NEWSLETTER 17, SPRING TERM 2011
Welcome back to another term at the Maple
Academy of Performing Arts!
Term dates for the Spring term are:
Term begins: 5 January 2011
Half-term: 20 February to 27 February 2011
Term finishes: 8 April 2011
Welcome back! I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas break!
Unfortunately, due to the availability of the hall, we are not
able to hold the tap and technique classes at Great
Shelford Memorial Hall on Friday 14th January, the ballet
classes will continue as normal.
Many thanks for your understanding.
Karen Revill, Principal, The Maple Academy of Performing Arts
Tel: 01353 740 267 Mob: 07796 503 729
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.themapleacademy.com
Faeries cast members
On Saturday 18th December we visited London to watch
Faeries at the Royal Opera House. This was a wonderful show
using puppets as some of the characters.
We also went to see the Nutcracker at the London Coliseum. It
was a beautiful version of this classic ballet. I would strongly
recommend seeing both of these shows.
A good time was had
by all and the trip
was made even
more interesting by
the weather and the
effects this had on
the trains!
Watching Nutcracker at the
London Coliseum
Next year’s trip will
take place on
Saturday 17th
December. Details
will be available in
the next newsletter.
It was a excellent day, we hope to go again next year!
Written by Megan Jordan (Jazz and Grade 4 Ballet student)
If you would like a copy of the music used
during lessons to practice with, please bring along a
blank CD to your class and I will copy one for you.
The Primary tap class performing their dance
We had another successful Christmas Show at Great
Shelford Memorial Hall.
There was a really good turn out with an audience of more
than 100 and good fun was had by all despite the CD player
giving up on us towards the end!
The Maple Academy Show will be taking
place on Thursday 26th May at the Junction
in Cambridge.
Used dancewear for sale
Burgundy leotard, size 3, £4.00
Pink satin ballet shoes with ribbons, size 6, £3.00
If you have any second-hand dancewear you would like to
sell, let me know the details by 1st April and I’ll include it in
the next edition.
These words will be useful to any student thinking about
taking an ISTD ballet exam:
Plie – to bend
Tendus – to stretch
Sautes – to jump
Echappe – to escape
Temps leve – time lifted
En avant – forwards
Interesting website links
www.randomdance.org
www.uniondance.co.uk
www.anjali.co.uk
www.istd.org.uk
www.theplace.org.uk
www.marthagraham.org
Check out the Maple Academy website at
www.themapleacademy.com
where you can find information about classes, how to enrol
and much more!
Karen Revill, Principal, The Maple Academy of Performing Arts
Tel: 01353 740 267 Mob: 07796 503 729
Email: [email protected] Web:
www.themapleacademy.com