Cabaret Theatre School

EVENTS
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1998 ~ 2000

2007

Pantomimes: Eleven of our pupils successfully auditioned for professional pantomimes this Christmas. Natalia and Eleanor, both age 8, danced in ‘Jack & The Beanstalk’ at the Derby Assembly Rooms. Emma did her third year running at Stoke’s Regent Theatre, performing in ‘Cinderella’. Amy made her debut panto appearance in ‘Dick Whittington’ at the Nottingham Playhouse and three sets of siblings danced in the Pantomime at Drayton Manor Park! Blu and Neve, Hannah and Charlotte, and Emily, Peter and Laura were all in ‘Peter Pan’ at the Big Top Theatre.

National Youth Ballet
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National Youth Ballet: In October Emma performed with the National Youth Ballet at Saddlers Wells Theatre, London and at Leatherhead Theatre, Surrey for six performances of ‘The Old Man of Lochnagar’. Auditions were held at four venues throughout the country to find talented young ballet dancers to join the company for their production of this new full length ballet which is based on a story by HRH The Prince of Wales.

Ballet: Congratulations to Natalia who successfully auditioned for a place on the Royal Ballet School’s Junior Associate programme. From September she will be training in Birmingham every Saturday. Well done also to Emma for gaining a second year on a similar programme run by Elmhurst Ballet School, also in Birmingham. And we wish Maddie continued success as she enters her second year of full time training at the Royal Ballet School in London.

Copacabana: During the summer holidays Josie performed in a youth production of ‘Copacabana’ at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. She had to audition to win a part in the chorus of the famous Barry Manilow musical. Following two weeks of all-day rehearsals the company of 12-24 year olds presented the show over four days in August. Earlier in the year Josie was also awarded a bursary from Burton and District Arts Council (BADAC) after impressing them with her ballet solo at auditions held at the Brewhouse. This money is to help fund her future dance training.

English Youth Ballet: At the beginning of August three of our pupils performed in the English Youth Ballet’s production of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ at the Regent Theatre in Stoke. Natalia, Hannah and Josie were successful in auditioning for the chance to appear alongside professional dancers in a full scale production of this classic ballet. They rehearsed for 11 days before taking part in three performances. Well done girls.

Presentation Days: We had two exam sessions at Stretton this summer and one in October and all the certificates and awards were given out at our Presentation Days. Trophies were also presented to the pupils with the highest marks in each dance subject. We had excellent results again this year -well done to everyone who took an exam. Special congratulations to Josie and Amy who were nominated to audition at the International Theatre Dance Awards in 2008, based on their performance in their Grade 5 Ballet exam.

Summer Gala: We were invited to dance at the William Shrewsbury School Gala in June. Our Gym and Modern classes performed a routine each, along with three short solo pieces by Lauren, Keely and Eleanor. Despite the wet weather we had a really fun afternoon!

Our Wedding: Miss Sally and Richard got married on Saturday 7 April at St Peter’s Church in Littleover. We had a wonderful day and it was lovely to see some Cabaret pupils at the church. Thank you to everyone who gave us cards and gifts.

Miss Sally with pupils
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Miss Sally and Richard
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Miss Sally and Claire
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Sing, Sing, Sing!: Our Stretton school held their second singing show in the Brewhouse Bar this February, with 3 sell-out performances in the newly refurbished venue. They presented a variety of songs from well known musicals, films and the 1940's. The atmosphere in the bar was fantastic, with the audience giving enthusiastic support and rapturous applause to 100 talented and confident performers. Well done to everyone involved!

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When Children Rule The World
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When Children Rule The World: In January our Littleover School performed their dance show at Landau Forte College in Derby. Over 100 children took part in three performances and it was a great success, getting a wonderful response from the audience at each show. Thank you all for working so hard - We hope everyone enjoyed being involved and are looking forward to the next one!

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Slice Of Saturday Night
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2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1998 ~ 2000