Welcome back to dancing! Term 4 is the best term of the year with our GCE Movie Night, Halloween Disco, Soloist Showcase, Concert & EOY Party all packed into the next 10 weeks!!

Earlier this month a small group of Coastal Dance seniors travelled down to Sydney to participate in the Australian Dance Festival from the 16th – 19th of September. The event took place over 2.5 days at the Sydney Olympic Park with dancers & choreographers from all over Australia joining together for an inspiring weekend of dance. The festival was a well run event with classes running all day & the nights filled with shows from pre-professional & professional dancers. There was also numerous full-time dance schools from around the country at the event which gave students the opportunity to network with schools that they may want to attend. Senior student Joel Murphy auditioned & was accepted into several full-time dance schools from the Gold Coast, Sydney, the Central Coast & Melbourne. We hope to add this to our yearly calendar & next year we will be opening the trip up to the younger age groups (12 & over).

To finish up our trip headed into the city for a day of sightseeing & shopping with the students on the Monday before returning home that evening. It was a great weekend & just another exciting opportunity Coastal Dance offers our students.

 

Congratulations to our #teamcoastal soloists who competed at the Beenleigh Quota Eisteddfod. They received fantastic results & performed beautifully!

Joel Murphy
1st – Jazz Solo – Open Age (Highest Scoring Jazz Solo)
1st – Male Solo – Open Age
2nd – Lyrical Solo – Open Age
2nd – Contemporary Solo – Open Age
Winner of the Senior Modern Championship 

Amelia Mills
1st – Song & Tap – 12 Years & Under
1st – Tap Solo
3rd – Waltz Tap – 12 Years & Under
HC – Song & Dance – 12 Years & Under
HC – Speed Tap – 12 years & Under

Lucy Gordon
1st – Jazz Solo – 6 Years
2nd – Jazz Duo – 6 Years & Under

Isla Davies
2nd – Jazz Duo – 6 Years & Under

 

Thank you #teamcoastal for another amazing term! We are so proud of the improvement made this term & all of your hard work. Term 4 commences on Tuesday the 4th of October.

Well done #teamcoastal who performed at the Elanora Spring Fair on Saturday for the 24th year! This is a long standing tradition for our eisteddfod students & a lovely way for our teams to finish term 3.

Our final open house of the year starts tomorrow Monday the 12th of September until Saturday the 17th of September. Parents are invited to watch their child’s technique classes from across the timetable to see their progress over the term. Term 3 finishes on Saturday the 17th of September & Term 4 commences on Tuesday the 4th of October!

Coastal Dance will be holding our 4th Soloist Showcase on Friday the 18th of November at the Helensvale Cultural Centre. The showcase will start at 6:30pm & it is open to the general public. Tickets are $10 & they go on sale on Saturday the 1st of October at trybooking.com.

This is a great night of entertainment showcasing the dance & vocal talents of #teamcoastal!

Congratulations to Coastal Dance student Joel Murphy who has won the Senior Modern championship at the Beenleigh Quota Eisteddfod over the weekend. Joel was also awarded the highest scoring jazz solo (open age). Congratulations Joel!

Congratulations to our 8 Coastal Dance students who sat their Australian Conservatoire of Ballet exams in August with examiner Valmai Roberts. All of our exam entrants received fantastic results with 2 students achieving distinctions. Miss Kate is now eligible to travel to Melbourne in January to study the senior levels at the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet.

The Australian Conservatoire of Ballet syllabus is based on the Vaganova method & it was developed by ex-Principal of the Australian Ballet, Christine Walsh OBE. After training with the famous Russian ballerina Ai-Gul Gasina, Miss Kate saw the benefits of the Russian method which is why Coastal Dance is currently the only studio on the Southern Gold Coast to offer the Vaganova method.

We had a lovely night at the LOcREaDO Dance Program awards with our girls performing their solos & the final group performances.

Congratulations to Holly who won the Group 3 Contemporary award, to Riley who won the Group 2 Teacher award & Joel who won the Group 3 Inspirational Dancer award (selected by his fellow dancers) & the LOcREaDO Dance Program Australia award. We are so proud of our students & thank Loredo for the opportunities he has given them.