Whole School Production 2016

The weekend of 12/13th March saw us put on our fourth whole school show involving every child in the school! We put on 4 shows over 2 days at Backwell School Theatre. The first half was the Wizard of Oz and the second half was Strictly Come Dancing. Everyone had an amazing time and we received excellent feedback which you read on our 'Productions' page of this website!

Cinderella at Weston Playhouse Theatre! 

December 2015/January 2016

Well done to Nadia, Jess and Antosia who've just completed a three week run of Cinderella pantomime with Joe Swash in Weston super Mare! They auditioned and were selected from over 100 hopefuls to dance in this professional production. Antosia and Nadia were younger members of the juvenile team, whilst Jess was a lead senior dancer who spent a lot of time dancing with the professional girls in the company. We were so proud to watch you in your last show! 

Weston Junior Arts Results May 2015

Emelia - 1st Character, 2nd Greek, 3rd Modern, 3rd Ballet, 4th Duet with Emily

Lily - 3rd Ballet

Darcey - 1st Ballet, 1st Greek, 3rd Character, 3rd Lyrical, 3rd Modern, Ballet Trophy, Overall Highest marks in age group trophy

Scarlett - 3rd Modern

Eliza - 3rd Modern

Cally - 2nd Ballet

Nadia - 1st Greek, 3rd Ballet

Arabella - 3rd Ballet

Lola - 4th Ballet

Tyler-Mae - 4th Song & Dance 

All England Regional Finals May 2015

Emelia, Jess, Darcey, Lily, Reanna, Nina, Emily and Junior Jazzmatazz travelled to Cheltenham this week to compete in the South West Regional Finals of All England Dance. Their performances were ranked Commended, Distinction, Distinction with Special Commendation or Honours. An amazing achievement for all these dancers!

Bristol Eisteddfod Results 2015

Reanna - 2nd Classical Trio, 4th Modern, 4th Ballet

Darcey - 2nd Greek, 4th Lyrical

Emelia - 3rd Modern, 4th Cabaret Duet, 4th Lyrical

Emily Sparks - 4th Cabaret Duet, 4th Lyrical

Nina - 1st Modern, 3rd Classical Trio, 4th Ballet 

Jess - 2nd Classical trio, 2nd Ballet, 3rd Modern

Des - 2nd Tap

Junior Group - 2nd Cabaret, 4th cabaret & comedy trophy

Senior Group - 4th Cabaret

Hope - 3rd Classical Trio, 4th Character

Anna - 3rd Classical Trio, 4th Modern, 4th Lyrical

Lily - 2nd Classical Trio

Emily Bower - 4th Song & Dance

Many of these performances also qualified for the All England Regional Finals to be held in May 2015 in Cheltenham. They achieved a mark of 85 (juniors) or 86 (seniors) in order to qualify. Well done everyone!

Kingswood Eisteddfod Results February 2015

Lily - 2 x 1st, 3 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, Classical Aggregate Trophy

Nina - 2 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, Greek Trophy

Darcey - 2 x 1st, 1 x 2nd

Reanna - 2 x 3rd

Charlotte - 1 x 3rd

Sophia - 1 x 2nd 

Nadia & Lola - 1 x 3rd

Commendable performances came from Anna, Gemma, Emily, Sophie, Emelia, Scarlett, Ella, Isabelle and Lizzie who were close behind on the medals. Well done to everyone who took part.

Royal Ballet Auditions 14 January 2015

Four of our pupils auditioned for the Royal Ballet School last week. Emelia, Jess and Lizzie auditioned for places on the Associate courses whilst Jack auditioned for a full-time place at White Lodge. We wish them luck as they await the results over the coming weeks!

Longwell Green Eisteddfod October 2014 Results 

Emelia - 1st Ballet 

Darcey - 3rd Greek, 3rd Ballet 

Lily - 1st Ballet, 1st Character

Reanna - 2nd Greek, 2nd Modern, 2nd Ballet, 2nd Classical Duet with Anna, 4th Lyrical

Nina - 2nd Lyrical, 2nd Classical Trio

Anna - 2nd Classical Duet with Reanna, 2nd Classical Trio, 4th Ballet

Hermione - 1st Greek, 3rd Modern

Isabelle - 4th Ballet

Nina, Hope, Anna - 2nd Classical Trio

Our other dancers were also close behind on the medals. Well done to Nadia, Gemma, Emily, Lola, Arabella, Cally, Grace, Emma, Jack and Ella for dancing so well.

October 2014

Congratulations to Jack Thomas who is appearing in Matthew Bourne's Lord of the Flies this week in Cardiff! Jack successfully auditioned for a role in this production and here he his pictured with Matthew Bourne himself. Jack has had to attend several daily rehearsals in Cardiff over the last 6 weeks in order to prepare for the performances.

Outstanding feedback from our School Show - Alice in Wonderland & That's Entertainment!

The weekend of 22 & 23 March 2014 saw us put on our third whole school production at Backwell School Theatre. We did a total of four shows over two days and have received some amazing feedback from audience members which can be seen below:

"What an amazing show. Well done everyone involved you should all be very proud. Especially loved gromits great idea."

"Wonderful show Adele, and everyone. Inspired choreography and oodles of enthusiasm. The little ones have lived in a magic dream this weekend!! Big well done and thank you."

"Blown away Adele Stitch and Jo Perkins! Well done girls and guys, quality show, costumes, dancers, choreography all brilliant. Lots of highlights!"

"Absolutely brilliant, it has been an honour and privilege to be able to help at such a wonderful show this weekend. You were all amazing."

"Well done everyone, amazing so far!! Makes me realise how much I miss being on stage dancing! Good luck for the second half"

"Well done everyone in the show and of course all you brilliant people behind the scenes, Adele you always put on an amazing performance. Amazing show and glad to be a part of it"

"Wow what an amazing show - fabulous. Thoroughly enjoyed every minute and glad I got tickets to watch it twice!"

"Well done to Miss Adele and everyone for such a great show - every dancer was fab - from the littlest bunny upwards."

"Just echoing what everyone else has said, what an AMAZING show. Everyone was fantastic."

"Loved the show!! So much talent!! Amazing dancers and choreography!! Well done and congratulations Adele Stitch School of Dance!!!"

"Fabulous show Adele. What a lot of talented girls you have. Loved every minute of it. Well done!!"

"Awesome show. I loved it, my parents loved it, my in-laws loved it and the girls loved being part of it. Thank you Adele and all your team."

Royal Albert Hall 2013

On Saturday 29^th June 2013, Senior Jazzmatazz, Miss Holly, Miss Ella, Miss Jo and Miss Adele travelled up to London to perform in a Barnardos charity concert at the Royal Albert Hall! The group performed two dances in front of an audience of approximately 4000 people. There were many choirs there performing various songs too, however we were honoured to be the only dancers to be asked to perform in this prestigious venue. The day was a huge success!

16 year old Darcey Winter (Advanced 1 Ballet) will be continuing her additional training with the new Advanced Associate Programme offered by the Royal Ballet School. She will take classes with renowned ballet teachers at the home of the Royal Ballet in London's Covent Garden. Darcey has previously been a member of their Junior Associates (JA), Mid-Associates (MA) and Senior Associate programmes so this is the next logical step for her. 

14 year old Lily Hanks, a pupil in Grade 7 and Advanced 1 Ballet, currently takes classes at Elmhurst School for Dance on their associate training programme.

On Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May 2013, several members of the dance school including teachers, students and parents went to support Miss Adele performing in a show called 'Westenders' with Bristol Light Opera Company (BLOC) at the Colston Hall, Bristol. Westenders was a Musical extravaganza celebrating 80 years of Musical Theatre with BLOC Productions. The show also featured 4 of our pupils - Chloe, Edward, Sophia and Emily - who all performed beautifully. Well done to everybody involved!

On Saturday 4th May 2013, Miss Jo and Miss Holly travelled to Swindon to watch the South West Regional Heats of the Janet Cram Awards. This prestigious competition run by the ISTD sees dancers with a particular competence in the modern genre come together from all across the region to battle for a place in the London Finals. The dancers must perform some class work and then individual solos in front of a panel of three adjudicators who then decide who goes through. We went to support Jessica, Anna, Nina and Reanna who all danced beautifully against such tough competition. Well done girls!