The Performance Platform Company

Confidence and dealing with nerves – this is such a vital skill in itself and rarely gets “taught”.

Without the ability to control nerves; all those years of striving for technical perfection can’t be displayed as nerves can totally undermine even a seasoned professional!

Have your legs ever let you down just when you needed them most? Then this is the course for you!!

Mindset, visualisation and artistry– life skills as well as an essential ballet dancer’s tool to greatness.

This will be explored within all classes.

Solos/Repertoire performances – daily coaching in the chosen repertoire and some solos for a performance on the final day will ensure dancer's learn both how to rehearse well as true professionals, and also how to perform whilst connecting with a vital network for their futures.

It's in performing that dancer's learn the most about themselves. They will perform to each other within the rehearsals daily and then to the other groups towards the end of the week - culminating in a final perofrmance to friends and family on the final day.

The aim is to find other performance opportunities across the year when this inaugural Perfomance Platform Company can come together to share their work to others.

Further details will be announced as opportunities arise and it won't be a problem if dancer's have scheduling issues! Life is hard enough to juggle!

Dynamics/Musicality/Artistry- Daily ballet classes and repertoire will be taught with a focus on these absolutely essential skills that separate the true artist from the gymnast or sports person.

You may have heard of the debate; is ballet a sport or an artform?

Well; I defy any audience to enjoy high kicks and multiple pirouettes without those 3 key elements. That’s what makes ballet truly special; unique to each dancer and an artform that is both as deeply fulfilling to watch as it is to perform.

How does your aspiring dancer stand out in today’s world of gravity defying tricks – ARTISTRY.

Join us for a week of pure indulgence in everything that makes ballet great.

Dancers get to indulge in the joy of dancing without the stress of assessments or exams looming. Just the joy of dancing together, making new friends, learning about themselves, developing their technical and artistic abilities all within the context of getting a performance together just like a professional company.

We will be revisiting current a mix of classical repertoire so there won't be long choreographic sessions - instead fast paced learning and rehearsal that will create a strength that's only achieveable within a repertoire context. The attention to detail will always be with a vocational eye and we hope dancers will leave feeling fulfillled and having improved.

Excited by the prospect of further performing opportunities in the future too.

STAFF 2025

I am delighted to announce our SPECIAL GUEST FOR THE FULL WEEK -

DOMINIC ANTONUCCI ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET

Rachel Hester - RBS Associates, BRB dreams project, previously Elmhurst Young Dancers. Previously danced with BRB and Royal Danish.

Joshua Barwick - Elmhusrt Ballet School and previously dancer with Wayne Mcgregor

Guest on specific days and New Patron specifically for our performance Company - Mica Bradbury

I am delighted to now morph this in to a Junior Performance Company