Persian and B.A.D. Squads perform at World Party in the Park 17th June 2017
July 3, 2017
World Party in the Park is an annual event run by the Basingstoke Multi Cultural Forum. Basingstoke Academy was proud to be part of the performances celebrating our diverse town cultures once again. Persian had an opportunity to show everyone their Dance World Cup routine alongside all our Squads performing as well. Fun and sunny afternoon in Eastrop Park!
Performing at the Place to be Proud of Awards
June 9, 2017
Our dancers were invited to provide the entertainment at these prodigious awards celebrating Basingstoke’s finest and to celebrate that they will be competing as part of Team England in the Dance World Cup. United and Persian performed at the Haymarket, Weds 7th June. Syd was there too taking photos. Syd Chapman Photography
Well Done to all the Award Winners and Thank you Destination Basingstoke for inviting us.
Dan Keen releases his original Dance Concept Film
June 9, 2017
Dan, who teaches for us Fridays and Saturdays, has been working on this project for some time. He has also used our student Jess and Assistant Teacher Charlotte as two of his dancers. B.A.D. Company will be performing an extracted version of this piece in our Moving Experience at the Anvil 22nd July 2017
Quoting Dan this morning …
Here it is… The day I’ve been waiting for… My original dance concept film, none of this would have been possible without the amazing people involved… First of all admire their talent, passion and their love, then sit back, relax and enjoy the film. Like, Love, Share and Comment… Peace and love for everyones support over the last few weeks ♥
Rehearsing for Moving Experience 2017 – July 22nd
June 9, 2017
Just some sneak previews of B.A.D. Company rehearsing hard for our production in July
Tickets can be booked at the Anvil’s Box Office 01256 844244
May 2017 RAD Ballet Exam Results
June 9, 2017
Well Done to everyone for some amazing ballet exam results
48 exams – 1 Pass, 22 Merits and 25 Distinctions !
Bursary Awards go to Hetty with 92 and Katie with 90, pictured above.
Thanks to FHC For Hair in helping make the Bursaries possible
Examinations are fun!
June 9, 2017
Take a look at these lovely pictures by one of our mums Kerry. Primary Ballet students (aged 6 ) getting ready for the exams last month. Our RAD Exams are accredited and can lead to UCAS points in later years – they are a great way of tracking children’s achievement and hard work.
Raffle being drawn TOMORROW at 11am
May 26, 2017
Last chance to get your Raffle tickets at 50p each tomorrow morning for this lovely haul of prizes kindly donated to us by many local businesses – there are some fresh flowers coming from Morrisons too once we have drawn 🙂
Prizes include :
- Bombay Sapphire Tour tickets for 2
- Meal for 2 at The Swan – Sherbourne St John
- 2x Peter Pan Tickets at the Anvil
- The Hair and Beauty Studio Facial voucher
- Daisy Chain Plus Voucher £20
- The Hair and Beauty Studio Facial Voucher
- Bottle of Champagne
- Bottle of Prosecco
- Bottle of wine and Tesco voucher
- Bottle of white wine
- Vanity case and bubble bath
- Paco Rabane Weekend Bag
- Celebrations, bag and headphones
- Vanity case and glass nail file
- Paco Rabane weekend bag
- Thornton’s chocolates, bag and headphones
- M&S Beauty Box
- Rogue Glamour makeup kit
- Brow kit and Dior makeup bag
- Wheat heat bag
- Dior makeup bags and Planet Spa kit
- Goodie bag of notelets and toiletries
- DKNY bag
- Calvin Klein bag
- ‘Few of my favourite things’ bag and glass nail file
(and I think a few more have been added to the list!!)
Thanks everyone for their support so far !! The girls competing, representing B.A.D. and Team England in Germany, next month at the Dance World Cup are very appreciative and know they have a huge responsibility !
More Audition Successes – Hairspray
May 16, 2017
Well Done to Megan and Naomi successfully auditioning to be in Hairspray at the Haymarket with Rare Productions. Performances will be 3rd 4th and 5th August.
Morrisons Staff and Customers are AMAZING!
May 9, 2017
The Dance World Cup Persian Team were bag packing Sunday morning at Morrisons and thanks to the help of the staff at Morrisons Basingstoke branch and the amazing generosity of the Morrisons shoppers, they managed to raise £890 towards their funding. The team are so grateful for everyone’s kindness in helping support them in this exciting adventure and are very proud to be representing Basingstoke Academy and our country in Germany next month
Raffle tickets with some amazing prizes (some also donated by Morrisons) are being sold at the studios for 50p each and you can also help support us by donating on this link https://gogetfunding.com/help-b-a-d-compete-with-team-england-in-germany-for-dance-world-cup/
Thanks again to everyone for helping ensure that no dancer is left behind due to financial reasons
Some festival pictures
May 9, 2017
It is not often we get access to pictures taken at festivals while the children are dancing so as we have these I thought I would share them with you – by kind permission of Denise Girling
