Dawn Payne Academy of Dance

16/07/2026

09/06/2026

SHOW TICKETS 🌟ON SALE 16TH JUNE 🌟
Tickets can be purchased online via the Basildon Towngate Theatre Box Office Website!
Also a reminder that we have a Senior/Inter Dance Day this Sunday 14th June at Southminster URC. All pupils who are required to attend will have received a letter.

09/05/2026

We had such a lovely morning with some of our youngest pupils (81 of them to be precise!!) at our junior show rehearsal dance day. All children were extremely well behaved and their dancing was fantastic. We are incredibly proud. Thank you to all those pupils who were able to attend today and to those who helped out, we hope you had fun. We are excited to continue our show preparations over the coming months! ✨

11/03/2026

Show costume deposits and reply forms ‼️

03/02/2026

A huge well done to all pupils who recently took Ballet exams in October and January. We had 130 pupils entered for Cecchetti ISTD Ballet exams, across four exam days. We are extremely proud of every dancer for their hard work 🩰 Exam results will be given out at classes this week!

17/11/2025

Our beloved Nannie’s funeral will take place on Wednesday 10th December at 10.30am, Maldon Fields Crematorium. The family welcome you to join them afterwards for the wake at The Cricketers Arms, Danbury. We welcome anyone to come who wishes to celebrate Nannie’s 93 wonderful years and say their goodbyes. If you would like to send flowers or make a donation to the ‘RSPCA’ this can be done via Paul J King Funeral Directors, Burnham-on-Crouch. A tribute page for Nannie is linked below 🤍

https://patricia-payne-1932-2025.muchloved.com

10/11/2025

We are very sad to share that Dawn’s mummy, affectionately known as ‘Nannie’ by many of our pupils, passed away peacefully in the early hours of this morning. She spent her final days surrounded by love from her family and beloved Tarla 🐾 Nannie has always been a huge part of Dawn’s school…sitting in the same seat for every show rehearsal and performance for many years. There will be one extra spotlight shining down at our shows. We thank you all for the kind words and support you have shown over recent weeks, and most of all, thank you for loving Nannie just as much as we did. She will forever be cherished 💗
We aim for all classes to run as normal this week 💗