Broadway Dance Info Pack

Broadway

Dance Society

information pack

In this pack you should find everything you need to know when joining Cardiff’s Broadway Dance Society...

We are a fun and friendly society offering classes in; Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Street, Irish, Musical Theatre and Wildcard (Heels/ Lyrical). We run 25 classes a week in these dance styles in a range of abilities including novice, intermediate and advanced! When joining our Broadway family you can expect to have opportunities to be involved in events we host each year including; winter/ summer balls, competitions, shows, tour, Wednesday socials, sober socials, charity events and so much more!

We welcome all those interested in Cardiff Broadway, whether that’s joining casually or aiming to be more involved. We can’t wait to see you all, both old and new faces, and are so excited for the year ahead!

Broadway Love,

Sophia H (President)

KEY INFORMATION

CLASSES

BALLET	TAP	JAZZ	STREET	OTHERS
NOVICE	NOVICE	NOVICE	INTERMEDIATE	IRISH
INTERMEDIATE	INTERMEDIATE	INTERMEDIATE	ADVANCED	MUSICAL THEATRE (SEMESTER 1 ONLY)
ADVANCED	ADVANCED	ADVANCED	INTERS COMP*	HEELS (SEMESTER 2 ONLY)
TECHNIQUE	TECHNIQUE	TECHNIQUE		LYRICAL (SEMESTER 2 ONLY)
POINTE	INTERS COMP*	INTERS COMP*		WILDCARD COMP
INTERS COMP*	ADV COMP*	ADV COMP*
ADV COMP*

ABOUT OUR CLASSES

We offer classes in a range of styles and abilities.

Classes are led by existing Broadway members with previous teaching experience; teachers go through an application process and are reviewed by our committee, as well as having received teacher training.

Classes are generally an hour long; you can expect to do a warmup, stretch, and cool down in class, as well as occasional technique exercises before working on choreography.

All classes are taught 1 dance per semester (Novice classes will learn 1 dance over both semesters), to be later performed in our annual showcase. Participation in the showcase is NOT a requirement for our members, therefore you are welcome to join classes without involvement in the showcase if you wish.

Technique classes will not work towards a showcase dance.

Comfortable sports clothing is recommended to be worn in class. We encourage appropriate dance wear to be worn if you have some (particularly in ballet). There is no required uniform, however merch is often bought and worn in classes and will be available for purchase later into the year!

Classes are held during term-time (including reading weeks), commencing on the 30th September.

The first 2 weeks will be pay as you go ‘Trial Classes’, this is the perfect opportunity to trial as many classes as you’d like before signing up for the semester!

£2 members (per class) £4 non-members (per class)

Block classes for Semester 1 (14/10-15/12) will then be available to purchase on the SU website at a first come first served basis on the 13th October.

*You are required to have a Broadway membership before purchasing any block classes.

Class level

Description

BALLET

NOVICE	No experience required
INTERMEDIATE	Equivalent to RAD grades 6 - 7 Equivalent to ISTD grade 5 - Intermediate Can perform a single pirouette and arabesque with leg at 45 degrees Have basic knowledge of ballet terminology
ADVANCED	Equivalent to RAD grade 8/ advanced foundation and above Equivalent to ISTD Intermediate/ Advanced 1 and above High level ballet dancer with very good technique Can perform double pirouettes, fouettés, arabesque with leg at least 90 degrees Good knowledge of ballet terminology
POINTE	To ensure safety of our dancers and teachers, you must have at least 2 years’ experience in pointe work Intermediate or advanced ballet level (RAD or ISTD) Can perform a single clean pirouette and piqué turns en pointe comfortably and with good technique
TECHNIQUE	Open to all.

TAP

NOVICE	No experience required
INTERMEDIATE	Equivalent to ISTD grade 4 – 6 Can perform suzie Q’s, paddles, five-beat cramp rolls, shuffle pick up changes, triple timesteps, pickup timesteps and turning cramp rolls
ADVANCED	Equivalent to ISTD Intermediate and above Fast at picking up choreography Can perform steps above as well as single-foot wings, separated wings, triple wing prep timesteps and roll time steps
TECHNIQUE	Open to all

JAZZ

NOVICE	No experience required
INTERMEDIATE	Equivalent to ISTD grade 5 (3+ years dance experience) Good overall technique Can perform a single, clean pirouette on both sides clean leaps on both legs and side leaps
ADVANCED	Equivalent to ISTD Intermediate/ advanced 1 and above Fast at picking up choreography Can perform clean double pirouette on both sides, fouettés, clean split leaps and side leaps, high kicks and high jumps
TECHNIQUE	Open to all

STREET

INTERMEDIATE	No street experience required
ADVANCED	2+ years of dancing experience (street or jazz) Fast at picking up choreography Confidence to perform!

IRISH/Musical Theatre/

Heels/ Wildcard Lyrical

General

No experience required. Classes will vary dependent on class ability.

You are required to have a Broadway membership before purchasing any block classes or attending Broadway socials.

Why do you need a membership?

Our membership fees go towards the running of the society including room hires, admin costs, costumes etc. You will also receive a FREE MEMBERS T-SHIRT with your Broadway membership.

Annual membership for Broadway Dance Society costs £20 and can be purchased on the Cardiff Students’ Union website.

If you are not a Cardiff University student, you are still able to join Broadway, simply by becoming an associate member. For more information regarding this please contact our treasurer, Niamh Edwards, or DM our Instagram or Facebook pages.

If you are a first year or haven’t bought a Guild of Societies membership before, you will be required to pay a one-off charge to the Student Union first.

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Competition

Broadway Dance Society has a highly successful dance competition team which is selected through an audition process. We compete against other University dance teams in 3 competitions usually, including our own ‘Cardiff Uni Dance Competition’. Those on our competition team must be willing to commit to weekly class(es), additional rehearsals, and at least 3 weekends per year (sem 2) for travelling and competing. An extra comp fee applies.

Last year we had a very successful comp season racking up a total of 17 awards for Broadway Dance alone, as well as being awarded ‘Outstanding Achievement’ at the SU’s SVMA’s Awards night. We are looking forward to another amazing year.

If you have any questions regarding comp, please contact Niamh Doyle (Vice President Comp)/ Isabel Sabas (Comp Co-ordinator) or DM our Instagram or Facebook pages.

This year we will be holding auditions for the following teams:

Intermediate Ballet

Advanced Ballet

Intermediate Tap

Advanced Tap

Intermediate Jazz

Advanced Jazz

Intermediate Street

Wildcard

We look for confident, technical, and experienced performers who can commit to weekly classes.

Everyone is welcome to attend auditions, these will be held on over 2 days Saturday 12th October and Sunday 13th October. Look out for more info on our socials.

We host a variety of exciting events throughout the year.

These include:

Weekly Wednesday socials!

Sober socials

Christmas and Summer Balls

~ a chance to dress up and celebrate the semester so far

Theatre trips

Tour

~ a trip organised abroad with other Broadway members, usually during Easter break, date TBC

And many more, keep an eye out on socials for more information from our Events co-ordinator, Lucy Keir.

Socials

Socials

Broadway hosts regular weekly socials. Our Wednesday socials are always lots of fun, dressing up in themed fancy dress each week. We usually meet first, before heading to the SU’s infamous YOLO night. If the night life scene isn’t quite for you, not to worry; we also hold regular sober socials which in the past have included coffee mornings, study sessions and a trip to winter wonderland.

Socials are a great opportunity to meet new friends and have some fun!

The first social will be on Wednesday 25th September for Returners. New members will be welcomed to socials commencing Wednesday 2nd October. There will also be a Broadway Freshers Ice Breaker event, date TBC.

Please don’t hesitate to contact our Social Sec Meg Scappaticci for any questions or DM our Instagram or Facebook pages.

Charity

and

WELFARE

We support a number of charities throughout the year, in the past these have included supporting the Uni Boob Team through a raffle at Cardiff Competition and pink week, as well as Odd Balls at our ‘bring a boy to dance’ event. This year we will continue supporting such charities, focusing our fundraising to support CoppaFeel, a charity that raises breast cancer awareness.

Find out more about the charities here

Welfare

officer

Our Welfare Officer this year is Grace Hummerston. She has been a lovely and very approachable member of Broadway for the past 3 years. If you ever feel that you are struggling, have any worries/ concerns or simply need a chat whilst at Broadway, please feel free to contact her.

She will also be running a number of ‘wellness’ activities throughout the year, so keep an eye out for those too. Previous years have included:

park runs

jewellery making

painting

wellness week

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