The Village School of Dance Blog

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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...

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 Facebook Twitter Instagram

THE VILLAGE SCHOOL OF DANCE CHRISTMAS SHOW 2017

Christmas show 2017! To celebrate the growing success of The Village School of Dance since it opened in January 2008, the school will be holding its fourth biannual Christmas show this term. Previous shows have been staged at The Village Hall, Lingfield Road, but due to the school being somewhat larger compared to 2 years ago,...

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 SECOND ‘SCHOOL TO 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...

AMAZING BALLET PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE STREETS

We’re used to seeing ballet on a stage or in a studio, something serious and almost sacred. This kind of dance has always been perceived as formal and elegant, not something related to ordinary people. But just imagine if someone decided to take this beautiful dance form and put it on the streets to be...

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...

THINGS TO DO THIS HALF TERM NEAR WIMBLEDON

If you saw our last post about half term and you want more, here you have some more things to do with children really close to Wimbledon! 6. Flip Out! Take an hour off and go with the children to the biggest trampoline park in London, there is something on offer for all ages! Flip...