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Read morePhoto Gallery: Choreography Competition 2017
Six (count 'em!) hours of dance, drama and singing: our biggest ever number of entries. Huge congratulations to everyone who took part: you rocked : D
Read moreIt's World Ballet Day!
Classical ballet is at the heart of all our activities at JMDS. Our students are taught the basic positions and movements from age two, progressing through the various grades by exams until, usually as teens, they display all the characteristics of dancers in the country's leading ballet companies.
Read more'By Special Request' Revisited
To mark the delivery of the By Special Request DVDs, here are some official show pics for you. What a photogenic lot our students are : D
Read moreAudition opportunity!
English Youth Ballet auditions announced: why not give it a go?
Read more2018 London Children's Ballet auditions
Not all audition opportunities are created equal, but the London Children's Ballet is definitely one of the worthwhile ones. We've had students perform with LCB in the past; they have loved the experience and learned loads.
Read moreJMDS Choreography Competition 2017
JMDS Choreography Competition 2017: who’s in?!
Read more*All new for September '17* Musical Theatre Class
To add to our award-winning (seven British Arts awards this year alone, dontcha know) Drama department we bring you our all new Musical Theatre class. JAZZ HANDS!
Read moreAnother FABulous Summer School!
We danced, we crafted, we ate a million Nutella pancakes, we picnic'd in Hyde Park, we watched some amazing kids in Annie, and we performed. It was bladdy marvellous - and here are the photos to prove it...
Read moreSummer School Items Announced!
Less than a week to go until this year's summer school, and Miss Jayne has announced the items we'll be working on and performing on the Friday. 'Citing!
Read moreMia, 9, & Ayla, 14, review 'By Special Request' & Presentation Day 2017
Two JMDS students on their experience of this year's show and Presentation Day.
Read moreWhy we will never teach our students like they do in Dance Moms
It has become fashionable to teach a method of dancing that relies on stretches and contortions such as side tilts, needles and scorpions; or to have younger and younger girls going en pointe. This might be good for Instagram, but it is not the way JMDS teaches – and it never will be.
Read moreOur British Arts 2017 Results in Full
Here they are: the full JMDS results for British Arts 2017. Didn't we do well? : D
Read moreThe British Arts Awards 2017 Finals: WOW!
JMDS did so brilliantly at this year's British Arts Awards that we made a graphic to wow you at a glance. You're welcome!
Read moreChesham Arts Festival 2017: AMAZING JMDS RESULTS!
Blimey, what a lot of Distinctions! JMDS students do themselves and their school proud, yet again.
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