful tips to help us all to develop our dancing.

The whole room was immersed in her every word.

After the morning coffee break it was the turn of the Authentic and Emerging Dance Sub-Committee, giving us an insight into a few of their dances on offer. Charles Richman began with the West Coast Swing assisted by Susanne Hammond. He explained that this was a slotted dance, which means it can be danced in a small corridor. They demonstrated a selection of figures all suitable for the Social Dance Test, very clearly presented. The Bosanova was the dance presented

by Suzanne and assisted by Ralph Schiller, which is traditionally danced quite slow, but can be danced to different music speeds and even modern pieces to appeal to the younger generation. The Portuguese say, “if it fits the music, then it’s a Bosanova”, Suzanne explained. The Bosanova is a descendant of Samba, therefore whisks and

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What an excellent weekend of superb quality lectures, I cannot wait until next year

Jill Bush

Michelle Postlethwaite assisted by Richard Miles

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basic movements are frequently seen. Once again clearly taught and you could see the enjoyment from everyone participating.

The last dance we were to see from this Faculty was Disco Fox, presented by Ralph and assisted by Suzanne. Ralph taught some basic steps and explained that changing the arms each time gives it a very different look and feel from the figures. I’m sure all three dances will be taken back to the studios and hopefully we can all begin to use these in our future exams.

Expression and speed in the feet, legs and ankles was the topic of the lecture by the wonderful Nicola Nordin. Her expertise and depth of knowledge was presented to us as she talked about the “three t’s” – timing, tracking and toning, and how each of them would help us to produce expression and speed. All of the participants were lead though short pieces of Cha Cha and Rumba to help them to replicate and practice these actions to pass on to their students.

After lunch it was the turn of one of our top Ballroom couples, Mark and Olga Elsbury with inspired combinations in Foxtrot and Quickstep. This charismatic couple gave us some beautiful combinations, I loved the simple feather step with sharp turn into a three step, Mark and Olga demonstrated two different ways to dance this, each portraying a very different style. They gave out smiley face stickers for us all to place on our belly buttons to keep us connected when dancing outside partner, a very useful teaching tip to use for our students. The Quickstep was a fun piece of choreography incorporating a very effective use of basic syllabus steps with a few variations such as a pepper pot and some bouncing whisks.

Then came our second Sequence lecture of the weekend from Vernon Kemp titled Understanding Classical Sequence Tango. Vernon, very ably assisted by Robert and Louise Aldred, showed us the differences between Classical Sequence Tango and Modern Ballroom Tango with the different holds, arm positions and movements using a variety of the Classical Sequence Tangos to demonstrate.

The final Latin lecture was by the great Graham Oswick and I was honoured to be asked to assist him in How to Make Your Paso Doble Sparkle. Graham always brings so much passion to his lectures and this one was no exception. He explains that there are three shaping positions, neutral, promenade and counter promenade. We must create these shapes from within using our feet, legs thighs and rib cages not just by a turn of the head and use of the joined arm. He shows us the dynamic difference it makes when danced this way, to use our bodies to their full capacity and when changing from shape to shape that the neutral position we transition through is just as important and needs to be fully executed.

The final lectures were our fun party dances presented by the Ballroom, DFR and Sequence Faculties. We had Beautiful Sunday demonstrated by Paul Streatfield and Rachel Wadey, Knee Slapping Waltz demonstrated by Vernon Kemp and Paula Goodyear and It’s all Greek to Me presented by Jill Bush and her volunteers. All three dances were great fun and very different, always a great way of bringing our classes together and sharing the enjoyment that dancing brings. I’m sure these dances will prove to be very popular in the studios.

To sum up what an excellent weekend of superb quality lectures, I cannot wait until next year.

Above: Paul Streatfield and Rachel Wadey Right: Stephen Arnold and Yasmin Priestnall

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SATURDAY TEA DANCE INCLUDING THE BILL IRVINE AND PIERRE TROPHY COMPETITIONS In the wonderful Art Deco Assembly Hall in Worthing a relaxed and jovial atmosphere was enjoyed by professional dancing friends catching up over a cup of tea, sandwiches and tasty slices of cake. Whilst filling their plates glimpses of the Bill Irvine Trophy competitors warming up could be caught through the main hall doors. As the competitors disappeared backstage to await their event the general dancing began with some lovely music delivered

by Paul Fielding with Vernon Kemp compering the evening. The room was alive with anticipation and dancing of the wonderful variations and technique witnessed at the lectures earlier in the day.

The evening’s entertainment commenced with the prestigious panel of judges announced whose job it was to separate the field of competitors challenging for the Bill Irvine Trophy. Waltz was underway and the competitors nerves were settling and by Tango the dancers were in their stride. Some beautiful Three Steps were executed in Foxtrot and a plethera of Fleckerls were delivered in the Viennese Waltz. In a flash we were at Quickstep with the beautiful contestants going toe to toe for the title-reign in their energy and desire to burst into drama equal to that of a Sunday evening episode of Poldark!

A Fantastic demonstration of syllabus content and a struggle for the judges to split but Nicholas Kelly took the Leader trophy with Rosie Ward being crowned the Follower winner.

More general dancing followed and was enjoyed by all as Vernon Kemp treated participants to a Progressive Sequence dance and then a stunningly beautiful Classical Sequence demonstration

by Liam Pywell and Alexandra Stainton comprising Gavottes, Saunters, Two Steps and Mazurkas as the bells outside chimed precisely 6pm.

Then came the turn of the Latin competitors as the Pierre Trophy began, compered by Graham Oswick and judged by a top class panel. Once more the room enjoyed an outstanding display of our syllabus content full to the brim with energy and as with the Bill Irvine trophy the winners must have been very hard to choose. A very fiercely fought contest for the new holders of the Pierre Trophy with Ben Milan-Vega winning the Leaders event and Leila Stewart winning the Followers event.

All in all a fantastic afternoon’s entertainment to add to the day’s incredible lectures and one to be remembered for a long time to come.

Glenn Badham

Above: Samantha Needham-Vize Right: Robert and Louise Aldred Below: Liam Pywell and Alexandra Stainton

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Right: Paula Goodyear and Vernon Kemp

A fantastic afternoon’s entertainment and one to be remembered for a long time to come

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The ISTD’s 2017 Summer School in Sportilia, Italy

Can there be a better place in the world to express your passion and love for dancing, than between the vast mountain ranges and glorious sunsets that Italy has to offer?

Sunè Burger I am currently the only ISTD Ballet teacher in the country of Qatar, and as blessed as I am with the opportunity, as a dancer we all need to be stimulated to keep our creative minds active. I came across the international summer camp in Italy through the ISTD’s website. I knew that this is the one place that is the complete opposite from the desert life that I have become accustomed to. Luckily in this day and age everything is just a plane ride away.

Sportilia creates memories and introduces you to new friends around every corner With the exceptional help of Carole Ann Watson, summer camp organiser, I arrived at Sportilia with a camera already full of pictures from the breathtaking scenery and a mind that is constantly trying to tell me that I am not dreaming, this is real. Sportilia’s sporting facilities are in between the mountain ranges of Northern Italy.

Students were exposed to various styles of dancing such as tap, modern and street jazz, contemporary, ballet and even musical theatre and body conditioning classes. They also had the privilege to be taught by Gianluca Raponi (assisted by Simona Imola) who has his own dance company in Italy, and were taken on a new journey of contemporary dancing.

Teachers had the privilege of exchanging teaching methods amongst themselves in various genres and also being taught by some of the most elite lecturers that the ISTD has to offer. When our notebooks were written full of ideas for the day, it was time to put our dancing shoes on and join in the fun, because you 16 DANCE ISSUE 481

are never too old to dance. When it was time for the sun to set everyone joined together in the dining hall for dinner and shared their fun and laughter of the day amongst friends.

We were also very fortunate to have Ginny Brown, the Artistic Director of ISTD, to join us for a few days at Sportilia. All teachers were updated with the latest news and views of the ISTD and many thoughts were exchanged on how to creatively expand and develop the ISTD outside the borders of the UK. Sportilia is the one place where the urge to switch on your phone is a thought that is far in the back of your mind. It creates memories and introduces you to new friends around every corner.

As teachers we sometimes get so stuck in a rut that we just keep on doing the same thing over and over every day expecting a different result. Getting out of one’s comfort zone is easier said than done, but I can honestly say that after this summer school, I am a changed teacher for the good and the experiences I had were priceless. I am so excited to share these new methods and ideas with my own students. I thank everyone that shared their passion and knowledge of dance with me and to the ISTD for creating this astounding opportunity. This is truly a summer school for everyone. My next summer school awaits.

Sunè Burger

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Library News ISTD Librarian, Sarah Jardine-Willoughby reports WANT TO WIN YOUR OWN COPY OF DAME BERYL’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, FOR THE LOVE OF DANCE? Just email marketing@istd.org by Friday 10th November to be in with a chance of winning your very own signed copy of this beautiful book.

Terms and Conditions: Entry into all competitions is free. Only one entry per person per competition will be eligible. No cash alternatives are available and the prizes are not transferable. Entry in the competition implies acceptance of these rules. We reserve the right to amend these rules at any time. The decision of the ISTD judge is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

For the Love of Dance by Dame Beryl Grey London: Oberon Books, 2017 ame Beryl Grey has written a very detailed autobiography based on her diaries and letters spanning her life from the beginning to 2002 including the honour of becoming a Dame in 1988. The book is divided into two sections – the first covers her early years and her career as a performer, the second is life post performance focussing mainly on her professional life with some information about her personal.

She was born in North London in Highgate to non-theatrical parents on 11th June 1927. After her parents had moved to Coulsdon and she started dance classes with Madeleine Sharp, who recognised her talent, she learnt ballet, Greek dance, national dances, musical comedy, tap, and ballroom. It was interesting to read that Beryl Grey missed the RAD Scholarship audition due to mumps, but Miss Sharp arranged an audition for her at the Vic-Wells school and later another audition for a scholarship as her parents had reservations about Beryl taking the place because of the expense. She was very lucky to have such supportive parents who moved back to North London and a supportive headmistress at the Dame Alice Owen School who allowed her to leave school early to go to the Vic-Wells school.

Her professional career started early due to the Second World War when she joined Sadler’s Wells Ballet at the age of 14, in Giselle in the Corps but soon was dancing as a soloist due to other dancers’ absences. She enjoyed a rapid rise through the company, dancing in most performances; one night in the corps next as a soloist or principal. She danced her first Odette/Odile on her 15th birthday at the New Theatre wearing a red tutu for Act Three in the Sadler’s Wells production, not the familiar black we are used to today.

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Unfortunately Beryl Grey does not appear to have enjoyed or managed the transition from ‘baby Ballerina’ to Ballerina when the company became larger after the war and moved to the Royal Opera House. She found she was not dancing as much as she had during the war, and other dancers were dancing “her roles”. She was aware Margot Fonteyn would always be the star performer but she became frustrated by not dancing many performances and she was regarded as ‘tall’ which further limited her chances. When she went on the Company’s first tour of the USA; the ballerinas were all given couture clothes designed for them individually. It was on this tour in Chicago that Dame Beryl met her husband Sven Svenson, an osteopath she had consulted. They had a long happy marriage and he was very supportive and she was able to continue her career, after her marriage and after the birth of her son, Ingvar. When she left the Royal Ballet she guested with other companies and led various international tours. She found she had to deal with all sorts of practical problems about the arrangements in each place.

The second part of the book focuses on Beryl Grey as Artistic Director of Festival Ballet – a company whose standards had slipped with precarious finances. Some of the methods for raising the standards made her unpopular and the constant touring meant she was away from her husband and son for long periods.

Much of her work with London Festival Ballet was hampered by the machinations of the various officials and the governing board. She then met Rudolph Nureyev while she was at Festival Ballet and describes various encounters with his temperamental behaviour. In Julie Kavanagh’s biography of Rudolf Nureyev, in a section about Nigel Gosling’s relationship with Nureyev (Nigel

Dame Beryl’s professional career started early due to the Second World War when she joined Sadler’s Wells Ballet at the age of 14

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She shows in this book her belief and how the support of her husband sustained her through the difficult times & Maude Gosling wrote reviews as Alexander Bland) it reads: “With Charles Murland, who had been offered the chairmanship of London Festival Ballet, Nigel was also playing power games, advising Charles to think seriously about accepting the post as a way of ‘maybe replacing Beryl Grey with R[Rudolph]”. This quote shows that the uncertainties that Beryl Grey describes in her book were justified and there were various undercurrents trying to destabilise her.

Beryl Grey shows in this book her belief and how the support of her husband sustained her through the difficult times and I get a sense of her strong religious faith and how it has supported her.

She and her husband became interested the Indian based philosophy, Sant Mar, and she remained a devotee. Another support was Audrey de Vos, who she went to for help in 1946 and described as “the most wonderful teacher”. She continued to go to her until de Vos retired.

The book includes intriguing photographs of Dame Beryl in now forgotten ballets and is a great addition to the ISTD library and complements the other books in the library by and about her.

Other Beryl Grey Books Red Curtain Up – published in 1958 by Secker & Warburg, grown out of a series of articles commissioned by the Sunday Times on the occas0ion of Beryl Grey dancing in Russia with the Bolshoi Ballet and other Russian companies. She was the first western ballerina to be invited to dance with the Bolshoi. This book is illustrated with photographs many taken by her husband Sven Svenson.

Through the Bamboo Curtain – published in 1965 by Collins, illustrated with photographs by S.G. Svenson. This book is about her tour to China dancing with the Peking Ballet Company.

My Favourite Ballet Stories – edited by Beryl Grey. Lutterworth Press, 1981. This book is an anthology of extracts from various writers of dance and includes chapters on Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, as well as an extract from Ram Gopel.

Beryl Grey: The Progress of a Ballerina by Pigeon Crowle, Faber, 1952. At the end of the book a list of leading and soloist roles danced with The Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company.

Beryl Grey – Gordon Anthony. Phoenix House, 1952. Gordon Anthony Beryl Grey – Hugh Fisher. Adam & Charles Black, 1955 Beryl Grey, A Biography – David Gillard. W.H. Allen, 1977

Dame Beryl Grey with Wang Siao-pen.

Image featured in Through the Bamboo Curtain

Above: Images featured in For the Love of Dance

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INTERNATIONAL CATHI CONROY-JONES’ PORTUGAL TOUR

GWENDA BRITTEN IN PORTUGAL

Above: Students from Centro De Danca Do Porto following examinations in Portugal with Gwenda Britten

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was very privileged to be invited to examine Modern and Tap at the Escola de Dança Ana Mangericão in Carcavelos near Lisbon, Portugal from 4th to 7th July 2017. Carcavelos is a seaside town with a lovely beach and numerous very pleasant fish restaurants. The weather was beautiful and a couple of pleasant evening strolls ended the examining day very nicely.

Ana collected my husband Phil and myself from the airport and taxied me each day to the studio and back to the hotel. She went out of her way to make our stay as comfortable as possible and was very generous in her hospitality.

The School runs from an amazing building, which houses three lovely, spacious studios as well as classrooms for academic studies. The standard of the work was very high and all the pupils were beautifully groomed, polite, respectful and courteous. The majority of the candidates spoke perfect English, which made

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the exams run very smoothly, especially as my Portuguese is very limited and they were very patient with my attempts to try it out!

Ana has been teaching the ISTD work in Portugal for 40 years.

She was a former local ISTD organiser for Portugal and has been a great help to all the teachers there for many years. Her school recently celebrated its 40th anniversary with a series of spectacular shows.

Ana asked me to look at a book she started back in the 1980s that had lots of comments in from all of the ISTD and RAD examiners who had examined at her school. I was in awe of the names I found in there, which included legends such as Deborah Capon, Patricia Crail, Marianne Jepson, Brenda Johnson and Phrosso Pfister to name just a few. I was honoured to be asked to write in there also.

I hope to return to Portugal to examine again in the future, but most importantly I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge Ana Mangeriçao for her dedication and immense loyalty to the ISTD for so many years and for many more to come.

Cathi Conroy-Jones

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The standard of the work was very high and all the pupils were beautifully groomed, polite, respectful and courteous CATHI CONROY-JONES’ PORTUGAL TOUR Left: Cathi Conroy-Jones at the Escola de Dança Ana Mangericão in Carcavelos near Lisbon, Portugal

PAMELA EDDLESTON IN TAIWAN Below: Students of teacher Jyue-Nuoh from Cai-Yi Dance School, Yilan, Taiwan with examiner Pamela Eddleston

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FIRST DISCO FREESTYLE GRADES HELD IN SPAIN

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was very pleased to receive a request to examine in Mallorca for a Disco Freestyle school based in Inca, which also included examining the first Disco Freestyle grades to be held in Spain, for Elisa Bacon Nieto.

The day’s session was extremely well organised and very enjoyable with all the students being immaculately turned out whilst performing with great enthusiasm and confidence, which proved to be a delightful experience.

I would like to thank Elisa and Tomeu for their warm hospitality and wish them well for the future.

Jacqui Norton

The session was extremely well organised and very enjoyable Right: L-R: Elisa Bacon Nieto (Teacher) Dream Dance School, Jacqui Norton (Examiner), DFR grade students

HELEN GREEN IN GREECE

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2 & 3: Helen Green with some Modern Graded students of teacher Flora Kondili. Their exams took place in the HOROELXIS studio in Athens, Greece in June

4: Helen Green with some Modern Intermediate students and their teacher, Flora Kondili. Their exams took place in the HOROELXIS studio in Athens, Greece in June

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PAMELA EDDLESTON IN BARBADOS, SEYCHELLES AND TRINIDAD 1. Barbados students with their ballet teacher Laura Alvarez-Tapanes from Cuba. This was her first experience of Imperial Classical Ballet Examinations

3. The gang’s all here – a wonderful show of support from our dedicated Trinidad teachers for their first Advanced 1 Modern Course

2. Jerilee Evanson-Kellman and her little students after the first examinations to be held in her own studio in Barbados

4. The very first ISTD examination session to be held in La Digue, an enchanting small island in the Seychelles

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Rock & Ruddle Designer Hairbrush

Bryt Calm Serum Bryt skincare have a fabulous Calm Serum, which is excellent for dancers suffering breakouts and is great for use either pre or post training. It’s also an excellent primer and helps to keep make-up in place, so good from a show perspective too. £16.50 [30ml] from selected independent stores and Waitrose branches nationwide, plus online at brytskincare.co.uk.

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This beautiful Ballerina design comes in a small size that fits neatly into dance bags, and the natural bristles are great for keeping hair healthy and shiny. Some brushes in the range can be personalised too (from £25). £20 from rockandruddle.co.uk.

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Available from www.acaiactivewear.com.

To keep in your dance bag at all times, Magnitone Wipeout is great for removing stage makeup in a hurry with just warm water, so no need for a leaky, heavy bottle of make-up remover. They can be used up to 1,000 times (machine washable at 30 degrees) and are perfect for your dance bag thanks to their quick drying properties. £15 from magnitone.co.uk.

WIN – we have a dropped-back vest worth £31 to give away.

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Spearmark Satchel Spearmark Satchel lunch bags are insulated to keep snacks and lunches cool and fresh – perfect for dancers spending long periods of time in the studio. £10 from Sainsbury’s stores and sainsburys.co.uk.

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Harlequin Tap ‘n’ Turn Board The great new Harlequin Floors’ Tap ‘n’ Turn Board was designed specifically for percussive dancers and therefore provides exceptional sound, is solid underfoot and is the perfect size to practise those variations at home. It is a 915mm x 800mm panel of 18mm exterior grade birch plywood, topped on one side with Harlequin’s slip-resistant reversible dance vinyl, which is used by the likes of Burn The Floor, to give a choice of surfaces to practise on. It can be laid down to protect existing flooring or for practise in a carpeted bedroom. It also comes with a convenient handle so you can easily transport your tap turning board around. £115.83 + VAT from harlequinfloors.com.

Falke Leggings Falke 3/4 length light leggings with seamless technology guarantee superb comfort due to body mapping. Reduced material at the back of the knee prevents uncomfortable folds and denser structure at the front of the knee prevents excessive cooling. There is also a small key pocket at the front, reflective details and ventilation and heat zones. £69 from luxury-legs.com.

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Ceremony 2018

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 achievements of dance teachers who gain a full teaching qualification in 2017 • Early bird offers available • Guest speakers

• Celebratory reception • Caps and gowns

Contact Gemma Bridge at gbridge@istd.org for more information "Through everything, do not forget the person you are and what you learn from your own journey – and also rememeber, every now and then, to be inspired by your own achiements."

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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

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Malaysian AWARDS 2017 Bigger and better with BALLET, MODERN and TAP events

The Fonteyn Theatre Bangunan FAB Jalan 14/22, 46100 Petaling Jaya. KL

Saturday 18th November Modern Theatre Awards 10am – 5pm

Sunday 19th November Ballet Awards 9am – 3:15pm Tap Awards 3:30pm – 8:15pm Please check the website for registration times

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Deadline for all entries is October 20th 2017 For more information please contact Chelsea Franklin email: coursebookings@istd.org tel: +44 (0)20 7377 1577

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NEW STREET DANCE ASSOC COURSE starting Sept 2017 Principal: Linda Sweetzer Examiner, FISTD Staff: Susan Handy Examiner, FISTD Elaine Mansfield Examiner, FISTD Chris-Louise Estrada BA Hons LRAD LISTD Katie Wilson LISTD Helen Imison LISTD

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Peggy Spencer Legend Award

In honour of past ISTD President, Peggy Spencer MBE A new, two-dance examination available for all dancesport genres, at all ages and abilities (amateurs only)

Available for entry until 31st December 2018 For more information, please contact your faculty’s examinations department #LoveLearnTeachDance

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ISTD NURTURING TALENTED

YOUNG DANCERS Sunday 21st January 2018 10:00–15:15 @ The Lowry Pier 8, The Quays, Salford M50 3AZ

Join the ISTD for an exclusive insight into how some of the country's leading institutions identify and train their talented young dancers.

Selection criteria and training methods will be revealed to teachers through inspiring demonstration presentations. Whilst students can experience this training first hand in a series of master classes.

SAVE THE DATE Contributions from:

The Royal Ballet School Junior Associate Programme The Lowry Centre for Advanced Training in Dance The Hammond School

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Burs ry wards 15:45 @ The Lowry To finish the day, watch talented ISTD dancers compete for our coveted Bursary Awards, before a panel of industry-leading adjudicators.

PLUS the official launch of the new Tap Intermediate syllabus and guest performances by leading vocational institutions.

For more information visit www.istd.org or call the Education & Training Team on +44 (0)20 7377 1577.

TEACHERS Full day seminar and Bursary Award Performance £75

STUDENTS (8–18 YEARS) Three master classes and Bursary Award Performance £25

START YOUR JOURNEY AUDITIONS 2018 Applications to our full-time Dancers’ Course as well as Mid and Senior Associates open online in September 2017.

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Cecchetti Summer Schools 2017

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Joshua Dart and Jaki Prescott report on this year’s superb Cecchetti Summer Schools held at Elmhurst Ballet School

Above: Cecchetti Teachers’ Summer School teaching faculty, pianists and course members striking a pose on the steps of Elmhurst Ballet School

Cecchetti Summer School for Teachers Cecchetti Summer School is a great opportunity for everyone who attends to be taught by some of the most inspiring and knowledgeable teachers in the world and to dance to the music played by hugely gifted pianists. I have attended summer school for a few years and have never failed to leave without a head brimming full of ideas and enthusiasm.

This year Diane Van Schoor presented some proposed draft changes to the new Advanced 2 additional work and explained that any changes will be firmly rooted in the Cecchetti traditions.

She reminded us of the need to show the true classical placement of arms and good use of eye-line. She also took teachers through the Diploma work in detail.

Julie Cronshaw’s classes were based around the Bournonville technique and with music from that period. Julie used the classes to show the link between Cecchetti and Bournonville, which she followed with a talk about the historical connections between the two. David Yow taught some wonderful classes in his calm and

Summer school is an opportunity to be taught by some of the most inspiring and knowledgeable teachers in the world very encouraging manner. I enjoyed his class based on pirouettes and came away with ideas for building up confidence in turning.

It was good to review the standard class exam syllabi and Sarah Wells guided us through this giving an insight not only into the exercises, but ideas to achieve the best from our pupils. This was all done with a sense of fun and an understanding of the reality of teaching children who only attend classes on a once a week basis and how to build up the strength in their technique.

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Jacqueline Davenport’s classes really stretched our brains as well as our feet. We all learnt how to start exercises at the barre without looking down first. Again, we all felt very encouraged by the advice and corrections that were given to us.

So much was on offer in the week it is really difficult to list it all here – but briefly Jonathan Payn taught free classes as did Sara Gallie. Cara Drower led classes on the Licentiate and Fellowship examinations. Linda Isaacs took us through the Intermediate exam, and Christine Axon reviewed the Inter Foundation exam.

We also had some interesting lectures: Diane Van Schoor on the making and progress of the Cecchetti Legacy Diploma DVD and Jacqueline Davenport on her experiences working with modern dance companies. It was also pleasure to meet Ginny Brown, Artistic Director of the ISTD who patiently answered many questions and gave us the latest information on the new teachers database and on the examination changes for the DDI/DDE and the Advanced 2 alternative pathways that will be introduced soon.

As usual the whole week seemed to go too quickly and we left promising to try to return again next year. On behalf of all teachers who attended I would like to thank Christine and Linda for organising a fantastic week, and Catherine Hutchon and the Cecchetti committee for supporting this event.

Jaki Prescott

Above: Emmerson Shield winners Geraldine van de Griend (L) and Rosemarije Zuidgeest (R) from The Netherlands

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Above: Cecchetti Students’ Summer School course members with faculty teachers Jonathan Payn (L) and Sara Gallie (R)

Cecchetti Summer School for Students I am a vocational student training at Elmhurst Ballet School where I have been studying since I was 11 years old and am now going into the upper school. This has been a very different experience for me, being invited to spend the week at the Cecchetti Students’ Summer School, which was held at Elmhurst. I immediately felt at home and relaxed and it helped that David Yow was one of the teachers this week as he is also my ballet teacher at school.

However, we had other excellent teachers this week including Julie Cronshaw, Sara Gallie, Jonathan Payn, Gillian Toogood and very accomplished pianists.

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In each class we seemed to learn something new, maybe it was the use of arms or the turn out and the right place to hold it from. I found that with each lesson came a new challenge to try and overcome and that the teachers pushed us and allowed us to express ourselves. We were taught the Peasant pas de deux from Giselle for our ballet piece by Jonathan Payn and David Yow, Sara Gallie and Gillian Toogood. I have previously learnt the solo and enjoyed their tutoring of this enormously.

We were coached for the pas de deux work, which helped the men achieve what was needed to successfully help their partners, with Sara Gallie and Gillian Toogood helping the ladies. It is a dance that requires acting skills and feelings and our excellent teachers

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conveyed this to all the students so that we fully understood and were able to perform to the best of our ability.

Helen Cox was our contemporary teacher. She taught a different style of contemporary, which really pushed us as dancers. We developed our own created sections combined into a five-minute dance. We worked in groups of twos and threes, which meant that we had to co-operate with each other and be open to ideas from our partners. I think the end result was a good one and I enjoyed working with Miss Cox and her inspiring teaching.

The lyrical jazz classes were taught by Clare Isaacs, the first jazz exercises had us moving in a different way and I found this was fun and enjoyable. We created a piece that gave us the chance to show both partnering and group work. We were very lucky to have such wonderful live music to dance to all week played by the pianists, who were so professional.

My final conclusion of the week has to be that this was a great experience and I’ve met new people and made friends that I will keep in touch with. I’ve really enjoyed seeing Elmhurst from a different perspective, helping where I could with different teaching staff and dancers. I feel grateful to have had the opportunity to have specialist dance teachers that have given me a lot to think about and we all came away having learnt so much.

Joshua Dart, Winner: Eve Pettinger Scholarship

In each class we seemed to learn something new

CECCHETTI CHILDREN’S AWARDS AND CECCHETTI CLASSICAL BALLET AWARDS 2017 The Cecchetti Children’s Awards in London were introduced in 2015 to provide for those young dancers living in, or within easy reach of London who are not yet ready to take part in the Mabel Ryan Awards. Held at Kingsway College Theatre close to King’s Cross, the Children’s Awards have proved a great opportunity for young dancers to gain experience of preparing for and being part of a competition in a friendly atmosphere. This year the Awards take place on 5th November 2017 so please support this event and encourage your pupils to take part.

On the 18th November the UK Mabel Ryan Lower Junior, Junior and Middle Awards take place at the Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s Wells with the Senior Mabel Ryan Awards following on the morning of 19th, so again please encourage your pupils to take part. The Vocational Awards for students including the Fewster Cecchetti Scholarship and the Barbara Geoghegan Award continue on Sunday 19th, with adjudicated classes followed by solos. If you have never entered pupils before and would like some advice or further information please contact the Awards organiser, Lisa Hunter. Email lisa@ oundleschoolofballet.co.uk or call 01832 272981.

Above: Jonathan Payn working with Scholarship Winners Joshua Dart (L) and Abigail Pillans (R)

Any teachers who would like to join with invited guests for lunch in the Roseberry Room on Sunday 19th may purchase a prebooked lunch ticket and should apply direct to me by 31st October.

Please note that for the Classical Ballet Awards on 18th and 19th November, tickets will only be sold through Sadler’s Wells Box Office. Tickets will go on sale from 16th October 2017. Box Office Contacts – Tel: +44(0)207 863 8000, Web: www.sadlerswells. com/how-to-book. N.B. Transaction fee applies: £3 for telephone bookings and £1.95 for online bookings. No charge in person at Ticket Office.

Please contact me for the teachers’ work packs and application forms for both the Children’s Award and the Mabel Ryan Awards. Tel: 01752 872671, email: elizabethjames377@ btinternet. com. Tickets for the Children’s Awards on 5th November are also available from me. For further information about all Awards and to download Awards posters, please go to www. cecchetti.co.uk/ competitionsawards.

N.B. The closing date for all applications is Saturday 14th October 2017.

Elizabeth James, Cecchetti Group Chair

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Kings Cross Centre, 211 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8RA The Cecchetti Children’s Awards will offer in one exciting performance event, opportunities for young dancers through Let’s Make a Competition and the Cecchetti Children’s Award.

Application and ticket booking forms and the teachers' work pack for the Children's Awards are available from Elizabeth James Tel: 01752 872671 or email: elizabethjames377@btinternet.com Closing date: Saturday 14th October 2017.

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Cecchetti Summer School for Young Dancers Paris Brownlie Notley reports on this year’s exciting summer school held at Tring Park

Above: Adjudicators Juliet Locks and Lucy Pohl (far left) with Choreographic Competition winners

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t has been 35 years of Cecchetti Summer Schools at Tring Park.

Once again a delightful group of students from the UK and Europe gathered to enjoy an inspiring week of dance.

This year the theme for our special day of dance on Monday was Spirit of India. Anaya Bolar and Jaina Modasia were our guest teachers, offering their expertise in classical and folk Indian dance styles. In the evening, after amazing classes, a splendid dinner of delicious Indian food was enjoyed (thanks to the Tring Park catering staff again – I can never praise them highly enough).

We then filled Tring Park’s Markova Theatre with our colourful Indian costumes and gave performances of the four dances that had been taught in such a short time. We were then treated to Anaya and Jaina performing solo works of their own: “Bharatanatyam is one of the ancient dance forms of India, originating from the South around 4th–6th Century BC, as a temple dance. This was one of the most enjoyable teaching experiences I have ever had. The young dancers were so enthusiastic and they really pushed themselves to learn a dance style that they have never experienced before. They learnt a great deal and put on an amazing show.” Anaya Bolar “I had a thrilling experience leading this workshop, and I spent the day teaching a folk style called Garba. It is a high-energy style incorporating many jumps and spins, and uses two sticks that are hit together in different sequence patterns. Learning a completely new dance style can take you out of your comfort zone yet the students at Cecchetti Summer School really threw themselves into the experience.” Jaina Modasia

It really was a wonderful week of variety, challenge, hard work and laughter

Above: Jaina Modasia, Paris Brownlie Notley and Anaya Bolar

The rest of our Summer School week was taken up with our customary Ballet Class every day, and other genre classes like Repertoire, Character, Contemporary, Classical Greek, Spanish, Jazz and Lyrical Jazz, and especially this year, Choreographic Skills and Workshop Classes in preparation for the annual Choreographic Competition at the end of summer school: “This Summer, after a break of two years, I returned with very fond memories of all the previous years. I was totally delighted and inspired to find yet another group of enthusiastic, gifted and talented young dancers. Together we investigated the mechanisms of balance and how, once our arms are free of balancing responsibilities, we can use them more efficiently for artistic and stylistic purposes. What left the deepest impression on me was how all the groups, regardless of age and experience, embraced and practiced the technique demonstrating noticeable improvements to their isolation and coordination skills in just one week.” Kasper Cornish “As we arrived the atmosphere was electric and all the dancers were busy rehearsing, making last minute alterations to their costumes and applying some very creative make up. It was so exciting to see how each young choreographer interpreted their music in a diverse variety of movements. They were so clever with their partner work and linked their sequences with different emotions. We laughed, had tears in our eyes and were entertained

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from beginning to end. Thank you Paris, the students are extremely fortunate and will remember their ‘Spirit of Summer School’ experience for many years to come.”Juliet Locks and Lucy Pohl, Choreographic Adjudicators It really was a wonderful week of variety, challenge, hard work and laughter; and all left feeling they could not wait to do it all over again. Two examples of letters I received from satisfied parents, reflect the satisfaction and enjoyment of so many students: “Emily absolutely loved her time with you all. She was thrilled by all the teaching – we have heard lots about how great all the

classes were. A very warm thank you for looking after everybody so well and for giving the students such an extraordinary experience.”

“Daisy is already asking if she can return next year, which is a lovely sign that she was happy whilst away.” Paris Brownlie Notley, Course Organiser Contact for all enquiries regarding Young Dancers Summer School 2018: email paris@parishelen.co.uk or mobile +44(0)7518 818620.

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would like to extend sincere thanks to Gillian, whose contribution has been greatly appreciated.

The following members have been elected to stand from September 2017: Cara Drower, Catherine Hutchon, Linda Isaacs, Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud, Sandra Powell, Kate Simmons and Sarah Wells.

Congratulations to all and especially to the first European faculty representative Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud from Malta.

Sharon Orme, Faculty Co-ordinator

Further to the advertisement in the Jan–Mar 2017 issue of DANCE inviting members to stand for Cecchetti Faculty Committee, the nominations received did not exceed the places available and so a ballot was not required. Gillian Toogood stood down after serving for 3 years in order to be able to focus on her demanding work directing the Scholars and teaching vocational students at Tring Park. Catherine Hutchon on behalf of all Faculty colleagues

Cecchetti International Classical Ballet Competition 2017 This year’s successful Competition was hosted in Florence, Italy

Our young dancers were wonderful ambassadors throughout the week Left: CICB Competition 2017 – students representing the ISTD Cecchetti Society Classical Ballet Faculty. Back row (L–R): Ella-Louise Appleby, Anabella Sanders, Finnley McSherry, Joel Calstar-Fisher, Elliot Adams, Chloe Howarth. Middle row: Olivia Parham, Lucy Fox, CameronJames Bailey, Olivia Chang Clarke, Arisa Haruki. Front row: Hamish Scott

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he Cecchetti International Classical Ballet Competition takes place every three years and is hosted in a different country with young dancers from the Cecchetti Societies of Australia, Canada, Italy, South Africa, the USA and our own ISTD Cecchetti Society Classical Ballet Faculty participating.

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The Italian Cecchetti Association ANCEC hosted the competition this year from 31st July to 5th August 2017 and their Chair, Stefania Sansavini along with her sterling team of teacher/ organisers worked incredibly hard (in the hottest week of the year in Europe) to organise the competition for the 56 competitors and large audiences attending.

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A very talented cohort of 12 young dancers were selected to represent the ISTD Cecchetti Society Faculty and received bursaries from The Cecchetti Society Trust. Dancers in the Junior Category (14–16 years) were Elliot Adams, Cameron-James Bailey, Joel Calstar-Fisher, Olivia Chang-Clarke, Lucy Fox, Finnley McSherry, Olivia Parham all from Elmhurst Ballet School and Arisa Haruki – The Ballet Garden, Japan. In the senior category (17–20 years) selected dancers were Ella-Louise Appleby and Chloe Howarth – KS Dance, Anabella Sanders – Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and Hamish Scott – Elmhurst Ballet School.

Our young dancers were wonderful ambassadors throughout the week and were a great credit to their schools and to their competition coaches Simone Clarke, Kate Simmons, Gillian Toogood and David Yow. A panel of 12 international adjudicators chaired by Dame Monica Mason saw the students participate in a rigorous selection process, including ballet and contemporary classes on stage as well as performing their solos in each genre.

All the students’ performances in the semi-finals were admirable and congratulations go to Olivia Chang-Clarke, Olivia Parham and Hamish Scott who gained places in the Gala final in the face of stiff competition and a wealth of talent from around the world.

Many congratulations also go to all the final winners of the competition from Australia, Canada and South Africa. Australia had a particularly strong team in all categories and Cameron Holmes was an outstanding dancer and a truly worthy winner of the Enrico Cecchetti Gold Medal. Full results can be seen at cecchetti.co.uk/ cicb-competion-2017.

Many exciting International Scholarships were also offered for further training and Elliot Adams, Ella-Louise Appleby, Cameron-James Bailey, Joel Calstar-Fisher, Arisa Haruki, Finnley McSherry, Olivia Parham and Anabella Sanders and were all offered Scholarships. Special congratulations must also go to Hamish Scott who the week following the competition began his new contract with Birmingham Royal Ballet.

The next CICB competition takes place in Sydney in 2020 so if you want to experience an exceptional International Cecchetti gathering of outstanding young dancers start saving now – it will be well worth it!

Catherine Hutchon Cecchetti Society Classical Ballet Faculty Chair

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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

CECCHETTI CENTRE SUNDAYS AUTUMN TERM 24th September and 29th October 2017 Kingsway College, London.

For further details please contact Sarah Wells on 07767 790970 or email: sarah@cecchetticentre.co.uk CHILDREN’S AWARDS Sunday 5th November 2017 Kingsway College, London.

For further details please contact Elizabeth James on 01752 872671 or email: elizabethjames377@ btinternet.com

CECCHETTI CLASSICAL BALLET AWARDS Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London Saturday 18th November and Sunday 19th November 2017 The Lower Junior, Junior and Middle Mabel Ryan Awards will be held on the Saturday. Senior Mabel Ryan and Vocational Awards to be held on the Sunday. For further details please contact Lisa Hunter on 01832 272981 or email: lisa@ oundleschoolofballet.co.uk. The Teachers’ Pack containing the work and dances is available to buy from Elizabeth James on 01752 872671 or email: elizabethjames377@ btinternet.com Spring 2018 – Sunday 11th February 2018 Wales & West Awards at the Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. For further details please contact Jacqui Everson on 01495 756567 or 07962 233396 or email: jacqui.everson@aol.co.uk

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 Summer School for Young Dancers Tring Park School for the Performing Arts.

Provisional dates 28th July – 3rd August 2018 (TBC) Cecchetti Summer School for Teachers Elmhurst Ballet School.

Provisional dates 21st – 26th July 2018 (TBC) Cecchetti Summer School for Students Elmhurst Ballet School.

Provisional dates 21st – 26th July 2018 (TBC)

CECCHETTI DAY Details to be confirmed 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

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Cecchetti Classical Ballet Awards Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London EC1R 4TN

18th & 19th November, 2017

The UK Cecchetti Classical Ballet Awards 2017 brings together in one high profile event the Cecchetti Mabel Ryan Awards and, for students, the Vocational Awards.

Saturday 18th November

Lower Junior, Junior and Middle Mabel Ryan Awards (Afternoon)

Sunday 19th November

Senior Mabel Ryan Awards (Morning) Vocational Awards including the Fewster Cecchetti and Barbara Geoghegan Awards Classes (Morning) Solos (Afternoon)

Further information about each of these awards, entry details, application forms can be found at www.cecchetti.co.uk/competitionsawards Tel: +44 (0)1832 272981 Tickets on sale from 16th October 2017 from Sadler’s Wells Box Office Tel: 0207 863 8000 www.sadlerswells.com/how-to-book N.B. Transaction fee applies: £3 for telephone bookings and £1.95 for online bookings. No charge in person at Ticket Office

Closing dates for entries: 14th October 2017

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

Ruby Ginner Awards Sunday 12th November 2017 The Venue, Milton Keynes , MK7 7WH A wonderful day showcasing the diversity of the ISTD Classical Greek Dance Faculty’s work Candidates are given a free class directed by leading Classical Greek Dance teachers and then the opportunity to perform a familiar Set Sequence in smaller groups.

This competition always brings out the best in our dancers and the inspirational classes are a pleasure to watch.

Class entered depends onexam level gained.

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Sunday 10th December ISTD2 Dance Studios 346 Old Street London EC1V 9NQ

A fun-filled day of workshops with the Classical Greek Dance Faculty Whether you are new to Classical Greek dance and looking for a taster day or a seasoned participant, there will be something for you.

Workshops take place throughout the day culminating in an informal showcase; a sharing of work learnt during the day.

For more information, please contact Faculty Co-ordinator, Penny Childs.

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Editorial Contact: Caroline Lavelle +44 (0)7900 741472 | Tap.Indian@istd.org www.istd.org/classical-indian-dance

The ISTD Leads the Way in Classical Indian Dance Shivaangee Agrawal reports

It is with great pride that we announce all three categories were won by ISTD students

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n 15th July the national youth dance platform U.Dance saw, for the first time, over 30 young dancers of Indian classical styles compete in the largest competition of its kind in the UK. NAVADAL, meaning ‘new shoots’, was a competition hosted by Akademi in partnership with the ISTD, in order to encourage and discover young talent across the Indian Classical dance genres. Soloists and groups performed Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Kuchipudi in front of an expert panel, for the chance to be named winners of their respective age categories. It is with great pride that we announce all three categories were won by ISTD students.

The 11–16 solo category saw a range of performances, from those that showcased fast rhythmic sequences to those that told stories, from all parts of the traditional repertoire.

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Priya Sundar, performed a powerful piece on the Goddess Kali. Her embodiment of the Goddess’s vengeful energy through both nritta (formal technique) and abhinaya (dramatization through facial expression and hand gesture) impressed the audience and judges, and she was announced winner of the category.

Jaina Modasia, a Kathak soloist from the 17–25 category impressed the judges with her piece called In Akbar’s Palace. Commended on BBC Young Dancer earlier this year as a category finalist, Jaina brought her experience to the stage at NAVADAL with a strikingly confident performance. The judges were particularly impressed at the ease and clarity with which Jaina executed difficult technique. The competition was stiff, with a host of excellent performances that came close to professional standard and she was delighted at having won her category, thanking the patience and hard work of her Guru Sujata Banerjee.

The group category demanded an extra dimension of performance; the judges were observing how the dancers related to one another in each performance and how ambitiously the teachers had designed the formations and dynamics of the choreography. This category was won by group Sanskriti, Bharatanatyam students

Sanskriti, winners of the group category

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of Guru Pushkala Gopal, as the judges were particularly impressed by their intention and connection.

Of the five dance experts who were judging, Pali Chandra brought the ISTD eye to the panel and judging criteria. An internationally acclaimed exponent of Kathak, Pali is a previous committee member where she contributed towards the creation of the ISTD Kathak syllabus.

We hope to be following the success of these young artists at the Bursary Awards where they are expected to apply, for a chance to win a considerable financial grant towards their training. We are proud of the faculty and the members for upholding an excellence in teaching that is shining through time and time again.

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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 9th September Bucks/Berks/Middx – Venue TBC Paul Streatfield – 07939 302106 Yvonne Taylor-Hill – 01494 874494

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

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

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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 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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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 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.

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2018 SELECTION NOW AVAILABLE For price and to place an order please contact Patsy Graham, DFR Faculty Events Co-ordinator: dfr@btinternet.com A limited number of DVDs from previous years may still be available and make an excellent resource for class and examination work.

Apply to Patsy Graham for information.

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The Baines Hewitt Award 2017 Award adjudicator, Guy Niblett reports

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very year I look forward to the Baines-Hewitt scholarship class. The Award of £1,000, funded equally by the Imperial Classical Ballet Faculty and the Gordon Edwards Charitable Trust, is for a dancer up to a maximum age of 15 years old who has been accepted or who is already studying on a classical course at a leading ballet school either in the UK or abroad. The format is a non-syllabus ballet class at Advanced 1 level lasting 90 minutes. For a competition it’s a noticeably friendly affair with the participants’ parents and teachers able to watch the class from inside the studio.

This year I had the honour to be invited as one of the Award adjudicators alongside my co-judge, the Royal Ballet Company First Soloist Helen Crawford. Helen, a former pupil of Linda Shipton, went on to train at The Royal Ballet School and joined the Royal Ballet Company in 1999. The night before the class Helen had been performing at the Royal Opera House dancing the role of Mitzi Caspar from Sir Kenneth Macmillan’s ballet Mayerling. It was very exciting for the young dancers to know they had such an esteemed

performer watching them and we were all grateful to Helen as she was giving up one of her rare days off to be an adjudicator.

It was very exciting for the young dancers to know they had such an esteemed performer watching them The class teacher was Tomoko Furuya Hristov, a Prix de Lausanne prize-winner and a former dancer with the Royal Ballet Company.

The inspirational Kate Dickson accompanied her on the piano. We made our way into Ground Floor Studio at ISTD2 in readiness to meet our scholarship hopefuls. They ran into the studio groomed beautifully and presenting themselves as young ballerinas in the making. As expected there were a few nerves to begin with, but DANCE ISSUE 481

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Award winner, Aoibh Ni Riain Broin with Adjudicators, Helen Crawford and Guy Niblett

Aoibh performed throughout the class with technical assurance, classical elegance and moving artistry as the dancers got into the rhythm of the class they soon relaxed and began performing to the best of their ability so much so I think at one point they might even have forgotten about all of us watching.

The class itself was beautifully crafted, being a perfect blend of technical challenge combined with lots of opportunity for the candidates to display their own musical interpretation and artistry: something I have always found to be a particular strength of Imperial Ballet trained dancers. Helen and I didn’t confer very much during the class, we didn’t want to break the atmosphere by talking. We watched the dancers’ hard work as they showed their graceful lines and surprisingly quite diverse styles which posed us a few problems when it came to deciding who should be awarded the scholarship. Should we choose the technician, the performer or the one with potential? We debated back and forth as we put forward argument and counter argument for each candidate. This was after all quite a responsibility, a lot of money with the potential to make a significant difference to each of these young dancers’ future was at stake. It was an important decision, which we both took seriously.

After lengthy consideration we agreed on candidate number three whose name until that moment had been a mystery to us.

Aoibh Ni Riain Broin from Ireland, a former pupil of Debbie Allen in Dublin who, by the time you are reading this will have completed her second year at the Central School of Ballet in London. Aoibh was our choice because she performed throughout the class with technical assurance, classical elegance and moving artistry that was a pleasure to watch. Aoibh joins the many other talented recipients of the Baines Hewitt scholarship who with the help of this Award have gone on to have their own careers as professional dancers. We will be following Aoibh’s future and the futures of all the other candidates of the class of 2017 with interest and wish them all the best of luck as they embark on this exciting time in their vocational ballet training. Thanks must go to the Gordon Edwards Charitable Trust and the Imperial Classical Ballet Faculty for providing this essential financial support for these deserving young artistes and thank you too “Miss Tomoko” for such an inspiring class. I’m already looking forward to 2018!

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Syllabus and Teaching Notes Grade 1 Barre work The Plié Set Exercise must remain facing the barre, but the other exercises may now be performed sideways to or facing the barre.

If showing these exercises sideways to the barre, they maybe demonstrated with the hand on the waist or à la seconde as usual.

Intermediate The Batterie Exercises required for the examination have been revised and are compulsory from January 2018 The following exercise will replace Brisés Devant and Derrière: Petite Batterie Enchaînement No 1 Commence en face, right foot front in 5th position, arms bras bas &1&2 Changement battu, entrechat quatre &3&4 Changement battu, entrechat quatre &5 Echappé sauté battu ouverte, arms through en avant to à la seconde &6 Echappé sauté battu fermé with a change of feet, arms lower to bras bas 78 Stretch knees and demi-plié 9 – 16 Repeat the other side The following will replace the Girl’s Petite Batterie Enchaînement: Petite Batterie Enchaînement No 2 The Boy’s Petite Batterie Enchaînement will be renamed Petite Batterie Enchaînement No 2 and danced by both the male and female candidates. The music for the male remains either 2/4 or 6/8. For the female the female music in 2/4 will be used

Advanced 2 Female Syllabus The following new exercises are now included: Port de bras (replacing 1st and 2nd Ports de Bras) Adage no 1 (replacing 3rd Adage) Adage no 2 (previously 4th Adage – renumbered) All pirouette exercises are replaced by the following four exercises: Preparatory Exercise for Pirouettes Pirouette Enchaînement no 1 Pirouette Enchaînement no 2 Pirouette Enchaînement no 3 Preparatory Exercise for Brisés Volées The Pointe Enchaînement is replaced by the following: Pointe Enchaînement no 1 Pointe Enchaînement no 2 All other exercises remain the same

Courses will be held regionally and worldwide during 2018 with revisions optional from January 2018 and compulsory worldwide from January 2019.

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

The Teaching of Ballet Technique Course with Notes and DVD (advert on next page) The TBT is a course of study in five parts, covering the essential details of ballet technique for approximately the first six years of study. It is devised to assist teachers with establishing the correct and safe technique for students studying classical ballet from 8 to 88 years!

Following the courses at the Summer School, other regional courses are being organised to introduce The Teaching of Ballet Technique to teachers. The first will be held at the London Teachers’ Group on Sunday 24th September and further courses will be announced in DANCE and on the ISTD website during 2018. The course is accompanied by notes and a DVD, the cost of which is £50 if attending a course or £60 if bought without attending the course.

Primary, Grade 1 and Grade 2 New CDs The music for the Primary Grade and Grades 1 and 2 is being rerecorded together with some new pieces to give a greater variety of tempos and styles, specifically for use in examinations. These CDs (Primary–Grade 1 on one CD and Grade 2 on one CD) will be available from the Sales Department at the ISTD from January 2018 and will become compulsory in examinations from September 2018 worldwide.

CD Operators CD operators are not permitted to take notes regarding the content of the examination being given. It is also preferable that mobile phones are not taken into the examination studio. If they are, they should be turned off.

Mirrors Studio mirrors should be covered for examinations if the candidates are going to be facing them when they dance. In other circumstances it is preferable to cover them, but not compulsory.

Earrings Small stud earrings are permissible in examinations if they cannot be removed. This is preferable to plasters, which are unsightly and possibly uncomfortable for candidates.

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28th October 2017 Junior Ballet Awards at The Venue, Milton Keynes 26th November 2017 Scholars Day 3rd December 2017 London Teachers Group Meeting 28th January 2018 London Teachers Group Meeting 4th February Boys’ Dance Day 3rd/4th March Senior Ballet Awards at The Hawth Theatre, Crawley

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The Imperial Classical Ballet Following the Courses at the Summer School, other regional Courses

The Batterie Exercises required for the examination have been revised. Compulsory from January 2018: The following exercise will replace Brisés Devant and Derrière:

Junior Awards

Petite Batterie Enchaînement No 1 Commence en face, right foot front in 5th position, arms bras bas &1&2 Changement battu, entrechat quatre &3&4 Changement battu, entrechat quatre &5 Echappé sauté battu ouverte, arms through en avant to à la seconde &6 Echappé sauté battu fermé with a change of feet, arms lower to bras bas 78 Stretch knees and demi-plié 9 – 16 Repeat the other side

are being organised to introduce The Teaching of Ballet Technique to teachers. The first will be held at the London Teachers’ Group on Sunday 24th September and further courses will be announced in DANCE and on the ISTD website. The course is accompanied by notes and a DVD, the cost of which is £50.00 if attending a Course or £60.00 if bought without attending the course.

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Grade 1 Barre work

Candidates now have the option of performing the barre work in the Grade 1 Syllabus either facing the barre or sideways to the barre. If showing it sideways to the barre, exercises maybe demonstrated with the hand on the waist or à la seconde as usual.

For Grade 1/Class Examination 1 and Grade 2/Class Examination 2

The following will replace the Girl’s Petite Batterie Enchaînement Petite Batterie Enchaînement No 2 The Boy’s Petite Batterie Enchaînement will be renamed Petite Batterie Enchaînement No 2 and danced by both the male and female candidates. The music for the male remains either 2/4 or 6/8. For the female the music in 2/4 will be used.

Primary, Grade 1 and Grade 2 new CD The music for the Primary Grade and Grades 1 and 2 has been rerecorded together with some new pieces to give a greater variety of tempos and styles, specifically for use in examinations. These CDs (Primary-Grade1 on one CD and Grade 2 on one CD) will be available from the ISTD shop from January 2018 and will become compulsory in examinations from September 2018 worldwide.

The Venue, Walton High Fyfield Barrow, Milton Keynes MK7 7WH

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

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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

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Open Days Thursday 9th November 2017 Friday 10th November 2017

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Sequence Medallist Festival 2017

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here was a full programme of events for eager Sequence dancers to take part in the annual Sequence Medallist Festival held on 11th June at Long Eaton, Derbyshire.

Adjudicators, Martin Bird, Terry Hunt and Tracy Norris were introduced by Jill Bush, Sequence Faculty Chair, and proceedings began with the Classical Sequence category.

Two Classical sequence dances, one with turned out feet and one with parallel feet, at each level from Social Dance Test to the highest grade were on show for this section. It was a pleasure to see some lovely dancing of different rhythms – Saunters, Classical Tangos, Classical Waltzes and lively Mazurkas. The Under-8s and Beginners were also catering for in each category.

The Sequence 3-dance event split into two competitions – those yet to qualify and those already qualified for the Grand Finals at Blackpool – provided some beautiful dancing. The standard seems to rise every year.

The Modern Sequence Competition (just one dance in this and the Latin Sequence event) was closely followed by the adjudicators’ testing task of choosing finalists from the crowded rounds of

Adult and Child Sindy Swing. The Latin sequence varied rhythms concluded the solo events. Couples competitions in each section gave the hard working teachers a well-earned breather, as they encouraged their pupils with their feet resting!

Special acclaim should go to Robert and Louise Aldred and Jill Bush for doing so much to organize this event on behalf of the Committee with help from Katherine Costain, Sequence Faculty Co-ordinator. Thank you to the adjudicators, to Jill Bush for smooth compering (beyond compare?) to Karen Byron who provided some great tracks in sequence and to Sarah Bird for scrutineering.

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Carl Alan Awards 2017 Wins for the ISTD’s Graham Oswick, Robert and Louise Aldred

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he Ballroom, Latin and Sequence Carl Alan Awards were held on Friday 19th May. Graham Oswick won the Carl Alan Inspirational Coach Award. He said: “To be rewarded and honoured by your peers for doing something that you love is so very special, I am still in shock. Thanks to the societies that nominated me, to the selection committee and to Mick and Lorna for continuing these prestigious Awards. Thank you, thank you, thank you”.

Robert and Louise Aldred won the Outstanding Classical Sequence Partnership Award. They said: “We felt very honoured to be nominated for such an award and therefore to win one was a truly special moment. To have your work recognised and appreciated by your peers is a great accolade and we have also been privileged to have worked with some extremely dedicated people. We would like to thank the associations/societies that nominated us, the selection committee for voting for us and Mick and Lorna for continuing to host this prestigious event.”

The Carl Alan Awards event is held annually in the United Kingdom, honouring people who have made a significant contribution to the dance and theatre industry, such as teachers,

performers and choreographers. They have been dubbed the Oscars of the dance world and are presented by Michael Stylianos and Lorna Lee, in co-ordination with the Theatre Dance Council International.

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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

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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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A TRIBUTE TO JOAN SOUTHWOOD (NÉE FIELD)

Above: Joan Field

Joan was a senior examiner for the ISTD and also served on the Sequence Faculty Committee for many years, including as Chair from 2002 until 2005. Here, Joan’s daughter pays tribute to her mother.

My mum, Joan Field, was born in Sherburn, County Durham on 18th November 1928. From a young age, she showed a keen interest in dancing and took lessons in ballroom, tap and ballet.

As a young woman she began a teaching career and took her first pupils in my nana’s sitting room by moving furniture aside and making a floor in the middle. She eventually acquired her own dance studio and taught children and adults ballroom and tap dancing.

She had numerous formation teams, which competed at both Filey and Blackpool and returned with many trophies.

Mum was also an adjudicator and travelled the country judging examinations at many dance

schools all over the country as well as in the north of England.

She was awarded Life Membership of both the NCDTA and ISTD and more recently in 2009 all her achievements were honoured when she received the Carl Allan Lifetime Achievement Award for Services to Dancing, presented for achievements in freestyle, theatre and ballroom dancing.

Mum retired from professional dancing in 2006 after the death of her husband Reginald, whom she had met on the dance floor.

More recently she suffered from dementia and memory loss but was always able to raise a smile when seeing the NCDTA newsletter. She passed away peacefully on 6th August 2017 at 7.30pm with her family beside her and has undoubtedly left a lasting legacy within the ballroom dancing world.

Alison Donovan (Joan’s daughter) Further tributes will follow in the next issue of DANCE.

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Dancesport Congress 2017

4th– 5th November 18th Blackpool Grand Finals Winter Gardens, Blackpool Nicky Miles eventsecretary1@gmail.com

NOTICE Please turn to page 12 for reports and more photos from this year’s Dancesport Congress in Worthing.

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The Janet Cram Awards 2017 Adjudicator’s Report

PHOTOS BY JAMES HUDSON

This year I had the honour of being an adjudicator for the Finals of the Janet Cram Awards. I flew to the UK from Italy the day before, to find amazing weather. It was even warmer on the day of the Awards and I couldn't wait to get to the event venue to hopefully cool down and enjoy a day of what I knew would be fabulous dancing.

On arrival I was greeted warmly and welcomed by colleagues.

Everything was perfectly organised and under control, thanks to the hard work of Cathy Stevens and Jackie Barnes and to everyone who gave up their free time to help. After a cup of coffee and chat with friends I had time to have a peep at the Junior Finalists.

Unfortunately I only managed to see some of the participants dance their solos. I say “unfortunately” because it was marvellous to watch these young, talented dancers perform with such confidence and enjoyment. I had the pleasure to be adjudicating the Senior Section of the Cram Awards, together with Jackie Hayward and Vivienne Saxton. They were lovely to work with, which made the experience all the more enjoyable.

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As the participants did the famous “walk round” enthusiasm was buzzing in the air, not only from the spectators, but also from the participants themselves. I knew straight away that this was going to be a very challenging experience and so it proved.

An inspired class was conducted by Ruth Armstrong, who managed to bring out not only quality and style, but also love of dance from all the participants. She gave them the possibility to excel and to reach their full potential. This was followed by 32 fabulous solos, which were creative and beautifully danced, in the hope of winning the ultimate prize.

The Premiers made a fitting Finale and their maturity and ability were evident throughout. It was a wonderful mixture of enthusiasm, strong technique and innovative choreography.

Once again we were treated to a magnificent Showcase and I feel extremely privileged to have been part of this prestigious event.

Cheryl Gill SEE PAGE 54 FOR MORE IMAGES

Top left: Junior winner, Lauren Atkins Left: Senior winner, Imogen Chambers Above: Premier winner, Amelia Hawksby

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ISTD Janet Cram Awards 2017 – Premier finalists

RESULTS JUNIOR SECTION Winner Lauren Atkins Janet Marshall Janet Marshall Dance Studios Runner-Up Molly McGarvey Hannah Marie Shogbesan Hannah Marie Dance Academy Boys Winner Evan Allport Nazene Langfield Nazene Danielle’s Dance Dynamix Outstanding Dance Award Ellie Joe Stobbart Laura McCabe Jelli Studios ADJUDICATORS ‘SPECIAL’ AWARDS Award for Performance & Personality Libby Williams Laura McCabe Jelli Studios Award for Potential Andre Weller Candi Trabucatti Roshe Dance Studios Award for Response & Approach Within the Class Chloe Hanson Emma Robinson Rennie Dance Academy

Adjudicators of Junior Section were: Carol Ann Watson, Tracey Lee and Karen King Class was conducted by: Elaine Mansfield SENIOR SECTION Winner Imogen Chambers Paula Dymock Harlequin Stage School Runner-Up Sophie Farquhar Bronwen Patching Adagio School of Dance Boys Winner Elliott Hanna Nazene Langfield Nazene Danielle’s Dance Dynamix ADJUDICATORS ‘SPECIAL’ AWARDS Award for Performance Harrison Vaughan Laura McCabe Jelli Studios Award for Potential Veronique Adair Natalie Potter DuPont Dance Stage School Award for Response & Approach Within the Class Lily James Janet Marshall Janet Marshall Dance Studios

Award for Innovative Solo Elliott Lewing Paula Dymock Harlequin Stage School Award for Personality Sophie Cox Kerry Chrusafi and Fern Carpenter Central School of Dance Award for Personality Esther French Helen Norton Funky Feet School of Dance Award for Artistry Taylor Munro Michelle Whyte Danscentre Award for Technical Application Grace Riley Natalie Potter DuPont Dance Stage School Adjudicators of Senior Section were: Cheryl Gill, Vivienne Saxton and Jackie Hayward Class was conducted by: Ruth Armstrong PREMIER SECTION Winner Amelia Hawksby Kerry Grimes Kilburn School of Dancing

Runner-Up Hanna Campan Stephen Charnock and Michaela Headford Junior Masters Boys Cup Jaimie Tank Natalie Potter DuPont Dance Stage School Alison Willett Award Jaimie Tank Natalie Potter DuPont Dance Stage School ADJUDICATORS ‘SPECIAL’ AWARDS Award for Innovative Dance Yasmin Li Paula Dymock Harlequin Stage School Award for Potential Harry Smallman Laura McCabe Jelli Studios Award for Personality & Performance Christian Knight Natalie Potter DuPont Dance Stage School Adjudicators of Premier Section were: Luis De Abreu, Lyn Richardson and Tereza Theodoulou Class was conducted by: Sue Brice The Elliott Clarke Teachers Award was awarded to: Nazene Langfield

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Remembering Matt Mattox Memories of a dance legend

By Pamela Eddleston There are times in life when a totally unexpected gift lands at your feet. This year that unexpected and precious gift appeared in my dance class at Western University in Canada in the person of Lee Mattox, grandson of Matt Mattox the famous jazz dance legend, a master teacher who inspired so many of our dancers and choreographers during the 1970s and 80s and taught them how to look at theatrical and jazz dance with a respect for line, grounding, isolations, rhythm and integrity.

Indeed much of our Modern Theatre Dance Syllabus has a base in the freestyle jazz technique of Matt Mattox. Lee is an accomplished dancer showing exquisite line, economy of movement, smooth grounded movement so reminiscent of his grandfather. What a gift. He was generous with his memories and information and my class and I were lucky to have the benefit of a workshop with him complete with unpublished early filming of Matt Mattox himself dancing some of the exercises and sequences he was devising and perfecting during the early days of developing his unique style.

It was a great lesson and reiterated the importance of a sound and thoroughly understood basic technique, which I believe is still apparent in our original Intermediate Modern syllabus, still worthy of in-depth study before a logical progression to the technical demands of Advanced 1 and 2. In her excellent article Everything Old is New Again (DANCE, October–December 2012) Tereza Theodoulou wrote succinctly about the connections between the Modern Theatre Dance syllabus and the development of modern jazz dance, in particular citing the influence of Matt Mattox from whom she experienced personal influence and inspiration.

Matt Mattox was a protégé of Jack Cole, who is considered to be the father of modern jazz dance. Jack Cole rose to fame for his unique movement style based on his background of the Cecchetti method of ballet, modern dance acquired during his Denishawn and Humphrey-Weidman Company days, Indian ethnic techniques and the joyous movement of isolations and rhythms of the popular jazz music.

It was a style that all aspiring dancers of the time wanted to learn It was a style that all aspiring dancers of the time wanted to learn and was seen in films such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Kismet and Some Like It Hot. Jack Cole’s work would create defining moments in the careers of actresses such as Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth and Anne Miller.

Dancers and choreographers would change the nature of films and Broadway. During the late 1940s and onward the names Luigi, Giordano, Matt Mattox and Fosse would emerge to develop their own codified jazz techniques. Performing a mix of jazz styles dancers such as Gene Kelly, Jerome Robbins, Gwen Verdon and

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Bob Fosse spread awareness of the dance style and the joy it could create.

Technically there were similarities in this developing art but each one took a concept and expanded on it. A common factor to emerge was the placement of the upper body, isolating different parts of the body so that they could move precisely and independently to allow for sharp dynamic movements reflecting the African roots of early jazz dance.

A master teacher who inspired so many of our dancers and choreographers Matt Mattox preferred to call his technique 'freestyle'. His classes were rhythmically challenging and a demanding combination of ballet, modern, flamenco, tap dance and jazz. Originally his work was created to help dancers acquire jobs in musical theatre but it became much more.

His initial pursuit of jazz dance studying with Jack Cole on Broadway was refined and elaborated to a unique technique, separating from the typical high-energy Broadway style. He became well known for his choreography for film, Broadway, concert dance and ballet. He eventually moved to London in 1970 where he founded his JazzArt Company and then on to Paris in 1975 where he opened a school and established a legacy. In 1981 he married dancer Martine Limeul, moved his base to her school in the south of France and continued to refine his technique. Matt Mattox taught a heavy schedule of master classes throughout Europe and Scandinavia until his death in 2008.

To conclude I have a story lovingly written and sent to me by our own Christina Ballard which perfectly illustrates the experience of a young dancer at one of the Matt Mattox workshops.

Pamela Eddleston

By Christina Ballard One of my most inspirational memories connected with dance was being part of a Jazz Dance class with the amazing Matt Mattox. This was at the Dance Centre in Covent Garden after I had graduated from Bush Davies in Romford where I was fortunate to have been tutored by the late Joyce Percy for Ballet and Daphne Peterson for Modern Theatre Dance.

The class was full of American dancers and not knowing anyone I felt very much the English Rose. There was lots of noise in the room when suddenly the door opened and in he walked. Immediately there was a hush and a collective stillness and focus from all of us. I don't remember him saying anything except “Warm up”, and he began to beat his tambourine to prepare us for the rhythm and speed. It was obviously a set warm up, which everyone knew except me, so I just had to follow the person in front.

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It started with upward stretches, ripples through the spine into forward stretch, then body bounces and a quick recovery to standing. This was repeated several times and then on to the next section. You needed to be a well-trained dancer to keep up with the moves, the speed and technique. I was very glad I had received such good training at Bush Davies.

We then proceeded on to an isolation exercise which involved poly-rhythms, alternating from turn out and parallel leg lines, complicated arms and leg and hip movements. Again I just had to copy the person in front. I can remember so very clearly that during this exercise he decided to walk around and observe people whilst beating the drum and cueing. To my horror he stood behind me for what seemed like an hour and I felt like I was taking an exam but then he whispered in my ear, “you're doing great kid”.

I nearly fainted with relief and exhilaration and floated for the next two weeks slightly above the ground.

I also remember very well the sequence for kicks and pirouettes, which I loved and went on to teach my senior students. I can still do it today although the legs don’t go up so high.

He was a commanding presence in the class and demanded great respect and total concentration from all of us. There was a driving pace and atmosphere from start to finish and we simply wanted to work so hard to achieve our best delivery of his wonderful

work. The class was about 44 years ago but I can still picture it in my mind.

I was also able to take class with Luigi who had a completely different style and delivery, slower smoother, with more Blues feeling – very rhythmic and with fluid expression through the body compared with Matt’s work, which was fast and furious. It was fantastic to learn from these two great masters of jazz and to be able to pass on their different techniques to my own students.

I look back over my life and realise that although it was a relatively late age to study full time (I was 21 years old when I went to Bush but had studied ballet from a young age) it has provided me with a joyful life of dance, not just teaching but being connected to fantastic people gifted in their artistry and skill and I have made many wonderful friends along the way.

Christina Ballard

He was a commanding presence in the class and demanded great respect

ANNOUNCING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FACULTY CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR The dynamic duo is back! Like all of the Society’s faculties, the Modern Theatre is never one to stand still.

Tereza, as the newly elected Chair and Lyn as Vice Chair, together with a hugely talented committee of dedicated members, work so well and tirelessly together to ensure the best artistic development for our much loved Faculty. We must take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank Myra Tiffin for all of her dedicated work and for her Chairship over the last six years.

Inspired by Mary Archbutt, Murielle Ashcroft, Doreen Bird, Patricia Crail, Daphne Peterson and Alison Willett we aim to keep the important values of our work, which these incredibly talented and innovative ladies created, behind our future development.

Suffice to say, we have many ideas for new, creative work that will be relevant and inclusive not only for today’s dancers and teachers but tomorrow’s too. Watch this space!

Lyn Richardson Top right: Modern Theatre faculty Chair, Tereza Theodoulou Bottom right: Modern Theatre faculty Vice Chair, Lyn Richardson

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Alma Road, Sidcup, Kent DA14 4ED Preceding the Creation choreographic competition at 3pm

A morning of Modern Theatre workshops for children and students aged 8–18 years.

Limited numbers. Prior booking essential.

For workshop booking forms, email Elizabeth Reeves at elizabeth@bettywivell.com

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A competition for dance students to develop and display their choreographic talents.

In memory of Miss Doreen Bird.

Sunday 12th November 2017 3pm at Bird College Alma Road, Sidcup, Kent DA14 4ED

A wonderful opportunity for students to explore various aspects of choreography and have their dancers perform to a renowned audience. ê Prizes include the Mary Archbutt Trophy for Artistry and scholarships to Bird College International Summer School. ê ENTRY DETAILS ê • Please enter the section based on the age of choreographer on 1st November 2017.

Junior: 10–12 years / Senior: 13–15 years / Premier: 16–18 years • A minimum of three performers in each piece.

• One or more children may choreograph a number in the Junior section. Entries in the Senior and Premier sections must have only one named choreographer.

•T IME LIMITS Trios and Quartets: 3 minutes Groups (5+ dancers): 4 minutes • E NTRY FEES Trio: £15.00 Quartet: £20.00 Group: £25.00 Closing date for entries: Monday 16th October 2017

• Choreographers may choose to perform in their own piece and/or choreograph for any age range. The choreography may be of any style within the Modern genre.

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NATIONAL DANCE Vocational Graded Examinations To allow a more in-depth approach to the teaching of the dances at this level, the National Dance Faculty Committee has decided to delete the following dances from the Vocational Graded Examinations syllabus. These alterations are optional since September 2017 and will be compulsory from September 2018.

Intermediate Foundation No changes

Intermediate England – Lancashire Clogging Solo – delete France – Salamandre – delete Steps in Provence style and Pas Grec – these will be put into the Advanced 1 syllabus and combined with Italy Scotland – Earl of Errol Solo and Scottish Lilt Solo – delete

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

National Dance Faculty Vice Chair We are pleased to announce that Barbara Simons has recently been appointed as Vice-Chair of the Faculty.

Barbara has served on the National Dance Faculty Committee for many years and is currently leading the development of the new Primary Class Examination syllabus.

Left: Barbara Simons

Advanced 1 Russia/Moldova/Ukraine – Red Sarafan and Easter Fair Solos – delete Czech Rebublic/Republic of Slovakia – Czech Mountaineer & Barevny Satek Solos and Odzemek – delete Italy/Provence – Tarantella Solo – delete Add steps in Provence style and Pas Grec

Advanced 2 Spain – The New Shawl and Preparing for the Competition Solos – delete

Primary Class Examination The examination will be conducted by the teacher and candidates will be entered in sets of up to four. The lower age limit will be 5 years.

Courses for teachers to learn the syllabus work are planned for venues in both the north and south of the country and these will be advertised in DANCE and on the website.

The examination will be examined from January 2018 and the faculty hope that teachers will find this a useful introduction to National Dance for their pupils.

Right: Grandison Clark Awards 2017

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

Tap at the ISTD’s Residential Summer School The new Intermediate Tap syllabus received a warm welcome and some superb feedback

“I feel inspired and excited to get back to teaching in Dubai to start creating and passing on the new work.”

Catherine Whitehair

“The new syllabus was filled with interesting rhythms, varied music choices and different Tap styles that I’m sure my students are going to love.”

“On day one you could feel the excitement in the studio as teachers from all parts of the world gathered together to learn the new work.”

Michelle Walkhouse

Laura Reynolds

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“Huge 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

“I know my students are going to love it and I can’t wait to teach it” Emily Golborn

“One group was expertly led by the brilliant Alison Forrester and our set had the privilege of being taught by Heather Rees.”

Liza Meggitt Please turn to page 10 for more pictures and quotes from the ISTD Residential Summer School 2017 and please visit the Tap Faculty web pages at www.istd.org/tap-dance to read full reports on the new Intermediate Tap, which was being taught at the Summer School this year.

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Intermediate Tap Notes The new Intermediate Tap will be examined and is optional from September 2018 (which includes DDI and DDE). The last date that the old Intermediate will be examined is December 2019 and it will be compulsory from January 2020.

MUSIC NOTES – DANCE SEQUENCES Theatre Tap – Start the music after approximately 2 mins 05 seconds.

Wait 8 counts – then dance the introduction.

Commercial Tap – For the quicker music. Wait 4 x 8. Start introduction on the cymbal crash (approximately 0.9 seconds). Dance the introduction 4 times. Start the sequence at approximately 0.17 seconds. For the slower music – wait 2 x 8 and dance the introduction twice through before the sequence.

Tap Challenge Tap Challenge will be taking place at the Hawth Theatre, Crawley on 22nd April 2018. Entry forms will be available in January 2018.

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PEOPLE ISTD Staff and Examiners Carl Bardsley

Urja Thakore

Membership Officer

Classical Indian Dance Examiner

Carl joins the ISTD as our new Membership Services Administrator. Having acquired his MA in American Literature Carl went on to volunteer for CUBE Gallery in Manchester before moving to London where he worked for over five years at The Central School of Ballet in Widening Participation and Administration.

Carl is passionate about politics, philosophy, writing, chess and craft beer. He also enjoys freelancing as an A-Level English Literature tutor and has proudly watched pupils move on to degrees at institutions such as Queen’s University Belfast and Cambridge University.

Georgina Winterborne Education & Training Assistant Georgina began her dance training at the age of seven when she joined the Professional Associate Course at Italia Conti Arts Centre in Guildford. She successfully gained ISTD exams in Modern Theatre, Imperial Ballet and Tap to Advanced level.

After completing her studies at Italia Conti, Georgina followed her passion for dance by gaining a BA Hons in Dance from De Montfort University, Leicester. Whilst studying for her university degree she engaged in many different aspects of dance including teaching and leading, dance history and choreography. Georgina is delighted to be joining the ISTD to work in the role of Education & Training Assistant and is very much looking forward to broadening her knowledge of the dance sector.

Danielle Wojtylo

Urja Desai Thakore is a leading Kathak dancer in the UK. She has studied under the able guidance of her Guru, Padmabhushan Kumudini Lakhia.

She is a graceful and emotive dancer who is renowned for her love of Abhinay, clear but subtle movements and technical strength. Her energetic choreographic style is highly regarded by both traditionalists and modernists alike. Urja has received her Masters in South Asian Dance with Choreography major. She is also on the ISTD’s Classical Indian Dance Faculty Committee. She has been recognised as the next leader in arts

by One Dance UK. Urja established Pagrav Dance Company in 2008 in the UK. The uniqueness of the Company lies in Urja’s ability to depict the modern world and its interpretation through traditional style.

The Company’s current aims are two-fold: to teach, promote Kathak in its purest form as a classical dance technique and then challenge its traditional artistic boundaries with contemporary and cross-discipline collaboration by creating new movement vocabulary.

Urja was the co-choreographer of Bells for Akademi, an outdoor spectacular, and was the assistant choreographer to Kumudini Lakhia for the piece created for the Swapnagata Festival. She has received several commissions, such as: Medway Fuse Festival, Daredevas, Commonwealth Games, Motus Dance Festival, Kadam.

She received the Choreogata and Utkarsh award from Akademi in collaboration with the South Bank Centre in 2103 and 2015. She has toured her own productions of Kathak Through Ages, Baharan, Hats, Gulmohor, Anant-Endless, I, Within, Poised and Detox to widespread acclaim. She was commissioned in 2015 and 2017 to create a new solo for the finalist of South Asain Strand in the BBC Young Dancer competition.

Examinations Officer Danielle began her dance training at the age of three. She attended Tozer Dance Studios in Nottinghamshire where she undertook examinations in both the ISTD and RAD syllabus alongside performing in various shows and competitions.

Danielle went on to study Dance Performance at Middlesex University and whilst there became involved with the university cheerleading team where she continued to perform and compete around the country. Throughout her study she developed a keen interest in Dance Journalism and hopes to pursue this at a later stage. Danielle joined the ISTD in June 2015 in the examinations department where she has worked in all areas in the department and is well versed in the processes within UK examinations. She has enjoyed getting to know some of our many examiners and teachers over the past two years.

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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 as recorded by HQ from 31st May to 7th July 2017.

DIPLOMA IN DANCE INSTRUCTION LEVEL 3

DIPLOMA IN DANCE EDUCATION LEVEL 4

IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET Academy of Dance Maria Losurdo Marina Monopoli Centro Danza La Sylphide Maria-Viola Paciotti Dance Academy South West Nicola Jayne Boyd-Anderson Ellite Studios Ruth Gillian Hakes Fitzell-Roberts Dance Industries Tegan Upton Italia Conti Arts Centre (Guildford Site) Sophie Coster Karolina Kolliou – ‘Keep on Dancing’ Manjola Collaku Laine Theatre Arts Adam Mackenzie Davidson Maria Morphitou Papademetriou School of Ballet and Modern Dance Maria Ioannou Eleni Koursari Nikoletta Kyprianou Barbara Georgiou Margaret Howard Theatre College Josephine Wormall Merseyside Dance and Drama Centre Ceri Lyn Shone Performers College Renee Douwen-Ocran Pirouette Academy of Dance Emma Louise Banham Preston College Hayley Louise Jade Stubbs The Centre – Performing Arts College Elena Satanassi Aurora Lauriola Francesca Lista The Linda Sweetzer Teacher Training College Stephanie Natasha Jones Vanessa Kathryn Jowett The Urdang Academy Teacher Training Centre Misha Goddard

CECCHETTI CLASSICAL BALLET Preston College Laura Grace Hooper IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET Deeside Dance Centre Gwen Lesley Stevenson The Dance College Lauren Louise Bath Preston College Lauren Fail The Betty Wivell Academy of Performing Arts Charlotte Maslowska The Linda Sweetzer Teacher Training College Louise Margaret Powell MODERN THEATRE DANCE “Arte e Movimento” SSD arl Giulia Florian Fitzell-Roberts Dance Industries Natalie Smith Maria Morphitou Papademetriou School of Ballet and Modern Dance Marina Foti Martius Ballet Katharina Merk Preston College Jodie Corrina Polhill The Dance College Rachael Frances Byham Gabrielle Rowena Hammond Lauren Louise Bath NATIONAL DANCE The Dance College Rachael Frances Byham TAP DANCE Fitzell-Roberts Dance Industries Natalie Smith Preston College Jodie Corrina Polhill The Dance College Rachael Frances Byham Gabrielle Rowena Hammond Lauren Louise Bath

CECCHETTI CLASSICAL BALLET Guildhall School of Dancing Samantha Chantelle Watt

MODERN THEATRE DANCE 14th Day Art Space Effrosyni Tsirimiangou ACS Dance Centre Despina Kefalidi Bird College of Dance, Music and Theatre Performance Amelia Jones Dance@Tania Rossopoulou School of Dance Rafaela Giakali

Dance For All At The Theatre School Emma Clouston Caitlin Jennifer Monteith Kirsty MacDonald Romi Clarke Megan Joyce Gabrielle McCormick Hannah Balcombe Boyle Dance Teachers Inc. Ellis Helen Fitzherbert DC Whitstable Cayleigh Jane Hall Escola De Dansa Elisenda Tarrago Maria Del Mar Florit Josune Sarasua Fitzell-Roberts Dance Industries Tegan Upton Guildhall School of Dancing Shannon Dyer Italia Conti Arts Centre (Guildford Site) Lauren White Konstantina Koutouzou Dance School Alexandra Tsalatsani Paraskevi Protogerou Evangelia Koti Theodosia Dimopoulou Ioanna Lymperiadou Laine Theatre Arts Genevieve Cutcliffe Sophie Jane Walters Jessica Oakman Erin Bell Katy Riches Beth Victoria Cooper-Roberts Margaret Howard Theatre College Josephine Wormall Daniel Holland North Liverpool Dance Academy Letitia Spencer Performers College Renee Douwen-Ocran Pirouette Academy of Dance Francesca Ellen Ainge Stage Door College Tegan Jeffries The Centre – Performing Arts College Amelia Clark The Myra Tiffin Performing Arts School Jessica Leigh Smith Vestry School of Dance and Performing Arts Jade Emily Noverre

Dance For All At The Theatre School Emma Clouston Caitlin Jennifer Monteith Kirsty MacDonald Romi Clarke Dance Teachers Inc. Helena Joy Steventon Ellis Helen Fitzherbert Escola De Dansa Elisenda Tarrago Maria Del Mar Florit Fitzell-Roberts Dance Industries Tegan Upton Guildhall School of Dancing Samantha Chantelle Watt Shannon Dyer Italia Conti Arts Centre (Guildford Site) Chloe Kathryn Butler Caitlin Ann Brown Lauren White Margaret Howard Theatre College Louise Flitney Performers College Renee Douwen-Ocran Stage Door College Tegan Jeffries The Dance Factory Olivia McLay The Deborah Lamb Dance Centre Tabitha Rowena Bronwyn McConnell The Linda Sweetzer Teacher Training College Stephanie Natasha Jones The Myra Tiffin Performing Arts School Jessica Leigh Smith

NATIONAL DANCE Fitzell-Roberts Dance Industries Tegan Upton

DISCO FREE STYLE ASSOCIATE Jade McFarlane (UK) Joanne Sutherland (UK) Lydia Thompson (UK) Sarah Johnston (UK) Ashleigh White (UK) Megan Steer (UK) Amy Sellers (UK) Maxine Smith (UK) Chrissoula Pashchalidou (Greece) Aikaterini Skapinaki (Greece) Holly Fowler (UK)

TAP DANCE “Arte e Movimento” SSD arl Sabrina Mangano Gianluca Raponi DC Whitstable Cayleigh Jane Hall

We congratulate the following members of the Society who have achieved success in their Associate, Associate Diploma, Licentiate and Fellowship examinations as recorded by HQ from 31st May to 7th July 2017.

AUTHENTIC AND EMERGING DANCE ASSOCIATE Conrad Coelho (UK) CECCHETTI CLASSICAL BALLET LICENTIATE Nicola Zammit Fenech (Malta) Rachel Gordon (UK)

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Lesley Tilley Nicodemou (Cyprus) Bethany Higgs (UK) Danielle Berg (UK) Jamie Berry (UK) Laura-Anne Boon (UK) Daniel Holland (UK) Peter Camilleri (UK) Alexandra Taylor-Brown (UK) Sarah-Jane McKenzie (UK) Lesley Tilley Nicodemou (Cyprus) IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET ASSOCIATE Cristina Novelo Bargas (Mexico) Blanca Marcela Rios Marroquin (Mexico) Bibiana Guillemot Cesari (Mexico) Natalia Saltiel De La Pena (Mexico) Diana Laura Martinez Otamendi (Mexico) Alia Cleya Antonia Velasco (Mexico) Chantal Simon-Thompson (Trinidad)

IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET LICENTIATE Georgina Wootten (UK) Michael Kopinski (UK) IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET FELLOWSHIP Jane Baylis (UK) Wendy Fisher (UK) LATIN DANCE ASSOCIATE Quan Li (China) LATIN DANCE LICENTIATE Ellas Dimaki (Greece) MODERN BALLROOM ASSOCIATE Luke Shepherd (UK) Gemma Morton (UK) MODERN BALLROOM LICENTIATE Charles Chan (UK)

MODERN THEATRE ASSOCIATE Lauren Johnson (UK) Lourdes De Alzua (Mexico) Cora Nelson (Canada) Jaime Butler (Canada) Caitlyn Newcombe (Canada) Erin Newcombe (Canada) MODERN THEATRE ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA Catherine Whitehair (Dubai) MODERN THEATRE LICENTIATE Lianne Carter (UK) Paraskevi Mathioudaki (Greece) NATIONAL DANCE ASSOCIATE Chloe Pfeiffer (Canada) Emily Gillingham (Canada) Kennedy Dale-Johnson (Canada) Shannon Bray (Canada) Citlalli Abigail Romero (Mexico)

Brenda Walls Rodriguez (Mexico) Citlalli Abigail Romero (Mexico) Brenda Walls Rodriguez (Mexico) TAP DANCE ASSOCIATE Heather Dennis (Canada) Madeline Disera (Canada) Patricia Horwood (Canada) Alyssa Rosati (Canada) Ana Luisa Olvera (Mexico) Claudia Jimenez (Mexico) Ana Luisa Olvera (Mexico) Claudia Jimenez (Mexico) TAP DANCE ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA Catherine Whitehair (Dubai) TAP DANCE LICENTIATE Sage Valencia Hood (UK)

Qualifications give you the tools to support the gift that you give as a teacher Maggie Morris

Licentiate Graduate receives his award from Vernon Kemp

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utism with Attitude street dance group from Hillingdon Manor School, Uxbridge, made history when they qualified as the first special needs dance team to qualify for the United Dance Organisation’s (UDO) World Championships in Glasgow 24th–27th August 2017 and the UDO European Championships in Kalkar in Germany in May 2018. Hillingdon Manor School is an Outcomes First Group centre of excellence in education and development for children aged 5–19 with an autistic spectrum condition (ASC).

The School is delighted with its success and staff are helping them both to hone their dance skills and to prepare for their role as ambassadors, showing what people with autism can achieve. Now Autism with Attitude is all set to represent the UK at this forthcoming international event.

They were the first dance team with special needs to take part in the event Many of the young people have developed their skills since attending Hillingdon Manor. Their teacher Jonathan Baron said: “The SEN dance world is currently very small and in fact they were the first dance team with special needs to take part in the event.”

The school has found that children with autism respond well to the structure and discipline of dance and it can help children who struggle with other forms of communication to express themselves.

Students are expected to work hard and the lessons are physically demanding building muscle memory, balance, body awareness, coordination and spatial awareness.

The secret of their success, according to Jonathan Baron, is hard work, discipline, preparation and practice. Autism with Attitude had performed in shows and made videos so there was no doubt about their talent or commitment but he needed to be sure that

they could manage a competition in unfamiliar surroundings. He need not have worried.

With support from the management and staff at the Manor in the run up to the competition, they took it all in their stride.

“It is a dream come true for me,” said Jonathan. “As a dancer myself I’ve obviously done competitions but it’s quite emotional taking a group of young people with autism into this arena. We keep setting them fresh challenges and now they are taking the mainstream world by storm. This is just huge; they are making history, acting as envoys for all those with special needs around the country.”

The school has found that children with autism respond well to the structure and discipline of dance

Above: Autism with Attitude street dance group from Hillingdon Manor School

Left: Jonathan Baron, Dance Teacher, Hillingdon Manor School

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he recent show KATHAK AAYAM on 30th of June in the Nehru Centre in London was a big success. All the performers were from ISTD Kathak, including myself (as a teacher and examiner). Respected Sukanya Shankar Ji was the chief guest.

From Kajal Sharma

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Teachers’ Residential Summer School 2017. More photos on page 10.

ISTD Exam Dates, Courses and Events | Sept–Dec 2017 UK Exam Centre Dates

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International Courses and Summer Schools

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Syllabus Training for Teachers, UK

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Regional Representatives

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Non-Syllabus CPD Courses, UK

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Teaching Qualification Assessments

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Level 6 Units, UK

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Approved Dance Centres

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UK Exam Centre Dates REGION

GENRE & DATE

ENTRIES TO

TELEPHONE

Bolton

Contact organiser

Miss Christine Axon, 5 Oakwood Drive, Bolton, Lancashire BL1 5EE

01204 841389

Bournemouth

Contact organiser

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

01202 393032

Dorset BH7 7BA Bristol

11/12/2017 – Imperial Ballet

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

Grades

Bristol BS16 2BG

0117 9655660

12/12/2017 – Modern and Tap Grades 14/12/2017 – Imperial Ballet Vocational 17 & 18/12/2017 – Modern and Tap Vocational Chichester

Contact organiser

Centre

Ms Samantha Watkins, Chichester College, Westgate Field, Chichester

01243 786321 or

PO19 1SB

01243 782297

Derby

Contact organiser

Miss E. Leveaux, The Old Mill Studio, Lynton Street, Derby DE22 3RW

01332 371016

Devon /

Contact organiser

Mrs Deborah Bond, King Street Studios, King Street, Newton Abbot,

01626 367010

Southwest

Devon TQ12 2LG

Jersey / Guernsey Contact organiser

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

01534 862686

Jersey JE3 4AS Liverpool

25/11/2017 – 26/11/2017

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

0151 2076197

Liverpool L9 7BG

info@mddcdance.co.uk

Please contact Miss Owen if teachers have any Imperial ballet entries London

Manchester

North Wales

See 81 for details

Contact organiser

Contact organiser

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 or

Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0NG

07943111191

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 13/11/2017 – 21/11/2017

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 17th September 2017. 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

03/12/2017 – 15/12/2017

Northern

Miss Celia Johnson, Cevidley Croft, Keig, Alford,

01975 562521

Aberdeenshire AB33 8BH

Southampton

See page 82

Sally Upton, Southamptoncentre@hotmail.co.uk

07900 574718

West Midlands

Contact organiser

Mrs Rosemary Brangwin, 11 Blackroot Road, Sutton Coldfield,

0121 3552293

Centre Yorkshire Centre

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

0845 6525361 /

Wakefield WE1 4EB

07908 808696

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London Centre

Examination Dates: Dancesport 2017/2018

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

DDI & DDE (Unit

(weekdays only)

2018

24th February – 9th March 2018

14th January 2018

4)* and Licentiate/ Fellowship Cecchetti Classical

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 Dance (All Levels)

AUTUMN TERM 2018

EXAMINATION DATES

CLOSING DATE

29th October 2017

4th October 2017

18th March 2018

25th February 2018

3rd June 2018

13th May 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.

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

Autumn 2017

Classical Indian

4th November 2018

16th September

Spring 2018

11th March – 1st April 2018

2018

Summer 2018

3rd June – 22nd July 2018

Fellowship

Dance (All Levels)

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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

2018

2018

Classical Ballet Imperial

Vocational

Classical Ballet

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

21st January 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

11th March 2018*

Imperial Classical Ballet

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

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.

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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11th November 2018

16th September

Classical Ballet

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.

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Syllabus Training for Teachers, UK The ISTD offers a full range of teacher training courses throughout the UK, hosted by ISTD HQ in London and by our team of voluntary Regional Representatives.

To book any of 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.

Further courses will be scheduled subject to demand, so if your desired course is SOLD OUT, please register your interest by contacting us and joining our waiting list.

COURSE FEE PER DAY: MEMBERS – £60 / PROVISIONAL MEMBERS – £36 / NON-MEMBERS – £75 LONDON COURSES: MEMBERS – £65 / STUDENT TEACHERS – £40 / NON-MEMBERS – £80 GENRE

DATE

COURSE TITLE

VENUE / AREA

TIME

TAP

17/09/2017

New Intermediate

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

10:30 – 17:00

(Day 1 of 2)

WILTSHIRE SOLD OUT

New Intermediate

Bexhill College, Penland Road, Bexhill on sea, East Sussex TN40 2JG

(Day 1 of 2)

EAST SUSSEX

New Intermediate

Melvin Hall, Tarves, Aberdeenshire AB41 7JX

(Day 1 of 2)

ABERDEENSHIRE

New Intermediate

Coombeshead Academy, Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot,

(Day 1 of 2)

Devon, TQ12 1PT

17/09/2017 17/09/2017 01/10/2017

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

DEVON SOLD OUT 01/10/2017

New Intermediate

Pilands Wood Community Centre, Chamberlyane Road, Bursledon,

(Day 1 of 2)

Southampton, SO31 8DT

10:00 – 17:00

SOUTHAMPTON (SOUTH COAST) SOLD OUT 01/10/2017

Grade 5 Refresher and

Samantha Jane School of Dance, Stockfield Road,

Grade 6 Requests

off Melbourne Street, Oldham, OL9 9EW

10:00 – 17:00

MANCHESTER 08/10/2017 22/10/2017

New Intermediate

Dance Factory, 142 Calder Street, Glasgow G42 7QP

(Day 1 of 2)

GLASGOW (CENTRAL SCOTLAND)

New Intermediate

Samantha Jane School of Dance, Stockfield Road, off Melbourne

(Day 1 of 2)

Street, Oldham, OL9 9EW

10:00 – 17:00 10:00 – 17:00

MANCHESTER 22/10/2017

New Intermediate

The Depot, 9 Holyhead Road, Telford, Shropshire TF2 6DW

(Day 1 of 2)

SHROPSHIRE

New Intermediate

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

(Day 1 of 2)

NORWICH

New Intermediate

Rochester Dance Junction, 681 Maidstone Road Rochester ME1 3QJ

(Day 1 of 2)

KENT

27/10/2017 –

New Intermediate

ISTD2 Dance Studios, 346 Old Street, London EC1V 9NQ

28/10/2017

(Two-Day Course)

LONDON

29/10/2017

New Intermediate

Dance Station, Alexandra Park, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 2BG

(Day 1 of 2)

BRISTOL SOLD OUT

New Intermediate

Bojangles Dance,3 Wiltell Estate, St Johns Street, Lichfield,

(Day 1 of 2)

Staffordshire, WS14 9DX

New Intermediate

Margaret Howard Theatre School, Bushey, WD23 3DH

(Day 1 of 2)

HERTFORDSHIRE SOLD OUT

New Intermediate

Pilands Wood Community Centre, Chamberlyane Road,

(Day 1 of 2)

Bursledon, Southampton, SO31 8DT

22/10/2017 23/10/2017

05/11/2017

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

STAFFORDSHIRE (WEST MIDLANDS) 12/11/2017 19/11/2017

10:00 – 17:00 10:00 – 17:00

SOUTHAMPTON (SOUTH COAST) 03/12/2017 MODERN THEATRE

22/10/2017

New Intermediate

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

(Day 1 of 2)

PRESTON

Grades 5 & 6

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

10:00 – 17:00 10:00 – 17:00

PRESTON IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET

19/11/2017

Training Ballet Technique

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

10:00 – 16:30

YORKSHIRE

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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 workshop for newly-qualified and student teachers looking to open their first dance school • Choreographic workshops for students and teachers

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 CPD Courses, UK Our non-syllabus CPD 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 course 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 – £85 / NON-MEMBERS – £120 GENRE

COURSE TITLE

DATE

VENUE / AREA

TIME

CPD

Emergency First Aid at Work for Dance Teachers

27/10/2017

ISTD2 Dance Studios, Old Street,

10:30 – 17:30

London EC1V 9NQ LONDON

Level 6 Units, UK 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. See page 28 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 booking form 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

August 2018 (TBC)

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

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intcourses@istd.org or call +44 (0)20 7377 1577. Full information and pricing coming soon. Please refer to the ISTD website.

COURSE

DATE

Bari

IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET

20/10/2017

ITALY

Training Ballet Technique followed by a Junior Class

2017

MODERN THEATRE

21/10/2017 –

Choreographing Solo Dances Through Levels followed by a Junior Class

22/10/2017

Silver Jazz Awards with 2 New Amalgamations and Gold Jazz Awards followed by a Junior Class Mexico City

MODERN THEATRE

MEXICO

Set Amalgamations for Grades, Style and Improvement on Technique

21/10/2017 – 22/10/2017

TAP

22/10/2017

Grade 5 Tango Amalgamation MODERN THEATRE

23/10/2017

Modern Advanced 1 Set Amalgamations Style and Corrections Kuala Lumpur

MODERN THEATRE

16/11/2017 –

MALAYSIA

Grades 5 & 6

17/11/2017

IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET

20/11/2017

Developing Musicality & Artistry with use of the new CD Training Ballet Technique supported by DVD and Notes IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET

21/11/2017

New Advanced 2 Revisions for Girls TAP

20/11/2017 –

New Intermediate

21/11/2017

Sydney

TAP

16/01/2018

AUSTRALIA

Pre-Primary, Primary, Grade 1 & 2

(half day)

TAP

17/01/2018

2018

Grade 3, 4, 5 & 6 TAP

18/01/2018

Intermediate and all Grade Amalgamations Palmerston North

MODERN THEATRE

22/01/2018 –

NEW ZEALAND

Primary to Grade 4

24/01/2018

Grade 5 & 6 TAP

24/01/2018

Pre-Primary, Primary, Grade 1 & 2

(half day)

TAP

25/01/2018

Grade 3, 4, 5 & 6 TAP

26/01/2018

Intermediate and all Grade Amalgamations Johannesburg

IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET

SOUTH AFRICA

Developing Musicality & Artistry with use of new CD

26/01/2018

Training Ballet Technique supported by DVD and Notes IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET

27/01/2018 –

Revision of Grade Work

28/01/2018

Cape Town

IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET

30/01/2018

SOUTH AFRICA

Developing Musicality & Artistry with use of new CD Training Ballet Technique supported by DVD and Notes IMPERIAL CLASSICAL BALLET

31/01/2018 –

Revision of Grade Work

01/02/2018

Hanau

TAP

10/02/2018 –

GERMANY

New Intermediate (2 day course)

11/02/2018

SOUTH AFRICA

STREET DANCE

Early 2018

TBC

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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

7 The Mews, Moorhaven Village Nr Ivy Bridge, Devon

E: deborahlaws08@gmail.com

Devon

Deborah Laws

T: 07525 177 788 East Sussex

Jackie Hutt

200 Harold Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN35 5NG

E: jackie_hutt@hotmail.com

Gloucestershire/

Judith Hockaday

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 E: info@dance-teachers.org.uk

T: 01424 444 803 Wiltshire Guernsey

Karen Thompson

Hertfordshire

Siobhan Chown

10 Belsize Close, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL4 9YD

Jersey

Janice Letty

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

T: 01727 847 442 E: janletty@hotmail.com T: 01534 862 686 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

Manchester

Pauline George

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

Merseyside

Gaynor Owen

Merseyside Dance and Drama Centre, 13 – 17 Camden Street,

E: gaynorowenjames@gmail.com

Liverpool, Merseyside L3 8JR

T: 01516 477 357 E: istdnorwich@gmail.com

T: 01706 840 342

Norwich

Amy Jarrett

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

Preston

Andrew Hindley

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

T: 07786 955 966 / 07880 558 031 E: ahindley15td@yahoo.com T: 01772 225 614 Scotland (Central)

Elizabeth Henderson

Crown Mansions, 6 North Gardner Street, Glasgow,

E: eahdance@googlemail.com

Strathclyde, Scotland G11 5BT

T: 0141 339 8116 E: cjfistd@btinternet.com

Scotland (Northern)

Celia Johnson

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

Shropshire

Nicola

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

T: 01975 562 521

South Coast

Victoria Caine

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

Carmichael-Phillips 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

T: 01792 552 831/07967 294 420

West Midlands

Joanna Brangwin Stephanie Brangwin c/o Helen England

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

E: helen@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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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

October

06/10/2017

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

19/10/2017

DDI U2 Health & Safety in Dance examination

20/10/2017

DDE U3 Lifespan Development Examination

27/10/2017

Dispatch of September portfolio results

01/12/2017

Dispatch of October Health & Safety in Dance and Lifespan Development results

01/12/2017

Dispatch of October Contextual Study of Dance results

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

2017

December 2017

2018

March 2018

April 2018

May 2018

June 2018

July 2018

2018

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MONTH

DATE

EVENT

October

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

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

14/12/2018

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

2018

December 2018 February

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

April 2018

03/04/2018

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.

Approved Dance Centres Learners wishing to embark on the ISTD’s Level 3 Diploma in Dance Instruction (DDI) and Level 4 Diploma in Dance Education (DDE) must do so through one of our Approved Dance Centres (ADCs).

ADCs consist of vocational colleges and independent schools that have undergone an approval process, including an inspection, to ensure they meet the ISTD and Regulatory Authorities’ criteria.

To register for the DDI and DDE, please contact your nearest ADC. For a full and up-to-date list of ADCs, their contact details and the dance genres they are approved to offer, please visit: www.dance-teachers.org/ADCs. Congratulations to the following school that has recently been awarded ADC status: University of Gloucestershire Oxstalls Campus, Oxstalls Lane, Gloucester, GL2 9HW Contact: Mrs Paula Douce Telephone: 01242 715200 Email: pdouce@glos.ac.uk Centre approved for Imperial Classical Ballet

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A.S.D. Arteballetto Academie Via Aurelio Saffi 14, Catania, Sicily, 95123, Italy Contact: Ms Patrizia Perrone Telephone: 0039 346 329 5658 Email: patrizia.perrone@arteballetto.net Centre approved for Modern Theatre

Please note that an ADC’s approval status is subject to change.

DANCE Classifieds

CLASSIFIEDS ISTD QUALIFIED TAP AND MODERN TEACHER – MILTON, HAMPSHIRE Milton Academy of Dance is a friendly well-established school in New Milton, Hampshire. We require a reliable and enthusiastic ISTD qualified tap and modern teacher from beginners to advanced. Mondays and Thursday evenings. RAD ballet knowledge would be useful. Contact: info@ miltonacademyofdance.co.uk.

marketing@istd.org

DANCER TEACHERS REQUIRED – BEIJING AND SHANGHAI The Conservatory of International Style and Cultural Arts (CISCA), is looking for full time teachers. We have two schools one in Beijing the other in Shanghai. We are looking for enthusiastic teachers to join our team, who are willing to teach a variety of age groups including adults. We offer two routes a vocational and recreational stream to the school, in which we offer dance examinations, as well as many opportunities for performances. This is a salary paid job with accommodation and flights and visas included. Teachers do not need to be able to speak Chinese as classes are all taught in English. For more information please contact box number 65.

ISTD BALLET AND MODERN TEACHER/S – ESTABLISHED SCHOOL IN BRIGHTON

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We are looking for an inspiring ballet and modern teacher to join our hard working friendly dance school from September on Thursdays 4.30–8pm and we can also offer either a Tuesday or Friday afternoon/eve or Saturday morning teaching all three genres.

Knowledge of all exam grades up to Inter. DDI/E qualified and some teaching experience an advantage.

These are permanent positions for established classes. We are looking to cover Thursdays urgently and the additional day either in September or at a later date by arrangement. Please email CV to danceartstudio@ntlworld.com or call +44(0)7709 324 160.

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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

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Michael Rose Delia Sainsbury Yvette Sargent Michael Stylianos Doreen Wells, Marchioness of Londonderry Sir Peter Wright CBE, DMus (Lond), FBSM, DLitt (B’ham) ISTD2 DANCE STUDIOS 346 Old Street London EC1V 9NQ Tel: +44 (0)20 7655 8801 Fax: +44 (0)20 7739 4760 Email: reception.istd2@istd.org Opening Times Daytime bookings Monday to Saturday: 9am – 5.30pm Sunday: 10am – 6.00pm Evening bookings Monday to Thursday: 5.30pm – 9.30pm 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 PA to CEO and Artistic Director Interim PA (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 Jawed Hanif (ext. 852) jhanif@istd.org Accounts Payable Sarah Iriogbe (ext. 853) siriogbe@istd.org Accounts Receivable Raeline Moody-Wyse (ext. 854) rmoodywyse@istd.org Accounts Receivable Sandra Murdock (ext. 850) smurdock@istd.org PROJECT, OPERATIONS & FACILITIES DEPARTMENT IT Manager Ledonson Lewis (ext. 817) llewis@istd.org ISTD HQ Receptionist Laura Henderson (ext.800) receptionHQ@istd.org ISTD HQ Facilities Manager Chris New (ext. 812) cnew@istd.org ISTD2 Dance Studios and Facilities Manager Michael Warne (ext. 802) mwarne@istd.org ISTD2 Dance Studios Studio Co-ordinator/Receptionist Sandra McDowell (ext. 801) reception.istd2@istd.org UK EXAMINATIONS DEPARTMENT Head of UK Examinations Liz Wills (ext. 871) lwills@istd.org Dancesport Examinations Administrator (Timetables and reports) Sarah Brown (ext. 880) sbrown@istd.org London & Southampton Centres Administrator Sadie Serridge (ext. 874) sserridge@istd.org UK Examinations Administrator (also covering for Holly Clare) Rosanna Whittle (ext. 875) rwhittle@istd.org UK Examinations Officer Charmaine Lee (ext. 877) clee@istd.org UK Examinations Officer Danielle Wojtylo (ext. 878) daniellew@istd.org UK Examinations Administrator Amanda Adams (ext. 876) aadams@istd.org UK Examinations Administrator (also covering for Kerry Mian) 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

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INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS DEPARTMENT

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IMPERIAL DANCE & DANCESPORT FACULTIES BOARD

IMPERIAL DANCE & THEATRE FACULTIES BOARD

Head of International Exams Robert Fox (ext. 860) rfox@istd.org International Examinations Manager (International Dancesport) TBC Examinations Officer Adil Yilmaz (ext. 861) ayilmaz@istd.org (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA) Examinations Officer Eve Drakouli (ext. 862) edrakouli@istd.org (Cyprus, N.Cyprus, Greece, Malta) Examinations Officer Stephanie Russo (ext. 864) SRusso@istd.org (Germany, Gibraltar, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Kenya, South Africa) Examinations Officer Negin Vaziri (ext. 865) NVaziri@istd.org (Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland) 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

marketing@istd.org Head of Marketing & Communications James Scanlan (ext. 820) jscanlan@istd.org Design & Publications Manager Tamsin Moore tmoore@istd.org In-House Graphic Designer Leanne Armstrong (ext. 821) larmstrong@istd.org Marketing & Communications Officer Katie Andrews (ext. 822) marketing@istd.org Online Marketing Officer 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 Library (Mon & Thurs) Sarah Jardine-Willoughby (ext. 813) library@istd.org The Library is open on Mondays and Thursdays from 10:30am to 3:30pm.

Please call to book an appointment.

Chair Julie Tomkins Vice Chair Christopher Hawkins

Chair Kay Ball Vice Chair Vivienne Saxton Cecchetti Ballet Catherine Hutchon Kate Simmons Classical Greek Carol Vasko Classical Indian Dance Sujata Banerjee Imperial Ballet Judith Hockaday Modern Theatre Tereza Theodoulou Lyn Richardson National Dance Jacqueline Ferguson Barbara Simons Tap Dance Nick French Jackie Hayward

EDUCATION & TRAINING DEPARTMENT Head of Education and 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

CUSTOMER SERVICES & QUALITY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT 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 Quality Assurance Officer (UK Theatre) Craig Allum (ext. 843) callum@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 TBC Professional Qualifications Assistant Luisa Amponsah (ext. 842) lamponsah@istd.org Professional Qualifications Assistant TBC

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.

DISCO/FREESTYLE/ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FACULTY Chair TBC Vice Chair TBC Committee Michelle Arnell Maria Howse Nigel Kirk Jonathan Reed Paul Streatfield Julia Westlake Faculty Co-ordinator Penny Childs LATIN AMERICAN FACULTY 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 Terry Hunt Diana Wykes Faculty Co-ordinator Katherine Costain

CECCHETTI SOCIETY CLASSICAL BALLET FACULTY Chair TBC Vice Chair TBC Committee Cara Drower Catherine Hutchon Linda Isaacs Theresa Lungaro-Mifsud Sandra Powell Kate Simmons 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 Caroline Lavelle

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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 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

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 DFR Events Co-ordinator Patsy Graham Sunrise, 9 Grove Road Hazlemere, Bucks HP15 7QY Tel: 07483 253511 Email: dfr@btinternet.com 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

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

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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 CID Co-ordinator) Email: sagrawal@istd.org Caroline Lavelle Tel: 07900 741472 Email: Tap.Indian@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 Modern Theatre Dance Faculty Toni Ketterer 29 Greenway, Frinton on Sea Essex CO13 9AL Tel: 01255 852299 Email: istd@aspects.net 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

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

INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA: Adil Yilmaz (ext. 861) ayilmaz@istd.org Cyprus, N. Cyprus, Greece, Malta: Eve Drakouli (ext. 862) edrakouli@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

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

DANCE Calendar

EVENTS CALENDAR October 2017

February 2018

April 2018

1st February ISTD Graduation Ceremony 2018 Milton Court Concert Hall, The Barbican London

22nd April Tap Challenge The Hawth Theatre, Crawley Tap

18th – 19th November The Malaysian Awards Fonteyn Theatre, Petaling Jaya Theatre Faculties

4th February A Boys’ Day Venue TBC Imperial Classical Ballet

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

29th October Junior Awards The Venue, Milton Keynes Imperial Classical Ballet

18th – 19th November Cecchetti Classical Ballet Awards Weekend Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London Cecchetti

11th February Wales & West Awards Congress Theatre, Cwmbran Cecchetti

September 2018

March 2018

November 2017

December 2017

16th September Dance Exchange Venue TBC DFR

4th – 5th November 18th Blackpool Grand Finals Winter Gardens, Blackpool Dancesport

10th December Classical Greek Day of Dance ISTD2 Dance Studios, London Classical Greek

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

October 2018

5th November Dance Proms The Royal Albert Hall, London

January 2018

8th October DFR National Grand Finals Day Set Dance & Rock ‘n’ Roll Finals The Guildford Spectrum DFR 15th October (re-scheduled) Day of Dance In memory of Deborah Capon ISTD2 Dance Studios, London National Dance

Sunday 5th November Cecchetti Classical Ballet Children’s Awards Westminster Kingsway College, London Cecchetti

12th November Creation Choreographic Competition and Jazz & West End Workshops Bird College, Sidcup, Kent Modern Theatre

21st January ISTD Bursary Awards The Lowry, Salford Quays 21st January Nurturing Talented Young Dancers The Lowry, Salford Quays

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

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.

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12th November Ruby Ginner Awards The Venue, Milton Keynes Classical Greek

Above: Imperial Ballet sessions at the ISTD Teachers’ Residential Summer School 2017. See page 10–11 for more images.

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