Well done to all the students who travelled to Euro
Disney in October to compete in The European Festival of Dance and Performing
Arts.
Nick Robinson came 2nd in the Solo singing category.
1st in
the group singing category: Electra-Giorgia Mullard, Faith Arinaitwe,
Chloe Edwards with their rendition of "Don’t Let Go".
2nd in the group singing category Eboni
Dixon, Kathryn Kitchener and Courtney Rumbold singing "Three Little Maids"
from The Hot Mikado.
3rd in the group singing category Ellie
Wilcox and Holly Taylor singing "Shadenfreude" from Avenue Q.
Step Up also came 2nd
in the Junior Musical Theatre Dance Category with ‘I Just Can’t Wait to be King’.
Over 40 students participated and it was a great weekend.
UK
Unsigned
All winners from UK Unsigned competed in a winners
final at the Tabernacle in Notting Hill and Kathryn Kitchener came 2nd
with her rendition of ‘As Long As He Needs Me’. She will now perform in the O2
in November.
Theatre
Trips
We have had 3 great Theatre trips this term. We all
went to see Sister Act in October. In November we went to see Steph Trott
covering Tracey in Hairspray in the West End. Stephi taught at Step Up for many
years. In December we went to see a current teacher at Step Up, Minica Beason,
perform in The Pied Piper at The Barbican Centre
The Lion
King
As well as Alyda Miller, who is currently playing
Nala in The Lion King, Olivia Dean has now entered the Lion King Cub School.
All Stars 2009
Well done
to all the winners at the All Stars contest. Many thanks to Chloe Hart who judged the
competition. Chloe is currently playing Tracey in the West End version of
Hairspray. Click here to see the winners.
George Ure Workshop: George
Ure from Wicked did a very successful workshop with the Step Up students in
November 2009. He taught them ‘What is this feeling’ and the students really
enjoyed the experience.
Summer
Schools August 2009: Well done to all those who took part in the Step Up Summer Schools. All
students completed successful productions of The Lion King and Oliver.
Trinity
Guildhall exams: Well
done to all those who took exams in June. The results were outstanding with a
100% pass rate with most students gaining a distinction.
Paige Jones Saunders
Well done
to Paige Jones-Saunders who took part in the Stratford Music Festival recently.
Paige achieved two first place distinctions, two second place commended and one
third place commended. Paige also won a cup as the overall winner from three
age groups ranging from 11 to 18 years.
The Lion
King
Well done to Alyda Miller who
has just had her contract renewed for the part of the young Nala in the West
End production of The Lion King. Click here to see more on Alyda.
Broken Silence: Well done
to Ayshen Miller and Sillouettes for winning a place in the finals for Broken
Silence competition on the 24th September 2009
Mountview Theatre Arts: Well done
to William Marsh who has just gained a full time place at Mountview
Theatre Arts
Joseph: Well done
to Ross Goold who continues to perform in the West End production of
Joseph (see Ross and the cast in the attached photo – Ross is in the back row, second from
the right in the striped top).
UK Unsigned
Finals in Hackney Empire July 2009
Olivia
Browning who won
the under 12 Musical Theatre category
Kathryn
Kitchener won the
teens Musical Theatre category
Kathryn
Kitchener and Giorgia Mullard won the Musical group category
Well done
to Kathryn Kitchener who won the Rising star award as voted for by the general
public (see here for more details). Well done to the Step Up
performers: Faith Arinatawe, Sian Mullard, Giorgia Mullard, and Eboni Dixon who
performed at the awards ceremony along with Kathryn Kitchener.
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