Langley Dance Academy

GLOBAL DANCE OPEN 2026 ✨

🏆OUTSTANDING SCHOOL AWARD 🏆

WE DID IT AGAIN!! 🩵

What an incredible achievement for our amazing team of teachers and students! 🌟

To receive the Outstanding School Award on a global stage, competing alongside dancers from 37 countries from around the world, is something we are so unbelievably proud of. 🌍🏆

The hard work, commitment, passion and dedication from team Langleys was just incredible — TEAM LANGLEYS 2026 🏆

A huge thank you to for the most amazing experience. We have made memories that will last a lifetime. ✨

GLOBAL DANCE OPEN FINALS 2026 – SAN SEBASTIÁN 🇪🇸

What an unforgettable week! ❤️🖤

We had the most incredible time at the Global Dance Open Finals 2026 in San Sebastián, and we couldn’t be prouder of our amazing team of 74 dancers.

To every single student – your commitment, dedication, passion and hard work has been truly inspirational. The results you achieved are beyond anything we could ever have imagined, but more importantly, the way you supported one another and represented Langleys with such professionalism and kindness made us incredibly proud.

✨ Our Results ✨

🥇 19 Gold Medals
🏅 Wonderland
🏅 Emerald Isle
🏅 Reindeers
🏅 Secret Garden
🏅 Forbidden Forest
🏅 Papa (Harper – Lyrical)
🏅 Maybe This Time (Rosie – Jazz)
🏅 Polar Express
🏅 The Lake
🏅 Hocus Pocus
🏅 Rockettes
🏅 Rhythm of Life
🏅 Dream
🏅 Step in Time
🏅 Rich Man’s Frug
🏅 Wicked
🏅 Blue Suede Shoes
🏅 Singin’ in the Rain
🏅 Come What May

🥈 8 Silver Medals
🥈 Runaway
🥈 Color of Love
🥈 Prisoner
🥈 Be Italian
🥈 Abracadabra
🥈 Piano (Rosie – Tap)
🥈 Hamilton (Alessia – Tap)
🥈 Toxic (Alessia – Showdance)

🥉 3 Bronze Medals
🥉 Take Off With Us
🥉 Lion King
🥉 Ti Amo

⭐ Final Placings

4th Place
✨ Lucy & Jessie
✨ not for the life of me - Millie (s & d solo)
✨ Billie-Jo – Commercial Solo

5th Place
✨ Finn – Jazz Solo (95.17%)
✨ Main Heir – Chloe (Upper Division Jazz) – 95.5%
✨ Devil – Bri (Upper Division Showdance)
✨ Right Track – Nahla (Jazz)
✨ Coppélia – Bri (Ballet Repertoire)

6th Place
✨ Papa – Chloe (Upper Division Lyrical) – 91%
✨ My Sister & I – Duet
✨ Lonely – Bri (Upper Division Lyrical)
✨ Devil – Bri (Upper Division Showdance)

7th Place
✨ Bonjour – Esmé (Upper Division Showdance)

9th Place
✨ Anne Lee – Large Contemporary

13th Place
✨ Hip Hip Chin Chin – Abi (Jazz Solo)

Thank you Emily Charlton for your incredible routines - you are such a talented lady and we are blessed to not only have you as a teacher/choreographer but also as a friend

To all our incredible teachers – thank you for your outstanding training & choreography. You are truly the most talented team, and everyone at Langleys appreciates you more than words can say. We are so lucky to have a team like you all

To our sponsors – we are deeply grateful for your generosity and support. This experience would not have been possible without you.

To our chaperones, parents & extended Langley family – thank you for everything you do behind the scenes. None of this would be possible without your endless encouragement, belief, and unwavering support.

And finally, to our amazing Team Langleys… thank you for making memories that will last a lifetime. We are so proud of every single one of you.🩵

Blackpool Tower meeting today …
Nothing beats the feeling you get walking into the the Tower Ballroom ✨💫✨Just Magical! ✨💫✨
Langley’s in the Spotlight 2026 … it’s getting exciting 🤩🤩🤩

Global dance open 2026 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Good luck to our 75 students who are representing England at global dance open in San Sebastián spain. Have the best time everyone we are proud of you all 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

📣📣📣Introducing our final Global Dance Open Finals 2026 Team Sponsor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Viva Blackpool

We want to say a massive THANK YOU for your continued support. The team are so very grateful and can’t wait to represent Team England next week in San Sebastián 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Thank you ❤️

Global Dance Open

📣📣📣Introducing our next Global Dance Open Finals 2026 Team Sponsor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

NuYu Treatments

We want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to you for your support, the team are so very grateful and are excited to be representing Team England. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Global Dance Open

✨Janet Cram awards 2026 ✨

We are deeply honoured to have been awarded the Elliot Clark Teachers Cup at the Janet Cram Finals 2026. 🏆

This award means so much to us and is a testament to the dedication, passion and commitment of our entire teaching team.

A huge congratulations to Miss Sarah, Miss Donna, and all of our wonderful teachers.

A heartfelt thank you to the founders of Langley Dance Academy, and fellow ISTD Examiners, Ruth & Joan Langley, for paving the way and inspiring us as teachers.
We are so grateful to continue the legacy you created and inspiring the next generation of dancers. ✨

We were absolutely thrilled to have 10 students qualify in the heats for the grand final - you were all outstanding to watch and made us the proudest teachers ✨

Junior Outstanding commitment award
🏆Nahla Whittaker 🏆

Premier class Runner up
🏆Chloe baldwin 🏆

Premier Outstanding performer award
🏆Alessia Papa 🏆

Teachers Cup 2026
🏆Langley Dance Academy 🏆

Congratulations to our Vale family - Emily Charlton on your outstanding results too ✨
Always love sharing these special events with you all ✨

Emily Charlton Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing

Sending good luck wishes to our ISTD Janet Cram finalists 2026 💫 💫💫 …enjoy every moment of performing in London this weekend - we are very proud of you all! 🩵🩵🩵

Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing