WELCOME TO

Dance Lessons for all ages - Based in Tunbridge Wells, Otford & Paddock Wood
The Dance Studio aims to provide classes for all, from Beginners to Advanced, whether it be once-a-week for fun or dedicated dancers looking into a career in dance.
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OUR HISTORY
The Dance Studio was formed in 1985 by its Principal, Marianne Faulkner and has now grown to over 300 pupils
Our dancers have many performance opportunities as well as the chance to take examinations with the National Association of Teachers of Dance (NATD)
We have a very successful competition team that have performed at Alton Towers, Disneyland Paris and various local theatres
Past and Present pupils have gone onto Dance and Drama colleges including Italia Conti London, Laban Centre London, The BRIT School, Sylvia Young Theatre School, Reynolds Performing Arts and RADA

LATEST TDS NEWS
Huge Congratulations to Otford TDS Seniors Mitzi and Lottie for being asked to represent the NATD at the TDCI Scholarships in Blackpool! They both danced brilliantly and had a fantastic time. Both dancers have also been asked to perform at the NATD annual congress in Birmingham in August, we are so proud of you both!



EXAM SUCCESS!
Some of our dancers from Otford took their NATD Examinations at the end of the summer term and the results are back in with a 100% distinction pass rate!!
COMPETITION TEAM SUCCESS
Huge congratulations to our Junior, Inter and Senior Competition team for their successes at the Sevenoaks Dance Festival in March!
If you are thinking of auditioning for our team, please speak to Jess or contact her on jess@thedancestudio.biz
ONLINE CONTENT
We now have many dance tutorials as well as exam practice videos on our resources page, ready to be accessed by our pupils. If you do not know the password, please ask your teacher to provide it to you.

IMPORTANT DATES
Week commencing 17th Oct