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Taunton Festival of the Arts. 2026

Taunton Festival of the Arts. 2026

Taunton Festival of the Arts. 2026

Taunton Festival of the Arts. 2026

tAUNTON Festival of the Arts

JUN 2026

Another incredible dance festival at Taunton Festival of the Arts with many prize winners and so many students taking part.

Well done to everyone. You are amazing.

A big shout out to our brilliant teacher Jess who was there to support us and make us smile despite her broken ankle.

Get well soon Jess!! x

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Our 2026 SHOW. Once upon a time.

Nov 7th 2026. tacchi morris arts centre. taunton

Here are some highlights from our 2024 Summer Show

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Wishing the very best of luck to Trixie and Hattie

Wishing the very best of luck to Trixie and Hattie, who are travelling to Cheltenham this week to compete in All England Regional Finals. Both girls have worked endlessly hard and we are sure this will be reflected in their performances. ❤️

When GCSE stress is getting you down, dance friend

When GCSE stress is getting you down, dance friends pick you up ❤️ These 3 are mid exams but are still finding time to work hard at dance and have fun too.

This week we have had RAD ballet exams, plus Perfo

This week we have had RAD ballet exams, plus Performance Awards! Everyone did fabulously, and hard work definitely paid off! Well done to all students involved. 🤍

POSTPONED – due to unforeseen circumstances our sh

POSTPONED - due to unforeseen circumstances our show will now take place on 7th NOVEMBER.

✨ONCE UPON A TIME✨ – Save the date for this year’s

✨ONCE UPON A TIME✨ - Save the date for this year’s summer show, a wonderful event featuring the fabulous dancers of our dance school!

HIGHBRIDGE FESTIVAL 2026 Huge well done to our in

HIGHBRIDGE FESTIVAL 2026

Huge well done to our inters and seniors who have put incredible effort and have accomplished so much with loads of placings. Thank you for all your commitment!

HIGHBRIDGE FESTIVAL 2026 Congratulations and well

HIGHBRIDGE FESTIVAL 2026

Congratulations and well done to all of our juniors who competed last week. We had lots of success which is due to all your hard work!

Exam day for Grade 5 and 6!

Exam day for Grade 5 and 6!

When that special moment finally comes… 🩰✨ #hardwo

When that special moment finally comes… 🩰✨ #hardworkpaysoff

An example of some of the hard work we’ve been see

An example of some of the hard work we’ve been seeing recently, here at Nicky Jenks!

INSIDE OUT – 10 & under classical group A very sp

INSIDE OUT - 10 & under classical group
A very special bunch of girls danced their hearts out last night! I couldn’t be prouder — taking home the first place trophy 🏆 I think their smiles say it all ✨

They work so hard, and I’m so proud of the community we’ve created — a little dance family who always show up for one another when it counts 🫶🏻

🤍💙❤️🩷💛💜🩵

🩵💜💛🩷💙♥️🤍

NORTH DEVON DANCE FESTIVAL 2025 — Days 1 & 2 What

NORTH DEVON DANCE FESTIVAL 2025 — Days 1 & 2

What an incredible start to the week at @northdevondancefestival 🌟

A huge well done to all of our dancers who have taken to the stage so far — you’ve shown such talent, hard work, and passion, and your teachers couldn’t be prouder. 💙

Congratulations to everyone for your fantastic performances, wonderful marks, and the lovely comments received from the adjudicator — you are all shining so brightly! ✨

🥇 Trixie – Modern 1st
🥇 Merryn – Modern 1st
🥈 Niamh – Modern 2nd
🥈 Kaci – Modern 2nd
🥈 Zeph – Lyrical 2nd
🥉 Elspeth – Modern 3rd
🥉 Merryn – Lyrical 3rd
✨ Paisley – Modern 4th
✨ Trixie – Ballet 4th
✨ Delilah – Tap 4th

We can’t wait to see what the rest of the week brings 💫

✨ CONGRATULATIONS ALLANA ✨ After hanging up her b

✨ CONGRATULATIONS ALLANA ✨

After hanging up her ballet shoes a few years ago, Allana knew she had some unfinished business in the dance world — and what a comeback it’s been! 💫

With unwavering determination and the expert support of @lucy__catlow__, she’s earned her place at this year’s Dance World Cup! 🌍

We are beyond proud — the whole school is behind you, Allana. Go out there and show the world what you’re made of!

#DanceWorldCup #TeamAllana #DanceFamily #SoProud #OnceADancerAlwaysADancer

NORTH DEVON DANCE FESTIVAL DAY FOUR ✨ Our new son

NORTH DEVON DANCE FESTIVAL DAY FOUR ✨

Our new song and dance group “ seize the day” had its first outing on day 4 receiving some lovely comments from the adjudicator. Also well done to Hattie for placing 2nd in ballet in a large section again receiving some lovely comments from the adjudicator about how she danced.

Well done to everyone who danced across the week we are all so proud of you! We love how you guys support one another ally the way through being each other’s biggest cheerleaders! 📣 thank you to all the organisers and team that put on the festival last week it’s definitely one of our favourites! Let the hard work contrite dancers as we go into our exam term 🤞🏻✨
Results:
Hattie ballet 2nd 🥈
Under 18 classical group “domino” 4th

NORTH DEVON DANCE FESTIVAL DAY THREE ✨ Finally ge

NORTH DEVON DANCE FESTIVAL DAY THREE ✨

Finally getting around to catching up after a busy week down at NDDF. Day 3 was filled with amazing performances from our dancer. It was lovely to see our now senior students all together having fun and enjoying themselves and lending a hand to our younger dancers!

Results:
Zeph ballet 2nd 🥈
Hattie lyrical 3rd 🥉
Noah & Marianne classical duet 3rd 🥉
Noah, Marianne & Hattie cabaret trio 2nd 🥈

NORTH DEVON DANCE FESTIVAL DAY TWO ✨ Another fant

NORTH DEVON DANCE FESTIVAL DAY TWO ✨

Another fantastic day at NNDF! Lots of new dances out on the stage today so we are really proud of our kiddos who got out there and danced their socks off. We are always proud of the hard work they are putting in and it’s all paying off! So keep it up and there’s much more to come for these kids 👀

Results:
Merryn song and dance 3rd 🥉
Ela ballet 3rd 🥉
Paisley ballet 2nd 🥈
Merryn lyrical 2nd 🥈
Elspeth & Bella modern duet 4th
Elspeth & Zeph modern duet 3rd 🥉
Zeph tap 4th

NORTH DEVON DANCE FESTIVAL DAY ONE ✨ A very succe

NORTH DEVON DANCE FESTIVAL DAY ONE ✨

A very successful day at NDDF today with our littlest performers!

Well done to everyone who danced today (and Martha & Zeph who I didn’t grab a photos off) we couldn’t be prouder of the performers your all becoming! Keep up the work for the rest of the week! ✨🤍

Results:
Paisley modern 3rd 🥉
Trixie ballet 3rd 🥉
Trixie modern 1st 🥇
Trixie character 2nd 🥈

WE ARE BACK! 🕺🪩 After what can only be described

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 minutes officially complete

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 minutes officially complete! 🌍

I can’t begin to write how proud we all are for each and every dancer that took to the stage on Saturday. It was absolutely amazing the professionalism, the organisation the talent that was displayed it was just outstanding! 🤩

We said goodbye to our seniors Lily Rain and Summer who are moving on to their bright new futures, in dance at bird college @birdcollegeuk for @lilyrain_fuller and university and further study for @_summert96_ we couldn’t be prouder of you girls, you have become such an inspiration to the younger students and have a mini fan club waiting for you to visit them when you come back! 💖

✈️ thank you to the amazing team of chaperones who we really couldn’t of done the show without. The crazy backstage and dressing rooms, which you all just organised perfectly and got everyone where they needed to be! Thank you all.

✈️ Thank you to the wonderful staff at @tmac_taunton who create the perfect venue for us, as well as the tech team who kept the whole show running smoothly.

✈️ Thank you to all the parents and families who came along to watch and support!

✈️ Thank you to our incredible team of dancers from our smallest pre primary’s to our senior students, we thank you for working so so hard over the past few months to put on this incredible show and make our teachers visions come to life. It was a pleasure and to see all your faces light up makes it all worth it!

✈️ And finally a massive thank you to the teachers for working their hearts out in and outside the studio to put on the whole show! The hours of choreography, music editing, finding costumes, organising costumes and so so so much more! Well done!

Have the best summer ever team NJSD and we will see you all in September! ✈️🌍 (keep an eye out for summer classes!)

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