Michelle Bell School of Dance headed for World Championship Dance Competition

Hosted by the World Lyrical Dance Federation, the World Championship Dance Competition will take place in Dundee, Scotland over the July/August Bank Holiday weekend.  

This event will see a series of competitions take place over a range of dance genres such as lyrical and contemporary, jazz, and acrobatic arts, with teams from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales and South Africa participating in the four-day event. 

The North-West of Ireland will be represented most ably by a group of young dancers from the Michelle Bell School of Dance based at Le Studio in Bundoran’s retail park. 

With much stage experience at both theatrical and competitive level, the 12-strong group, under the tuition and guidance of their teacher Michelle Bell, will participate in lyrical, jazz and acrobatic arts solos as well as lyrical duets, trios and group dances.  

Hard work is involved in preparation for an event at such a standard, but this group of young dancers displays great commitment and dedication through their class schedule in conjunction with a rigorous practise and rehearsal rota. 

The dance team comprising of ( in alphabetical order)  Ogie Barrett, Anna Burns,  Evie Drummond,  Lucy Fagan,  Kayley Gallagher,  Roisin Hamrogue,  Ruby Mc Crea,  Adeline Mc Ginty,  Maedhbh Mc Ginty,  Darcy Mc Gloin,  Iona O’Donnell and Ellie Reynolds,  is currently in full preparation mode for this world-class event.

The Michelle Bell School of Dance based in Le Studio in Bundoran’s Retail Park is headed by founder, and teacher, Michelle Bell, who followed her love of dance through professional dance training in the UK to the West End in London before realising her life-long dream in the establishment of her own dance school where she inspires young dancers with her love of the art form. 

Offering tuition in ballet, jazz, lyrical and acrobatic arts dance genres, Michelle speaks with passion and enthusiasm about her role in inspiring young dancers , “ I’m a very lucky teacher having amazing pupils and getting the opportunity to share my passion for dance with so many young people”.  Having founded her dance school in 2010, Michelle is seeing her success materialise in the numbers of children and teenagers attending various classes at Le Studio. 

We wish the young dancers, and their teacher, Michelle, every success into the future as they pursue their love of dance at the Michelle Bell School of Dance. 

Fundraising activities are now in place as the World Championship event comes closer and many local businesses are indicating their support of the group through various forms of sponsorship namely monetary donations and items suitable for raffle hampers. All sponsoring businesses will see their business name prominently displayed on social media items promoting the dancers as the event approaches. 

Any sponsorship would be greatly welcomed and will be acknowledged in social media postings. Thank you to all the businesses who have supported the dancers to date – your help and encouragement is so greatly appreciated. 

As the summer advances, we wish the young dancers, and their teacher, Michelle, every success at the World Championships in Dundee, and indeed into the future as they pursue their love of dance at the Michelle Bell School of Dance.