The Joanna Vowles School of Dance teaches classes in Ballet, Tap, Modern, Jazz and Musical Theatre
Classes are taught by experienced ISTD trained teachers and in line with the ISTD syllabus. Classes are fun but structured with children learning about posture and the basics of dance. Children have the opportunity to enter exams, take part in shows and dance in festivals. New children are always welcome and we would be delighted to hear from you if you would like to book a place in the school or would like further information.
17/06/2026
We are thrilled to announce that following a review of the qualifying criteria, the All England committee have awarded our senior Greek Quartet a place at National Finals in recognition of their high scoring runners-up mark at Regionals. Well done Evie, Franchesca, Chloe & Romilly. We are so proud of you. JVSD All England Dance (AED)
01/06/2026
We are still celebrating such an amazing week at AED!!! We are so proud of you all and can't wait to see you all back in class this week! 💜 JVSD
01/06/2026
Congratulations to everyone who performed at Southampton Dance Festival last week. Chloe was our last dancer to perform. Well done, Chloe 👏 👏 👏. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to class this week! 😊 JVSD
01/06/2026
Day 8 & 9 complete, and it's a wrap for AED South Finals! We ended the week with our youngest competitors, Hetty, Remi, and Joy.
Hetty, congratulations on your beautiful ballet and global solos
Remi, congratulations on competing in your very first regional finals with your modern, tap, ballet song and character solos.
Joy, congratulations on competing in your very first regional finals with your character solo.
We are so very proud of all our dancers at JVSD and buzzing for those who will be progressing onto Nationals! JVSD
30/05/2026
Day 7 of AED South Finals was a junior stage day, and what a fantastic day it was with another JVSD NATIONAL FINALIST!
9 years Modern
🥈 Hetty
🌟 THROUGH TO NATIONAL FINALS 🌟
29/05/2026
Dat 6 of AED South Finals complete, and it was a joyful day of Greeks and Musical Theatre solos, with more dancers through to NATIONAL FINALS!!!
12 Years Greek
🥈 Ellie
🌟 THROUGH TO NATIONAL FINALS 🌟
13 Years Greek
🥈 Romilly
🌟 THROUGH TO NATIONAL FINALS 🌟
👏 Congratulations also to Franchesca for her Musical Theatre solo. JVSD
28/05/2026
Day 5 of AED South Finals was another incredible day for JVSD! With another one of our dancers through to NATIONAL FINALS!!!
12 years Tap
🏅 Sienna
🌟 THROUGH TO NATIONAL FINALS 🌟
👏 Congratulations also to Ellie and Hetty for their Character duet, Franchesca, for her Modern solo and Romilly for her Lyrical solo. JVSD
27/05/2026
Well done to all our students who have been dancing their best at Southampton Dance Festival 👏 👏 👏 We are so proud of you all ❤️ Good luck to anyone who hasn't danced yet!! We love sharing all your achievements and beautiful smiles.😊 💐 JVSD
27/05/2026
Day 4 of AED South Finals was a busy day for our Inters representing JVSD across a multitude of genre including, Character, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Modern and Tap!
👏 Well done Franchesca, Romilly & Sienna on your solo performances today. We couldn't be more proud. JVSD
26/05/2026
Day 3 of AED South Finals complete, and it was a day of senior duet/trio/quartets for our girls. Wonderful to see them working together onstage. It's what it's all about!
Senior Greek Quartet
🥈 Evie, Franchesca, Romilly & Chloe
Big congratulations also to Lucy, Evie, Franchesca & Romilly for their contemporary quartet, Evie, Franchesca & Romilly for their modern trio and Franchesca & Romilly for their ballet duet. 👏 JVSD