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Ellie To placed first in the 8U Pre-Open Jazz Section at Talent Tribe on Sunday. It was a great result given it was the first time she has performed this routine. Congratulations Ellie, very well done!

The 2019 Auditions for 2020 Performance Groups and Ballet Program

All dates and audition criteria are now advertised on Pulse and on the Notice Board

New Dance T-Shirt Available

Unisex Redlands Ballet and Dance t-shirt is available for purchase from the Uniform Shop. Sizes are available for Girls/Womens and Boys/Men, the price is $30.

Spring Holiday Workshop

The RAD Spring Holiday Workshop for our Senior students will be held in Parkes Hall on the following dates: 30 September, 1 October and 2 October. We are excited to welcome back Mr Kit Lethby, ARAD PDTC (Dip.) Royal Academy of Dancing Vocational Graded Examiner to the Academy to run these workshops this year.

9.30-11.00am – RAD Intermediate Foundation
11.00-12.30pm – RAD Intermediate
12.30-2.00pm – RAD Advanced Foundation
2.00-3.30pm – RAD Advanced 1

Please let us know whether you will be attending or classes may be cancelled.

Holiday Jazz Rehearsal

There will be rehearsals with Ms Marcia in the holidays on Tuesday 8 October.

Advanced and Lyrical Jazz        11.30-1.00pm
Year 8/9 Jazz                                 10.00-11.30am

Friends of Ballet and Dance

Awards Night – Buy tickets now! Exciting evening to come!

The Ballet and Dance Awards Dinner will be held on 19 September at Manly Golf Club. All students in Yrs 7-12 have been invited to attend. Awards (Yrs 8-11) and Certificates (all Yr 7) will be announced at the dinner and special guests will join us. Let us know if you missed the invitation and we’ll send it to you or use the following link.

Book here

With only one week to go until our dinner, we really need some more Raffle Prize donations. Our Senior Dance students are donating two hampers:

Luxury Food Hamper: Yrs 7-9 
Chocolate Hamper: Yrs 10-12

Students, if you have not yet done so, please add your item to the collection in the Office.

All parents, please donate any item big or small and we will package them up with other items. All proceeds go towards purchasing a Portable Barre and Costuming so all students will benefit. If you are stuck for ideas here are a few: Book Vouchers, Beauty Products, Massage Vouchers, Jewellery, Dance Wear, Stationery, Tickets, etc.

We will also have a ‘Guess How Many Lollies in The Jar’ Competition so please bring along Gold Coins.

Last Classes Term 4 for Pre-Primary and Primary Transition Classes

There will be an In class Christmas Presentation during the last class of Term 4. These classes will not be performing in the EOYC at the Concourse, Chatswood. See Redlands Pulse for details.

Important Dates Term 3

Week 9: Thursday 19 September – Ballet and Dance Awards Night (Yrs 7-12)
Week 10: Saturday 21 – Friday 27 September – Class Watching Week
Week 10: Monday 23 September – Auditions Ballet Program 2020
Week 10: Thursday 26 September – Auditions for Performance Group and Jazz Class 2020
Week 10: Friday 27 September – Last Classes
Week 10: Saturday 28 September – Auditions for Performance Groups 2020

Spring School Holidays

Week 1: Monday 30 September – Wednesday 2 October – Senior RAD Holiday Workshops
Week 2: Tuesday 8 October – Audition Results for Performances Groups Released (Noticeboard and Redlands Pulse)

For all updates, enquiries and information in regards to classes, uniform and competitions please check Pulse and Ballet and Dance TV (in the corridor outside the Ballet Studios).

Can’t Come to Class?

Please do not forget to let us know if sickness, injury or change of circumstance has occurred. Send an email to evabishop@redlands.edu.nsw.au

Any Questions?

Please contact us at evabishop@redlands.edu.nsw.au  We would love to hear from you.

Ms K Martin
Head of Ballet and Dance
evabishop@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9908 6461

Curriculum Dance

Congratulations

Congratulations to Representative Dance as Sport group – Redlands consisting of Maria Argyropoulos, Ella Banfield, Tasman Banks, Nina Casey-Brown, Lara Dempsey, Elina Filatova, Riley Harrington-Hopkins, Saskia Jane, Faith Oosthuizen, Jade Patrick, Sunday Stephens, Emma Sutton and Avalon Thomas for their outstanding final performance of Waya at the Independent Dance Festival on Friday evening at Inaburra School in Bangor. The students spent the day preparing for the performance and participating in a contemporary/lyrical workshop run by leading professionals in the Dance community. It was a great day where students got to meet new people and see how other schools Dance programs run. The students are to be congratulated on their final performance and for their many successes throughout the year.

Mrs Katharine Boase
Subject Coordinator of Dance
kboase@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9968 9889