The Performance Platform Company

The Performance Platform Summer school is a unique opportunity to focus purely on artistic performance skills and all the elements that come along with performing.

These elements immediately translate in to success at auditions, assessments and generally becoming a beautiful ballet dancer;

 

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 and visualisation – 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 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.

It's in this moment 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 opporotunities arise and it won't be a problem if dancer's have scheduling issues! Life is hard enough to juggle!

Acting for dancers – How do you portray a role? Enjoy exploring how to realistically deliver a character or meaning of a solo.

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

 

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

 

 

Previous Teachers were:

Yosvanio Ramos (RB, BRB, YBSS teacher as well as fabulous Cuban trained principal dancer)

Joshua Barwick (Elmhurst upper sixth teacher/Wayne McGregor dancer))

Joel Morris (RBS Associate cover)

Emma Harris (repetiteur, coach and previous West End star who trained at RBS)

Emma Northmore (Artistic Director)

And our very special guest from Boston Ballet – Taina Morales

Super star teacher and mum of Caesar Corrales!

This course was extermely well received and certainly fills a void in both training and style of courses on offer. Totally unique! So miuch growth was seen in one week - an extremely positive experience for all involved.

 

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

 

 

Important Details

Non – Residential

Rambert School in Richmond

August 18th – 22nd 2025

 

Levels:

Dancers will take daily classes in their ability groups divided 3 ways with seniors working at/towards vocational upper school level.

Mids at an interfoundation min level and juniors minimum grade 3 please and entering year 5 for the Sept 25.

Please sedn in pictures to help us level - but of course pictures don't tell us everything so we can always move dancers accordingly during the first day or upon arrival so please don't woory.

The aim is that each dancer feels stretched and challenged but with an absolute trust that if we feel they aren't yet ready for something for their phyisical safety - that we will make a final decision in the best interest of that dancer.

The week will cover lots of rpertoire in preparation for their performance - those that are happy to be on pointe will be (seniors) but please don't worry if your dancer is not quite there in mids as likely this group will be a mix of flat and pointe work.

Boys of course will have their own virtuosity work and then there will be some mixing around depenedant on the work we are setting in the afternoons.

 

Fees

5 day week (recommended) £545
3 day booking option available to help make the course accessible for all must include the Thurs and Friday £330 

Days will run from approximately 10.30am to 4pm to be confirmed when the full timetable is published.

 

 

Please apply here

send a photo in first Arabesque en l’air and in a la second to emma@theperformanceplatform.org.uk

(RBS, Tring, Elmhurst, ABA, Central, Moorlands, RCS need not send photos but will need to attach one to ensure form submits!)