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The Company about to perform at the St Andrews Charity Fashion Show......look out for them in Vogue Magazine! Smart boys in class Two peas in a pod in Performance Group
EDA at Christmas Cinderella Pantomime at the King's Theatre in Edinburgh Click Here to check out the Dance Proms video montage of a wonderful day Edinburgh Dance Academy dancing at the Royal Albert Hall at the first ever Dance Proms
Halloween at EDA! Click here to see EDA dancing with Louie Spence! EDA in the final of Edinburgh's Got Talent!!!!
Gabi Lang performs as Alice in a dance choreographed by Miss Mitchell at the Fettes College Mad Hatters Ball. Breaking News!! Click here to see Jai Ho in the Edinburgh Evening News! Ollie and Zoe getting ready for their RAD exam. Festival4Stars - Scottish Finalists Gregor Watson performing with Northern Ballet in their production of Cleopatra at the Festival Theatre
Kirsten and Katy getting ready to dance in this season's last Finale Kirsten from the wings
Jack and the Beanstalk Pantomime at the King's Theatre Edinburgh Panto Babes looking splendid!
Keeno and Woozie's Big Adventure! Principal Cast  Anticipation During Rehearsal  Super Cute!  The EDA Team  Jai Ho Madness!  Relaxing in the Auditorium  EDA Teachers Having a Break 
The EDA Company dancing at the Annual Selex Charity Event.
Winner of the EDA Dancer of the Year Competition and the Winners of the Junior section of the EDA Choreography Competition go and see Flawless with the EDA Team Pamela Smith Workshop EDA Fundraising Duckrace Look at them go!! EDA wins
Check out Alastair, one of Miss Mitchell's ex pupils
A LIFE IN PANTO by Eve Roberts age 6 Chapter 1 – The Audition One day I went for an audition. I wanted to be a babe in Aladdin. For the audition I had to make up a dance and then we lined up in height order. Tallest at the back down to smallest at the front. We then all had to make sad, cold, hot, happy and frightened faces. After the Audition I had to wait one week. During that week I felt very nervous waiting to hear if I had got in. I went to my ballet class and on the door my name was on the list. I jumped with excitement and shouted Yes Yes Yes. Chapter 3- Rehersals The rehersals went on for two weeks. The first day I was excited. There was a lady dancer called Vicky who was my panto mum and looked after me. The dances were tricky to learn but I got used to them . Trying on the costumes was great fun. We did 2 days of technical run through which was very, very slow. We were given notes and had to remember every little change. On the last day of rehersals, some newspaper men came to watch and took lots of photos. In the Babe’s dressing room we had to share a long dressing table and look after our own costumes and makeup. We were on the top floor of the theatre, it was very tiring to get up the stairs because there were 75 steps. Chapter 4 – On stage At last the opening night came. While we got ready, we could hear the noise in the theatre getting louder. We got a half hour call and then a 5 minute call and then a beginners call. At beginners call we took our positions in the wings at the side of the stage. I was on stage left with 3 other babes. As the actors and dancers arrived they wished us good luck, “break a leg” they said. The lights went out, the curtain went up and the show started. When I heard my music I knew it was time to go on stage. The first time I ran on stage I thought I was going to faint. When I felt nervous I pretended that only one person was watching and it was OK. I smiled and smiled until my cheeks ached. I danced and danced until my legs hurt. I got used to all the costume changes. Some of the changes were very quick. To make it quicker we lined up and fastened each others buttons. It was called teamwork. Once my skirt fell off when I was on stage. I felt embarrassed but I had a purple leotard underneath and knew that I should just carry on with the show! Everyone thought it was very funny but I didn’t. Widow Twanky said “well done, handled like a professional”. Chapter 5 – Team work in the dressing room In our dressing room we had our own makeup but we always shared and helped each other to put our makeup on neatly and do our hair. We had some dressing room rules. We had to hang up our costumes neatly and look after then for our understudy in the other group. When someone was upset or did something wrong on stage, we all gave her a hug and made her feel better. We did not take things from other peoples drawers or say that we were better than the other group. Chapter 6 – The Babe’s party At the end of panto we had a Babe’s party in the dressing room. We invited all the cast and crew and had lots of food. The dancers ate the most because they were so hungry. We took photos and got autographs. It was a tradition. When we left the theatre there was a big surprise, a pink limo for the babe’s to ride round town in. Chapter 7 – Feelings and Memories When I think of my panto feelings they are exciting, nervous, tired, proud and very happy.
Christmas Party at EDA Pupils from our Central Studios rehearsing for Dance Fest. Robinson Crusoe Panto at the King's Theatre Student Dancers Emily Hunter & Christie Morrison Student Dancers Rachael Simpson & Katie Hill Sailors from Robinson Crusoe Babes glittering brightly! Caitlin Blair, Lauren Stott and Hannah Lewis getting ready for the live show of Sky 1's "Just Dance" where they met Davina McCall, Ashley from Diversity, Kimberly from Pussy Cat Dolls and Adam Garcia!! Choreography Competition 2009
Robinson Crusoe and the Caribbean Pirates! EDA Boys for the years Panto at the Kings EDA Student Dancers for this years Panto at the Kings EDA Babes for this years Panto at the Kings.
Halloween 2009 at EDA
Exciting News!!!
Duet winners at the Festival4Stars competition in Newcastle Courtney Rae and Sophie McKenzie EDA dancers performing with Northern Ballet Theatre at the Festival Theatre
Performance Group kids dancing at Dundas Castle to help raise money for the new Sick Kids Hospital
Performance Group kids dancing at the Sick Kids Ball at Dundas Castle
EDA dancers with Allan Stewart, Grant Sott & the cast from Aladdin
Babes in their village costumes
Babes-Wedding Scene
Frances Hallam & Lidia Cetrangolo looking glam!
Katy Kedslie & Lynsay Douglas in their dressing room
Babes-Policemen
Babes looking gorgeous!
EDA Staff trip in Milan In the rain at the Duomo
Halloween!
Rehearsal shots from our show "The Heat Is On" Grease
Wisteria
High School Musical
Squirrels
Winter Fairies
Hedgehogs
Snow Drops
Pre-Show Chat
Bees
Raspberries
Penguins
Waiting Patiently
In The Wings
Relaxing
EDA Awards 2008 Christmas Award: Nicole Kennedy
Nicole Kennedy and Holly Drysdale from the Company perform at the James Bond Gala at the Edinburgh City Art Centre
Miss Mitchell with The Company and Performance Group at VE Day Ball - Glasgow
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