Dear Parents and Pupils,
Welcome to another busy term. The 3rd term is almost upon us already and it starts with a bang. We will begin with normal classes again on the 22nd of July.
Let’s get the Festival’s out of the way first.
Please make notes of all class cancellations due to festival further down in this email.
There will be extra Holiday Classes During this Last Week For some of the Festival Solos and Groups as Follows:
Lorraine:
Wednesday the 16th of July
17H30 – 18H30 – Ceili
18H30 – 19H30 – The Enchanted Ballet Box
Thursday the 17th of July
12H30 – 13H10 – 8 – 10 years Acro Solos
13H10 – 13H30 – Senior Acro Solos & Duet
13H30 – 14H30 – Pre Elementary Modern Solos
14H30 – 15H30 – Hip Hop Group – Diva’s
15H30 – 16H00 – Hip Hop Solos – Queen, Mexican and Nicki Manaj
16H00 – 16H30 – Hawaiian Surprise Group
16H30 – 17H15 – Grade 5 – Ballet Solos
18H15 – 19h15 – Adult Ballet class (Cathy)
Saturday the 19th of July
08H00 – 09H00 – Michelle Hoogendoorn, Alexia Grubic, Anri de Beer
09H00 – 09H30 – Karli de Beer and Lolla Ncezula
09H30 – 10H00 – Day at the Beach
10H00 – 10H30 – Little Red Riding Hood
10H30 – 11H15 – Hawaiian Group
11H15 – 11H45 – Czech Polka & Manatswa
11H45 – 12H00 – Snowman
09H00 – 10H00 – Adult Ballet – Studio 2 (Cathy)
Monday the 21st of July
09H30 – 10H00 – Lara Jacobs and Denike Theron
10H00 – 10H45 – Grade 3 – Winnie Vorster and 9 – 10 years Classical
10H45 – 11H15 – Ama Modern Solos 9 – 10 years
11H15 – 12H00 – Hip Hop Solos (Thursday and Friday Class), Monster, Cruising and What Dreams are made of
Please make sure you all know when you are dancing at festival. You need to be ready to dance at least a half an hour before your performance time. Make up and hair needs to be done at home if possible, as there is limited space in the dressing rooms.
Please note that you will not be allowed to take photos or videos in the auditorium.
Please note that no parents will be allowed to accompany the dancers backstage. There will be volunteers at the doors to deliver the dancers to their teacher. After the children have danced parents can collect them at the stage door.
On Sunday the 3rd of August we have a practice at the Savoy for all the 10 and under novices and the groups dancing at the Savoy.
07H30 – 08H00 Day at The Beach
08H00 – 08H20 Little Red Riding Hoods
08H20 – 08H40 Snowman
08H40 – 09H00 Czech Polka & Hawaain Solo
09H00 – 09H20 Hawaain Surprise Group
09H20 -09H40 Acro Under 10 Solos
09H40 -09H55 Monster
09H55 – 10H10 What Dreams Are Made Of
10H10 – 10H30 Hip Hop 10 & Under Solos
10H30 – 10H40 Good vs Evil
10H40 – 11H00 Diva’s Group
On Wednesday the 13th of August there is another practice at the Savoy for all the groups dancing at the Nelson Mandela Bay Theatre Complex.
14H30 – 14H50 Reverie
14H50 – 15H10 Out of the Ordinary
15H10 – 15H30 Enchanted Ballet Box
Class Cancellations
Due to Festival, there will be no classes on the following days:
Pre School Classes will run as normal.
Please feel free to make up classes on other days of week or Saturdays, even if it is before/after festival. For most classes there are 2 to 3 classes a week. If unsure check which classes will be suitable with your teacher.
Lorraine: Michel
Thursday 7th August
Friday 8th August
Saturday 9th of August (Also Public Holiday)
Monday the 11th of August
Tuesday the 12th of August
Monday the 18th of August
Tuesday the 19th of August
Wednesday the 20th of August
Thursday the 21st of August
Monday the 25th of August
Tuesday the 26th of August
Wednesday the 27th of August –
14H15 -15H15 – Open Class Grade 2/3 Ballet and 2nd Grade Modern
No Classes after 15H15
Thursday the 28th of August
Friday the 29th of August
Saturday the 30th of August
Lorraine: Cathy
Friday 8th August – Out of the Ordinary and Reverie groups to rehearse at 16H30.
No Grade 8.
Jeffreys Bay: Carrie
Monday the 11th of August
Monday the 18th of August
Wishing you all a wonderful and joyous festival.
Yours in Dance,
Carrie, Cathy and Michel
Dear Parents and Pupils,
We have an exciting Acro weekend planned for the 28th and 29th of June.
Dawn Meyer will be coming down from Johannesburg. She is a well known AIDT examiner as well as the founder of PACRODA (Performance Acro Dance Affiliation). The workshop will take place in the Weybridge Park Studio.
Dancers from the age of four are welcome to attend. They do not have to have any acro dance experience and do not have to be flexible. This is a fun holiday activity for the children and they can learn something new, as well as perfect their skills.
If attending, please pay fees into the Dance Dynamics Account and reference it as acro course. Then let your teacher know which of the lessons you will be attending. The closing date is Wednesday the 25th of June. There will be a limited amount of dancers allowed per class.
The timetable and costs are as follows:
Saturday The 28th of June
09H30 – 11H30 Warm Up and Tricks – Dancers from 4 years and up – R150
11H45 – 12H30 Novice Trick Development – Dancers 5 years and older – R140
12H30 – 13H30 Preparation Acro – Dancers 4 years to 6 years – R120
14H00 – 15H00 Acro with Props – Dancers 7 years to 9 years – R120
15H45 – 17H15 Acro 1 – Dancers 8 Years and older – R 140
Sunday The 29th of June
09H30 – 11H30 Warm Up and Tricks – Any dancers 7 years and older – R150
11H45 – 12H15 Junior Trick Development – Any dancers 7 years and older – R130
12H15 – 13H45 Acro 2 – Any dancers 9 years and up – R140
14H15 – 16H15 Acro 3 – Any dancers 10 years and up – R150
Please make sure that you wear either a leotard or unitard to the course and hair must be secured back neatly. Please do not wear watches or bracelets.
We hope to see you there. It’s a great way to start the holidays!
Dear Parents and Pupils,
Trusting you all had a lovely break.
The Joburg Ballet are currently in Port Elizabeth at the Opera House. Please support their show, because If the
public don’t support them, they may not return, and we need these types of productions to grace our City.
Tickets are available on Web Tickets. The production is called Dreamscapes.
After all the public holidays, classes are finally back on track again. For the rest of the term we will be working hard towards
getting the Festival dances ready.
Festival is totally optional, and even if not entering, learning the dances is highly beneficial, as it teaches new steps,
technique and performance.
For those of you wanting to enter festival, entry fees need to be in no later than the 26th of May, so this gives us time
to process the entries before they need to be in.
When making payments into the Dance Dynamics Account, please specify dancers name, and FCDF or PEDF so that
we know not to allocate to fees.
If doing both festivals, please make separate payments for each to avoid confusion.
Friendly City Dance Festival (FCDF)
FCDF will run from the 8th to the 16th of August at the Savoy Theatre.
This is the festival that most of the studio is entering, including all novice juniors.
Registration Fee: R175 per dancer
Solo performance: R75 per solo
Groups/Duets: R50 per group entered
Costume Hire: R30 per costume (To be included with your entry fee)
Nelson Mandela Bay Dance Festival (NMBDF)
The NMBDF will run from the 21st to 30th of August at the Savoy Theatre.
Registration Fee: R200 per dancer
Solo performance: R70 per solo
Groups/Duets: R50 per group entered
Costume Hire: R30 per costume (To be included with your entry fee)
Please note that we reserve the right to scratch participants if they do not know their dances well enough.
Trusting we all have a productive term ahead of us.
Yours in Dance,
Carrie, Cathy and Michel
First Term 2025
Dear Parents and Pupils,
It’s almost the end of the first term already!
We will close the studio for the School Holidays after classes on Friday the 28th of March 2025 and reopen on the 8th of April 2025.
Michel will be away at the AIDT Summit so her classes will only resume on Monday the 15th of April. Her classes will run as normal on Saturday the 29th of March to make up for this.
We would like to extend a special welcome to all our new pupils and we hope you will all have a long and happy relationship with the Dance Dynamics family.
Class Timetables
You can view the timetables, as well as the terms and conditions, Uniforms, etc on our website at https://dancedynamicspe.com. There is also a link there to our Facebook Group. We will also put copies of newsletters sent out on the website in case you miss something. Please refresh the browser when opening the website on your devices, as sometimes it just downloads from memory, instead of the latest updates.
Our Year Ahead……
2025 is once again going to be jam-packed and there are some optional extras that you may need to schedule some time for as well as put some money aside for.
1. Talent Africa
This competition runs Regional and National competitions each year. Keep an eye on the website if you would like to do a solo at the competition. You will need to register yourself at https://talentafrica.co.za. Keep in mind that you will need to enter again for the nationals if you qualify, and the prices for Nationals are much higher than for Regionals. You are welcome to use festival solo’s for this competition as long as it is not a festival set solo. Please check with your teachers first.
Closing date for the Eastern Cape is the 11th of May 2025.
2. Friendly City Dance Festival And Port Elizabeth Dance Festival
These competitions will be running during August at the Savoy Theatre. Friendly City Dance Festival is first, followed by Port Elizabeth Dance Festival.
The Festivals are an optional extra activity. They are open to dancers who are five years and older.
Fees start from R300 upwards, depending on how many dances you choose to participate in.
We enter most of our Novices (Dancers who have never received a gold/dancers who have never danced a solo in a festival) at the Friendly City Dance Festival. Please let us know by the end of March if you would like to do both Festivals, as we need to register you at the Port Elizabeth Dance Festival, as they don’t take new dancers onto the system after this.
Please be aware that it is a requirement at both festivals to agree to pictures being used on social media for marketing purposes.
3. RAD Exams
These are happening in October and the prices range from R450 upwards.
Entries close roughly 8 weeks prior to the exams. If doing RAD exams, a full exam uniform must be purchased six months in advance. Children need to be coming twice a week from term 2 or they won’t be ready in time for exams. Ballet seniors generally require 3 classes to reach peak performance. There are other options for pupils that attend once per week, so you can ask your teacher about those.
4. AIDT Exams
The AIDT Modern and Hip Hop Exams are taking place at the beginning of November.
Exam fees range from R300 upwards. Dancers need to be in the studio at least twice a week for modern (can include ballet classes) and know their work well by the end of the third term to do a modern exam. Hip Hop dancers also need to know their work well and understand the different styles.
5. Concert
Our concert will take place on the 29th of November this year. Stage rehearsals will be on the 28th of November. The venue will be the Impetus Church Theatre in Circular Drive. Hide original message
Please make a note in your diaries as our dancers love participating in this.
6. Street Dance Association League
This competition is open to all hip-hoppers who have danced for more than a year.
The provincial season starts in May and there is a once of R400 entry fee for all the competitions leading up to the nationals.
If qualifying for the nationals and taking part in the nationals the fee is R450 per athlete.
Dancing Fees:
Please note that fees need to be paid timeously, i.e in the month that they are due. Remember to use a reference number (S…..) and indicate the dancer’s name and surname after the reference number. Please make sure all cash payments are given to us in marked envelopes, as it is difficult for teachers to handle money and remember who it came from when they are busy with classes.
Dress Code:
Please wear appropriate dancewear to classes. there are increasing numbers of dancers arriving in baggy Tee’s and we can’t correct lines if we can’t see them. Hip hop dancers are allowed baggy clothes, but please wear a good sneaker to support your feet.
Parking
PE – Please do not park on the neighbor’s grass at the Weybridge Park studio. There is extra parking space in the park across the road. Please do not park in the driveway.
Communication
A reminder that teachers can’t always answer their phones during lessons, so they will reply to your messages when they are free.
Please remember to message your teacher well in advance if you are missing a class.
Recording Classes
With regards to the POPIA ACT, if you feel the need to video your child’s class, please make sure that the other parents, teacher and dancers in the class are all ok with you doing this. Many of our pupils have declined permission to use their photo’s and video’s on social media, so we need to take this into consideration.
Yours in Dance,
Carrie, Cathy, and Michel
Hi,
My name is Maryna.
Please tell me more about your adult ballet classes.
I’m playing tennis, but would be interested in basic ballet to improve balance and movement.
I’m over 60😏
Regards…