See the dance stars of the future perform on their UK tour
Dance students from a leading performing arts school, world famous for producing international dance stars, will be showcasing an exciting programme of dance during a UK tour this spring.
The Encore Dance Company, which features dance students who are just about to graduate from the sixth form at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, are embarking on an eight-date tour of the UK of their third-year showcase.
The performances will feature a blend of classical ballet, contemporary, tap and jazz dance, including the rarely seen Carousel pas de deux choreographed by the legendary Sir Kenneth MacMillan.
Other Choreography includes:
Award-winning James Cousins (Mathew Bourne NACA prize)
Layla Ellison (Dancer and former student at Tring Park)
Wayne Eagling (Former Principal Dancer The Royal Ballet and Former Artistic Director of Dutch National Ballet and English National Ballet)
Jenna Lee (Former Soloist English National Ballet)
Dax O’Callaghan, Nicky Ellis, Jodie Blemings, Lorraine Jones and Antony Dowson
The schedule includes:
Wednesday 20 April – The Point Eastleigh
Sunday 24 April – Theatr Brycheiniog Brecon
Tuesday 26 April – Gordon Craig Theatre Stevenage
Thursday 28 April – Riley Theatre Leeds
Saturday 30 April – Sue Townsend Theatre Leicester
Monday 2 May – The Dance House Ipswich
Wednesday 4 May – The Stag Sevenoaks
Saturday 7 May – Lillian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells
The dance tour will also include workshops in Brecon, Leeds, Leicester and Ipswich, on the day prior to the relevant performance dates.
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts has its roots in dance and is world famous for its dance credentials, having produced many a professional dance star and choreographer.
Its young dance students perform in West End ballet productions with the English National Ballet at the London Coliseum, and international stars such as Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) started their training on the dance course at Tring.
Daisy Ridley attended Tring Park from the age of 11 to 19. Other famous students include Ella Henderson, (The X Factor), Lily James (Disney’s Cinderella, Downton Abbey and War and Peace) and Jessica Brown-Findlay (Downton Abbey).
To buy tickets for the Encore Dance Company’s UK tour for the Sue Townsend Theatre and the Lilian Bayliss Studio, go to tringpark.com.
Tickets for other performances are available from:
The Point Eastleigh, thepointeastleigh.co.uk
Theatr Brycheiniog, brycheiniog.co.uk
Gordon Craig, gordon-craig.co.uk
Riley Theatre Leeds, nscd.ac.uk/riley-theatre
The Dance House Ipswich, danceeast.co.uk/the-dancehouse
The Stag Sevenoaks, stagsevenoaks.co.uk
Media contact for Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
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About Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
•Tring Park is one of the UK's top performing arts schools – the majority of pupils forge successful careers in the performing arts.
•Tring Park provides a unique community for talented young people, regardless of means or background, who have both passion and talent for dance, drama, musical theatre or commercial music.
•Tring Park also provides a balanced education and has an outstanding academic record: pupils regularly get into the top universities.
•Tring Park is housed in a former Rothschild mansion in beautiful grounds in Tring, Hertfordshire, and was used as a location (a Russian ballet school) in the 2015 Avengers movie, Age of Ultron.
•Tring Park School's history can be traced back as far as 1919. For many years Tring Park was part of the Arts Educational School, which before this was known as the Cone Ripman School, and provided the performing arts training for Dame Julie Andrews.