Portadown Dance College

So to celebrate our return after half term..... WE NOW HAVE TIK TOK 🎉🥳❤
Be sure to go follow us to see what we get up to between training classes, group rehearsals and solo slots!!! To all our beautiful PDC dancers.. if you would like to be featured on our page showing off your best tik tok dance routines just send your video to Miss Rachel via our FB page or what’s app 🎉🎉 We can’t wait to see them 👏❤🥰
... 💕TEAM PDC
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HALF TERM BREAK
So after a 12 hour day in the studio today (yep that’s right!!) I am well and truely ready for a little half term break.
All training classes, hip hop classes and group rehearsals are off this week (17th - 23rd Feb) and will return as normal from Monday the 24th.
... Enjoy time to rest and time with your loved ones. 😘
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When you tell your seniors if they work really hard at their conditioning they can have a half term break...... 😂💪👏
Don’t forget all training classes, Hip Hop Classes, Solo slots and Group rehearsals are off from Monday 17th to Sunday 23rd February for half term.
We return as normal on Monday 24th.... All classes still on tomorrow as planned (Saturday 16th February).
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Dance is friendship... Dance is Love... Dance is Life.
Happy Valentines Day to all our beautiful PDC dancers.
... We love you all and the way you love each other. 💕💕💕
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FLEXIBLE FRIDAYS!!!!! 😄💕👯‍♀️💪
Forever determined to push themselves and work harder with each week that goes by. Your persistence is paying off girls, keep it going!!!!👏👏👏
... 💕PDC
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YEP!!!! Can deffo relate to this right now!!!
When people ask me what I do for a living I often receive a “aw that must be lovely” response but in my head there is always this underlying assumption that they must just think i spend my day’s skipping round the studio having fun.
... Don’t get me wrong we do spend a little time working on our skips 🤣 but there’s so much more that goes into teaching dance (especially at festival season)...... your whole life for example. Lol.
As well as long hours teaching in the studio there’s.... * Creating class plans that not only concentrate on technique but improve performance skills * Timetable planning so that each competitor, each duet and each trio can be seen in their own private slot * Selecting the perfect solos, duets/trios and groups for each individual and competition * Finding, downloading and cutting hundreds of music choices * Sending multiple videos and cut pieces of music to each competitor for each routine that they do * Prop designing, sourcing and organising transportation to and from festivals * Bulk costume sizing and ordering for group work * Advising and approving all solo and duet/trio costumes * Completing a series of festival entry forms and online documents * Gathering, checking and forwarding on entry fees * Organising and booking on stage group rehearsals at selected venues Not to mention the endless hours and hours of choreography (these days usually done in the very early hours of the morning)
These things are all done outside teaching hours. Outside time I am actually getting paid for and it can very easily take over your life, even while trying to juggle looking after two gorgeous little boys at home (2yr old & 8 month old) and being a good wifey to an amazing husband.
So why do I do it??? Cause..... I LOVE IT!!!! I love my school and I love all my students!! 💕
I try my utmost to go above and beyond for them each day and I will continue to do so for as long as I can. Sure theres moments when I feel like pulling my hair out as there just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day but when I see them on stage smiling, confident, proud of themselves and what they have achieved, full of life and having the best time with their friends it is all worth while.
The joy of Dance is a beautiful thing and to be able to pass this on to my students is a honour and a privilege.
So keep working hard girlies cause I’m working hard for you.
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Was lovely to have one of our former pupils Becky Richardson back in the studio tonight putting our seniors through their paces.
Becky is currently studying the BA HONS MUSICAL THEATRE COURSE at the prestigious MGA Acadamy in Edinburgh where she has been placed in the highest streaming classes for each genre, was selected to perform in 4 dance pieces and the opening number in their winter show (which is unheard of as a first year) as well as having the highest mark in her yea...r in her Christmas assessments!!!!
Proud is an understatement. 💕👏
Keep up the great work Becky!!! You are a star in the making and I’ve known that since “fabulous feet”!!! 😂
Amazing to see you follow your dreams and push yourself to be the best you can be.
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Creating our own little PDC army! Lol.
Warmed up and ready for the week ahead.... 💕PDC

We don’t only need to stretch to aid flexibility.....

Proud to be a fully QUALIFIED ISTD Dance Teacher...
After dancing for 16 years under the tuition of Donna Whitten and taking numerous graded and vocational examinations in Ballet, Modern & Tap (and one in national I might add) at the age of 19 I went on to spend three years attending a prestigious private teaching college in Kent, England... The Deborah Capon College. This is where I proceeded to undergo multiple physical, oral and written examinations in all aspects of dance... training. Proudly obtaining high distinctions in all Advanced levels (Ballet, Modern & Tap) as well as in my DDI’s (Diplomas in Dance Instruction) and DDE’s (Diplomas in Dance Education) in my three chosen genres.
Covering areas such as... * Lifespan (child development mentally and atomically) * Health & Safety (in the work place & when working with young people) * Legal requirements needed for operating and running your own dance school (insurances, police checks, licences etc) * Contextual studies to Chosen Genres (studying how the dance world has been impacted and influenced by significant Dancers/choreographers) * The relationship between music and dance in the chosen genre * Lesson planning and adaption when needed as well as teaching evaluations * Assessing Safe Dance Practice at all times * Different teaching techniques, methods and how to implement them on a group of children with different learning preferences * How to train different physiques and learning abilities, all the while creating an all inclusive atmosphere * Dance teaching practice (where you are actually assessed teaching classes)
I have also recently went on to achieve my training in the new ISTD inter foundation Contemporary syllabus, Zumba fitness and Progressive Ballet Technique Training, not to mention starting work towards my ISTD licentiate qualifications.
I want to be the best I can be for my students, the same way any parent only wants the best education for their child. You wouldn’t send your child to a school where the teachers weren’t qualified so why should dance be any different?
ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance) is one the worlds leading dance examination bodies were students can not only use their dance exam results as a benchmark of achievement but as a U.K. recognised qualification such as UCAS points when applying for universities and other higher education institutions.
ISTD encourages dedication, strong work ethics, discipline and of course a true passion and love of dance.
Proud to be qualified, Proud to be part of ISTD.
Miss Rachel (Principal and Creative Director of Portadown Dance College)
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Working on our entrances and exits today..... 🤣🤣🤣
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PAY AS YOU GO HIP HOP CLASSES!!!! EVERYONE WELCOME!!!
Every Thursday.... 6:30-7:00pm Tiny Tots Hip Hop (3-5yrs) £4... 7:00-7:45pm Hip Hop Juniors (6-10yrs) £5
Have fun learning some new moves while keeping fit and meeting new friends.
Showcase performance opportunities also available. 💕PDC
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Are you excited it’s the weekend Kirsten????
Kirsten :
🤣🤣🤣🤣... 💕PDC
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Happy Hump day!!!!!
Every day is a great day when your dancing though!
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Pay as you go Hip Hop Classes.... EVERYONE WELCOME!!!
Every Thursday 6:30-7:00pm Tiny Tots Hip Hop 3-5yrs £4... 7:00-7:45pm Hip Hop Juniors 6-10yrs £5
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Loved being back in the studio this week!!!!
But.... • 15 Training Classes • 26 Hours of Festival Slots... • 20 Group Rehearsals • Hip Hop Classes And not to mention some extremely late nights full of new choreography and paperwork got us like 😴😴😴
Wouldn’t change it for the world though. Love what we do and the dance family we do it for. 💕PDC
Now roll on next week to do it all over again!!!
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Hip Hop Thursdays....
Drop in pay as you go classes every Thursday
6:30-7:00pm Tiny Tots Hip Hop (3-5yrs) £4... 7:00-7:45pm Hip Hop Juniors (6-10yrs) £5
Everyone Welcome!!!!! 💕PDC
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