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ABOUT JELLYROLL.....

JELLYROLL BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN YOUR CHILD THROUGH DANCE DRAMA AND SINGING

Jellyroll, with its unique formula, fun and encouraging environment is now in its third successful year in Chichester.
We, at Jellyroll, want to give our students, your children, a head start in life through dance drama and singing. We are primarily interested in accessing and unleashing their potential? Skills learned through participating and performing in a secure and fun environment can really help to prepare them to be more dynamic in their lives.
Drama, dance and singing are taught with warmth, humour and invaluable experience.
We are the only dance, drama, and singing school whose teachers have all had professional careers in their field. Our main aim is to develop and boost the children’s confidence through learning, challenge and socialising in a creative environment. We believe that when children are having fun they learn better and when they feel more confident they are more open to learning the things that perhaps don’t come as easily to them. We are thrilled to have had many fantastic testimonials to this effect.
Classes are small, and the three-hour session is uniquely themed and structured so that we all have the added satisfaction of trying out what they have learned in all three mediums, all together, at the end of the morning if we want to. No other school offers this unique element, which extends pupils knowledge and skills even more by introducing the concept of combining singing with dancing, or singing with drama.
Music, elocution, comedy, public speaking, poetry and drama are no longer part of the mainstream curriculum. Cultural knowledge, and exposure to a wide range of styles, music, rhythms, and mediums is sadly not covered enough in most of our schools. Jellyroll is not only about learning drama techniques, harmony, rhythm, choreography and dance; the cultural themes are carefully chosen to bring a rich and enlightening experience to the children. We want to see the children discover parts of themselves that are not drawn upon in school. They have the freedom to express and experiment with these lost skills and the positive attitude and outlook is enriched week after week.

 

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Through this intelligently planned combination Jellyroll will teach children many vital life skills whilst having a brilliant time. Undoubtedly we feel that children should have fun, and in the age of technology physical activity is even more important to keep their bodies healthy too. But ultimately our main focus is the development of self- esteem, confidence and individual potential. Music, elocution, comedy, public speaking, poetry and drama are no longer part of the mainstream curriculum. Cultural knowledge, and exposure to a wide range of styles, music, rhythms, and mediums is sadly not covered enough in most of our schools. Jellyroll is not only about learning drama techniques, harmony, rhythm, choreography and dance; the cultural themes are carefully chosen to bring a rich and enlightening experience to the children. We want to see the children discover parts of themselves that are not drawn upon in school. They have the freedom to express and experiment with these lost skills and the positive attitude and outlook is enriched week after week.
Through this intelligently planned combination Jellyroll will teach children many vital life skills whilst having a brilliant time. Undoubtedly we feel that children should have fun, and in the age of technology physical activity is even more important to keep their bodies healthy too. But ultimately our main focus is the development of self- esteem, confidence and individual potential.

 
TEACHING PROFESSIONALS
EMMA WYNTER - Creative co-ordination and Dance Instruction. Emma trained at the Arnold School in Surrey in ballet, jazz, tap, character dancing and stage modern. She had her first professional job straight from school and has worked extensively in West End theatre, Musicals, Television, Pop videos and Cabaret in England and abroad as a dancer, actress and singer. Emma has been teaching children dance for twenty years, with the obvious advantage of being able to pass on professional knowledge of the business. Last year she choreographed the hugely successful "Barchester Chronicles" at the Chichester Festival Theatre, which involved over 400 local children and adults. Emma is also the mother of three musical children, and her husband is a professional singer/actor. sussex children's theatre
 
AMANDA WALDY - Amanda Waldy actress, trained for three years at The Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Her West End appearances include, Tarantara at the Phoenix Theatre and Dusa, Fish, Stas & Vi at the Mayfair. Other theatre appearances include a national tour of Murder At The Vicarage and Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in which she played Mrs Potiphar. She has appeared at the Civic Theatre Ayre in The Gentle Hook, The Sunshine Boys and The Reluctant Debutante. At The Oxford Playhouse she appeared in Startalk. Amanda also toured Israel in Habeus Corpus. In Hong Kong not only did she appear in several productions - Tomfoolery, My Fat Friend, The Gingerbread Lady and Educating Rita - for Theatre East Company, she also performed with Jenny Tarren for the first time and, with her, helped to form the successful company Actors Rep. She recently appeared in Lady Windermere's Fan at The Chichester Festival Theatre. Her television appearances to date include Rockliffe's Babies, Rockliffe's Follies, All Creatures Great And Small, Kiss The Girls And Make Them Cry for BBC and Two Girls And A Millionaire for ITV. She also appeared in the film Hussy. sussex children's theatre
 
LAURA NAPIER BURROWS - Laura comes from London; her parents are both professional opera singers who also teach singing. She has written, performed and co-produced three CDs of her own and now lives locally with her fiancé who is a music producer. Laura was music director for Epping Drama Society and is qualified to tutor three instruments. She is currently working on her fourth album whilst writing her dissertation for her honours music degree in which specialises in voice at University College Chichester.
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