Dance competitions are highly rewarding for dancers and performers of all ages – and it’s not just about the trophies either! Dance competitions can help develop fundamental skills that will be useful to a dancer long after the competitions have ended. We’ve chosen six of our favourite points to share with you today:   1. Experience Performing on stage for judges and an audience is so very different to practicing […]

We catch up with Sarah after her Dance Trip to Spain, enjoying workshops and classes with some of the world’s leading professionals – find out what she got up to, and whether an international dance tour is right for you! I was very lucky to be accepted earlier this year into a fantastic Summer dance intensive, run by Dance Master Class, a wonderful international company with incredible faculty. My program […]

Memory is a vital skill for a dancer, and just like anything else, it requires practice and hard work to get better! Here are some of our favourite tips to help learn and remember choreography…   WATCH THE CHOREOGRAPHY. Watch the choreography first, before repeating or asking questions. After you have seen the sequence a few times and can then picture it in your head, you will be in a […]

Most young ballerinas will tell you that they have one big dream for their dancing career… to be En Pointe! Dancing En Pointe, or on your toes in special Pointe shoes, requires a huge amount of strength and ballet technique. Ballet teachers will have strict requirements you will need to fulfil before you can start Pointe work. Most teachers and specialists agree that Pointe work shouldn’t start until dancers are […]

To get into the spirit of Term Two here at WAPS, we asked Sarah, one of our teachers a few questions about what dance means to her. How did you get started in dancing? I started as a teenager, and decided to join because all my friends did dance classes and they all seemed to enjoy it. I went along to my first ballet class and loved it, even though […]

Have you seen The West’s review of Peter Combe’s Wash Your Kids In Orange Juice shows? You can check it out here or check it out below – we are absolutely thrilled that the Pro Performance Troupe got a mention in this great review, and are very proud of our young performers for their first professional performance and 4.5 star review.   Wash Your Kids in Orange Juice For some […]

To get into the spirit of Term Two here at WAPS, we asked Sarah, one of our teachers a few questions about what dance means to her.   How did you get started in dancing? I started as a teenager, and decided to join because all my friends did dance classes and they all seemed to enjoy it. I went along to my first ballet class and loved it, even […]

Review: Peter Combe, Wash Your Kids In Orange Juice Have you seen The West’s review of Peter Combe’s Wash Your Kids In Orange Juice shows? You can check it out here – we are absolutely thrilled that the Pro Performance Troupe got a mention in this great review, and are very proud of our young performers for their first professional performance and 4.5 star review. For some of these dancers […]