Nadine Antoinette School of Dance

Well done to all our senior students that sat their RAD exams today! 🙌

Tomorrow and Wednesday we have our junior exams from Pre- Primary to Grade 5. We wish these students all the best. 🤍

Please note that, due to increased illness in the community, we kindly ask parents to say goodbye to their child at the door and not enter the waiting room. You are welcome to wait outside, and chairs will be available.

Thank you for your understanding.

Good luck to students sitting their RAD Vocational or Grade 6 Exams tomorrow!

Enjoy the moment! ✨

A reminder that there are no classes 24th, 25th or 26th August.

📸- Grade 6 2026 Mila and Finley

Photo from the recent Gisborne Ballet Group competitions of Porshia Gooch (winner of the 14/over variation) with Nadine.

Congrats Porshia! 💫

📸- Kat Gooch

Gisborne Ballet Group Competitions 2026

Part Four 💕

Congratulations to our dance school students who won the following special awards at the Gisborne Ballet Group competitions! 🙌

Poppy Yates
- Peipi Cup - Encouragement Ballet - under 12 years

Poppy Harford
- Edie Scholes Memorial Cup - Most Promising under 10 years old in either Ballet/Tap or Modern.

Charlize Evans
- Harding Cup - Encouragement Ballet - over 12 years

Finley Saunders
- Devon & Georgia Egan Trophy - potential in Ballet or Jazz 10 - 14 years

Alia Sims
- Tayla Brown Cup - For Most Artistic Performer 13 years and over Ballet or Modern
- Pam Brown Memorial Scholarship - Ballet - 12 years and over

Lola Ebbett
- Olive Osler Memorial Cup - Junior Showing Potential in Artistic Performance -Ballet Under 12 Years

Daisy West
- Gisborne Ballet Group Reach for the Stars - Ballet Encouragement Scholarship -Open, any age

Ciara Ng
- Lorna Kennedy Memorial Cup and Scholarship. Showing potential in Classical Ballet - any age

Isabella Rosso
- Robyn Dear Encouragement Award - Class 1 Restricted Classical Ballet Under 10 years

Ashleigh Brown
-Gisborne Ballet Group Scholarship - Modern - 12 years and over

Hayley Upston
- McMurray Cup - Awarded to a senior student 12 years and over who is a good role model, displaying sportsmanship and good backstage behaviour

NASOD - “Flight”
-Ann & Jim Osler Trophy - Most entertaining or enjoyable Ballet Item

Gisborne Ballet Group Competitions 2026

Part Three 💖

Mila Siata was the winner of the Diane Logan Memorial Cup & Scholarship.

Kindly donated by John Logan & Family.
Awarded to the ballet dancer showing the most potential in performance and technique (8 years and over). Pictured with Jacqui Logan and adjudicator Olivia van Woerkom.

Mila was also the winner of the Helen Twisleton Memorial Scholarship - Ballet Under 12 years

Well done Mila! 🌟

📸- Jaeda

Gisborne Ballet Group Competitions 2026

Part Two 💖

Congratulations to our Senior Variation dancers!
Gisborne Ballet Group

Novice Variation from a ballet 12 years & over
🥇 Alia Sims

Variation from a ballet 14 years & over
🥇Porshia Gooch
🥈Ashleigh Brown
🥉Charlotte McDiarmid
🏅Neena Jairam
🏅Grace Wootton

Jones family award and sashes kindly donated by: Elaine Jones & Philippa Jones
Flowers donated by: Zwart Family

📸- Jaeda, Ella

Gisborne Ballet Group Competitions 2026

Part One 💕

What a fantastic weekend for our performers that danced at the Gisborne Ballet Group Competitions!
👏Thank you Gisborne Ballet Group

Photos of some of our younger students…

1.Barefoot 10 & under 12 years - Faye, Ciara, Daisy, Mila
2.Barefoot 8 & under 10 years - Poppy Y, Lola, Isabella, Poppy H
3.Demi / National 8 & under 10 years - Poppy Y, Lola, Isabella, Poppy H
4.Duo - Lola and Poppy Y

📸- Ella

Stunning photos of former dance school student Miere Christensen-White who is a second year contemporary student at New Zealand School of Dance. These are from a NZSD photo shoot. Photos by Stephen Acourt. 🤍

✨Welcome back to Term 3!✨

Classes start back today!

Dance holiday workshops start tomorrow for students doing Exams and Class Awards from Pre-Primary to Grade 6. Please make sure you know when your class is and be ready to start on time. It’s going to be a jam-packed few days but we are looking forward to seeing you all! 🙌

Pre-Primary - 13-15th July
Primary and Grades 1,2,3,4,5,6 - 13- 16th July