B.A.T.S Oliver ! Production Cast
February 4, 2019
We are very pleased to announce that Claire and Edward who both dance at B.A.D. have been cast in B.A.T.S upcoming production of Oliver – Ed even made the lead and will play Oliver ! Both of them also go to Theatre 4 Kids who work with us from time to time.
The shows will be at the Haymarket in May 🙂 Tickets are available at the Box Office 01256 844244
Classes Saturday 2nd Feb
February 1, 2019
It seems that with no let up in the snow, the safest thing to do is cancel classes for tomorrow as well
Enjoy your snowmen
We will reschedule / refund at some point
Thanks
Update – Tonight’s Classes
February 1, 2019
It clearly is not going to rain enough (at all !?) to clear the road snow on estates so NO CLASSES TONIGHT
Having trust issues with weather forecast sites right now …
We will reschedule them at some point
Thank you
Keep Safe !
RAD Exam Results Dec 2018
January 31, 2019
Very pleased to announce that we had another great set of results for our ballet exams just before Christmas
55 exams with 6 Distinctions 44 Merits (including 13 High Merits) and 3 Passes – we also had 16 children take their Pre-Primary class examination and all of those will get a certificate and a badge too
Certificates and badges should be her next week
Also very pleased that all our Vocational students received Distinctions and two of these have been awarded the Bursary of £75 towards their fees for the highest marks of the session Harriet and Katy both with 80 for their Intermediate Foundation Ballet Exam
Well Done to everyone !!
ISTD EXAM RESULTS – DEC 2018
January 23, 2019
Really pleased to announce that we had some amazing results from our ISTD Exams just before Christmas, particularly with our vocational students which were about 80% Distinctions out of 14 exams and the other 3 were great Merits! Overall the session had 26 Distinctions 34 Merits and 8 Passes. Well Done for everyone’s hard work and thanks to all the teaching team as well.
Pleased to announce the following Bursaries for top exam marks
Modern – Ella (90) and Darcy (93) for their Intermediate Modern
Tap – Izzy (92) Adv 1 Tap and Katy (95) Grade 5 Tap
Well Done Ladies you will be awarded £75 each to help with your fees 🙂
RAD Ballet results will be released shortly – I am just waiting for the physical certificates to arrive
Happy New Year !
Pantomime is almost here – Oh Yes It is !!
November 14, 2018
We are pleased to announce that not only do we have 8 Babes in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs this year at the Anvil , but also we have two Professional Dancers as well 🙂 Once again we are looking forward to working with UK Productions over the Holiday period with their professional pantomime starring Dani Harmer (CBBC’s Tracy Beaker) and Chris Pizzey (Basil Brush‘s Mr Stephen).
Charlotte and Morgan will be performing every show of course but our Babes will be performing on the days listed below.
Charlotte has recently graduated from Wilkes Academy and is teaching with us and Morgan is currently studying full time at Italia Conti but with time off to perform in Professional Pantomime.
The other days there will be Babes from North Hampshire Academy of Dancing and JG Dance.
Days are Babes are performing :
Thurs 13th Dec
Sunday 16th Dec
Friday 21st Dec
Monday 24th Dec
Friday 28th Dec
Monday 31st Dec
Friday 4th Jan
Get tickets at the Anvil Box Office http://www.anvilarts.org.uk/snow-white
Good Luck to them all – rehearsals start at the end of this month!
Oh yes they do!
Care Homes Come to Visit for a Ballet
October 29, 2018
On Saturday, instead of normal classes as it was Half Term, we pulled back together our Secret Garden Ballet performance by kind permission of the London Children’s Ballet that we performed at the Anvil in July.
The children did a great job of remembering choreography not done for a few months and re-setting for those dozen or so students that were away on holiday. We also used our new in-house “theatre” for the first time and everyone worked really hard to put the production back together in a few hours.
Our visitors came from Applewood Care Home in Bramley, Braeburn Care Home near Reading and Homefield House Basingstoke. We had a sizeable audience and then after the 40 min ballet; tea, biscuits and cupcakes were served to our elderly guests.
They all seemed to think the ballet very charming and many have asked for us to invite them again for other performances or for us to go and visit them too. Sadly Naomi’s House, The Priory Group and Basing Field Care Home couldnt join us but we will make it up to them by visiting them – sometimes these residents are just too unwell to come out for visits or dont have enough staff on the day.
It was a lovely afternoon of entertainment for people that dont get out very often let alone to the ballet and the children all enjoyed being part of it.
Thank you to everyone who helped to make it happen including volunteer staff and parents
Summer Fetes and Performances
August 31, 2018
Apologies for late update, but as well as preparing for the very successful Secret Garden and Other Hidden Gems, alongside Moving Experience 2018 at the Anvil, lots of other activities went on throughout the term ! Well done to all our Performance Squads and competition dancers that helped provide entertainment at the following events
Applewood Carehome in Bramley
Four Lanes School Summer Fete
World Party in the Park – Eastrop
B Love – War Memorial Park
Dummer Faerie Festival
Our Performance Squads run from Age 5 through to 15 and allow the children additional opportunities to do what they love best in non competitive environment. All students taking multiple subjects, showing dedication and commitment to their dancing and performance passion are eligible to join – please ask Tanya which Squad you would best fit in 🙂
Pantomime Auditions for Snow White
July 5, 2018
Well done to all the dancers that auditioned for Babes roles at The Anvil yesterday for UK Productions’ Snow White and the Seven Dwarves professional pantomime over Christmas and New Year 2018/19. Everyone worked really hard and gave their very best.
Only 8 places were available though, so special congratulations go to our 8 girls who will be one of the teams throughout the Dec-Jan run. Ages ranging from 7-10 – Tilly, Phoebe, Lydia, Megan, Ava, Millie, Dariana and Katie.
The pantomime will star Dani Harmer (CBBC’s Tracy Beaker) and Chris Pizzey (Basil Brush‘s Mr Stephen) and will run from 13 Dec 2018 to 6 Jan 2019 with rehearsals starting for our girls in late November.
When we have a schedule of our girls performances we will publish it and post up at the studios.
Tickets will be available at the Box Office 01256 844244 http://www.anvilarts.org.uk/snow-white
Go Team BAD 🙂
Grace returns to London Ballet Associates (Seniors)
July 4, 2018
Congratulations to Grace who has been awarded a place as an associate again for London Ballet for the academic year 2018/19. She’ll be staying in seniors where she was promoted to this year (two years early).
Well Done Grace!