Appleby Dance

13 DAYS TO GO! We cannot wait to welcome you all back into the studios for the Autumn term! 🍂🤎
Sharing a collection of snaps from our watching week that we didn't get around to posting at the end of the year📸

"The perfect puzzle for keeping the mind fresh"

The connections between a regular dance practice and cognitive health are just now being understood—and the signs point to it being the best way to prevent dementia. Click the link in the comments to get the details.

𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙮 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 🏆
These honours celebrate dancers who have displayed exceptional commitment, progression in technical ability, outstanding potential and pure joy of dance throughout the year, massive congratulations to you all, we are so so proud of you (and you should be too!!)🌟
🧑🏻‍🩰Anita Young MBE Ballet Cup- Ffion L
🕺🏻Appleby Dance Jazz Cup- Harriet P
👯🏻‍♀️Appleby Dance Musical Theatre Award- Phoebe I & Sophia B
🩰Appleby Dance Scholarship- Lottie J
⭐️Adult Ballet Award- Kate C

🩰 Ella‑Louise Appleby, 27, runs a dance school in Cwmbran. The photo on the right shows her at eight -years-old at the Royal Ballet School in London - a prize she earned after winning a competition held at Cwmbran’s Congress Theatre

The middle photo was taken in March 2026 during her school’s two‑night sell‑out show at the Congress Theatre.

And the photo on the left is from her time as a soloist in The Nutcracker at the Theatre Royal in Bath.

📝 Look out for an interview on Cwmbran Life today with Ella‑Louise, whose lovely circular story runs from being inspired after dancing as a child at Cwmbran’s theatre to becoming a professional ballet dancer alongside running her own school.

Hello all! Polite reminder that tonight is our final Adult Ballet class until 2nd September 🧑🏻‍🩰
Click here to book now 👉🏻 https://bookwhen.com/applebydance

𝐀𝐃𝐀𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
Introducing our first ever Appleby Dance Award winners 🏅

These individuals have gone above and beyond in so many ways this year- improving technically, gaining in confidence, being role models for the younger dancers, they have really helped in making our school the most welcoming, friendly and supportive community. We are so proud of you, huge congratulations to all🌟

𝙅̲𝙪̲𝙣̲𝙞̲𝙤̲𝙧̲
Lydia Grace S.
Lydia S.
Alice J.
Juniper O.

𝙈̲𝙞̲𝙙̲𝙙̲𝙡̲𝙚̲
Holly H.
Annalise R.
Aylah B.
Mya T.

𝙎̲𝙚̲𝙣̲𝙞̲𝙤̲𝙧̲
Emily H.
Emilija S.
Sophie R.
Elizabeth J.
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Meet Ella-Louise Appleby.
Ella is a professional dancer, school owner, and an ISTD DDE holder and Licentiate holder 🩰
Her advice for anyone thinking about becoming a teacher with the ISTD? "What are you waiting for? Just do it."

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4fbf2yK

Wow..what a truly special evening at the Appleby Dance Awards!🤩

We were incredibly proud to officially welcome Ms Anita Young MBE as Patron of our dance school. We are so excited for the future and feel very fortunate to have someone with her wealth of knowledge and experience to help guide and inspire our dancers.

A huge congratulations to all pupils and award winners—you should be so proud of everything you've achieved. Your hard work and love of dance continue to inspire us all.

Many more photos to follow! Here's to celebrating our amazing dance family and all that the future holds 💜