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Western Association of Ballet Schools Pavilion Theatre Bournemouth November 2002 With dance styles ranging from classical to contemporary ‘modern’ and jazz, the audience was treated to a variety of Queens in different guises. Carnival Queens, from Wessex School of Dancing, brought brightly clad dancers to the streets of London, followed by the Jane Farrell Ballet School’s delightful tribute to Alice in Wonderland and the Queen of Hearts, complete with tiny ‘playing cards’, ‘flamingos’ and ‘hedgehogs’. Queen of Spades found Academy of Dance pupils at a casino, while Talbot Academy of Dance brought A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Titania, Queen of the Fairies, to life. London was in evidence again in Spotlight School of Dancing’s Pearly Queen Section, with a rousing ‘knees up’ in Me and My Girl style, followed by a stunning Chess Queens Ballet from Hollywood Dance Academy and a Caribbean Cruise on board MS Queen from the Jan Mizen Dancers. Without exception the costumes were stunning and the dancing outstanding, with the entire performance immensely entertaining. And the finale, in which all 200+ performers took to the stage, was an absolute joy. Linda Kirkman Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo |
