End of Term Olympic Demonstration take 2 !

Due to rain stopping the majority of play last week I did an extra class so we could do a display and turned it into a little show for the parents. Some new parents for next term came and it was a lovely day.

I can't believe that Butterfly Ballet is two terms old and thank everybody for the amazing support and kind words regarding the classes. I love it with a passion and hope everyone has a great Summer break.

The Story begins..

Flying on Bella's wings to the Olympics

Carrying the Torch

Walking to get the gold medals

Gold Medal celebrations with ribbons and flags!

So proud of my little Olympians!

Wet but wonderful!

You can plan, you can organise but you can't control the weather....

Our dear old British Summer certainly didn't come up trumps on Saturday with a very wet day. Regular Fair exhibitors said they had never known of one to be so bad.

My brave troops arrived at 3.30pm at which point the heavens opened. The stage area had not been able to go up due to it being waterlogged so a muddy grass area was the place where we would dance. Barnes Ballet School had cancelled their demonstration in the morning and making a call at 3.45 I sent everyone home.....

4pm, we come out of the church and the rain had stopped, I had put so much work into the display and I could see that the children were dissapointed that I rallied up those that were left and enquired as to whether they would be game for their daughters to take to the mud?!  Fair play to all the parents who were totally up for it and a bigger well done to the 5 little ones who were still left and who took to the demonstration in their wellies, tutus and wings.   I was so proud of them and I must have looked like a joke, my tracksuit bottoms were covered in mud and my new trainers were now black but the show still went on and it was so utterly British!

Thank you to Sean and Louise and Strangy and Lizzie who helped with the day and to the Barnes Fair organisers for the opportunity to do it. Excited for it to be a regular event.

A bigger thank you to the children and parents. Hope you enjoy the photos!

Barnes Fair Demonstration

Really looking forward to doing a little demonstration at the Barnes Fair.

Participating in events like this is a fantastic opportunity for the children, building confidence and enabling them to get an opportunity to perform to real audiences.

This year the theme is The Olympics so our torch is being made and we look forward to going for Gold!

The Barnes Fair is on Saturday July 14th so do come down and support if you are in the area, we are on at 4pm at the Events Stage.

Cinderella Workshop in October

The Coppelia workshop in Cardiff went really well. I loved it with a passion.

I have been asked to do a Cinderella one in London at the Royal Academy of Dance in October.
If you have a child age 4+ then more information on the workshops can be found here -
http://www.rad.org.uk/article_pink.asp?id=169

RAD Coppelia workshop

Really looking forward to going to Cardiff next Saturday after class ready to take the RAD Coppelia workshop on the Sunday.  The RAD do some great workshops and summer schools for children.

More information on the Coppelia one can be found here.

http://www.rad.org.uk/article.asp?id=535

Testimonial from the New Term.

A great start to the new term, some lovely new children and parents and fantastic as always to see familiar faces.

Some feedback from a new Mum.

" I must as well say it was a pleasure seeing you teaching the class, you do it in such a pleasant and passionate way, it is so nice to just observe the way you take them through the stories and exercises. Congratulations!"

Thank you very much. It's always good to know you are on the right track!

New Term, New Classes

Hope you all had a great Easter !
It was fantastic to have a few weeks off,  to be able to work on the plans and adventures for next term and look ahead to sunnier days.

It's really important to me to offer classes where I can can really teach every child. Therefore I like to keep my classes smaller and have a self imposed capacity of 10 per class. Of course it's possible to teach more than that, especially when you have an assistant however maintaining the standard and level of attention is my priority as opposed to bums on seats so to speak. With this in mind I have created another 2 classes so that the Nursery classes can remain smaller. This will also enable opportunity for other children to join should I have enquiries.

Therefore this term the timetable is as so:

Baby Ballet - 9.00 - 9.30am  -    18months - 2.5 yrs    (parent/carer to stay in hall)
Nursery Ballet - 9.30 - 10am -    2.5 yrs - 4yrs        
Nursery Ballet - 10.00 - 10.30am - 2.5 yrs - 4 yrs
Junior Ballet -     10.30 - 11.10am - 4yrs - 5yrs

Free taster still applies and free parking at the Girl Guide Hall too!