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Shawbrook School of Dance is a private dance school in Legan, Co Longford providing dance education from age 4/5 up to any age you dare to imagine . . .
Classes in Classical ballet, jazz and contemporary dance. We prepare students for all grades and vocational RAD exams, for INDA and for auditions for 3rd level education.

Anica Louw is the founder/director and her husband Philip Dawson is co-director. The school, theatre, rehearsal rooms, dance studios and accomodation are based at their converted dairy farm and surrounded by a forest of oak, lime and ash.

Shawbrook is home to the LD Dance Trust, comprising:

NEWS AND NOTICES

SUMMER SCHOOLS 2008

Week 1

6th to 12th July
10 to 12 years

minimum standard grade 3 RAD

Classical Ballet teacher Anica Louw

Jazz tbd

Week 2

13th to 19th July

12 to 13 years

minimum standard grade 5 RAD

Classical Ballet teacher Sophie Bailey

Jazz teacher Cara O'Shea ( Northern Ballet)

Week 3

20th to 26th July

13 to 15 years

minimum standard grade 6 /Inter foundation RAD

Classical Ballet teacher Errol Pickford ( ex-principal dancer with Royal Ballet)

Jazz teacher Olivia Pickford

Week 4

27th July to 2nd August

15 to 19 years

Minimum standard Intermediate RAD

Classical Ballet teacher Keith Derrick Randolf ( Ex-Scapino Ballet Rotterdam)

Contemporary Dance teacher Dominique Cardito ( Dancer with Cathy Sharp Dance Ensemble)

Fees are 380Euro per week

Course E - 13th Residential Dance Course, from 3rd June 2008. Choreographic Workshop for pre-professionals and professional dancers. Working Leader: Michael Keegan Dolan. (Send CV to apply)

Ballet master classes

with Wendy Greene April 19th and 20th (book 044 9357570, or E-mail)

Life is a Beech

NYD junior performance with forest performance and live musicians 31st May

Classes ongoing:

Fridays:

Grade 8 RAD 6.00pm

Intermediate RAD 7.00pm

Saturdays:

Jazz advance 9.30am

Intermediate RAD 11.00am

Advance foundation RAD 12.30pm

Advance one RAD 1.30pm

Tai Chi at Shawbrook. 8 week course from 17th April 8pm

More Info and All Shawbrook bookings: 0449357570 www.shawbrook.org

SHAWBROOK FILMS
1. Winning choreography group, Shawbrook Summer Course '07 Week 4 'The Letter'. Watch here.

2. Louise Hynes' solo from Cathy Sharp's La Tarantula, a dance performance for Shawbrook Summer '07, Week 4. Watch here.

3. Book-reading & dance devised in Shawbrook Summer Course, Week 4 with Manchán Magan and Shawbrook dancers (Louise, Robyn and Eva). Watch here.

4. The Shawbrookians Movie. Watch here.

5. Segments from the The Funeral, (the 2007 National Youth Dance Company Show).
a. Joanna Newsom Dance.
b. Graveyard Dance
c. Snapshot of the Family

THE FUNERAL
1st & 2nd June 2007, National Youth Dance Company end of term performance, The Funeral (choreog: Anica Louw, Olwen Grindley and the dancers). To see film bits click 1, 2, & 3 & 4