My Dance Career: Q&A with Katherine Richardson
Katherine is our amazing Principal, who build The Village School of Dance into the thriving school if is today! We know you all adore her, so we wanted to delve deeper to find out more a bout her and any advice she has for those who wish to pursue a career in our wonderful industry. […]
My Career: Interview with Chloe Chapman
Chloe is one of our Ballet, Tap and Modern dance teachers at The Village School of Dance, as well as Katherine’s trusty assistant while she is on maternity leave. This week we took the time to chat to her about her dance career and to find out what advice she has for those who wish […]
My Career: Interview with Poppy Barnes
Poppy is one of our wonderful Ballet teachers at The Village School of Dance and last week we took the time to chat to her about her dance career and to find out what advice she has for those who wish to pursue a career in dance. Q: When did you start dancing? A: I […]
5 Reasons we LOVE to Tap Dance
What is Tap dancing? Let’s start off with the basics … what is tap dancing? Tap is a style of dance, where you create rhythms with your feet while simultaneously forming patterns and shapes with your body. The sounds are made with specifically designed shoes that have two metal plates on the bottom, known as […]
Welcome to The Village School of Dance
We are so excited to be re-introducing regular Blogs and Vlogs using our brand new YouTube Channel! To keep up to date with our newest posts, be sure to like and subscribe to our channel by clicking on this link: The Village School of Dance – YouTube Hi, my name is Katherine and I have […]
Acro Dance at The Village School of Dance
Acro Dance is a beautiful fusion of classic dance technique and the precision and athleticism of Acrobatics. Sammy is a qualified instructor with the Acrobatic Arts company. The program she follows is based on safe and effective progressions with proven results in five divisions of AcroDance: Flexibility, Strength, Balancing, Limbering and Tumbling. AcroDance has seen […]
We are expanding
We have teamed up with Hall school Wimbledon and are now running classes during school time. If you want to know a bit more about this, please get in touch with us! More info
Summer School at The Village School of Dance
2017 marks 10 years of our fab summer dance week! It is a week full of dance, song and craft and has proved to be very popular amongst children of all ages and abilities. In the past, we have based the activities on themes from Frozen to Peter Pan and we are very excited to […]
The 60 seconds ‘school ballet class’ bun
We’re all aware of the mad rush that occurs between school pick up and the ballet class. There’s barely time for a quick snack let alone getting our hair in neat and tidy buns ready for ballet! So, whilst our mums/dads/nannies are busy ensuring all the kit is in the ballet bag at the same […]
The only 10 musicals that won a best picture oscar (for now)
With the Academy Awards around the corner, we thought it would be a great idea to dedicate our weekly post to this wonderful genre: the musical. It hasn’t been easy for this kind of film to get recognition in the Oscars’ World, especially a Best Picture Oscar. In fact, in the 88-year history of these […]
