COMPETITIONS

Do you have a space that inspires you to dance? The ISTD Challenge is an exciting site-sensitive performance opportunity to promote creativity and individuality. We’re inviting you, as a soloist, partner, trio, or quartet, to take on the challenge and enjoy finding ways to adapt or create a dance by weaving the choreography into a completely different space than you might normally choose to use. This space should be one that inspires you and gives you the perfect location to create a performance that truly communicates your love of dance in any style or genre. Designed to take place in your everyday...

The past few months have been a difficult time for us all and we hope you are all keeping safe and well. The team at NYB have reimagined how we can continue to inspire and nurture the dancers of the future, during this challenging time. In August, Bouncing Back, our first interactive online weekend of masterclasses, saw fifty participants enjoy workshops from Denzil Bailey, Nick Evans, Carrie Johnson and Charlie Brittain. Click here to watch a short film about what happened during the weekend. Over the past couple of months we have been holding our Choreographic Challenge. There’s still time to join the Challenge – find out more below. This...

What a fantastic Choreography Competition we had yesterday!  Lots of wonderful costumes and array of dance genres from Tap to Ballet, Contemporary and Free style and Acro with 20 dances made from groups, duets and solos. Our special guests were Mr & Mrs Demeric who thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon with Grace Black and Cherie Brennan as our two judges. They were all so impressed with the musicality, maturity, performance and creative ideas that were demonstrated so well done to all who took part; very difficult decisions on deciding the winners. We were all so proud of you all and the...

We will be holding our annual Choreography Competition Sunday 25th February 2018. The competition will take place at at St. Polycarp’s School at 3pm till approximately 4.30pm. We feel it is a good opportunity for the children to explore their creativity in dance movement and gain some experience in performing to an audience. Last years competition was a great success and all the children involved thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The competition is open to any child attending the Demeric School of Dance aged 5 years or over. Dances may be performed as solos, duets or groups of any number. Dances can be any form of...