The Hazel Bell School of Dance

Huge congratulations to our gorgeous girl, Izzy Ayton, who has been offered and accepted a place at Wilkes Academy on the BA (Hons) Musical Theatre Course, commencing this September! ✨

Izzy has trained with us since she was teeny tiny and has been an absolute dream to teach from day one.

We wish you all the success in the world, Izzy, and cannot wait to see where the future takes you. Lots of love from your Hazel Bell family 💜

We’ve had a crazy long weekend at the Step into Spring festival. The standard has been really high but I’m so proud of how our students have performed all weekend. We only have a small competition team but they have held their own in some very strong and big sections. Well done kids, always proud of you all 💜

A section winner: Alija Zamojski
Senior contemporary: Amelia Robinson
Senior trios with song: Izzy, Violet C & Violet G
Junior trios with song: Lyla, Sophia & Minnie
Inter group winner
Technique award: Minnie Stirk
Most memorable award: Minnie, Sophia & Lyla
Junior disco: Lyla Coxall
Bursary: Amelia Robinson (Contemporary) Matilda Tetley (Modern)

The results are in from our April IDTA exam session and I am so unbelievably proud. Once again we have received distinctions across the board and there are some fantastic results. So proud of all of you and I’m absolutely buzzing this morning. Well done 💜

Results will be distributed when I receive the physical papers and awards 💜

Another IDTA exam session completed today ✅
Every student was beautifully presented and came out of their exam with a happy smile—including our 3-year-olds, who took their very first exam today.

Thank you, as always, to Hannah and Gemma for your help and support—it’s very much appreciated 💜

What an afternoon I’ve had at Bird College watching our gorgeous Lucy Moss in her third year show, ‘Curtains’. A fantastic production and hugely proud of Lucy. You have worked so hard to get to this point and the best is yet to come for you my love 💜 the talent these colleges are producing is off the scale!

A fabulous weekend at the Dynamic Dance Festival. Lots of new routines and huge improvements across the board. The stand out moment for me was seeing our little ones perform together in a troupe for the first time. They were literally bursting with excitement to dance with their friends on stage and what an amazing job they did 🥹 Kudos to Hannah and Gemma for pulling off some amazing costumes, very last minute. They looked amazing. Hope you all enjoy a well earned Saturday off next weekend. Full results below… 💜

A section: Alija Zamojski
B section: Minnie Stirk
B runner up: Tilly Wilson
F section: Isabella Ayton
Junior Groups: Alice in Wonderland
Senior choreographic: Amelia Robinson
Junior trios with song: Sophia, Minnie & Lyla
Junior duets with song: Tilly Wilson & Minnie Stirk
Senior trios with song: Izzy, Violet C & Violet G
Senior vocal: Olivia Haines
Senior contemporary: Amelia Robinson
Junior disco: Lyla Coxall
Adjudicators choice: Amelia Robinson
Most promising junior: Lyla Coxall
Encouragement award: Amelia Robinson
Star of the future: Isabella Ayton
(Contemporary), Isabella Ayton (Tap), Lyla Coxall (Ballet)

From baby Izzy (age 4) to grown up Izzy (age 18) 🥹
The years have gone by in the blink of an eye and what a dream you’ve been in the 14 years you’ve been training with us. Your love for performing shone through the moment you stepped onto the stage as a baby and it has never left you. I can’t believe we’ve arrived at your final festival with us. Enjoy competing for the final time and I cannot wait to see what the future holds for you 💜

So gorgeous to have former student Abbie Morris back in class with us this morning. Abbie is currently training at Performers College in Essex and absolutely loving it. Thank you for taking such a lovely class with our senior students. They thoroughly enjoyed it 💜

Shout out to this little lot who are growing into the loveliest role models to our younger students. They all came to help at the Christmas party on Saturday and got stuck in with the games and festivities. The little ones all look up to you which is exactly what we want to see from our senior students. Thank you girls 💜