We have just had a hectic weekend with both our RAD Character Work Course, which was run by Rene Callis and our annual youth ballet.
The course went into greater depth on what teachers need to know when teaching the RAD National Syllabus, and we all felt we learn’t a lot over these last few days.
We would also like to congratulate Isabella Morrison, Ashleigh Maling Nel and Casey McLean for dancing so well and making us proud at all four performances of the Friendly City Youth Ballet on Saturday and Sunday. Well done and welcome to Jessica Barnard who is a new addition to our studio. Thank you to the Moms who helped behind the scenes and from our studio Gillian Morrison who was an absolute star. 
The girls were kept busy with rehearsals for a lot of the holidays, and then from Thursday last week when Cape Town City Ballet and producer Robin van Wyk arrived, they had to be at the Savoy Theatre almost full time.
I took a picture of them keeping themselves well entertained during the long waits in the dressing rooms with various made up games.
They were in Awe of the Cape Town City dancers and it was a wonderful experience for them to work with a professional company. Ashleigh managed to get a pic with beautiful ballerina Laura Bosenburg. It was also wonderful to see that some of the principle dancers grew up in Port Elizabeth.
After the final performance on Sunday, the dancers were all invited to an after party and they had loads of fun running around getting their programs signed by all the stars in the show.
All the girls had an absolute ball and we hope to see more of our little ones dancing next time.
