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Matilda the Musical - workshop

8/6/2018

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We will be teaching excerpts from Matilda the Musical, expanding the children’s experience of different dance genres and giving them the opportunity to sing, act and speak if they feel confident enough to do so.

The workshop will be on Monday 3rd September, from 9.45-15.45. £60 per child.
​Please contact us for further details or to book. We hope to see lots of you there!
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Adult tai-chi classes: Chobham studio

8/6/2018

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The Garden Studio in Chobham continues to flourish. We now offer Adult Tai Chi with Andy as well as examination small group coaching or private lessons for adults and children.
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Tap dance and modern dance now separate

6/6/2018

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By popular demand, we have separated the Tap and Modern Theatre classes so that children can choose whether they wish to learn both genres or just Tap or just Modern Theatre Dance.
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Celebrating 35 years - summer parties

30/5/2018

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On Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th July we will be holding parties to celebrate 35 years of the Vanessa Gardner Academy of Dance. The Saturday party will be for the junior dancers up to age 10 with an entertainer, and the Sunday party will be for the older students as well as past students and parents.

​If you are a past pupil of Vanessa Gardner and you haven't received an invitation - please do get in contact. We would love to hear from you and invite you to come!
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Vocational exam successes!

4/5/2018

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Intermediate and Advanced Cecchetti ballet exam success
​Huge congratulations for brilliant results in recent exams. Miss Lucie and I are extremely proud of the girls.

​Intermediate Cecchetti Ballet – 
Molly Chung:Pass
Maria Kolyagina:Pass with Distinction

Advanced 1 Cecchetti
Alycia King: Pass with Distinction

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Toddler dance class fun!

16/3/2018

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Great work from our Little Bear Feet with Melody Bear Toddlers today! Great listening, lovely dancing and very smiley faces! 
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Come and join this magical class on Fridays at South Ascot Church Hall @
10.50-11.20 & watch your toddler's first steps lead to fitness, coordination, musicality and confidence through imaginative song and dance for 18 months upwards.
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Cecchetti Choreography winners

13/3/2018

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Congratulations to Deenah, Jiang-May, Onse, Aanya, Miranda and Shannon for winning the Junior Group Dance Musicality Award for their dance at the Cecchetti Choreographic Competition at Cecil Sharp House on Sunday 11th March.

Congratulations to Jiang -May and Deenah for also performing their solos and to Deenah for gaining a Musicality commendation.
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Congratulations to Catherine and Millie for gaining a Musicality commendation for their duet in the Senior section.
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New classes added

30/1/2018

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New Classes for Children @ South Ascot Church Hall
The new Melody Bear dance classes on Tuesday afternoons are proving very popular with our youngest dancers so we are opening “Little Bear Feet with Melody Bear” for ages 18 months-2 years inclusive on Friday mornings at 10.50-11.20 starting on Friday February 23rd. (Parents and careers to participate with their child.)
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New Classes for Adults @ South Ascot Church Hall 
Adult Ballet, Stretch, Tone and Dance! Monday’s @ 14.10-15.10 with Miss Lucie
Adult Tap: Tuesday evenings @ 19.45-20.45 with Elaine.
All levels welcome ​​
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Exam success

23/1/2018

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Congratulations to everyone who took exams last term! We had 100% passes in the ballet, tap and modern examinations in November 2017 with EVERYONE gaining Merit or above and a total of 24 Distinctions. The top three scores were above 90%

You all worked so hard and danced beautifully. Well done - be very proud of yourselves.
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Grade 3 ballet class receiving their results
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New for 2018: Tip Tap Toe & Groovy Moves

10/1/2018

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New fun dance class for age 2-4 year olds. Spaces available to start now!
Tuesdays 15:30-16:00 at South Ascot Church Hall.
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Take a journey on Melody Bear’s Fun Bus stopping at the Games, Number and Musical stop. The final stop is Melody Bear’s Tip Tap Toe stop for lots of fun tap dance ideas including the ‘Boogie Woogie Bend and Bounce’, ‘Magic Shoes’, ‘Disco Bears’, ‘Hawaiian Tap’, ‘Melody Bear’s Cheerleading Song’ and her ‘Line Dancing’ to name a few.
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Rhythm and tempo, beats and sounds are explored in fun creative exercises in our early years tap dancing syllabus
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classes in Ascot, Berkshire for toddlers, children & adults. All abilities welcome.
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