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Children and Young People, 3 – 16 years:
Ballet • Tap • Street Dance • Early Starters •
Youth Theatre Company • Breakdancing • Drama •
Musical Theatre Summer School • Holiday workshops • Youth Musical Dance Company • Digital Arts Course • Saturday School in Drama, Dance & Singing •

Adults – beginners welcome!
Musical Theatre, Tap, Dance for Fitness! & Over 55’s
And for 16–23 years! Street Dance/Hip Hop

Venues:
Prendergast School, Hilly Fields, SE4:
Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays

Crossways Academy, SE4: Saturdays

Lewisham College, Lewisham Way, SE14:
Summer School '09

Now at Crossways Academy..

3 – 5yrs: Ballet, Early Starters drama and music,
6 – 16yrs: Saturday School; Jazz, Singing and Drama.
Limited availability.
Call to book your free place on 020 8692 7007.
We look forward to seeing you there!

For young people aged 5 – 14 years
at Lewisham College, Lewisham Way, SE14

All welcome and no experience necessary!
A whole THREE weeks of performing arts: musical theatre, drama, dance, singing, breakdancing, hip-hop/street & tap dance.

Monday 27th July
details can be found on the ‘news & info’ page

2008: Spring Term
Tuesday 6th January – Saturday 28th March 2009
February Half term: Tues 17th, Friday 20th & Sat 21st – no classes

2009: Summer Term
Tuesday 21st April – Saturday 11th July
May Half term: Tues 26th, Friday 29th & Sat 30th–no classes
Lewisham People's Day: July 2009

AND WE’RE EXPANDING!!
We are also opening a completely new Saturday Programme at Crossways Academy in Sprules Road, Brockley which, as those of you who know the building are aware, has beautiful specifically built rooms for the performing arts including a dance studio with sprung floor and mirrors, drama room and hall/performance space with raked seating!

As well as our usual huge range of weekly classes,
here are some exciting additions!

New Courses for the New Year:

Youth Musical Dance Company for 7 – 14 years
This class is designed as a performance course for those young people interested in taking dance to all the events through the year which this last year included SCOOP, ROAR at Sadlers Wells, Lewisham People’s Day and London Youth Games.

Saturday Ballet for 3 – 5 years at Crossways

Tuesday Drama for 3 – 5 years:
Our first weekday drama class for littlies!

Dance for Fitness for Adults: It’s what you wanted! Get fit,
have fun and dance! For beginners and improvers alike.

Street Jazz/Hip Hop with Carla for 16 – 23 years!
Your turn to get fit and develop a great technique with this
street dancing.

Over 55’s: with the Elder People’s Support Project based at the Ackroyd Community Centre. Weekly sessions enjoying a range of drama work and exercises and good old-fashioned sharing of ideas and histories. Stay fit physically and mentally as we stretch your imaginations….

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Contact and Location:

Montage Theatre Arts Office:
The Albany, Douglas Way, London SE8 4AG
Tel: 020 8692 7007
office@montagetheatre.com

Courses held at:

Prendergast School
Hilly Fields, Adelaide Avenue, London SE4 1LE

How to get there:
Free local parking outside door and/or around the park.
Train: Brockley or Ladywell (then 10 minute walk).  
Bus: 484,122,171, 172
Map Link: j (link to the Prendergast School website map)

Crossways Academy
Sprules Road, SE4

How to get there:
Free local parking outside door.
Train: Brockley (then 10 minute walk).  
Bus: 484 to the door, 171, 172.
Map Link: j (link to the Crossways Academy website map)
 

News on Classes:

'07 - '08 Successes…

Montage at Sadler’s Wells!
A huge congratulations to our Friday Street Jazz group who were selected to perform in London Dance Network’s ROAR event at Sadler’s Wells Theatre along with other London-wide dance organisations. The night was fantastic and our dancers, aged 12
to 15 years were a joy to watch in such a prestigious theatre.
Well done!

Montage’s annual ‘My Turn’ event
At the end of the spring term, students, staff, parents and friends watched a medley of dances, songs and sketches which students aged 6 – 16 years had created and performed themselves.
It was a wonderful morning of work, showcasing the talent and commitment of our own young choreographers and writers of song and dance. Fantastic!

Montage at London Youth Games
Once again the Breakdancing group wowed everyone with their dance routine and individual tricks ad thoroughly enjoyed Kiki’s
and Sean’s ‘freestyle’. Well done all!

Montage Youth Theatre Company
Once again, a year’s hard work paid off as our truly inspiring youth group performed a full-length play in June ’08 with huge roles
and a real understanding of their characters and the journey made to a devastating end.

Peter Pan
Our biggest fundraiser yet in February ’08 with the whole school taking part in a full-length production of Peter Pan, written by our own Susan Edwards. Thank you to all those who took part with all Tinkerbell’s ballet friends, pirates and cabin boys and of course those street dancing crocodiles. And a huge thank you to all the Montage parents for supporting us all too. A wonderful show!

Could you set up a fundraising committee with parents for Montage?  If you have any ideas (small or big) for fundraising and/or organising events or would like to offer any skills to the company, Montage would be very grateful to hear from you.

If you value our work, we need support to keep the opportunities
we wish to offer running. As a charity, we apply for funding from government grants and trusts so we can provide the best teaching and run the wonderful classes, courses and performance events
that we do.  But we also rely on the generosity of volunteers as class assistants and running stalls etc. The company can always
use help with marketing, administration, IT – and of course, FUNDRAISING! So we would welcome any suggestions from
parents – do just give us a call or email us.