Elite Beats Performance Squad formed for 7 - 12 year olds and 12- 18 year
olds see timetable page for details
CurrentNews
Audition Success
Congratulations to Kate Jordan who has been accepted at The Laban
Conservatoire of Dance and Music
RecentNews
Royal Ballet School
Alexander Burton aged 10 is offered a second year as a Junior Associate of
the Royal Ballet School
Latest News
See our Show reel on You Tube
The Show reel was created by Rhiannon
Watkins which includes previous performances of Everybody Dance recorded at
the Octagon Theatre Yeovil and also a selection of dances from the Somerset
Youth Dance Company Productions
Rhiannon was a former pupil at the school who trained from the age of 2 - 19
years passing all her examinations up to and including Advanced level.
Rhiannon is now studying for a BA Hons. in Television and Film Production at
Portsmouth University. She has also continued with her dance training with
Portsmouth University Dance Squad which recently won the National Hip Hop
Championship. Rhiannon is also the President of the Dance Society at
Portsmouth University.
Cinderella 2011
Congratulations to our students who successfully gained a
dancing position with this years professional pantomime production at the
Octagon Theatre in Yeovil. Open auditions were held by the company's own
choreographer where teenagers were invited from all around the region to
take part. We are very proud as all eight students selected attend this
school. The lucky 8 are :-
Aimee Brine, Chloe Burton, Charlotte Dimond, Danika Gawronski, Hannah
Ingham, Kate Jordan, Amy Page and Lauren White......many congratulations to
all.
Abigail Matthews Stars in Evita
Abigail Matthews trained at the Helen
Laxton School of Dance from the age of 3 - 17 years gaining all of her Royal
Academy Ballet Examinations and her Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance
Modern Examinations to Advanced level. At 17 years of age Abigail began her
vocational training at Mountview where she excelled in all aspects of
musical theatre. Before she completed her final year of training Abigail was
offered her first professional engagement, a 15 month contract playing the
mistress in Evita which is touring all over Europe.
Cinderella 2011
Pictured are the Helen Laxton Juveniles aged between 8 to 14 years of
age who have successfully auditioned for a place in this years professional
pantomime, Cinderella which is taking place at the Octagon Theatre, Yeovil.
For many of the children this is their first professional role, but all are
extremely excited and working hard to perfect their performances.
Red Team Dancers from the Helen Laxton School of Dance are pictured at their first
performance of the professional pantomine Cinderella which runs for 3 weeks
over the Christmas season. The dancers are aged between 8 -19 years of age.
For the youngest pupils this is their first proffessional engagement, for 19
year old Hannah Ingham this is her eleventh season with the company.
Blue Team Juvinille Dancers Cinderella 2011
BlueBallet Examination Pupils November 2011
Pictured are some of our
Primary Ballet pupils at their first examination. Over a hundred children
took examinations in November from Primary to Grade 4 level.
