News and Information

• Results have now arrived for the March RAD in-person exam session, and filmed exam session, well done everyone! A wonderful set of results, high merits and distinctions, our younger students will be pleased to know our student teaching assistants were among the distinctions - Phoebe Grade 8 with distinction, Naomi Advanced Foundation with distinction, Charlie and Anna Grade 6 with distinction!

• Congratulations Kitty successful audition for English Youth Ballet for their Nottingham performances. Fingers crossed for Naomi, has just attended a call back audition for Midland Theatre Ballet.

• Congratulations Sofia! offered a place on the Senior Associate training programme with the Royal Ballet School and also a place on the YBS Summer Intensive. Photos are on our Facebook and Instagram pages from last year’s Prague Junior Masterclasses course run by Daria Klimentova, Sofia has been offered a place for this summer too. So pleased for you Sofia! Such lovely news to end the term, wishing everyone a very happy Easter. Last term Sofia also achieved her RAD intermediate with distinction.

• Exciting News! I have been contacted by Northern Ballet as they would like to use 6 young GBS children in their forthcoming performance of Romeo & Juliet at the Theatre Royal Nottingham! The 6 children will share performances in two teams of 3 - good luck to Walter, Sienna and Rosa, Bea, Ava and Maahi!

• GEDLING MEMORIAL HALL is 100 this year! Founded in 1924. Having been based at the hall for the vast majority of the school’s 39 years, we hope to celebrate this! We have been invited by the Hall’s Committee to be a part of the weekend of celebrations 26th to 28th July, performing on Saturday 27th July.

• Episodes 2024 U.Dance Selection: Gedling Ballet Intermediate and Gedling Ballet Seniors were both selected to perform at Lakeside Arts Theatre, Saturday 23rd March. Well done to all involved! So proud of both groups, a fantastic show and in-between tech/dress rehearsals students had the opportunity to take part in workshops delivered by O’Driscoll Collective and National Youth Dance Company (NYDC).

• See our new Blog page! - this has info re upcoming events/performances that students and parents might like to attend. We also have a GBS Facebook and Instagram page, great to view recent photos (plus a private Facebook Group for parents - please join!).

• Rowan (GBS teacher - bio on ‘about us’ page) performed with Eliot Smith Dance Company last term, the company is based in Gateshead. We invited guest teachers to cover some of her classes: professional dancers, both former GBS students, Lesya Tyminksa (Danish Dance Theatre on graduation from Rambert) and Heather Birley (Culberg Ballet Stockholm), plus professional dancer Immarni Slaney (trainee Ballet De Barcelona). Rowan travelled to New York in Jan 2024 with Eliot Smith to learn/rehearse “ Duet” with the Paul Taylor Dance Company with permission to perform this here in the UK!

• Well done to former GBS student Seirian Griffiths! Susie went to watch Seirian perform with Punchdrunk in the Burnt City last term, he was fantastic, an amazing show with incredibly talented cast. Seirian has performed with Matthew Bourne Company, Phoenix Dance and Ballet Boyz since graduating from Rambert, and recently rejoined BalletBoyz to perform with them at Sadler’s Wells Theatre November 2023.

• Last year was a very busy year, with 2 school shows, at the Squire Theatre and Nottm Playhouse, Contemporary performance at Episodes Lakeside Arts Theatre, students performing in the Nutcracker with Northern Ballet Company at the Theatre Royal, auditions and over 130 RAD exams!  We raised £1142 for the children’s charity ‘when you wish upon a star’.