We had such a good time being back at COPAH Studios, Leicestershire! So much so we’ll be staying for our Back to Ballet Winter Warm Up in December 2022. See some photos of our students working hard and having fun over the summer and book now for our next course…
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WE ARE BACK IN LEICESTERSHIRE!
Come and join us at our 2022 Summer School, we are so happy to be back at COPAH Studios in Hinckley and can’t wait to see you all!
Happy New Year!
We were so happy to squeeze in a different/safe Winter REC recently. We had missed our dancers and had such a good time together in the studio!
Our Easter Course is in the diary for 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th of April. Fingers crossed.
WE ARE BACK!!!!
What a year 2020 has been.
We have missed you all so much and are so glad to be able to say that will we be seeing you soon.
You can now book your places on our Winter Warm Up course and any of the courses in 2021 through the enquires page or just drop us a message on Facebook or Instagram.
Look out for extra special one day workshops popping up throughout the rest of 2020 to get us back in the swing of things too.
We can’t wait to see you!!
REC Easter 2020
We are so sad, yet confident, to announce the cancellation of our REC Easter Course 2020. Following advice from the government at this time we would not want to risk the health and safety of our students and staff and their families. We hope that you stay safe and well during the coming months. Circumstances permitting we will be very excited to to see you all again at our Summer Courses, best wishes RECBallet Team Xx
New Year Fun
Thank you for an amazing start to 2020! It was a pleasure working so hard alongside our team for The Winter Warm Up this year. Here’s some photos…
Winter Guest Teacher Announcement
We are so happy to have SUE SPARHAM joining us for REC Winter Warm Up 2020. Book your place now to warm up your mind, body and dance your way into the new year!
Sue Specialises in Lyrical and Commercial Jazz, She has worked extensively in Theatre, Film and TV, with credits including Featured Dancer in Jhoom Baraber Jhoom (Yash Raj Productions), dancer in several Music Videos, Singer in The Commitments (UK Theatre Tour), The Sensations (UK Theatre Tour), Guest Entertainer for P&O Cruises, and corporate events for BMW, Marriot Hotels, Hilton, Trent FM, Disneyland and Palm Beach Casino, Cannes. Choreography includes: Encore (Sadlers Wells Theatre), Pointe Break with Ballet Theatre UK (UK Tour) and several productions for MADD including The Criterion Theatre, Bloomsbury Theatre and Move It. This year, Sue’s choreography has won several national awards and competitions.
Thank you!
We want to say another massive thanks to the students and teachers that joined us for both weeks this summer. We had such a good time and you all worked so hard, it was the perfect way to close REC 2019 and we can’t wait to tell you all about what we have coming up in 2020! Keep your eyes peeled for information coming soon….
Announcing Guest Teacher No.2
Joining us this year for a couple of days is Carrie Johnson!
As a student Carrie trained with Marilyn Baker and Tring Park gaining Bronze at The Genee International Ballet Competition and Young British Dancer of the Year Competition 2003. She has danced worldwide with Birmingham Royal Ballet, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Ballett am Rhein (soloist), New Adventures (principal) Phantom of the Opera and the Mconie Company. Most recently she danced in Disney’s ‘Nutcracker & The Four Realms’ choreographed by Liam Scarlett.
She is a graduate of the Professional Dancer’s Teaching Diploma 2015 (Distinction) and currently teaches at The Urdang Academy and London Studio Centre. She is a guest teacher for New Adventures and Yorke Dance Project and has taught at the Royal Academy of Dance’s Singapore, Kuala Lumpar and Battersea Summer Schools. Last year she also taught for the RAD’s prestigious Phyllis Bedell’s Bursary.
Carrie has taught workshops and classes for Yorkshire Ballet Seminars, Dance East, Tring Park, Performers College, MTA, London Junior and Senior Ballet, Staffordshire Youth Ballet and Ballet Boost. She is currently Associate Artistic Director at National Youth Ballet, having in previous years been repetiteur for Christopher Hampson’s ‘Carnival’ and Drew Mconie’s ‘Old Man of Lochnagar’.
Welcome to the team Carrie and we can’t wait to work with you!
Guest Teacher No.1
We are so happy to announce that the amazing Graeme Pickering will be returning as our first Guest Teacher for Summer 2019. Graeme will be with us for a couple of days and we are so looking forward to it!!!
