Lindfield Arts Festival 2019

16 - 22 September 2019

Turning Pointe Performance

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Turning Pointe School of Dance will be running a modern dance workshop that is suitable for children of any gender, aged 5-10. This will be a fun and energetic class set to upbeat music, suitable for complete beginners as well as students with previous dance experience! The workshop will involve a short warm-up, stretching and learning a dance routine. This will then be followed by a short performance by some of our current students, including extracts from our production of The Jungle Book. Be sure to come along on Saturday 21st September to the United Reform Church Hall at 3.45pm to join in!

More about Turning Pointe:

At Turning Pointe School of Dance we offer professional Dance training in Ballet, Tap, Modern and Jazz for children aged three all the way up to Advanced Level, including adult classes. We are a well-established school with a 50 year history in the area, and offer classes in Haywards Heath, Lindfield, Plumpton, Balcombe and Lewes.

We value every pupil as an individual, and whilst many of our students are offered places at prestigious conservatoires and universities (including The Royal Ballet School, London Studio Centre, The BRIT School, London Contemporary School of Dance, Trinity Laban, and Northern School of Contemporary Dance) others attend lessons purely as a hobby and a form of exercise, but the escapism and enjoyment they gain from the classes is just as important.

Our pupils have the opportunity to take exams in RAD Ballet and ISTD Modern and Tap if they wish to do so, and every two years we put on a large production in a professional theatre. We also enjoy performing at community events like Lindfield Arts Festival, and hope that you will enjoy watching some of our dancers today! More information about Turning Pointe can be found on their website here.

 

Turning Pointe Workshop

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Turning Pointe School of Dance will be running a modern dance workshop that is suitable for children of any gender, aged 5-10. This will be a fun and energetic class set to upbeat music, suitable for complete beginners as well as students with previous dance experience! The workshop will involve a short warm-up, stretching and learning a dance routine. Be sure to come along on Saturday 21st September to the United Reform Church Hall at 3.45pm to join in!

More about Turning Pointe:

At Turning Pointe School of Dance we offer professional Dance training in Ballet, Tap, Modern and Jazz for children aged three all the way up to Advanced Level, including adult classes. We are a well-established school with a 50 year history in the area, and offer classes in Haywards Heath, Lindfield, Plumpton, Balcombe and Lewes.

We value every pupil as an individual, and whilst many of our students are offered places at prestigious conservatoires and universities (including The Royal Ballet School, London Studio Centre, The BRIT School, London Contemporary School of Dance, Trinity Laban, and Northern School of Contemporary Dance) others attend lessons purely as a hobby and a form of exercise, but the escapism and enjoyment they gain from the classes is just as important.

Our pupils have the opportunity to take exams in RAD Ballet and ISTD Modern and Tap if they wish to do so, and every two years we put on a large production in a professional theatre. We also enjoy performing at community events like Lindfield Arts Festival, and hope that you will enjoy watching some of our dancers today! More information about Turning Pointe can be found on their website here.

Chameleon Belly Dancing Performance

Theatrical belly dance troupe, Chameleon, is a multi-generation, dance co-operative from Horsham. The Chameleon family has been dancing together for over ten years, sharing the joy of dance and supporting each other. They choreograph all of their own material as a group, their unique style having developed over many years, influenced by a variety of genres, from gothic to gypsy, tribal to traditional; with a sprinkling of comedy, drama and magic, to surprise and delight. They will be performing on the High Street Stage on Saturday 21st September between 3:00pm to 3:30pm.

For more information about Chameleon Dance Troupe please see their website here.

To The Beat Workshop

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To The Beat is running a free taster session for children aged 4-11 on Saturday 21st September at the United Reform Church Hall between 2.45pm to 3.30pm!

To The Beat is a company that provides dance camps during the school holidays for children aged 4 to 11 in venues across East and West Sussex. The company was created in 2018 by Lucy Somerville and Terri Johnson, who both have years of knowledge and experience in the dance and children’s education sector. Their camps are jammed packed with activities from dance to art. They focus on all dance genres from urban to classical styles which are suitable for children’s development and performing needs. Your children will learn new skills, develop their movement ability and expand on creativity in a fun and safe environment. To The Beat also specialises in after school clubs and dance parties so be sure to enquire if you are interested. For more information about To The Beat please visit their Facebook page here or their website here.

Fitsteps Performance

FitSteps is the result of a collaboration between Strictly Come Dancing’s professional dancers Natalie Lowe and Ian Waite and Britain’s most successful swimmer Mark Foster.  It is a mix of the graceful steps of Ballroom and the up tempo steps of the Latin dances to create a really fun, energetic and effective way to stay fit.  It is the first time that classic Latin and Ballroom dances have been brought together with proven fitness techniques and principles to create not only a programme that can have extraordinarily wide appeal but one that also has the potential to make a real and lasting impact on the health of the nation.

Fitsteps will be doing a demonstration in Lindfield High Street on Saturday 21st September between 2.30pm to 3.00pm where people of any age are welcome come, watch and join in! More information about Fitsteps can be found on their website here.

Popsteps Performance

Popsteps is an award winning sensational way to keep children fit and healthy, plus it’s bundles of fun and educational too! This phenomenal fitness idea is designed to be an energetic, motivational and inspiring activity for children and adults, encouraging them to keep fit and healthy by learning fun and funky dance moves they see all around them and relate to the moves in a positive way.  Popsteps is a fantastic mix of commercial dance styles, including jazz funk, and the combination of uplifting music and high-energy moves to create a brilliant environment.

Popsteps will be doing a free demonstration in Lindfield High Street on Saturday 21st September between 2.00pm to 2.30pm where people of any age are welcome to join in! For more information on Popsteps’ classes and parties please visit their website here or visit their Facebook page here.

Lindfield Folk Dancers

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The Lindfield Folk Dancers will be giving a folk dancing demonstration followed by a folk dancing workshop for everyone to join in and learn some moves. The dances are usually performed as couples starting from a variety of formations and comprise a combination of standard moves. Come along to the United Reform Church Hall on Saturday 21st September between 1.30pm and 2.15pm and learn a new skill from the Lindfield Folk Dancers!

Women’s Bachata Dance Workshop

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The Unique Dance Fit co will be running a Bachata Dance Workshop on Saturday 21st September at the United Reform Church Hall from 11.30am to 12.15pm. Bachata is a genre of Latin American music with European, Indigenous and African musical elements. This year we are focusing on introducing Bachata to female beginners who are happy to pick up some basic moves. No partner or experience required! You can bring your high heels if you fancy, just come along and have fun!

You can just turn up on the day but you can also register your interest on their Facebook events page to receive updates ahead of time here.

Balcombe and Lindfield Dance School Performance

Balcombe and Lindfield Dance School was founded in 2003 and has grown from twenty students in one branch to over two hundred students in three branches. Students from the aged from two to sixteen years old enjoy weekly ballet, tap and modern dance classes whilst also working towards their exams, dancing at the school’s friendly and fun Holiday Dance Camps and performing at events like Lindfield Arts Festival.

The school is delighted to be performing again at the Lindfield Arts Festival and you can see them perform at the nave in the United Reform Church on Saturday 21st September between 10:00 and 10:45am. More information about Balcombe and Lindfield Dance School can be found on their Facebook page here.

Alegria Spanish Dance Workshop

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Josefa Figuerra will be running a free spanish dance workshop for children aged 6 to 16 years on Saturday 21st September from 10.00am to 11.00am in the United Reform Church Hall. Children will be able to learn Flamenco dancing alongside modern Spanish dancing in this fun and dynamic class!

Josefa has been dancing and teaching Spanish Dance in the Sussex community for over 10 years. During that time she has caught in many primary schools in the area, care homes and community events. Alegria‘s focus is on community and charity.  Alegria translates as ‘joy’ and that is exactly what Alegria Spanish Dance wants to bring to their dancers; joy. Joy for the music, joy for the movement and joy at learning something new. Come along to the children’s lesson to get a sample of what we do! Josefa runs regular dance classes throughout Sussex and more information about these can be found on her Facebook page here.