Jean Shannly School of Dance
Ballet
Tap
Highland
About Us
Jean Shannly School of Dancing was established in 1982 by Jean Shannly a very well known and respected figure within the Dancing community. Jean retired from competitive dancing and devoted her time to teaching her daughter Rachel, herself now a fully qualified teacher of over 25 years standing.
Jean is a Fellow of the United Kingdom Alliance of Professional Teachers of Dancing (UKA). She is also a qualified examiner. She has raised over £30,000 for local good causes thanks to her annual charity show.
The Jean Shannly School runs regular dancing classes for students of all ages and abilities, catering for ages from 2½ years upwards, from absolute beginner to pupils accepted by Scottish Ballet. We also offer courses leading to professional teaching qualifications in Highland, Tap, and Ballet.
Where We Are
Based in Linlithgow, we run weekly classes at local venues Monday to Saturday. Individual private tuition is also available on request.
Classes
Classes are small in number to ensure that each pupil is able to achieve their full potential. All classes are taken by a fully qualified teacher and no unqualified or student teachers are used under any circumstances. If the need arises for a student teacher to work with children to gain experience, volunteers will be sought and classes run at no cost to the children involved.
LATEST NEWS
15 April 2023
26. Oct, 2022
22. Jul, 2022
7. Jul, 2022
13. Aug, 2021
12. Aug, 2021
The timetables for the Highland exam on Tuesday 23 May 2023 and the Ballet exam on Friday 26 May 2023 have been posted on the Exam Timetables page.
Congratulations Katie and Sarah!
Congratulations to Katie Binsted and Sarah Meikle.
Sarah has just passed her UKA Provisional Teacher's Examination in Highland and Katie has passed her UKA Provisional Teacher's Examinations in both Highland and Ballet. Not content with this she has now began her Associates examination in Highland.
Some pictures have been added to the Summer Classes 2022 page.
NEW PHOTOS ADDED!
I am delighted to announce that Caroline Bakam has become the latest pupil to be accepted into the Scottish Ballet Junior Associates programme.
Message from Mrs Shannly
"I hope you have all had a lovely summer break. Many thanks to all the dancers who contributed to a very successful summer lessons programme.
A special mention goes to Louise Paterson, Rebecca Donaghue, Isla Petrie and Alice Clark who successfully set their provisional teacher's exam in ballet.
I am looking forward to seeing you all as the new term gets underway on Monday."
Mrs Shannly
The new timetable for the forthcoming term can be found on the Class Info page. Classes start of Monday 16 August 2021
