ALL THAT DANCE!!!
Tickets go on sale MONDAY 4th MAY at 9am!
9th – 11th July 2026
The Drama Studios Sheffield
Students aged 2–18 years will be taking to the stage to showcase their hard work, energy, and talent. Come along and show your support for these amazing young performers!
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Congratulations to our pupils who are attended the prestigious IDTA Theatre Dance Awards this weekend
They were awarded outstanding results in their IDTA examinations last year. It is such a fantastic achievement to attend the event and we could not be prouder of the following pupils:
Abi Bridger
• Performers Theatre Craft
• Performers Contemporary Modern Jazz
Heidi Webber
• Theatre Craft Grades
• Tap Grades
Evie Bradford
• Performers Theatre Craft
Neve Francis
• Tap Grades
Lauren Daly
• Theatre Craft Grades
Isabel Adshead
• Performers Theatre Craft
Huge congratulations to Heidi and Lauren for reaching the finals of the IDTA Theatre Craft Grades class
Huge congratulations to our IDTA Theatre Craft Performers finalists – Isabel an Abi.
Runner up and winner of the Bill Tasker Award;
Isabel Adshead
Special commendation award;
Abi Bridger
Huge congratulations to Heidi and Neve who competed in the Tap Grades class.
Special mention to Heidi who was recalled for the finals of the Tap Grades – such an amazing achievement!
Congratulations to Abi Bridger who was awarded a Special Commendation in the Contemporary Modern Jazz Performers class, finishing top 6 out of 92 incredible dancers.
So proud all our girls who have danced over the last few days, you are truly inspirational!
Absolutely incredible news from the weekend! 🌟🖤💙
We are beyond proud to announce that Abi Bridger is the Winner of the IDTA Miss Dance of Great Britain – Heat A ⭐️👏
And more amazing news… Evie Bradford has been crowned Winner of Heat B 👏✨
What a fantastic day for our Miss Dance girls! Both Abi and Evie have now qualified for the Grand Finals in June at the Winter Gardens, and we cannot wait to see them shine on that stage.
Abi and Evie will be joining Izzy Adshead, who qualified at the end of last year, making it an incredible line-up for the Miss Dance & Dance Master Grand Final 💫
Huge congratulations to all three girls — your hard work, dedication, and talent truly show. We can’t wait to cheer you on in June! 🎉💃🕺
#SoProud #MissDance #IDTA #FutureChampions #WinterGardens
The results from our May IDTA examination session are once again fantastic and we couldn’t be prouder of our students!
A special mention to our pupils who have received a high distinction mark of 90 and over.
Isabel Adshead (96) – Theatre Craft
Abi Bridger (95) – Theatre Craft
Evie Bradford (94) – Theatre Craft
Lauren Daly (92) – Theatre Craft
Heidi Webber (92) – Theatre Craft
Jessica Baggaley (92) – Contemporary Jazz
Alfie Oconnor (92) – Contemporary Jazz
Renee Elliott-Latif (91) – Contemporary Jazz
Izzy Brooks (91) – Tap
Alycia Mayfield (90) – Theatre Craft
Zayah-Rose Lewis (90) – Tap
Georgia Crosbee (90) – Tap
Lois Parwana (90) – Contemporary Jazz
And to top it off we received 5 IDTA Theatre Award Nominations for 2026!
Congratulations to Izzy Adshead, Abi Bridger, Evie Bradford, Lauren Daly and Heidi Webber. We can’t wait to see you at the awards finals next year.
We’re extremely proud teachers, congratulations to team BAD on this fantastic achievement! 
So unbelievably proud of our girls at the Miss Dance of Great Britain finals this week!
Miss Evie Bradford – Grand Finalist (top 6)
Miss Isabel Adshead – Semi finalist (top 12) and John Dilworth Bursary Award Winner!!!
Miss Abi Bridger – Finalist
What inspirational young ladies following their dreams. An incredible achievement for the school, congratulations to the teachers at BAD!
A day to remember and such lovely memories 
Our 28 Juveniles also passed their Theatre Rosette exams with flying colours, well done to you all
21 pupils received 90 marks and over. Our top scoring pupils of this session are Nevaeh Brook and Lauren Daly, both achieving an incredible 96 marks!
Lauren Daly – (96) – Cont Jazz
Nevaeh Brook – (96) – Theatre Craft
Annabelle Seymour – (95) – Theatre Craft
Gracie Rogers – (95) – Theatre Craft
Heidi Webber – (94) – Cont Jazz
Abbie Braithwaite – (93) – Theatre Craft
Izzy Brooks – (93) – Theatre Craft
Luella Smith – (92) – Cont Jazz
Neve Francis – (92) – Cont Jazz
Ava Hunter – (91) – Theatre Craft
Rosa Kielty – (91) – Theatre Craft
Georgia Crosbee – (91) – Theatre Craft
Alfie Oconnor – (90) – Theatre Craft
Evelyn Emmott – (90) – Theatre Craft
Evie Oconnor – (90) – Cont Jazz
Hannah Braithwaite – (90) – Cont Jazz
Jessica Baggaley – (90) – Theatre Craft
Maisie Berry – (90) – Theatre Craft
Scarlett Burkitt – (90) – Theatre Craft
Sophie Baggaley – (90) – Theatre Craft
Summer Griffin – (90) – Theatre Craft
We’re very proud teachers, keep up the great work everyone
An incredible day for Abi Bridger at the Laithes TDCI Championships. Winning a place in the World Performer Grand Finals 2025!!
So proud of your achievement we can’t wait to cheer you on in Blackpool next year! Not only that, Abi achieved 3rd place in the Laithes Senior Modern and 3rd place in the Laithes Senior Acro Championships!
A big well done to Evie Bradford who danced beautifully in the section, very proud of our girls today
#tdciworldperformer#berryacademyofdance
What a fabulous few days at Dearne Springtime Dance Festival. Well done to our BAD competition team who have danced over the last two weekends, you have done yourself and the school proud!
An amazing 85 medals and 10 trophies won between them over the 4-days!
1st place 
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3rd place 
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4th place 
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Well done to our Senior group winning gold and our Junior group winning silver.
A big well done to our trophy winners;
A Novice Cabaret – Izzy Brooks
A Novice Classical – Zayah Lewis
C Novice Cabaret – Jessica Baggaley
C Novice Classical – Darcey Darwent
D Novice Classical – Maisie Berry
F Cabaret – Abi Bridger
Senior Acro – Abi Bridger
Senior Trio – L. Xaba, I. Adshead, A. Bridger
Most Promising Performer – Abi Bridger
Senior Acts – Berry Academy of Dance
Happy memories
Thank you for all your hard work!
What an incredible weekend we had at the IDTA Theatre Awards 2024, our girls definitely did us proud!
Abi, Alycia, Evie, Izzy, Niamh were all AMAZING in their classes, we are very proud teachers
Abi and Izzy both reaching the finals in all three of their subjects is just fantastic, what an achievement to finish in the top selection in every class!
A special commendation was awarded to Abi Bridger in the Theatre Craft grades; finishing top 3 in the country!
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Berry Academy of Dance 