Convergence Dance Studios

🌸 SPRING INTO ACTION 🌸

This Saturday, 5 September, we’re celebrating the start of spring with 15% OFF all CDS merchandise and uniforms!

It’s the perfect chance to refresh your dance wardrobe, replace anything that’s been outgrown, and make sure you’re looking sharp for the months ahead.

PLUS: this Saturday you’ll have exclusive access to order THREE brand-new CDS uniform pieces before their official release:

🖤 NEW Black Flared Leggings
🖤 NEW CDS Crossover with Thumb Holes in BLACK & PINK
🖤 TWO NEW Leotard Styles

These are going to be studio favourites!

✨ 15% OFF all CDS merch & uniform
✨ Saturday 5 September only
✨ Exclusive access to our three newest pieces

Spring is here. Time for a uniform refresh! 🌸🖤

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A Grantee Story:

Inspire grantee Hamish Giddens was heading home from the Royal Ballet School - freshly cleared from a concussion - when a classmate got injured minutes before that night's show at the Linbury Theatre. Could Hamish step into his role? In a contemporary piece he'd never even seen?

He got a 10-minute run-through at 6:50pm, ran from the school to the theatre, and nailed it.

"Any chance to get on stage is my favourite thing."

That's the end of his first year at one of the world's great ballet schools - with the Royal Opera House still to come.

We love hearing these inspiring stories, showing the depth of talent these grantees have.

Leave Hamish a 👏 below.

Read Hamish's Inspire story: https://www.inspirefoundation.co.nz/grantees/hamish-giddens

EVENING OF DANCE ✨

What a beautiful evening celebrating dance, performance and our wonderful Christchurch dance community.

We are so proud of this gorgeous group who took to the stage and represented CDS with confidence, professionalism and so much joy.

A very special thank you to Isabella D’Accione for her stunning choreography of Creep. Your creativity and artistry continue to challenge and inspire our dancers, and it was so special to see this work come alive again on stage. 🖤

Every opportunity to perform is an opportunity to grow, to build confidence, gain valuable stage experience and share the work that happens inside the studio with an audience.

A huge thank you to Christchurch Ballet Society for putting on Evening of Dance and continuing to create these valuable performance opportunities for young dancers across our community. We are so grateful for everything that goes into making evenings like this possible.

Well done dancers, we are incredibly proud of you all! ✨🖤

PRODUCTION REVEAL: ONE FINAL WAIT…

You’ve followed the clues.
You’ve made your guesses.
And some of you are very confident… 👀

But perhaps you’ve been looking
at the wrong part of the story.

One last secret remains.

WEDNESDAY • 8PM

ALL WILL BE REVEALED.

Until then…
trust no one. 🌙

🚨 ASCEND FAMILIES: WE STILL NEED YOUR MEASUREMENTS! 🚨

Something pretty special is happening behind the scenes for ASCEND – A New Era…

Our costumes aren’t simply being ordered off the rack.

They are being designed and handmade specifically for this production, with the opportunity for each costume to be created using your child’s individual measurements.

And we STILL have measurements missing!

We would genuinely hate to have to estimate your child’s sizing when there is such an incredible opportunity to have a costume made to their measurements.

Accuracy is really important when taking measurements. Please have your child wear fitted clothing, ideally a leotard or close-fitting dancewear, so measurements can be taken as accurately as possible. Please avoid measuring over loose or bulky clothing.

Our costume team needs to get creating, so if you haven’t completed your form yet, please do it ASAP.

It takes just a few minutes and could make a huge difference to how your child’s finished costume looks and fits on stage.

ASCEND is going to be something special, and the costumes are a huge part of bringing this vision to life. ⚡️

Please check that you’ve submitted your child’s accurate measurements TODAY!

PRODUCTION REVEAL: CLUE #3

I ran from danger
and found shelter where I least expected it.

A strange home.
Unlikely companions.
And appearances that weren’t quite what they seemed.

Perhaps beauty has been hiding
in this story all along… 🌹

Still confident in your guess? 👀

PRODUCTION REVEAL: CLUE #2

I never asked to be noticed,
yet being noticed changed everything.

What others saw as a gift
became the reason I had to run.

What story am I?

Getting warmer? 👀

2026 PRODUCTION REVEAL 💎 CLUE #1

I was wanted before I was known,
I arrived because of a wish,
and my story began long before
anyone knew my name.

What story am I?

Don’t be too confident yet… 👀

Spot gorgeous Miss Sophie 💖💎