Nicola Gauld School of Dance

17/06/2026

Our former pupil Yannik at the Prague masterclass. Yannik is currently in second year at Central School of Ballet . It’s lovely watching him go from strength to strength with his professional ballet training and we are very proud of him!

14/06/2026

Final day of rehearsals for our Chance to Dance company dancers . Next Sunday they will dance on stage at Royal Opera House Covent Garden with 30 dancers from the North East as part of the Next Generation Festival. We can’t wait for our trip to London fully funded by the generosity of Royal Ballet And Opera. Chance to Dance has been an incredible opportunity to explore creativity within ballet, and coming to the end of our 4 years of the scheme, we are so grateful for all the learning and opportunities. The piece the children will dance is formed from their creative ideas and so their voice will be heard loud and clear in the choreography. Well done to everyone!

11/06/2026

The NODA review is in for the Eurovision party summer show. We are so proud of our dancers and the contribution they made to the show. Well done to all of the cast of Woodlands Theatrical Society and all the technical staff also for a great production.

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NODA is a charity that supports amateur theatre groups at every stage.

10/06/2026

We had a lovely evening performing The Glasshouse International Centre for Music tonight with our musical theatre class. It was wonderful to join 400 children singing in front of an audience of 1400! We were so proud of everyone!

09/06/2026

We had some wonderful news today that 9 of our students have been successful in their audition to gain a place in The Royal Ballet School Junior Associates scheme and in addition to this, 2 more of our students been placed on the waitlist and will attend online classes. We are so happy for our students to be given this fantastic opportunity of additional training to the bbodance training we offer at the school and look forward to them all starting their classes in September. Well done Heidi, Nola R, Arabella, Rowan, Alice, Annabelle, Isla, Beatrice, Archer, Olivia and Nola D. So proud of everyone!

07/06/2026

10 of our students have had a fabulous weekend rehearsing as part of the Royal Ballet and Opera Chance to Dance company, creating a piece to perform at the Next Generation festival at the Royal Opera House in London. We have had so much fun this weekend creating choreography for a piece based around the ballet, Giselle. Well done Ayda, Adelaide, Arabella, Nola, Rowan, Alice , Heidi, Megan, Ella and Daisy. We can’t wait to see you performing on such a prestigious stage with such a creative company.

07/06/2026

Well to our students who took their Lamda drama exams today! You have all worked so hard learning your monologues and we are really proud of you all. The students were taking Entry level to Grade 5 level exams. Below are photos of some of our students before they went into their exams. Well done to Martha, Meher, Amaya, Amelia, Kathryn, Francesca, Emmeline, Millie , Sam, Henry Amelie and Millie.
A huge well done to our wonderful drama teachers Natasha and Erin for all of their hard work with the students.

30/05/2026

Well done to our lovely team for a fabulous summer show week. We had such fun at Woodlands Theatrical Society Eurovision Party. You all shone like the stars you are! More amazing memories for our children! Thank you to all at Woodlands Theatrical Society for inviting us to be part of this and well done to everyone!

28/05/2026

Our dancers are very excited for the first night of Woodlands Theatrical Society summer show- Eurovision party. We are all ready for the next 3 evenings of sharing the work that we’ve been practising and creating memories with our dancing friends!

20/05/2026

Our students had a lovely day today at the audition for the Royal Ballet School Junior Associates. Whatever the outcome, we are proud of you all and are glad you enjoyed the experience. Well done everyone!