Haslemere Performing Arts is a Dance and Musical Theatre school whose Principal is Angela Cantan. The school was first started in 1968 and has grown and developed over the years. There are many lessons run each week with with classes in Fernhurst, Liphook, Beacon Hill and Haslemere.
Welcome to Haslemere Performing Arts
What’s Available
Haslemere Performing Arts provides the opportunity to learn Ballet, Tap, Modern & Contemporary Dance as well as coaching in Musical Theatre, Pantomime and Vocal Coaching. The school is focused on developing young children from preschool age all the way to school levers and provides syllabus classes, Fun Workshops for all ages. Some former pupils have returned as fully qualified teachers and now teach. All our teachers and tutors are experienced and qualified and fully CRB checked. For more details on classes etc. go to the Contacts page
A Big Thank You
Thank you to all the parents who helped with our Saturday Workshops Show in July. It was a fantastic show and all the teachers deserve praise for their wonderful choreography. Well done! Looking forward to the whole school being together at the Princes’ Hall Theatre Aldershot for our 50th Anniversary Show on 8th July 2018. Mrs Cantan has no plans to retire and is looking forwards to celebrating her 60th..70th…80th celebrations!
Shine Musical Theatre Group
StageShine – Haslemere Performing Arts’ Musical Theatre Group 
Mondays at Our Lady of Lourdes 6-13 yr olds : 4.45pm – 6.15pm (£60 per term). Free trial lesson available Classes start back on 24th April 2017. Next production will be Alice in Wonderland and an excerpt from Guys and Dolls. The production will be on Saturday 15th July at 6pm at the Hardeman Hoyle Memorial Hall in Hammer.
Summer School
Summer school will take place on 24th – 28th July 2017, 31st July – 4th August 2017. We will be performing a musical in a week. Please email us for details.
Congratulations
As usual, HPA has continued to achieve outstanding success in dance competitions and examinations. In RAD Ballet and ISTD Modern and Tap exams, the school maintained its track record of 100% gaining Merit or Distinction. At the British Arts Awards National Finals held in London, pupils competed with dancers from all over the country. In the Group Section, Bake Off, The Prop Box, Evacuees and Mexican Fiesta won first places; Valse Classique, Human Trafficking, Me Before You and On Top of the World gained second places whilst Girl on a Train achieved third place. For individual dances, first places were awarded to Darcy Adams (Modern), Darcy Adams & Sophie Mullee (Modern Duet), Shakira Alleyne & Tia Alleyne (Modern Duet), Martha Woods (Ballet Solo), and Isobel Chatten & Katiana Whatling (Character Duet). Martha Woods also won the Senior Novice All-Rounder award. Achieving second places were Emma Taylor-Eardley (Inter Novice Song & Dance), Tia Alleyne (Modern Solo), Darcy Adams (Senior Lyrical), Martha Woods (Modern Solo) and Sophie Mullee & Maryam Likohugu (Character Duet). Shakira Alleyne and Maryam Likohugu came third with their Lyrical Duet. At the Hampshire Festival, Sophie Weekes won both the highest mark Lyrical Cup and the highest mark Greek,/National Cup. I’m A Celebrity won the highest mark Classical Trio Cup. At the Guildford Festival, Maryam Likohugu won the National Cup. Finally, congratulations to recent ex-pupils Jerome Barnes who has been given a full contract with the Scottish Ballet Company, Jessica McCluskey who has just completed a professional West End run of Stepping Out and Sofia Zaman who has been offered a third year at the Royal Ballet White Lodge School following in the footsteps of Jerome Barnes. On a non-dancing theme, Michelle Breese has just qualified as a doctor.