Advance notice of this year's Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts Dance Championships! These will take place at Guiseley Theatre over the weekend of 6th and 7th November 2010.

The 2010 Syllabus is now available for free download as a Adobe ® PDF file from our Downloads section.

 Deborah Kate Norris
BA Hons, MA, A.I.D.T.A, A.I.S.T.D. 

Deborah originally trained at Elmhurst Ballet School. After gaining a BA Hons and MA in Dance Studies she continued her training at the Jose Limon Dance Institute, Manhattan. She then performed in New York working with many choreographers including Risa Steinberg, Dana Moore and Heather Cornell. Since then she has worked internationally as a dancer, teacher and choreographer. 

Deborah currently enjoys a vast teaching schedule throughout the UK whilst lecturing at Centre Pointe Studios and Edge Hill University. She is an adjudicator for the British and International Federation of Festivals.

The Competitors who achieved a First Place are as follows:-

Modern Class A1 (Solo)
RUBY-ROSE JARVIS

Modern Class B2 (Solo)
ROBYN KAY

Modern Class C3 (Solo)
CHARLOTTE BELL

Modern Class D4 (Solo)
HOLLIE JANE WOODHOUSE

Modern Class E5 (Solo)
GABRIELLA MORLEY

Song & Dance Class A1 (Solo)
JAIM’E LEE CHARLESWORTH

Please click to read more on Winning Competitors 2009

A silver salver was awarded to the Competitor achieving the highest mark in each Solo Genre, as follows:-

BALLET:  NAOMI EMBURY  
MODERN:  HOLLIE JANE WOODHOUSE  
TAP:   GABRIELLA MORLEY 
NATIONAL:   GEORGINA OAKLEY
CHARACTER: ELIZABETH WRIGHT  
GREEK:  CLARA BURNIE  
SONG & DANCE: GABRIELLA MORLEY  
NOVICE:  ELEANOR SHEERIN  

The Duet Salver was awarded to:
KIRSTY CUNLIFFE & EMMA TOULSON

The Trio Salver was awarded to:
LEYLAH RUSHTON, RIA GALLAGHER
& CHARLOTTE BELL

The Silver Salvers awarded are the property of the winners as a permanent record of their success, and are not to be returned