5 days of fun, working with 3 experienced tutors Peter Hammer, Eve Hirsch and Sarah Bushnell.  Full of theatre games, rehearsals for a dazzling musical medley, laughter, friends and plenty of sport and games. No prior experience is needed. You will improve your vocal skills in rehearsals and rehearse choreography and stage movements. This course culminates in a public performance in costume at the end of the week.

Disney Dazzle is a lively staged musical with medley selections from Encanto, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin, including: Be Our Guest, Belle, Arabian Nights, Kiss the Girl, Part of Your World, A Whole New World, Beauty and the Beast, Fathoms Below, Under the Sea, Friend Like Me, The Family Madrigal, We Don't Talk About Bruno, and Surface Pressure.

Last year's course Oz meets Moana was a wonderful success - scroll down to see some photos of what we got up to! Enrol now and join us for what is promising to be another great course. 

Course Presenters

Eve Hirsch is an experienced international concert and stage vocal artist. After graduating with a Bachelor of Music (University of Auckland) she went on to complete a Graduate Diploma of Vocal Performance (Queensland Conservatorium) and was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 1999. She has performed solo with many orchestras, including to an audience of 6000, with the New Zealand Symphony. On the theatrical stage, she has appeared in professional productions of both musical and operatic works, ranging from South Pacific to Madam Butterfly. She is an active director, conductor and arts educator having worked in Toulouse for the Conservatoire à rayonnement regionale de Toulouse and for the mairie de Pibrac. She also works for the International School and English 31 and is currently studying for a masters in vocal pedagogy.

Peter Hammer is a professional performer, choreographer, and teacher based in Toulouse, France. He has devoted his professional dance career to learning, dancing, and teaching the Jump Rhythm® Technique an unique American art form that combines jazz and tap dance with “scat” singing and body percussion to create an energetic expression of whole-body emotion and rhythm. After receiving a degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from Hope College, in Holland, Michigan. In 2007, Peter began working with Jump Rhythm Jazz Project, an Emmy award-winning Chicago dance company. As a company member, he performed, choreographed, and taught workshops and masterclasses in Finland, Spain, France, and throughout the US. Now in France, he teaches the Jump Rhythm Technique through his association, Association Rythme Américain, and dance company, Sounds of the SOL.

Sarah Bushnell is an experienced orchestral musician, conductor and teacher. She graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy in Glasgow with a Master of Music. She has performed with orchestras throughout the UK, Ireland and Spain, including the South bank Centre with the London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 

Her teaching career spans almost 35 years with students of all standards and ages. Additionally, Sarah, has gain extensive experience in the theatre, beginning as a child she has continued to appear in Oliver and most recently in numerous Secret Panto Society's (SPS) Pantomimes and TMA 31 productions.