Borough's United

On Sunday 9th February, our Dance Academy alongside a few KS4, competed in their first ever dance competition called Borough's United at Hackney Empire Theatre - Borough’s United is a 25-year-running competition for dancers, poets, MCs and singers, bringing together young people, their families and friends from over 30 boroughs in a peace campaign to end violence, with over 2,500 young people have taken part over the years, including Jermaine Jackman, Little Simz, Leone Lewis, Diversity and Twist & Pulse - Also making Barking Abbey history in the dance department competing in a competition, let alone of this scale. Our dancers entered for the Over-13s category as ‘B.A.D.D’ and out of all the acts they competed against, we came 3rd and brought a TROPHY HOME! A massive achievement for all our dancers and the department.

We are extremely proud of the hard work, commitment, dedication, maturity, and resilience that our dancers had during this process.