News & Events

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NEWS ABOUT FORMER STUDENTS

"CHOOKERS"  (good luck)  to  3 former students,

( Bronte Kelly, Polly Hilton & Nathan Dubber) now in their graduation  (full-time) year at the Australian Ballet School, Melbourne.   Hope they enjoy the Tour with the ABS Dancers Company - starting July.  Wish they were coming to the Gold Coast!!   Best wish to you all from the FMB&D Studio and the FM Dancers Company.  There are photos of these dancers on Facebook  (Desley Munroe)

 

FORTHCOMING PERFORMANCES

Fiona Munroe's  DANCERS COMPANY is now in rehearsal/workshop mode for performances at Murwillumbah on 24th September :  as Guest Artists with the Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra at the GCArts Centre in October and on the Gold Coast  (Robina Auditorium ) in a pre-Christmas Season at Robina. (21 & 22 Dec.)

ANNUAL  STUDIO  CONCERT  (ALL STUDENTS)

Stage Rehearsal  Sunday 12th December - Twin Towns Club Auditorium

Performance -Sunday  19th December- 7 p.m.

Twin Towns Club Auditorium

  

NEWS :  4th JUNE 2010

Congratulations to former student,  Bianca Hopkins,  who has been chosen to dance at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London in the Opera "MANON" in July & August.

Bianca's 2 sisters, Verity & Cara,  also former FMB&DS students are also doing so well.   Verity & Bianca have both performed with Vienna Festival Ballet (on Tour), while Verity is currently rehearsing with a contemporary dance company & will perform at the Edinburgh Festival .  Recent graduate from Aust. Ballet School, Cara, has been offered a contract in Germany with Wurtzburg Ballet as from September.

Its very inspiring to our current students when they hear about the success of former FMB&DS students who are realizing their dreams and this is due to good basic training, talent, committment by both the dancers, their parents and  teachers but most importantly the determination to go through the ups & downs along the way!!

CONGRATULATIONS,  GIRLS !!

 

Congratulations also to  current student  Aaron Shaw  . 

In May, 16 yr.old Aaron, took his Intermediate Level, Royal Academy, London, Vocational Examination and has been awarded  DISTINCTION (83%).    This was his first classical ballet exam ever!!

Aaron became a student of FMB&DS  in February 2009, and has applied himself to CLASSICAL BALLET with great determination and energy prior to having studied Jazz dance in Rockhampton.   He had previously only ever done 1/2 hr. of ballet per week !

Aaron has been training in the  FMB&DS Full-time Course since February of this year and will undertake a study/audition Tour to Europe with fellow student Claire Hamiltion next January.   Miss Fiona will take them to colleagues at several highly reputable schools attached to Professional Ballet & Dance Companies including Basel Ballet where former student Sophia Bell will complete her final year of training from September 2010.

2009   RAD LONDON,

EXAMINATION  RESULTS !

In keeping with the excellent  reputation of the studio,  the 2009 results reflected the high standard of teaching from our faculty and the hard work put in by both teachers and students with an overall 100% Success Rate

with 85 % receiving the highest award "Distinction"  and  all other students receiving "Credit" .  

The RAD standards are internationally recognised which also guarantees the high standard of this Studio.   

Special mention should be made of our students who received   DISTINCTION - MARKED 90 Plus !!   

Two Grade 3 students received  90 and 95 respectively  and 4 Vocational students received between 92% to 100%.

 

PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

Students above Intermediate Foundation may be trained

in private lessons to compete in Competitions. 

They also have the opportunity to audition for Performing Membership with the  Fiona Munroe DANCERS Company (formerly The Gold Coast Dancers Co.)   where they will perform between 4 to 10 times per year in professionally choreographed Classical Repetoire Ballets (such as "Swan Lake",  "Sleeping Beauty",  "Nutcracker" etc.  as well as Contemporary Ballet's originally created choreography.  Rehearsals & Workshops are held on Saturday afternoons and during some school holiday periods.  This is for the more committed students.

The Dancers Company also invites committed students from Grade 3- Gr. 5 to become Associate Members.  They learn to perform in age appropriate group choreography and this is a great experience and preparation for future performance training without the pressure of competition.

 

Some of the planned performances are :  Friday 24th September  -  Murwillumbah Civic Centre  :     October - Guest Artists with Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra at GC Arts Centre: 

Pre-Christmas Season -  21st  & 22nd Dec.  Venue & Program to be confirmed.

 

ANNUAL STUDIO CONCERT  -  Sunday December 19th  at  Twin Towns Services Club Auditorium.   Parents of students, friends and the general public are ALL INVITED TO ATTEND !

Tickets will be available for sale at The Ballet Factory (Studio) in late November/ early December.

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE DETAILS !!