​The Hazel Bell School of Dance

We had our first festival of the year on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 March and what a fabulous festival we had. There was some tough competition but I was completely blown away by the improvement and commitment from our students. We were over the moon to have three stude...

Saturday 9 December saw our final examination session of 2017. The students have all worked very hard for the session with some children taking two exams. The day seemed to run very smoothly and everybody participating came out of the room with happy faces which was su...

Less than a week into the new term and we were already preparing for our first festival of the school year! We had new students and new dances at the Eden Festival and all the students who competed looked fresh from the summer break and were an absolute pleasure to wat...

It's been a very exciting couple of weeks at the school as we celebrate 50 years of the business. We were lucky enough to appear in the Yorkshire Evening Post and on the back of this we received a phone call from Made in Leeds TV asking to come and interview Hazel and...

Earlier this week we received a very excited phone call from former student, Hollie-Ann Lowe to tell us that she had successfully auditioned for Flashdance UK tour. She has been awarded the part of Gloria but will be understudy to Joanne Clifton from Strictly Come Danc...

The hottest weekend of the year and where do we find ourselves? Inside Blackburn hall for the entire two days at the Robinson Festival. That said, the school did us so proud as always.

There was a touch of sadness at the festival as we said goodbye to two of our seniors...

Saturday 16 July saw our final examination session of the year. Each student participating in the session had worked extremely hard and the proof was in the results. Some fabulous marks across the board and Hazel and myself are so proud.

We can now enjoy the summer brea...

We've just come to the end of a long, tiring but very successful weekend at the Robinson Festival. We had lots of new children competing in their first festival and they were all so clever. Existing competition students showed a huge improvement and Hazel and I are end...

Sunday 12 June saw the most exciting event in the dancing calendar. Miss Dance of Great Britain Finals 2016! We were lucky enough to have Abbie Roebuck representing us in the finals and she certainly didn't disappoint. Abbie sang her song with complete sincerity and da...

Miss Dance weekend is most definitely the most exciting weekend in the dancing diary. For every dancer who competes in festivals the dream is to get to dance at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool in front of an audience of 3,500 people. 

The standard this year was unreal...