A two day celebration of dance at Primary School Dance Festival
30th May 2025
Last week we held one of our favourite events of the year – the Primary School Dance Festival.
Now in its 15th year, the two day celebration of dance took place at Belvoir Studio Theatre with over 200 children from the following primary schools Belmont, Finaghy, Glenwood, Holy Cross Boys, Holy Rosary, Holy Trinity, Victoria and Penrhyn Prep.
The morning runs like clock work as each class has time to rehearse . Heading into the dark theatre is always a little daunting but with the support and expertise of stage manager Mags and Belvoir Theatre’s technical crew, the children soon feel quite at home on the stage.
Aside from rehearsals, the children have time to play outside (this year in glorious sunshine), enjoy their break and take part in a dance-themed craft activity. But, in the blink of an eye, its 11am and SHOWTIME!
This year we enjoyed a wide array of dance styles, music and costumes. On Day 1 we did some spring cleaning, enjoyed The Greatest Showman and took a trip to ‘Where the Wild Things Are’. On Day 2, with the Juniors, we ventured down the yellow brick road and had a lesson in Irish mythology with Finn McCool!
Once everyone had performed, the children could sit back and watch a short dance piece called PLAY which was created especially for this year’s festival by professional dance artist Sean O’Neill.
Thank you to Jim Corr for his wonderful photography. Thank you to the volunteers who helped at the event and to our hosts Belvoir Studio Theatre.
Holy Trinity Primary School (P7) with ‘Ease on the Down the Road’ from the Wizard of Oz.
Victoria Primary School and ‘Ready for the Ride’
Holy Cross Boys with ‘Spring Clean Tideo’
Glenwood Primary School with ‘Heaven’s Eyes’
Belmont Primary School with ‘This is Me’.
Finaghy Primary School (P5-7) with ‘Hard Knock Life’.
Glenwood Primary School (P3) with ‘Where the Wild Things Are’
Holy Rosary Primary School (P3) with ‘Count on Me’
Holy Rosary Primary School (P4) with ‘I am a Giant’
Sean performs ‘Play’.
(Photo credit: Jim Corr Photography)