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November 06, 2003
Ashley Dixon's Introduction
4th November 2003
Hey Everyone
My name is Ashley Dixon and I’ll be keeping you informed about what’s going on at Central School of Ballet and on the Ballet Central tour.
I come from Hessle, near Hull in East Yorkshore. I started dancing at the age of seven at the Lynn Jenkinson School of Dance. At the age of twelve I wanted to take dancing more seriously, so I moved to the Northern Theatre Dance School, under Julie Lovewell. A year later, I auditioned for the Louise Browne Yorkshire scholarship Centre and was successful, which meant I went to York every week to take classes. The following year I gained a place on the Royal Ballet School Senior Associate programme and took fortnightly classes with Anita Young, who also now teaches here at Central.
When I turned sixteen, I was lucky enough to receive a scholarship for Central School of Ballet’s Senior School. It only seems like yesterday that I started at the school and now I’m a third year preparing for the tour – scary.
Although we’re only a couple of months into the third year, a lot has happened already including entering the Bloch Geneé International Ballet competition in Birmingham, along with two other students from Central. This was the best experience I’ve ever had, helping me gain confidence in such a friendly competitive environment. It was also great to be coached in our solos (I danced a Swan Lake pas de trois) and have a solo created on us by Christopher Hampson.
Anyway, we’re back at school now and preparing for Ballet Central’s national tour already. I’ll keep you up-to-date on that and any other news when I write next month . TTFN, Ashley
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