2026 Term 3 Newsletter

We hope everyone is enjoying their holidays.

Please take time to read the rest of this email as it contains very important information regarding:

• Term Dates
• End of Year Performance
• Term 3 Invoices
• Outstanding Costume Deposit Invoices
• Make Up Lessons

We’re looking forward to another busy term; with the 2nd half of our competition season, ballet & contemporary exams and the beginnings of our concert preparations.

But first, Term 2 was full of events and we’d just like to mention some exciting things that happened during the second term & the holidays.

LUCIE SARONOVA MEMORIAL AWARDS

Adabelle L & Emily T were selected to represent NSW at Cecchetti Ballet Australia’s National Competition, the Lucie Saranova Memorial Award.

Four students from each state, two juniors & two seniors, were selected to compete in the finals, this year in Sydney at Bangarra Dance Theatre. Finalists participated in an adjudicated class and performed two solos.

A special mention to Claudia W who was selected as the reserve dancer for NSW.

We’re delighted to share with you that Adabelle received an Honourable Mention in the Junior section & Emily was named as the Winner in the Senior section.

We are so proud of Ady & Emily, such an incredible achievement for these young dancers. So much time, hard work & dedication has been put into preparing for this competition and over many years of training. Both dancers shone with their technical brilliance & beautiful artistic performances. Congratulations!

Our 2025 Junior Contemporary Performance Group were invited as guest performers for the evening. We were so proud to have them represent LCDA and so thankful for the time they put into revising their piece.

CONTEMPORARY DANCE OPEN

We are so proud of our dancers who competed in the Contemporary Dance Open; Amelia G, Ada W, Scarlett vB, Kiara M, Lulu M & Charlotte G.

Over two days of competition, dancers had the opportunity to learn from industry professionals, to push themselves out of their comfort zone and grow as dancers.

A special mention to Charlotte & Lulu who were selected as Junior Finalists and to Lulu who was awarded Runner Up!

Congratulations to you all!

CECCHETTI MEDAL AWARDS

We are incredibly proud of each of our students who competed in the NSW Cecchetti Ballet Medal Awards at the start of Term 2. They demonstrated their beautiful artistry, pure technique & joy of dance in both their class work and solos.

• We had 8 students represent LCDA in the Pre-Junior section; Imelda M, Juliette G, Harriet T, Tabatha R, Emily W, Elspeth A, Georgia M & Mia T. Congratulations to Georgia who received an Honourable Mention in a very tough section of 22 dancers.
• 3 students represented LCDA in Intermediate section; Charlotte G, Ada W & Ruth F. As well as an open class, they performed two set classical solos for esteemed adjudicators; Chelsea Andrejic & Fabio Lo Giudice.
• Adabelle L, Claudia W & Emily T competed in the Senior section. After their open class, they performed one classical and one contemporary variation. We are so proud of the time, care and dedication they put into their performances. A huge congratulations to Emily who was announced as the Winner and Adabelle who received an Honourable Mention in a very strong section.

Congratulations to all of our dancers, we are so proud to have had them represent LCDA.

CECCHETTI NATIONAL CONFERENCE

With the help of other Cecchetti Ballet NSW teachers, Mrs Moran, Mrs Pokorny & Miss Emma hosted & presented at this year’s Cecchetti Ballet Australia National Conference.

Mrs Moran presented ‘Ballet from the Beginning’, sharing her expertise on teaching pre-schoolers with Cecchetti Ballet teachers from across Australia & NZ. She had help from some of our beautiful Pre-Ballet students; Charley H, Johanna H, Mariana S, Eloise M, Clarabelle Z, Olivia C, Róisín K, Eleanor DR & Audrey R.

Mrs Pokorny shared her ideas on Improvisation for Grade 2 students, exploring creativity with the help of the wonderful pianist, Miss Helen. Chloe H, Dana L, Theia W, Clementine S, Summer Q & Tahlia H-B helped their ideas come to life.

Miss Emma coached her Lucie Saronova Memorial Award contemporary solo to help teachers & dancers understand the concept behind the solo. Thank you to Amelia G, Claudia W & Emily T for their beautiful demonstration of the solo.

LCDA students also help to demonstrate the Dance Spectrum 1 syllabus and Set Cecchetti Work.

Dance Spectrum – Emily T, Claudia W, Amelia G & Elizabeth F

Set Cecchetti – Ada W, Ruth F, Sybella L, Georgia M, Charlotte G, Lucy M, Sophia H & Olivia Q

On top of all of this our 2025 Intermediate Ballet, 2026 Intermediate Ballet and 2026 Senior Contemporary Performance Groups were invited to perform at the conference.

Our most heartfelt thanks to all of these dancers & parents for giving their time for all of the extra rehearsals and the performances during the holidays.

CONCERT AUDITIONS

We so enjoyed watching our students audition for main roles in our 2026 concert! So many talented dancers with so much character. Now our teachers the difficult task of casting our show!

PERFORMANCE GROUPS

Our 2026 Performance Groups have been representing LCDA across Sydney and have received some amazing results!

Extreme Dance Competition

1st Place, Junior Hip Hop

1st Place, Intermediate Hip Hop

Highly Commended, Junior Contemporary

Highly Commended, Senior Contemporary

Congratulations to our Hip Hop Groups who were invited to perform at Extreme Dance Competitions Gala.

The Ultimate Dance Challenge

1st Place, Intermediate Hip Hop

1st Place, Senior Contemporary

2nd Place, Junior Hip Hop

2nd Place, Junior Contemporary

3^rd Place, Senior Jazz

Highly Commended, Junior Ballet

Highly Commended, Intermediate Jazz

Platinum Dance Competition

1st Place, Junior Contemporary – also awarded Highest Scoring 12/U Group for the competition!

2nd Place, Intermediate Ballet

3rd Place, Junior Ballet

Highly Commended, Junior Hip Hop

We have many brilliant soloists, a special mention goes to Lulu M who placed first in the 14/U Contemporary Solo section at the prestigious Sydney Eisteddfod!
Lulu competed in a section against 30 other young dancers and was selected by adjudicator Emma Sandall was the winner.
Congratulations!

2026 TERM DATES

Term 3 starts next Monday!

Please remember the academy does not have pupil free days like the education system.

Term 3, Monday 20th July-Saturday 26th September

Term 4, Monday 12th October-Concert

2026 CONCERT DATES

The end of year performance is the highlight of the year for all our students.
Students must attend rehearsals if they wish to participate in the concert. All concert related timetables will be posted on the website closer to the date.
To help you plan your Christmas holidays and other festive activities, please add the following dates to your diaries.

KINDERGARTEN, YEARS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7

Rehearsal at LCDA – Sunday 22nd November

Photo Day at LCDA – Sunday 29th November

Rehearsal at Glen Street Theatre – Tuesday 8th December (during school hours)

Performances at Glen Street Theatre for Year 1, 3, 5 & 7 students (school years) – Thursday 10th & Saturday 12th December

Performances at Glen Street Theatre for Kindergarten, Year 2, 4 & 6 students (school years) – Friday 11th & Saturday 12th December

Students MUST perform in both shows allocated to their year group.

YEAR 8+ STUDENTS, ADVANCED CLASSES, & PERFORMANCE GROUPS

Rehearsal at LCDA – Sunday 22nd November

Photo Day at LCDA – Sunday 29th November

Rehearsal at Glen Street Theatre – Tuesday 8th December (during school hours)

Performances at Glen Street Theatre – Thursday 10th, Friday 11th & Saturday 12th December

TINY TOTS, PRE-BALLET & PRE-JAZZ CLASSES

Rehearsal at LCDA – Saturday 21st November

Photo Day at LCDA – Sunday 29th November

Rehearsal & Performance at Glen Street Theatre – Saturday 12th December

Timetables will be posted on the website. Please subscribe to the website to receive these alerts. LCDA Subscription – https://lcda.com.au/subscribe/

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TERM 3 INVOICES

Please note that all invoices for costume deposits are now due. If you haven’t done so already, we would appreciate prompt payment of these invoices as we have already begun to purchase costumes for your children.

MAKE UP LESSONS

As we begin our concert preparations, make up lessons may not be available in Terms 3 & 4. Each class begins working on their specific dance and so attending a class which is not their own is impractical and disruptive to the class.

We strongly encourage students to keep up their attendance so their class can work together as a team and students do not fall behind in learning choreography.