Shaftesbury Dance Studios

24/05/2026

24/05/2026

☀️🔥 What a scorcher of a day for our Comp Squad in Nottingham at the Midlands Area Championships! 💃🏆

The standard of dancing today was absolutely phenomenal, and our dancers represented Shaftesbury beautifully! ❤️ From call backs to semi finals and finals, every single one of you danced amazingly! 👏✨

A huge shoutout to our newest Under 12 Fast Intermediate dancers 🌟 and our newest Under 14 Champ, 🏅both dancing fantastically in their finals and making us so proud!

We couldn’t be prouder of you all, especially dancing your hearts out in that heat today! ☀️🥵💖

Well done team!! Your hard work, determination and talent truly shone through today! 🌟

18/05/2026

💃✨ Talk about busy weekends!! ✨💃

Not only did our amazing Show Dance Team perform like true professionals at Astbury Mayday 🌧️👏 dancing their hearts out in the rain, but our Comp Squad were then up early doors on Sunday morning heading to Nottingham! 🚗🏆

An early start and an even later finish… but the results were absolutely outstanding!! 🌟

🏅 Personal bests achieved⭐ 5 grade points gained🔥 2 brand new grade changes

Huge congratulations to our new:💥 U12 Fast Solo Intermediate👑 U14 Champ

We are SO proud of every single dancer for their hard work, dedication and team spirit this weekend ❤️

27/04/2026

On the 12th of April, our dancers were out competing in Altrincham, and what a fantastic day it was!

We came away with some amazing results, but even more importantly, it was incredible to see the progress each dancer has made. Their hard work, commitment, and determination are shining through every time they step onto the floor, and we couldn’t be prouder.

2 very special shoutouts, one to our newest member, Gracie, who competed for the very first time! You did an amazing job, and we are so proud of how well you performed!

And secondly to Jake for winning one of the judges choices award!! Absolutely amazing ⭐️

Well done to all of our dancers for representing us so beautifully 🥰

Roll on bank holiday weekend, a full 2 days of fun and fierce dancing lies ahead in sunny (we hope 🤞🏻) Boston!

19/04/2026

⭐️WOW!! What a marathon day of dance styles and home in time for tea!⭐️

We’ve had some absolutely brilliant results today, with every single dancer coming away with a trophy!

Not only did our wonderful students bring home an amazing haul of trophies, but 4 of our fabulous dance parents also won trophies each in the over 35s Rock ’n’ Roll competition, what an achievement!

Even Miss Louise made a rare appearance, stepping onto the floor partnering in the Ballroom and Latin!

We are so proud of every single person who danced today. What a fantastic day for the whole dance family!🥰

30/03/2026

🌸Just a reminder we are open for classes as usual today!

Closed tomorrow and re open for classes on the 7th of April 🌸

16/03/2026

💜IDTA Street finals! 💜

So proud of all our dancers not just those finals, that I know really meant the world to you guys but for every call back, when just getting there in the first place is an achievement! And then all those semi finals!
Couldn’t be prouder!

I think Izzy deserves a special shout out making all of her finals with great places I mean 2nd! In solos whattt, and so many complements from other dancers and schools 💕

Well done dancers your hard work has really paid off

06/03/2026

22nd February 2026

☀️ Another Sunday, another competition and another set of absolutely outstanding results! Not only from our students but even one of our parents made a podium!

5 grade points grades, 5 1st places, 2 grade changes (we now have another double Starter!), a judges choice award, some personal bests achieved and….every single dancer got recalled to at least one final!

Great teamwork, absolutely AM-A-ZING!! 🤩

16/02/2026

What a day at Cotgrave yesterday!! (And a long day for those us that stayed for both sessions, good going to Paige, Mandy and Kay you were troopers!!)

Not only did we have some amazing dancing from every single dancer there but we had some amazing results too!!
An outstanding amount of grade points…. 7 in total!!

We also had 2 grade changes, making a new U10 Intermediate pairs and a new Adult Intermediate!
Not just trophies but massive improvements and growth in all our dancers, which we are seeing at every competition now.

And a special mention to our newest under 10 fast and slow starter, out for the very first time in her slow starter grade, not only gained 2 grade points….. but gained two 1st Places too!!