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More congratulations to yet another of our brilliant pupils, Miss Bridie Thorpe, who has today won her place in the Grand Final of Miss Dance 2016! We’re now at a stage where all three girls who performed at Miss Dance this year are now through to the final again – a bit of a school record!

Bridie won her heat at Pershore with her new routine to Michael Jackson’s Dangerous, and proved herself pretty dangerous to the competition. Well done to Alex and Charlotte who also danced their socks off and performed brilliantly, as per usual… it’s just a matter time.

Congratulations again Bridie, see you at the Winter Gardens.

2 Down…

We’re gonna need a bigger coach! A massive congratulations to the lovely Miss Bree Quinton for securing her place in the Grand Final of Miss Dance 2016 at a heat last night. Well done too to our Miss Bridie Thorpe who took the place of runner-up… it surely can’t be long now.

bree bridie — Bree & Bridie with their trophies

Alongside Rebecca, both girls performed at Blackpool’s iconic Winter Gardens earlier this year at Miss Dance 2015, a day that the whole dancing family will never forget. We now have two more young ladies competing for their place, so now we begin the countdown to making our Fabulous Five.

Best of luck to Bridie, Alex & Charlotte in the coming heats, and another very heartfelt well done to Bree.

October 28, 2015 by Berry Academy of Dance Categories: NewsTags: Dance, Dance School, IDTA, International Dance Teachers Association, International Dance Theatre Association, Latest News, Miss Dance, Miss Dance 2016, Sharon Berry School, Theatre Dance Leave a comment

Spooky Celebration!

We are holding a Halloween Party Sunday 1st November 2.00-4.00 at Malin Bridge Sports and Social Club. Tickets are £2. Fancy dress is of course encouraged but not compulsory. All children must be accompanied. Please support us in this event. Tickets are available from Gemma Mitchell at class on Saturdays, please contact us if you are interested via Facebook or to the school email address: sharonberryschool@gmail.com

October 27, 2015October 27, 2015 by Berry Academy of Dance Categories: Fundraising, NewsTags: Fundraising, Halloween, Latest News, Sharon Berry School Leave a comment

Dancing All The Way To Blackpool… Again!

Book the coaches, start on that packed lunch, because we’re off to Blackpool again next June! A huge congratulations to our very own Miss Rebecca Hanneman who performed her heart out in Loughborough to secure a place in the Grand Final of Miss Dance 2016.

After doing us tremendously proud this year (along with Misses Bridie and Bree of course), Becky has been back competing for a place in this prestigious competition, and we’re so looking forward to cheering her on once more. Well done!

October 27, 2015October 27, 2015 by Berry Academy of Dance Categories: NewsTags: Dance, Dance class sheffield, IDTA, International Dance Theatre Association, Latest News, Miss Dance, Miss Dance 2016, Sharon Berry School, Sheffield, Theatre Dance Leave a comment

Go Bradley!

Keep bradley your eyes peeled for our star in the making, Bradley Mayfield, who has been chosen to play the role of Michael in Billy Elliot the Musical at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London’s West End!

Bradley joined us just a year ago and has been working very hard on his singing, dancing & acting skills ever since. He began training for the role of Michael earlier this year, and will be making his debut as Billy’s best friend Michael tonight.

We’re so proud Bradley, congratulations. Break a leg!

September 7, 2015 by Berry Academy of Dance Categories: NewsTags: Local News Leave a comment

Berry Bank Holiday

Sharon Berry School of Theatre Dance are proud to be supporting our Disney track suit sponsors Crucible Sales and Lettings with their first ever Community Festival at Thorncliffe Cricket Club, Chapeltown on Bank Holiday Sunday 30th August 2015.
This will be a fantastic FREE ENTRY event for all the family with a range of activities, games and fun for all ages. ALL proceeds from the event will go to Bluebell Wood who are a wonderful local charity.

We decided to arrange a ‘Berry Bag Bonanza’. As always our pupils, parents and extended families have been fantastic with their donations and we have 80 adult prizes and 80 for children. On the day tickets will be sold and if a ticket is chosen ending in 0 or 5 the lucky winners can choose any bag.

We would love to see as many pupils and their families as possible during the day. Thank you again for your generous donations; Team Berry have done us proud yet again!

Activities include;

• Live Music

• Kids Zone

• Bouncy Castle

• Face painting

• Magician

• Tombola

• Bar

• Food Stalls

• Cricket games

• BBQ

• Tug of War

By Gemma Mitchell

August 30, 2015August 30, 2015 by Berry Academy of Dance Categories: Fundraising, News Leave a comment

Monday Timetable Autumn 2015

Please see our new timetables for Monday below. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs Berry on 0114 246 6126.

4.30-5.15	Grade 2 Ballet	Grade 3 Modern
5.15-6.00	Grade 3 Ballet	Grade 4 Modern – boys
6.00-6.45	Boys Ballet	Grade 5 Modern
6.45-7.45	Inter Ballet with Pointe	Advanced 1 Theatre Craft
7.45-8.30		Stretch Class
8.30-9.30	Advanced 1 Ballet with Pointe	Pre-Associate Theatre Craft Part 2

August 27, 2015 by Berry Academy of Dance Categories: Class, NewsTags: Ballet, Dance, Dance Class, Dance School, Dancing Class, IDTA, International Dance Theatre Association, Latest News, Modern Jazz, Musical Theatre, Performng Arts, Sharon Berry School, Tap, Teaching, Theatre Craft Leave a comment

Pantomime Auditions – Cinderella, Rotherham

Cinderella Pantomime Auditions – Monday 7th September 2015 6.00pm-7.00pm at St Thomas More.
Six girls are required to make a team of juveniles for this years Christmas pantomime at Rotherham Civic Theatre. Auditionees must be strong dancers and performers as they will be required to act and sing.

The selected children must be 7 years and older and no taller than 4ft 11ins. They must be committed and available to attend all rehearsals and show performances which run from 2nd December 2015 to 10th January 2016.
The first rehearsal dates are:

Monday 5th October – 4.30-7.30

Monday 19th October – 4.30-7.30

Monday 2nd November – 4.30-7.30

(All rehearsals must be attended and further dates will be confirmed)
Performance dates for this team have not yet been confirmed but you must be available for all shows.

Anyone wishing to attend the audition must call or send a private message to Mrs Berry or Miss Rebecca.

August 25, 2015August 26, 2015 by Berry Academy of Dance Categories: NewsTags: Audition, Cinderella, Civic, Dance, Latest News, Pantomiime, Performing Arts, Rotherham, Sharon Berry School Leave a comment

Saturday Timetable Autumn 2015

Please find below our timetable for Saturday class. Term commences 5th September at St Thomas More Community Centre.

If you would like to begin dancing with us for the first time, please call Mrs Berry to arrange on 0114 246 6126. We will be delighted to welcome new pupils.

For any clarifications or questions, please contact Mrs Berry on the number above.

10.00-10.30	Juveniles	Preparatory Theatre Craft	Primary Theatre Craft
10.30-11.00	Juveniles	Preparatory Tap	Primary Tap
11.00-11.30	Grade 1 Ballet	Preparatory Ballet	Primary Ballet
11.30-12.00	Grade 1 Modern	Preparatory Modern	Primary Modern
12.00-12.30	Stretch Junior	Stretch Inter	Stretch Boys
12.30-1.15	Grade 1 Theatre Craft	Grade 2 Theatre Craft	Grade 3 Theatre Craft	Grade 4 Theatre Craft
1.15-1.30	Lunch
1.30-2.15	Grade 1 Tap	Grade 2 Tap	Grade 3 Tap	Pre-Associate Theatre Craft
2.15-3.15	Grade 2 Modern	Grade 5 Tap	Advanced 1 Modern
3.15-4.15	Inter Theatre Craft	Advanced 1 Tap

August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 by Berry Academy of Dance Categories: Class, NewsTags: Ballet, Children, Class times, Dance, Dance School, Dancing, Dancing Class, IDTA, International Dance Theatre Association, Latest News, Modern Jazz, Newsletter, Parson Cross, Sharon Berry School, Sheffield, Tap, Theatre Craft Leave a comment

Tap Stars

Congratulations are in order for our pupils Jack Skelton and Charlotte Stones who have two sets of very different and very good news. Both of them successfully auditioned for Tap Attack, a tap performance and workshop company with the likes of West End favourite Graeme Henderson on the bill! Having attended their workshops, Charlotte and Jack were invited to audition for the performance company – and we are very proud to say they got in!

In addition to this, Jack was also nominated to dance in the IDTA Scholarships 2016 for his outstanding performance in his Grade 4 Tap exam. Charlotte on the other hand has also discovered that she has been chosen for the role of Head Girl at Stocksbridge High School in the coming year.

Well done to both of you, keep up the good work!

July 29, 2015 by Berry Academy of Dance Categories: NewsTags: Dance, Graeme Henderson, Head Girl, IDTA, International Dance Theatre Association, Latest News, Local News, Scholarships, Sharon Berry School, Stocksbridge High School, Tap, Tap Attack Leave a comment