Monday 16th June 2008

Shows at 3pm & 7pm

An exciting dance education project involving the ISTD, English National Ballet and the Royal Albert Hall.

Free tickets for ISTD members!

Click on the links below to download a booking form:

Summertime booking form - Word format

Summertime booking form - PDF format

If you are having problems downloading the forms, please contact the ISTD Education & Training Department and they will send a form out to you in the post.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7377 1577
Fax: +44 (0)20 7247 8309

What is Summertime?

The ISTD is proud to announce that it is preparing for a dance extravaganza to take place in the summer term in association with English National Ballet and the Royal Albert Hall.

Summertime is the educational project running alongside the Royal Albert Hall’s production of Strictly Gershwin and will feature over 200 young people from secondary schools across London. The 12 schools will perform a variety of different dance styles (including Capoeira, Lindy hop, African Caribbean, Salsa and Latin American) to a selection of Gershwin classics such as Summertime and Fascinatin’ Rhythm, as well as some of the less well known songs like Who Cares? and I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise.

Students will receive professional tuition from either an ISTD or English National Ballet appointed member and will then perform together in an edited version of Rhapsody in Blue, which will be performed live by the orchestra of Strictly Gershwin.

They will also have the unique opportunity of following the rehearsal process of English National Ballet as they work towards the performance of Strictly Gershwin at the Royal Albert Hall. Schools will partner up with a member of the cast and learn about the rigours of a performer’s life before watching their ‘dance buddy’ in action when they attend the performance of Strictly Gershwin for free.

The schools taking part in Summertime are: Bishopsford Community School, Merton; Brampton Manor School, Newham; Gable Hall School, Thurrock; Gateway Academy, Thurrock; Hackney Free and Parochial, Hackney; Holland Park School, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; Marshalls Park School, Havering; Paddington Academy, Westminster; Phoenix High School, Hammersmith and Fulham; Southfields Community College, Wandsworth; St Saviour’s and St Olave’s School, Southwark; Forest Hill School, Lewisham.

Summertime takes place on Monday 16th June 2008 with two performances at 3pm and 7pm. There will be a special schools’ matinee of Strictly Gershwin on Wednesday 18th June 2008. Watch this space and for more details.

A full report and photographs will appear in a future issue of DANCE, but don’t forget that all the tickets will be free so why not come along and see it all for yourself!

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