What a fabulous month of June it was! First of all the Buffelskloof Primary school and Weltervrede Primary school learnt a fabulous poem called “If I could catch a Rainbow” they are busy learning it for the Showtime show at the end of July. Then we had the amazing Cleo Notcutt and Duane Williams here […]
Read MoreMay 2022
May was quite a quieter month. The Senior girls practiced their Ballet techniques in class and rehearsed all their new dance routines in time for the ‘Showtime’ show in July. All the children were so excited to perform. We celebrated Mother’s Day and Miss Mary’s birthday too. Some of the Ballet […]
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April 2022 Highlights Janet Lindup At the beginning of April, we had the pleasure to invite Janet Lindup from Cape Town to create a new Ballet for the Senior girls. Janet came for two days and left us with an amazing new Ballet called “The Painting” which we will showcase at our up-and-coming Variety Show […]
Read MoreMarch 2022
March 2022 saw Miss Mary celebrate 10 years of living in McGregor. How time flies when you’re having fun. Miss Mary hopes to be here for the next ten years! Musical Theatre classes on Wednesdays are going well. We are very lucky to have Ryan Ashley Mc Farlane accompany the children on the keyboard. […]
Read MoreFabulous February!
Most of February was spent working on a new piece called The Five. Five of our Seniors were very privileged to have a new dance choreographed for them by the legendary Adele Blank and our very own Milisa Mathiso. It was a Contemporary African piece. The new piece was to be part of the 50th […]
Read MoreJanuary News!
Wow! What a way to start January 2022 with the legendary Adele Blank. Adele came to McGregor to teach some of the Senior group a new Contemporary piece. One of the most inspirational teacher/Choreographers that I have ever met. The girls worked so hard, they learned so much and so did Miss Mary. The new […]
Read MoreA Recap of 2021
So 2021 started off with two guest teachers from CT. One to teach Hip Hop and the other Contemporary style. The classes were very popular with the FS children. They were here in McGregor from February until June. South African International Ballet Competition July saw 7 children chosen to take part in the South African International […]
Read MoreThe Christmas Party and Prize Giving!
So we have finally come to the end of another year, albeit a very different one. Nonetheless we managed to carry on like the troupers that we are. We did online Festivals, Competitions, Guest teachers and new dance numbers and even a Showcase of our work. We take this moment to thank all our sponsors […]
Read MoreIt’s Showtime! First Step Ballet’s Showcase 2020!
The show must go on! Even through Covid 19 we managed to do our year end Showcase. We only had 50 seats at both performances and were full at both. The children absolutely love to perform for an audience. The show was a huge success and FSB were the talk of the town! Well […]
Read MoreA quick visit from these beautiful FSB girls!
Sometimes the girls, especially the Junior/Senor girls just like to pop by to make sure that Miss Mary is ok. These young girls have been with FSB from the beginning of time, they are growing into such beautiful young ladies! A quick selfie and they’re off!
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