Activities & Events
Annual Shows
The highlight each year at Oris Dance is our annual show. Normally held at the St. Helens Theatre Royal we encourage each and every one of our dancers to take part. It's always such an exciting day for our dancers and a great celebration of our achievements throughout the year. And it's a treat for parents and families who get to see their very own superstars shine on stage.
Exam Sessions
All of our dancers are offered the chance to take modern stage, ballet or tap exams with the Allied Dancing Association and/or IDTA. There are a number of additional awards that dancers can be put forward for, for example, drama and singing.
Since opening our doors more than 10 years ago now, we have always achieved 100% pass rate in exams. Our most recent exam results were our best to date with some outstanding results and comments from the examiner.
Theatre Trips
We sometimes take our dancers on coach trips to watch ballets, pantomimes, musicals and other live performances, to widen our performance experience. The trips are also a wonderful opportunity to socialise with friends we've made in class.
Charity Events
Our advanced class has performed at a number of charity events, helping to support local initiatives within our community. If you would like us to consider performing at your event, get in touch.
We also take part in UK-wide events, such as dance-athons to support fantastic causes such as Children in Need.
News
We are back to in-person classes!
Whilst the current Tier 3 Restrictions remain in place for St Helens, we are back with our in-person classes for under 18s only at the moment.
We have limited places available for new starters, but please get in touch for further details or to be added to our waiting list.
Congratulations Advanced Dancers
Congratulations to our Advanced class (plus Mollie who's not pictured above) for some fantastic exam results. Not one, but two distinctions for these superstars in their most recent exam session. Plus, some amazing comments from the examiner..."Tap at its best" and "A showstopping performance!." Just brilliant, ladies. Keep up the great work!
Excellent exam results 2019/2020
We are absolutely delighted with not only a 100% pass rate for our most recent set of practical dance exams, but some outstanding results. Well done to everyone - we're proud of you all!
Now accepting new starters for January
Are you looking for a St Helens dance class? Now is the perfect time to sign up with Oris Dance as we're starting brand new work across all classes in January. Contact us to ask about availability and the most suitable class for you.
West End Workshop
Another amazing day with professional west end dancer, Andrew, took place on Saturday 5th October. Andrew led two brilliant musical theatre workshops for some of our Ruskin dancers, filling the room with energy, fun and laughter. We learnt a lot and look forward to welcoming Andrew back soon.
Summer holidays Days of Dance - join us!
Have you signed up for one of our summer holiday Days of Dance? If 6 weeks seems just too long off dancing, we've some great activities planned at our Ruskin Drive Leisure Village studio - get in touch to find out more.
It was lights, camera, action at our annual end-of-year show
What a fantastic afternoon we had at the Theatre Royal for our annual performance on 14th July. Our movie themed show was a great success - every single one of our dancers did us proud. We were sooo impressed with you all! A massive well done to everyone who took part and thanks to everyone who came to watch.
West end star visits our studio
Our Easter workshop with Andrew Chadwick was a full day of learning, lifting and most importantly, laughing. Our dancers had a wonderful time learning some original west-end musical theatre choreography and mastering partner lifts and balances. Here are some photos of the day:
Great fun at our Feb Day of Dance
Thank you to guest teachers, Victoria and Sheila, who ran two great fun workshops. We learnt a lot from you both!
Congratulations, Laura
A distinction grade is rare, but our dancer and class assistant, Laura, smashed her exams this year by receiving, not one, but three!!
Huge congratulations on this outstanding achievement, with love from all your fellow dancers and teachers at Oris Dance. x
Outstanding exam results 2019
We were thrilled to receive some outstanding gradings and remarks from our recent exam session, including a high number of honours and distinctions. What an achievement!!
A huge well done to all of our dancers who have (yet again!) done us proud!
100% pass rate in Dec 2018 exams
Following our recent exam session with the ADA, we are thrilled to have once again achieved a 100% pass rate. Congratulations and well done to all of our dancers - we are so proud of you all!
End of year theatre trip
We had a great afternoon out at the Lowry watching Dr Doolittle and celebrating the end of another fantastic year at Oris Dance. Thanks to everyone that came along, including parents who came to help.
Tapathon 2018
Well done to 60 of our dancers who took part in this year's Children in Need Tapathon on Sunday 18th November. The atmosphere was electric with all those shoes tapping together!
No Guinness World Record this time (for the largest tap dance across multiple venues), but over £37k raised for Children in Need and a great day had by all! Thank you and well done to everyone involved.
We welcomed ex Pussycat Doll and TV dance judge, Kimberly Wyatt, for an exciting end-of-term dance workshop!
We were so excited to have Kimberly Wyatt join us on the afternoon of 21st July. Kimberly ran two workshops for two different age groups working on technique, confidence and a fantastic commercial routine with us. There was also time for lots of photos and autograph signing! A fantastic day - thank you Kim! x
Teddy Bear's Picnic..."If you go down to Oris Dance today..."
We had a lovely end to the school year with our yongest dancers at our Teddy Bear's Picnic on 21st July. Teddies, cake and of course lots of dancing! Thanks to everyone who came.
St Julie's Gala
Thanks to St Julie's who invited us to perform at their summer gala on 15th July. Well done dancers - you did us proud!
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