SLW Dance Company is a newly formed Dance Company and was established in 2009. SLW Dance Company currently teaches schools across the North West various styles of dance, drama and singing.
In September 2010 SLW Dance Company will be teaching community based classes for all ages from 3 to Adult. We aim to provide our own unique brand of dance instruction for all levels and capabilities. We cater for beginners all the way up to experienced dancers as well as anyone that just wants to learn some new moves for the dance floor!
We offer various styles of dance including:
- Ballet
- Tap
- Modern
- Street
- Jazz
- Contemporary
- Musical Theatre
- Lyrical
- Singing
- Stage Work
At SLW it is important to teach our students new skills and techniques as well as providing a fun, creative experience that can be enjoyed by all. We encourage the exciting discipline of dance that will give our pupils the chance to learn diverse styles, safe ways to exercise and controlled techniques. Our goal is to allow each member to get the most out of performing arts by building every pupils confidence, co-ordination, creativity and self-esteem alongside teaching the subject. By revealing the steps to achieve certain goals, we can also reveal how fun dance can really be.
Above all, at SLW we want to provide a relaxed, personal atmosphere in which parents/guardians and dancers within the school are welcome to offer suggestions and get involved with all activities and events.
SLW Dance Company also has a brand new home to teach from; Chance 2 Dance Studios in Treasure Island Soft Play, Fingerpost. We will be able to use shiny sprung flooring, floor to ceiling mirrors and it is soon to be equipped with ballet barres! These new facilities are the perfect complement to our fresh faced new Dance Company and will be a big boost to how our pupils will be taught in the future.
A major part of our teaching programme encompasses annual examinations for pupils that wish to gain accredited qualifications. We currently use the Allied Dancing Association Syllabus and train in Ballet, Tap and Modern. Aside from this we provide an annual show at St Helens Theatre Royal, giving parents the chance to see what their little protégé can really do whilst encouraging all the budding stars in our midst to shine as bright as they can!
The Principal
Principal of SLW Dance Company; Sarah Wilcock AADA BA hons PGCE BBO ATS
The company was founded by Sarah Wilcock a dance and performing arts specialist who has designed activities for young people in the performing arts for over six years and has taught for eleven. She graduated with a BA (Hons) Dance and English degree as well as having various Allied Dancing Association qualifications in Dance teaching. In September 2010 she will be commencing a Performing Arts PGCE at Liverpool Hope University in connection with LIPA. She has current CRB Enhanced Disclosure (as well as all the staff at SLW) and is presently working with various schools within the North West. Additionally, Sarah also lends her hand to a number of other companies in the area including Bespoke Dance Company and HQ Coaching Centre. As well as this Sarah is currently working towards teaching qualifications in ISTD Dance Syllabus. This will give pupils the chance to gain a nationally recognised qualification and open up a new world of dance for SLW. As well as Sarah, SLW have various guest teachers, singers and dancers which open the pupils to various teaching styles techniques.