Well done to all our dancers and groups for doing so well in Talent Africa. You all qualify for the Nationals from the 1st to the 4th of April at the Opera House.
Remember that you will need to enter yourself for nationals on the website www.talentafrica.co.za. if you did solos.
We will register the groups from our side.
Here are a couple of pics from the weekend events.
Well done to the following students who got distinctions for their RAD Ballet Exams –
Mia Dempsey – Grade 2
Kaitlynne Horne – Grade 5
Taylor Wilson – Grade 5
Mikayla-Leigh Lombaard – Rep 2 Variation
An extra special well done to Shaugneen Robertson and Chantelle Els who passed Advanced 2 with Merits. This was a great achievement and took a lot of hard work leading up to the exam.
Congratulations to all our Jeffreys Bay dancers who took part in Stulting’s Kunsfees on Friday the 20th of April 2018.
You all did us proud.
An extra special well done to all who got diploma’s and A Awards: They are as follows:
Well done to all pupils who entered Talent Africa. They all made it through to the nationals in April next year.
Clarise October
Taylor Wilson
Ashleigh Maling Nel
Einon Doubell (2nd overall place for his age group)
Next year we hope to see more of you entering.
Wow, what a hectic two weeks we have had.
Dance Festival 2016 is almost over and wow, you are all doing us proud. A lot of you went and did a solo for the first time ever, and this is something that not a lot of people would be able to do.
We started off with the modern and hip hop and this was adjudicated by Mr. Sean Bovim.
The ballet followed on from this and it was adjudicated by Dianne Cheeseman.
Here are some photo’s of our beautiful dancers.
Kaylin and Ashleigh
Karla and Zanri
Berdine and Desmare
Zanri, Isabella and Marie-Louise
Carli, Berdine and Desmare
Berdine and Desmare
Cara and Clarissa
Hannah, Anja and Gemma
Ashleigh and Kaitlynne
Jane
Ashleigh, Zanri, Einon and Lize
Meriska and Lize
Marie-Louise and Elizma
Gabbi and Desmare
Chanel
Zoe
Mekayla and Kaylee
Gabbi and Karla
Shaugneen and Amber
Jime
Mari
Reeva, Einon and Meriska
Meriska, Einon and Karla
Zanri
Kaitlynne
Holly, Amber and Valmarie
CongratulationsGold Awards which only awarded to the top performances deserve a special mention here:
Karla Strydom
Ashleigh Maling Nel
Freaks Like Us – Berdine Viljoen and Desmare De Lange
Anja Wagner
Kaitlynne Horne
Einon Doubell
Elizma Ferreira
Jessica Barnard
Holly Whitfield x 2 and our 2016 Junior Ballet Champion.
Well done to all our pupils for doing exceptionally well in the May Ballet Exams. We are very proud of you all.
The results arrived earlier than expected this year, so we can all go off and enjoy our July Holidays knowing the verdicts.
An extra special congrats to the following girls for getting very well earned distinctions:
Holly Whitfield – 90 % which was the highest result in the studio.
Zoe Maree
Minandi Venter
Katelynne Horne
Cassidy Kwong See
Liza-Marli Swanepoel
Keep up the good work.
Hayley and Mia before 3rd Grade
On the 4th, 5th, 8th and 10th of November we held our annual Modern and Hip Hop Exam Session at the Studio.
Carli and Shannon did PreLim Junior
Izelle and Steffany tired after their Intermediate Exam
A very vibrant Carole Sampson came to examine the girls and every dancer had a ball performing for Mrs Sampson.
Some of my photos are missing in action on my camera, but these are a few of the highlights for the session.
Honours with Distinction this year went to Kaitlynne Horne, Juliette Bradshaw, Ilze Fourie, Jessica Barnard, Peter Lee Ching, and Izelle van der Westhuizen.
Honours went to Steffany Botha, Berdine Viljoen and Megan Calder,
In the Hip Hop, Da Bomb went to Berdine Viljoen and Ashleigh Maling Nel.
Well done!
1st Graders give each other a nervous hug before going in – Karleigh, Marie Louise and Kaitlynne
Hip Hop Group From Humansdorp and Jeffreys Bay
Leane and Karla – 3rd Grade Modern
Megan had to go it alone for Prelim Junior
Jessica and Ilze also worked up a good sweat doing Preliminary
Happy 3rd Graders – Desmare, Meagan and Berdine
Leah and Madison all ready to dance
Well done to all our dancers who braved the stage during the 2014 Dance Festival. You all did your best and we are proud of you.
Lize van Staden
Anika Ferreira
Zanri Black x 3
Ashleigh Maling Nel x 3
Einon Doubell
Caitlyn Burton x 3
Gabriella Tait
Casey Mclean x 2
Jane Venter
Amber Freeman x 2
Storm Whitfield
Ilze Fourie
Carissa Struwig
Myra Viduya
Holly Whitfield x 2
Marie-Louise Strydom
Sarah Main
Cassidy Kwong-See
Isabella Morrison
Val Marie van Zyl
We are very proud of Holly Whitfield. On the 20th of June, she won the RAD Eastern Cape Panel Bursary for her age group.
Well Done Holly!
Dance Dynamics
Stulting Kunstefees results
18 April 2012
Well done to our Jeffreys Bay Students some of whom danced in the Stulting Kunstefees last week.
Loua Lize Brown – A+ (87.5%) 6years and under ballet
Jane’ Venter – A++ (92.5) 7-8 years ballet
Elandri Venter – A++ (92.5) 9-10 years hip hop
Maya Munoz – A++ (92.5) 11-12 years hip hop
Pearls Group (Esterlie, Karla, Mere)
A++ (90%)