Geraldine Lamb Dance Company.

The Geraldine Lamb Dance Company is a performance group that represents the school at community events locally & occasionally at competitions. They rehearse at least once a week, but extra rehearsals are often required when an event is approaching.

Many performances take place over weekends and students that are Company members are expected to put Company rehearsals & events ahead of other activities they may attend. To be part of Company students must dance exclusively with Geraldine Lamb Dance School. (Certain associate classes may be attended such as Royal Ballet School associates, Ballet Boost, Tap Attack).

We invite students to join for a 12 month period. We know Geraldine Lamb Dance Company won’t suit everyone and we fully respect a parent's decision regarding this.

What do we look for when asking a student to join the Geraldine Lamb Dance Company

Students that attend multiple dance classes that must include ballet and Contemporary- Modern-Jazz with GLDS, they are required to take part in the dance schools annual Pantomime. They must also have very good attendance record is considered to join our Company.

We do expect them to be a minimum of Grade one ballet and 8 years old.

We like our company members to have achieved Distinction/ Honours, in a dance examination & 87 marks in a ballet exam (New Syllabus) or the modern Contemporary Jazz Syllabus, although there is some leniency on this depending on circumstances. (For example, when we know the exams have been conducted by an examiner who is a hard marker).

Our Company members have to work in a large group and work as a team.

We often find ourselves performing at outdoor events where facilities are limited where there is a lot of waiting around. We have to feel very confident that a student is going to cope with this. Otherwise, it can be very distressing for them and the rest of the group.

Full information on uniform requirements, dance class requirements, dates etc is sent out in the invitation to join the group. We also expect that Company members behaviour is exemplary and they work hard in all there classes.

Finally the commitment by the student and parents to ensure that the student is at all lessons and performances.

The last thing we want is to have a student join company and we have to ask to leave the group as they were not quite ready for it. This is very upsetting for both parties. So we try to be very careful before inviting a student.