NEW CLASSES

ANOTHER WIN FOR THE ADULT TAP FESTIVAL GROUP.Receiving high marks for both the Ealing and Croydon dance festival. The adult tap festival group celebrate 1st place in both competitions. Well done!

CHOREOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2015 On Sunday 8th March, students from Pinner Theatre Dance and Harrow Ballet School competed in a choreography competition held at Ruislip Social Club.

There were 17 entries on the day, split into a Junior and Senior section. The students had to choose music and choreography their own routines to be performed in front of an adjudicator. We were very honoured to have the founder of Pinner Theatre Dance be our adjudicator who chose a 1st and 2nd place winners for each section. There was also a prize for an individual whose performance particularly stood out.

Our adult festival group, street dance class and grade 5 modern students also performed on the day.

Congratulations to everyone!

TAPATHON 2014On 16th November 2014, 45 students from PTD joined with others across the country to break the world record for the largest tap dance and raise money for Children in Need. We had to perform an 8 minute routine to the song 'Happy' starting promptly at 1.00pm. Although exhausting, it was a great day. We raised an additional £120 through a cake sale for the charity JDRF, supporting those suffering from type 1 diabetes. Thank you to all who made cakes and to those who bought and ate them!

ADULT TAP FESTIVAL TEAM WINS EALING FESTIVAL COMPETITIONThe team continued with their unbeaten run by winning Ealing Festival on 16 April 2014 and achieved a Distinction with 87 marks to bring back the trophy once again. Well done team!*************************************************************

We were thrilled to welcome Jason back again to the school on the 2nd February for the second of two recent masterclasses. We all had great fun learning 'I've Got Rhythm' from the show 'Crazy For You'. His theatre credits include '42nd Street' at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 'Ziegfeld' at the London Palladium, 'Anything Goes' at the Prince Edward Theatre. 'Me & My Girl' at the Adelphi and 'Crazy For You' again at the Prince Edward.

Many congratulations to Anneliese Taylor and Helen Haile from our Adult Tap Competition Group who both performed in the highly acclaimed London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony.

We are thrilled to have a great Street teacher, professional street dancer and choreographer Arthur Sempebwa (aka Uncle A) from dance crew Goodfoot. Amongst many other performances they were asked to hype up the VIPs at the Usher OMG concert at the O2, as well as guest for the Electric Boogaloos at The Southbank Centre.

Arthur is teaching our Friday Street Dance classes for guys and girls 8 years and over at The Harrow Arts Centre.

Come along and try the classes free of charge but make sure you book your place with Susanna as places are limited!

Our full scale production 'Let's Party!' took place at the Ryan Theatre, Harrow School, on Friday 4th July (evening) and Saturday 5th July (matinee and evening performances).

235 of our dancers raised £3000 and a cheque was presented to a representative of Starlight Children's Foundation, which grants wishes to seriously ill children.

The adults and children alike all had a ball and the party atmosphere both on stage and in the auditorium was terrific!

Kirsty taught two masterclasses, one for adults and one for students aged 12 and over, at Pinner Theatre Dance on 1st December. All those who attended had a fantastic time learning the opening number from 42nd Street and thoroughly enjoyed performing the routine in our 'Let's Party!' production in July (with kind permission - choreography by Gower Champion).