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Your Time to Shine - Get Ready with our Back to School Selection Dance Direct has been supporting dancers for years.   From the first steps into the studio to a final curtain call, we provide all the top quality Back To School items you need, from head to toe.

Ballet Exam Uniform Requirements   Dance exams and grading range all the way from Pre Primary to the Solo Seal. The last thing you’ll want to worry about in the run up to your dance exam is the ballet uniform you’ll be required to wear. RAD states that candidates are expected to wear the uniform listed for each grade, but where this is not possible, suitable alternatives of a similar colour and style may be worn. Dance Exam Uniform Requirements Make-up sh...

Anything Goes this Christmas     The Barbican production of Anything Goes will be shown on BBC television this Christmas, having received rave reviews since it opened earlier this year. Cole Porter's classic musical is set on the SS Americana and follows two pairings that try to find love on the high seas. It features classic numbers such as "I Get A Kick Out of You", "You're the Top", "It's De-Lovely!" and "Anything Goes". Playing on BBC Two on Boxing Day at 6.40pm...

Johannes Radebe: Freedom       TV dancing sensation and international champion Johannes Radebe presents his first UK Tour, Johannes Radebe: Freedom, which will open ‪on 16 March and run to ‪1 May 2022. Johannes Radebe: Freedom is a celebration of music and dance, from African fusion to fiery Latin, classic dance arrangements and huge party anthems, with a big company of dancers and a multitude of costumes.  Johannes will take his audiences...

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Thanks for Subscribing! Please check your confirmation email for your discount code Back to School Get ready for back to school  with our large selection of leotards Shop Leotards Tights Huge range of colours and styles available Shop Tights Shoes Extensive range of ballet, jazz and tap shoes for back to school Shop Shoes Summer Sale Up to 70% off selected lines Shop Summer Sale...

Back to school anxiety: Survey reveals it’s more than just butterflies 25% of 11-12 year olds are worried about bullying, and 1/3 of children can’t sleep before the first day back     Think back to your first day of school – can you remember how it felt to put on your uniform, grab your lunchbox, and wave goodbye before heading into the classroom?   What about the parent who waved back – how did they feel?   Heading back to school i...

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Hairspray the Musical announces new West End dates       Hairspray the Musical has announced new West End dates, with its plans for a run which begins with social distancing in order to comply with any potential extension to government Covid-19 guidance. The show will run from 22 June to 29 September 2021, with the first four weeks playing with social distancing. The musical is based on the 1988 film of the same name, which starred Divine and Ricki Lake. It originally...

The Royal Ballet Reveals Season Highlights   The Royal Opera House has shared plans for its 2021/22 Season, the first since 2019. This includes five world premieres from The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, with both British and international talent taking to the stage. "Wayne McGregor (Random Dance Company)" by body_pixel is licensed with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 The Royal Ballet’s artists wil...

Dance Umbrella’s 2021 Festival        Dance Umbrella, London’s annual international dance festival, has announced that it will return this October with a number of live, in-person performances for the first time since 2019, alongside a collection of digital events aimed at sparking conversations, inspiring creativity and celebrating choreographic talent.  Dance Umbrella will take place from 8-24 October across the capital. It will aim to w...

Dance Umbrella’s 2021 Festival        Dance Umbrella, London’s annual international dance festival, has announced that it will return this October with a number of live, in-person performances for the first time since 2019, alongside a collection of digital events aimed at sparking conversations, inspiring creativity and celebrating choreographic talent.  Dance Umbrella will take place from 8-24 October across the capital. It will aim to w...

The Royal Ballet’s streams kickstart the year     Photograph by Bill Cooper The Royal Opera House recently announced its productions that that will be streamed during January and beyond, offering audiences across the globe a huge range of ballet and dance to view.   From Friday 31 December 2021, audiences have been able to stream The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty – a story set to Tchaikovsky’s score, performed by Principals Marianela...

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Scottish Ballet announces Safe to Be Me™ Festival 2021   Scottish Ballet has announced the Safe to Be Me™ Festival 2021 programme; a digital festival of dance to celebrate diversity, made possible with the support of Aberdeen Standard Investments. Following the success of its schools programme, Safe to Be Me™ moves online, launching as a digital festival for May. Running throughout the month, it will see the company engage with young people to deliver a series of digital danc...

Scottish Ballet Returns with UK Premiere of Gene Kelly’s Ballet     This autumn Scottish Ballet plans a return to stage and screen with Gene Kelly’s ballet Pas de Dieux, giving a new twist for its UK premiere. One of the first choreographers to bring the ‘American style’ to Europe, the legendary icon Gene Kelly was invited to create an original work for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1960. Dancing the lead role of Aphrodite was the ‘Étoile&rsqu...

World Ballet School Day     Image credit:  "Royal Ballet School" by scillystuff is licensed with CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, click here World Ballet School Day 2021 recently took place on Saturday 13 November, and is now available to view on catch up. The second edition of the day began at 7am GMT, and over the course of the day students from seven schools of the organising committee shared interviews, discussions, rehearsal and performance footage...

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Scottish Ballet’s New Dance Films   Scottish Ballet has unveiled two new dance films created in collaboration with people living with Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis and dementia, as part of their creative engagement project Haud Close. From Orkney to Tasmania, Haud Close was a multi-artform project that connected with over 100 people worldwide to celebrate the creativity, strength and perseverance of people living with neurological conditions, and their households. Inspired...

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert to recommence its tour Mark Goucher and first-time producer Jason Donovan have announced that Miles Western, Nick Hayes and Edwin Ray will star in the hit musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. The tour first opened in September 2019 and had just announced an extension in March 2020 when performances had to be paused due to Covid-19 restrictions. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Musical will officially re-open at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham ‪on ‪2...