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Studio hire / Dance classes for ages 5 to 19 in Jazz, Commercial, Street and Carousel (Jazz, Tap and Modern) The Shack Studio, on Penarth Road, CF11 8EQ
Free trials - register enrol here: https://app.classmanager.com/portal/the-talent-shack-cic/register

Live in Class Manager now! Book your place for Dance and Do this half term. Shack Studio, Penarth Road, CF11 8EQ Monday ...
24/09/2026

Live in Class Manager now! Book your place for Dance and Do this half term. Shack Studio, Penarth Road, CF11 8EQ

Monday 26th - Friday 30th October
9am-3.30pm
Pay What You Can up to £30 a day
Confirm your contribution once booked in, if you need a free place, we don’t ask for evidence, just confirm when you receive the email asking.

Cute spookiness everyday with a different song to dance to each day.

Advance booking only. Workshops will only go ahead if we have viable numbers.

Tell your friends, everyone’s welcome!

www.thetalentshack.co.uk/half-term-workshops
07886 020923
[email protected]

Meet The Dance Team at The Shack StudioMarina Bolondut - Teacher and Choreographer for Street Juniors and Seniors and ov...
05/09/2026

Meet The Dance Team at The Shack Studio

Marina Bolondut - Teacher and Choreographer for Street Juniors and Seniors and oversees Street Minis

Marina joined us a year ago when we were ready to diversify and offer new disciplines. Her first mission for us was to bring some Street choreo into our “Remind Me x Pinocchio” routine for Chance to Dance at Alton Towers. Working with Ruby they created an unforgettable routine we are so proud of.

A dedicated and passionate choreographer with extensive experience in street dance and urban styles. Known for a relentless work ethic, creative vision, and the ability to inspire dancers of all levels. Trained by globally renowned choreographers including Sir Ledgend (USA), Oriana Siew-Kim (Royal Family, NZ), Cosma Levi Lennon (HHI Judge, Romania), and Perla Perlson (Switzerland). Performer on Romania’s Got Talent and choreographer for Romania is Dancing finalist act. Committed to growth, mentorship, and excellence in the dance industry.

Marina brings a completely different skill set and energy to our studio, that compliments our Musical Theatre Jazz foundations. Commercial and Street compliment each other nicely giving our dance identity the funk and groove every performer needs!

Our Street Seniors have already won awards at SOAR which you will see on display in our foyer.

Dance with Marina:

Wednesday Street Dance

Minis 5.30pm-6pm
Juniors 6pm-7pm
Seniors 7pm-8.30pm

www.thetalentshack.co.uk/dance
Register and enrol and start now!

All dance classes are £6.51 an hour, payable by the month.

Develop your dancing skills with us!

Saturday 5th September - Open Dance Classes Come and experience our dance studio and a FREE Musical Theatre Jazz class a...
03/09/2026

Saturday 5th September - Open Dance Classes

Come and experience our dance studio and a FREE Musical Theatre Jazz class at the start of our new term.

Our Saturday dance classes fit in around the The Talent Shack Musical Theatre groups so check the times for your age group below.

We can welcome new members in September and January. You can choose to just do dance.

9am-10.15am Juniors aged 6-10
10.45-12.30pm Seniors aged 11-14
1.30pm-3.30pm Young Professionals aged 15-18

To book for your free class at our Open Day just register and enrol with our Class Manager*.

You can visit our website www.thetalentshack.co.uk/dance or
What’s App 07886 020923 or
Email [email protected]

*In Class Manager just search Open Class MT

We are The Shack Studio, a dance studio, part of The Talent Shack, on the borders of Cardiff and the Vale.All our dance ...
30/08/2026

We are The Shack Studio, a dance studio, part of The Talent Shack, on the borders of Cardiff and the Vale.

All our dance classes take place in our dance studio, in Freemans Parc on Penarth Road. We welcome new students aged 4-19, whatever their ability or experience. All our classes are £6.55 an hour, payable monthly.

⭐️ Jazz Technique
⭐️ Commercial
⭐️ Foundation Minis and Juniors
⭐️ Street Minis, Juniors, Seniors
⭐️ Musical Theatre Jazz Juniors, Seniors, Young Pro’s

Register and enrol now on our website www.thetalentshack.co.uk/dance

Get in touch
Email [email protected]
What’s App 07886 020923

28/08/2026

www.thetalentshack.co.uk/dance

New term starts 5th September

All dance classes are £6.55 an hour, payable by the month.

We welcome new dancers and have space across all our classes, especially our Minis for 4-6’s.

Register and enrol via the website or drop us a What’s App 07886 020923

Meet The Dance Team at The Shack StudioCourtney Brogan Smalley - Jazz, Commercial, FoundationCourtney joined the Shack t...
28/08/2026

Meet The Dance Team at The Shack Studio

Courtney Brogan Smalley - Jazz, Commercial, Foundation

Courtney joined the Shack team at the start of last summer but it feels like she’s been with us forever! We couldn’t imagine a time without her! She brings so much energy and passion and we constantly get such lovely feedback about her classes.

Courtney leads our Jazz Tech, Foundation, Commercial and Musical Theatre Jazz classes. In the holidays you’ll also find her running Dance and Do sessions. She’s just started one to ones for our dancers as well.

Courtney’s first project with us was choreographing a classic Jazz dance to Too Darn Hot for Chance2Dance and came with us to Alton Towers last autumn. Most recently she created a spectacular routine for Stars of Tomorrow at WMC - a mash up of Live in Living Colour from Catch Me if You Can and Where I Want To Be from Boop!

Courtney trained in Musical Theatre at GSA and specialises in Jazz, Musical Theatre and Commercial dance. She is also a qualified personal trainer and understands to importance of health and nutrition for dancers.

Courtney is a key member of our studio, working alongside Shelley to help the studio reach its full potential.

Dance with Courtney:

Monday Jazz Tech 12-18’s
Tuesdays Foundation Mini’s 5-6’s, Juniors 7-11’s
Saturdays Musical Theatre Jazz Juniors 7-11, Seniors 11-14, Young Professionals 14-18

www.thetalentshack.co.uk/dance

All dance classes are £6.55 an hour, payable by the month.

Develop your dancing skills with us!

18/08/2026

It’s not just dancing at Dance and Do! There’s also lots of craft, dressing up, playing games and hanging with your holiday friends!

We run Monday to Friday until 28th August. Pay What You Can. If you need a free session, that’s fine by us! If you can contribute between £10-£30 that helps us offer more for free in the future.

For ages 5-11, 9am-3.30pm with a performance at the end of each day for the family.

To book you just need to register with us which you can do on our website or what’s app us and we’ll send you a link

www.thetalentshack.co.uk/summer-schools

07886 020923

Spread the word! Only 8 days left!!

Our daily themes are:

Monday: Pop Stars and Princesses
Tuesday: Superheroes and Pixar
Wednesday: TV Shows
Thursday: Disney Musicals
Friday: K-Pop Demon Hunters

10/08/2026

We’ve had lots of new families register with us over the last few weeks so I’m doing a little behind the scenes, get to know us series of posts.

We use software called Class Manager and I’m sure that’s got some unavoidable AI business in there. We also use Canva to create our marketing and that for sure uses sneaky AI that’s just imbedded in everything it seems.

But when you want your child to take part in Dance and Do or one of our week long summer schools or any class, you will be contacting me- Shelley! Either by what’s app or email or our website or Class Manager. It’s me that replies and books your child on. I then create the invoice and email it to you. I then send out the welcome email. (I also do all our marketing, book keeping, accounting, planning, producing, all that malarkey too. But don’t worry - I love it)

I’m often around on the day as well and your children will see me come and go and get involved from time to time! I work closely with the teaching team and oversee what they do, helping out when needed, making sure everything is shack right.

We’re not a big automated conglomerate 🤣 we have a few systems and software to support us and I have been doing this a long time now so I have ways that mean I’m not working ALL the time. But this is very much a personal, family business. A not for profit business.

Admin is a beast for sure but it means people are using our services, children are having a great day with us, students are building skills and knowledge, and essentially it’s a nice chat getting to know you all and making sure you’re in the right class and your child is happy!

Sometimes a cafe visit is needed when both venues are full of summer schools!

The Talent Shack and The Shack Studio, making theatre with young people on Penarth Road, Cardiff, CF11 8EQ

[email protected]
07886 020923
www.thetalentshack.co.uk

05/08/2026

Stars of Tomorrow August 2nd 2026

First time for us taking part in this event so it was a bit stepping into the unknown. We created a Musical Theatre routine bringing together Live in Living Colour from Catch Me if You Can and Where I Wanna Be from Boop the Musical. The track was created by our ridiculously talented Musical Director David who worked with our choreographer Courtney to create this 4 minute epic - classic Jazz, classic MT and very us!

The dancers were made up from our Jazz classes - Monday Jazz Tech, Saturday MT Jazz Juniors, Seniors and Young Professionals. They all rehearsed in their class time, only coming together for the last two rehearsals where Courtney pieced it all together.

Concept and costumes were led by Shelley but with so much going on in the Shack over the summer it wouldn’t have happened without Courtney’s relentless commitment, Elspeth’s patience and creativity and then members of our Ambassadors jumping in to help with hair and make up on the final weekend, Helen and Ann-Marie.

This was the last time Clem and Dylan performed as part of the Talent Shack and we wanted them to have a big send off. They led the cast, taking the leading roles, and they owned that stage! Next stop Laine Theatre Arts!

Last year we took our High Contract X Pinocchio routine to Chance to Dance at Alton Towers, this year main stage WMC and Stars of Tomorrow… next year?? Who knows! Somewhere new, a different concept, same high quality! Who’s in?! So exciting!!

www.thetalentshack.co.uk/dance





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Cardiff
CF118EQ

Opening Hours

Monday 4pm - 8pm
Tuesday 4pm - 8pm
Wednesday 4pm - 8pm
Thursday 4pm - 8pm
Saturday 9am - 6:30pm

Telephone

+447886020923

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