We were very sad to say Farewell to Cathy Ballinger who has been working at Dance Dynamics for the past eighteen years.
She was offered a position in Dubai as Head of Ballet Department which she couldn’t refuse.
We would like to wish her safe journeys and we hope that she will enjoy her new adventure.
We also hope to see her back in action here once her contract expires.
Here are some pics of the various farewells from her pupils and ourselves.
Welcome back to all our students after a long break from live teaching. Although it was great we were able to carry on dancing with the help of Zoom, there is nothing quite like being back in the studio where our dancing actually belongs.
We have been fortunate to be able to start dancing in our brand new studio, and although it is not quite finished yet, the students were so happy to be back.
We are gradually getting used to the social distancing and masks that are becoming part of our classes now.
Here are a few pics from the last few weeks.
A big thank you to everyone who supported our Budding Choreographers Prize Giving on Friday the 29th of November. We managed to raise just over R 3 000 towards our new studio floor.
Kareen Breytenbach was our judge for the evening.
We enjoyed the evening watching all our dancers perform and run the show. It was lovely to see all the different ideas that our dancers came up with.
The Art Prizes were awarded to Elizma Ferreira and Clarissa Strydom.
Well done to the following groups who won the Choreography Sections:
Take Me To the Church – Best Choreography
Can’t Stop The Beat – Best Performance
Hoodie – Best Teamwork and Synchronization
River – Best Idea
Skollie Patrol – Judges Favourite
More Awards:
Most Improved Junior Modern Dancer – Cindy Strydom
Most Improved Senior Modern Dancer – Mikayla -leigh Lombard
Most Improved Junior Ballet Dancer – Gilia Hutchinson
Most Improved Senior Ballet Dancer – Cassidy Kwong See
Most Improved Junior All Rounder – Mari Rodgers
Most Improved Senior All Rounder – Kaitlynne Horne
Top Marks for Junior Modern Exams – De-Ane Erasmus
Top Marks for Senior Modern Exams – Mikayla-leigh Lombard
Top Marks for Graded Ballet Exams – Taylor Wilson
Top Marks for Vocational Ballet Exams – Mikayla Lombard
Top Marks for Junior Hip Hop Exams – Mari Rodgers
Top Marks for Senior Hip Hop Exams – Kaitlynne Horne
We are done with modern and Hip Hop Exams 2019. We were very lucky to have Erne Ackerman from Cape Town and the girls all came out full of smiles.
Here are some of the photo’s from Tuesday the 29th of September.
Well done to the Girls who got Distinctions:
Mikayla Leigh Lombard
De Ane Erasmus
Cindy Strydom
And to the girls who got Honors:
Mari Rodgers – Hip Hop and Modern
Kaitlynne Horne – Hip Hop and Modern
Iune Bezuidenhout
Chanel Brown
Sune Marais
Elze Veldsman
Rijke van Wyk de Vries
Anja Wagner
Clarissa Venter
Ashleigh Maling Nel
Thank you to all the teachers, parents, pupils, backstage helpers and the Opera House Staff for making this years event such fun.
Head on over to our Facebook page to see more photos of the event.
Over the last two days, we have been busy with our special session of ballet exams that our studio requested for this year.
The examiner was Bonnie de Beer from Durban and all our students thoroughly enjoyed their exam.
Grade 5
Grade 5
Grade 5
Rep 2
Grade 2
Primary
Grade 1
Grade 5
Grade 2
Rep 2
Grade 3
Intermediate
Primary
Had another busy week at the Opera House this week where we had all our Amateurs Dancing. The standard was high and the competition was tough.
We are proud once again of all our dancers who all did their personal best.
An extra well done to our gold winners:
Kayla Lotter
Marie Louise Strydom
Taylor Wilson
Mia Dempsey
And Dancing In The Rain Group
We have had a hectic few days at the Savoy Theatre where a lot of our novice dancers took part in the Port Elizabeth Dance Festival.
We are extremely proud of all our dancers and here are some
These are the Gold Awards for the Savoy:
Jocelyn Venables
Lisa Scheepers
Iune Bezuidenhout
Milan Puren
Anne-Mieke Buys
Clarissa Strydom
Hayley Perelson
Kendal Mckay
Anja Wagner x 2
De-Ane Erasmus (Double Gold)
Mari Rodgers x 2
Kaitlynne Horne x 2
Gilia Hutchinson
Bea-ne Schoeman
Ella Smit
Marie-Louise Strydom
Carli Human
Mikayla-leigh Lombard
Many thanks to Cathy Ballinger for hosting our Lorraine Side Studio party at her house.
We all had an enjoyable and relaxing afternoon away from the dance studio.
