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Bernadette Heys School of Theatre Dance has been a well established school for over 45 years. With a dedicated team of staff each student is taught to the best of their ability. Classes are available for children from 2+ in ballet, tap, jazz & theatre craft. We also offer adult classes in ballet, tap & pilates. If you would like any information on any of our classes then please get in touch. If yo
Bernadette Heys School of Theatre Dance has been a well established school for over 45 years. With a dedicated team of staff each student is taught to the best of their ability. Classes are available for children from 2+ in ballet, tap, jazz & theatre craft. We also offer adult classes in ballet, tap & pilates. If you would like any information on any of our classes then please get in touch. If yo
Operating as usual
Boys dance too! We have some very talented boys at our studio and some of our most successful graduates have been male too. Ballet is a basis for all styles of dance and it gives you strong technique and discipline. Nice to see boys in dance is becoming more mainstream 😁👏
Hello, so it seems since Facebook business suite took over I haven't received any message notifications from new contacts via the app. 😠
I have just gone on my desktop now, which I rarely get chance to do these days and found a bunch of messages. I am so sorry this has happened and I will reply to everyone asap. Thought it was too good to be true that everything was running smoothly for once 🤦♀️
Jumping on to Flashback Friday! Here's the wonderful as Nanny F***y in 2021s products of Sleeping Beauty. He will be returning as Widow Twanky this Christmas in Aladdin at &
I am honoured to have been asked to choreograph for them once again and look forward to working with the cast and dancers from over in Halifax, as well as some of our lovely students too here in Marsden.
***EXCITING***
Your downloads should now be with you. Please message me if you ordered & haven't received it. It's not too late if you havent but still want one, message me!
Hope you all enjoy them, I have loved looking back at all the hard work our students put in to these 2 fantastic performances ⭐
Today is the last day to get your orders in for our show digital downloads. £8 lower show/£10 upper show. Please bank transfer payments and drop me a message to add you to the list. Codes will be sent out this week. Thanks
Beautiful wands made by our magical dancers at the last summer workshop today 🌟🧚♀️🧙🏼
We have been working on stretching, balancing, partner work and elevation, using our mini trampolines. We mimed a story and created the character of a witch who had lost her wand. After lunch we did a magical ballet, with their own creative input, after we had made our props. We even did some tap and finished with a little fun freestyle routine. A jam packed but fun day.
Thank you to everyone who has joined our summer workshops, I hope you have enjoyed it? I know I have 😁 Thank you for assisting me and being a lovely demonstrator for the girls today.
I will be announcing a Spooky Half Term workshop in a few weeks so look out for that 🎃👻
Our final workshop of the summer is on Thursday (1st Sept) we still have spaces remaining if you'd like to join us, only £15. Suitable for classes 2-4 at 10am-1pm, wear something you can dance in & bring your shoes & lunch. We have a magical theme this week and a craft to take home again.
We are so proud of our 12 students who are taking part in production of The Sound of Music. Next week they will be performing at from Tuesday to Saturday. There are still tickets available so get booked, you really won't want to miss it!
There will be no classes next weekend due to the bank holiday ☀️
This Thursday is our Summer Workshop for classes 2-4. A few spaces remain if you'd like to join us!! We a have a fun day planned all you need is your dance wear and a light lunch 😁⭐
Almost time for my summer break if you need anything, whilst I'm off, please message Miss Bernie 07714344886. 👍🏻☀️
I love this!! Many of our students play football & do ballet and they excel in both. Dance is a sport and makes you so strong, flexible and agile. Not every student is going to be a professional ballerina but you can get so much out of a ballet class both physically and mentally.
Want to relive our end of term productions all over again? Get your digital download orders in. James from swooshed has created beautiful films of our talented students. Memories to look back on forever ❤️⭐
This sounds a great opportunity for students to log on to over the summer. If you have a go let me know how you get on!!
All young dancers can take part in free inspiring U.Dance Digital Masterclasses from some of the biggest names in dance! These masterclasses will be available to stream from 18-31 July. Don’t miss them! U.DANCE NATIONAL FESTIVAL 2022 DIGITAL SPONSOR MASTERCLASSES Taking Part Safely We want eve...
Here are our dates for our Summer Dance Workshops. More information on class themes and styles coming soon but get your name down to avoid disappointment as spaces are limited! We have reduced our prices for Summer 2022 as everything else is increasing around us and we don't want anyone to have to miss out! Our holiday workshops are always lots of fun and every student goes away learning something new and with a smile on their face 😁
We are excited to welcome back, former student, to teach a masterclass for our advanced students tonight.
Amy danced with us until she was 16, then she continued her training at the Northern Ballet School, Manchester for 3 years. From there she has travelled the world dancing. She has worked at the prestigious Lido, Paris and most recently been performing on Royal Carribbean Cruises.
We are thrilled she has agreed to come back and share her experiences and knowledge with us! Don't forget your heels ladies💃
Please look after yourselves in this heat. We will be doing all we can at the studio to keep you as cool as possible.
Thank you to all our beautiful performers who danced so wonderfully at the Marsden Park Gala yesterday. Even with the music issues, they acted like true professionals and put on a wonderful show in this heat. We are so proud of every one of them ☺️ thank you to our volunteer chaperones too. They were so helpful as always and we couldn't do these types of events without them ⭐
Thank you to all our beautiful performers who danced so wonderfully at the Marsden Park Gala yesterday. Even with the music issues, they acted like true professionals and put on a wonderful show in this heat. We are so proud of every one of them ☺️ thank you to our volunteer chaperones too. They were so helpful as always and we couldn't do these types of events without them ⭐
Looking forward to taking part in Marsden Park Gala tomorrow. Unfortunately classes 5 & 6 will not be performing, as it has clashed with scout camp & other activities, we couldn't get a big enough group together. I'm sure classes 1-4 will give a wonderful performance though ☀️☺️
Congratulations to Sienna and Darcey who have both been offered places on associate programmes starting in September. Sienna will be joining The Hammond School Associates, dance programme and Darcey will be joining SLP Associates ballet & jazz programmes.
Also after successful assessments, with The Hammond Associates, Belle & Freya will be continuing, the dance programme and Lily, musical theatre, for another year. Scarlett will also be continuing her training with Northern Ballet on their CAT scheme for her 3rd year.
We are so proud of all our students who have taken auditions and associate assessments this year. Whether you attain a place or not, each audition is a valuable experience as you get to learn from some of the top professionals in the industry. Keep following those dreams and we will support you all the way.
We have been invited to dance at Marsden Park Gala on Sunday 10th July at 2.00pm. Classes 1-6 will each perform one of their show dances. We will meet at the studio at 1.45pm to change and then go across to the gated grass area to perform. We do need a few chaperones to assist us so if you hold your chaperone licence and are available to help the children get ready and cross the road to the park, please let me know. There will be lots of fun activities going on throughout the day, fingers crossed for the sunshine ☀️
If you didn't get a programme at either of our school shows and would like one we have a handful of each left, priced at £1.50. Drop me a message 👍🏻
Now our annual shows are over we do have spaces for new students enrollment. If you would like to come along and try a class with us, please drop me a message and I can send you details. We remain open throughout the summer holidays and also have lots of exciting workshops popping up throughout the summer. Keep a lookout for those being released soon, as they usually book up fast. We look forward to meeting some new students and families at our Marsden based classes.
Congratulations to all our upper school students on an amazing show! Don't think there were many dry eyes in the house after our emotional finale 😥 some lovely comments from the audience's and we are so proud of you all. Many said this is the best show yet but I know we can top it next year, as these students learn and grow. I'm really going to miss this production as I have loved every routine. Thank you all for making my visions a reality and working so hard these last 3 days 🥰
Also thank you to the students who took over my Instagram, I know you didn't think I'd let you 🤣 you really showed how much fun we have backstage!! If you missed it I've added it to highlights 😁
That’s a wrap ❤️ from class 7 xx
One down, two to go!!!
Congratulations to these amazing students, we are so proud of the performance you gave this evening. Now get off your phones and get a good night's sleep we have 2 show day tomorrow 😜😁
Thank you Tania for these beautiful pictures at dress rehearsal 📸 I will be spamming you all with these for days 🥰
Cannot wait for you all to see this amazing cast! Still plenty of tickets for tomorrow (Saturday) 11am to buy on the door but only 8 remain for this evening and 4 for Saturday 2pm. Please message me if you would like any reserving. Also a quick reminder it is cash only at the venue this weekend.
Well that was a truly brilliant dress rehearsal and not the stress rehearsal I thought it would be. A new venue and our first production in almost 3 years. What professionals these students are!! I was so close to tears of pride, I bet they will break old stone face tomorrow when it's in front of an audience. Here are a few sneak peeks of what's to come, if you are joining us this weekend.
We have only a handful of tickets left for tomorrow's performance & Saturday at 2pm. More availability for Saturday at 11am but get them fast! Message if you would like any reserving, as we wouldn't want you to miss out!!
**REMINDER**
Tomorrow (Tuesday) Pre-Senior A class is until 7.30pm, Pre-Senior B join us at 6.30pm-7.30pm (if available), Seniors class 6.30pm-9.00pm. I want to have finale as complete as possible tomorrow and then I can slot in classes 5, 6 & 7 on Thursday.
Please make sure you have all read my email with the check lists on.
Here we go...SHOWCASE 2022!!!!
Happy Father's Day to all our wonderful Dad's 💙
Here is a quick video to show you how to find the theatre and where to park when you get to Huddersfield New College for our Upper School Showcase 2022!
At our Upper School Showcase. Come and join Alice on her adventure through Wonderland. See what interesting characters she meets along the way!! 🐇🕐👸🏻♥️♣️♦️♠️
I have sent your show information email, please check your inboxes and junk files & let me know if you haven't received it. Thank you 😊
What a fabulous rehearsal with these little superstars this morning. We can't wait to see you in your costumes tomorrow, performing for 2 sold out audiences!!
Have you got your tickets? Only final few remaining so message me asap if you need any!! It's going to be a double sell out 😁⭐
Chaperones for SHOWTIME:
Please make sure I have your name, licence expiry date & which performance you are at asap please.
***REMINDER***
Classes 1-4 have a rehearsal at Marsden Mechanics Hall at 10.00am this Saturday, instead of regular Saturday classes. You just need your usual dance uniform & shoes and a clearly labelled water bottle. Please don't be late. Tickets are still available so don't worry if you haven't got yours yet.
1 WEEK TO GO UNTIL SHOWTIME!!
Have you got your tickets yet?
Lower school (Classes 1-4) your email should now have hit your inbox with all the final show details in it. Show work rehearsals have looked lovely today, not long to go now. Be sure to get all your tickets booked, if we sell out then none will be available on the door I'm afraid.
***HALF TERM***
Yes we are still open for half term & bank holidays. Adult ballet & tap off for one week. If you are away have a lovely half term and be prepared to work hard when you return 😁
On Tuesday we shared our studio with some wonderful artists from Globe Arts Studio They were sketching dance movements and their end results were beautiful. These are just a few snippets but they were all incredible, what they were able to capture, when the class hardly stopped moving, was amazing!! Thank you for sharing your work with us and hopefully we will be able to collaborate again in the future ☺️
Hello...sorry I have been MIA but we are all here working as hard as ever for our upcoming performances. This week we are doing programme photographs, so lots of exciting things going on. Ticket booking forms should now have come home so let's fill up these audiences to see all our fabulous students hard work 😁
Our Upper School Showcase 2022 ticket booking forms are coming your way this week. Spread the word!! We have 2 wonderful shows coming up and we can't wait to share them with the world 😁
Thank you Dance School Safeguarding Services for a fantastic course on Tuesday. Really insightful and great explanations of what can be an overwhelming topic. We never stop learning and improving to make our school the best place possible for our students and families.
Our lower school ticket booking forms will be coming home tomorrow and Saturday so look out for those 😁
If you are applying for your chaperone licence please do so asap to give it chance to arrive. If you would like the link to apply, please let me know and I will forward this onto you. Once you have your licence please let me know the expiry date and which performance you would like to chaperone at. Many thanks for all your help.
Please check your emails, if you haven't received it (is it hiding in your junk?) Let me know ☺️
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Here is a quick video to show you how to find the theatre and where to park when you get to Huddersfield New College for our Upper School Showcase 2022!
What do you get if you cross a snowman, a reindeer, the Grinch and a festive sumo.... Love our mad family 🤣 #bheysdancefamily
Thank you so much Ella and Joe for coming to teach for us last night! You are so inspiring and we loved your class, we hope you will be back soon to work with some more of our students 😁
Miss Y's favourite ballet dresses of the show 😍
No sound due to Facebook copyright but here's a sneak peak at our youngest performers a few weeks ago when they first tried on their costumes. Guess the music??? VARIATIONS 28/09/19 @ 7pm 29/09/19 @ 2pm Colne Valley High School
Fantastic rehearsals tonight. The last number for the show is finally choreographed (see below 🎤😁) starting to get excited now!! Saturday 28th Sept: 7pm Sunday 29th Sept: 2pm Colne Valley High School DON'T MISS IT!!!
It may have been wet but we carried on dancing 😁 Marsden Cuckoo Day
Rehearsals are going well for our upcoming show 'Feeling Good' 29th & 30th September at Colne Valley High School. Class 8 are our trolls and convinced Miss Yvette to let them floss 🙈 (other classes are jealous 😂)
Thank you to all our little dancers who performed so beautifully at the park gala this afternoon. We are very proud of them all and hope you all enjoyed it!
Come join us tomorrow morning for our Pre-School class. Song, Dance, Props, Imagination and lots of Fun 😊
We have lots of different classes going on this year alongside Ballet, Tap & Theatre Craft we have: * First Steps for our pre-schoolers * Pilates for all levels and abilities * Acro dance for ages 4-8 We are also looking to start a new Acro class for ages 9+ so keep a look out for info coming on that. We are happy to help with any questions you may have or if you'd like to come along to try a class then you are more than welcome anytime.
#bheysdance Come join us for song, dance & fun at our toddler sessions. We start back on Thursday 11th January. via ripl.com
Facebook won't let me post many videos cause of copyright in music. You'll just have to get a DVD if you want to see more 😜
Playing around with rhythms for September show choreography with some of my lovely seniors last night.
#bheysdance via ripl.com Get our 2017 performance dates in your diaries!
Love it when our students come back to see us in the holidays. Ellie is studying dance and performing arts at London Studio Centre. Thanks for teaching us your jazz combo last night.
Cats Workshop
Another part of a routine from Jack. Unfortunately it has no sound as facebook won't allow it due to copyright laws.
Another amazing class with Jack last night. Thank you so much for coming to teach.
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