Salou Dance School Trips
Available show date on offer in 2024 for this once in a lifetime performance opportunity!
August 2024
Perform like never before in the Teatre Auditori!
Smile Productions are excited to present you with this outstanding opportunity to perform on stage in Salou, Spain. Allow your dreams to become a reality and join our spectacular showcase “Smile Salou”. Let your exotic juices run free and perform like never before in the Teatre Auditori.
Give your dance school the opportunity of a lifetime, to be surrounded on holiday by their dance family and perform in an intimate Spanish theatre. Look no further, we pride ourselves in offering the highest quality cross-cultural artistic exchanges in the world and we ensure that each person’s experience is unique and show-stopping.
After helping dance teachers and parents alike to plan dance holidays for their students or children, we’ve gained valuable insight into the Spanish culture and all it has to offer. This means we can provide you with useful information and recommendations to help you plan the perfect trip!
£1000 or more cash back for Principals!
(*Full terms & conditions apply)
What’s Involved?
There’s so much involved when you plan a European dance holiday to Spain, but with the help of Smile Productions, we can organise and recommend on the best trip. Not only will your students get the chance to perform at our European showcase, held at the beautiful Teatre Auditori, but they will be part of a dance holiday of a lifetime.
Here’s what else you can plan for your Salou dance trip, as well as some little goodies you can expect from Smile Productions:
- Souvenir programme
- Special award
- T-shirt
- Aftershow Party
- Portaventura Theme Park
Whilst anyone can plan a holiday to Spain, nothing quite compares to the amazement and wonder of attending Smile Productions Salou, Spain. We ensure to provide you with all the information you need to plan everything meticulously to ensure a magical and memorable trip for all.
For Every Dance School
We strongly believe that every aspiring dancer should be able to witness the magic of Salou, Spain.
Not only will it give them an insight into the life of a Spanish dancer, but it’ll also give them the confidence boost they need to take their dancing one step further.
Our Smile Salou dance school performance trip is ideal for all kinds of dance schools. Whether you’ve just opened your doors to new students or you’ve got a wide range of students consisting of all ages, everyone can benefit from a dance holiday to Salou, Spain.
All the Important Things, Taken Care of
As a dance teacher, it can seem like a huge responsibility to get all your dance trip on a plane and fly them off to Spain! However, at Smile Productions, we can guide you through the process with our years of knowledge and experience of assisting with Salou dance trips, so you can enjoy the fun stuff
Whilst we can help you organise your trip by doing things such as carefully planning your itinerary to give you ideas of what to do during your trip, you can work on perfecting your dance routines ready for the stage, or preparing your dancers techniques so they’re ready to attend the workshops.
We understand the stress involved in organising a dance holiday, which is why we want to help you handle some of the responsibility to ensure a seamless and enjoyable process for dance teachers, students and parents alike.
We’re Here to Help
If you need help planning your Salou dance trip, just get in touch with us today! We’ll be able to help you plan you the most amazing trip that’ll be remembered by your dancers for years to come.
With our wealth of knowledge on Salou, we can give you recommendations on where to stay, based on previous dance holidays to Salou, as well as give you suggestions of things you should add to your itinerary.
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The Theatre
The Teatre Auditori of Salou is located in one of the top tourist centres of Catalonia. This friendly, modern theatre venue is easily accessible from anywhere in Salou and is the perfect newly found home for the Smile productions “Smile Salou” showcase.
The famous Salou theatre includes a main auditorium, with a capacity for over 550 people and is perfectly equipped to large musical events. It offers amazing catering services, videoconferencing, translation and interpretation, as well as access to all kinds of facilities for access for people with disabilities.
This modern theatre is a popular tourist attraction that draws many tourists into Salou. The Teatre Auditori de Salou (TAS) is a multipurpose space that is used for social and cultural events. Characterised by its versatility, which makes it ideal for performing arts, musical activities and conventions.
The stage extends into the wings, split by fabric dividers which allow performers to enter and exit the stage without being seen by the audience. Props can easily be stored here as well as costume changes. Once in the wings, dancers and teachers can then move further backstage to dressing rooms and other backstage areas.
This breath-taking experience will be one you and your school can fully embrace with our team and will never ever forget! Creating such special memories that will last a lifetime! Your school will share this fantastic performance opportunity together with the Smile team in this beautiful cultural city.
Salou is a lively family resort in the south of Catalonia, Costa Dorada, Spain. It offers a string of beaches gently interrupted by its rocky coves and landscaped promenade. As the proud home to PortaVentura world resort, Caribe aquatic park and Ferrari land, Salou certainly has everything you need for an amazing dance school performance trip!
We are so excited to be planning our spectacular European showcase in such a perfect location! Salou offers an abundance of shops, bars, restaurants and amazing theme parks, with markets and much more for families to do amidst the fabulous Spanish climate. This ultimate European destination is the perfect location for Smile Productions to host our latest showcase “Smile Salou”.
PortAventura Theme Park
Make the most out of your dance holiday and discover one of Europe’s most iconic theme parks just 10 minutes from the theatre, the renowned PortAventura theme park.
A journey beyond your wildest dreams begins here. Six completely different worlds of adventure awaits you in PortAventura Park, all designed with stunning theme details to enhance your experience. Whatever you like to do, you’ll find something to suit your tastes. The park is packed with fun for families, friends, young and old alike.
The participating children from your school and their families can book as short or as long a stay as they like to be part of this exceptional experience! You can even do a group booking as Principal in a hotel of your choice. It’s entirely up to you!
Further Information
Conditions of participation and stage time:
Large groups – If you have 15 performers coming with us from your school; this will gain you ten minutes stage time in total. For every additional performer that you bring you will gain an additional 40 seconds stage time, eg 21 performers in total would equal 14 minutes total stage time. You can perform your overall stage time by breaking your allocated time down into smaller 3-5 minute slots; we can discuss this in more depth with you once you know how many performers you will have. Minimum age is 3 years, no maximum age. Adult groups welcome!
Small groups – We also except groups as small as 5 to perform a 3-and-a-half-minute routine in the show, for every additional performer thereafter you will gain an additional 40 seconds stage time, so with ten performers you could even have enough stage time to do 2 routines.
Entry fee is £129 per dancer and this includes:
Inclusion into the amazing show & performance experience at Teatre Auditori – “Smile Salou”
- An especially scheduled rehearsal for every school (should you wish to rehearse)
- 1 free show ticket worth £25.
- Free souvenir t-shirt for every dancer to be worn for our spectacular “Smile Salou” finale which every dancer will be part of!
- Free souvenir program for every dancer!
- A smile productions “Smile Salou” special award!
- Free inclusion for all family and friends to our after-show party where the children will be entertained by a top DJ!
We want to make sure you have a happy and healthy dance school or theatre school. In order to be accepted for the “Smile Salou” showcase you must send an audition video clip via email, of your dance school or group performing, be it on stage or during class. This does not have to be a professional video, we simply want to see what your dance school has to offer. The team at Smile Productions will be looking out to make sure your dancers are well trained performers, regardless of the level they have achieved.
Deposit and balance payment schedule
A £59 (non-refundable deposit) is payable 8 weeks following your provisional reservation and a successful audition. This should be sent to Smile productions along with a list of the performers full names and will reserve your schools place. Late reservations will only be available subject to availability. The full balance then has to be paid by an agreed date (also non-refundable).
It is the Principal of the group’s responsibility to make parents aware, that entry fees are non-refundable. You should also make parents aware that a contract of agreement for participation into this event will be entered into at a later date, this will need to be signed and returned to Smile productions upon receipt of your school’s final balance.
Important information
You will then await the “Green Light” from Smile Productions to signal you are OK to advise your parents, to go ahead and book their flights and accommodation
The “Green Light” will only be given upon receipt of your schools full balance, as soon as you confirm to parents that it’s paid and you have received the “Green light” from Smile productions, it is then that you can allow them to book and not before.
This is the best way to ensure full and generic commitment from all party’s before booking holidays.
Fund raising
You can do lots of things to help your group get to New York and experience this trip of a lifetime!
You can fund raise and have so much fun preparing for this special occasion with extra rehearsals and the buzz and excitement that will surround it!
From bag packing in your local supermarket to charity nights and other events, spot the balls to car boot sales, sponsored walks to sponsored dancethons! The list is endless!
During your schools stay in New York there are so many things to do, and on the big show day itself you and your dancers will be greeted by the smile productions team and feel a huge warm “Smile New York” welcome!
Show day
You will need to arrive at the venue for approximately 10am with hair and make-up already done (exact time to be confirmed at a later date) where performers will embark on their stage rehearsal in practise clothes.
School principals and at least 1 other chaperone must remain with the performers throughout and will be fully supported by the Smile team (A child care ratio of 1:10 will be allowed back stage this ratio also includes you the Principal.
All chaperones must hold and show evidence of an up to date DBS prior to the trip for safeguarding and insurance purposes).
Parents and the rest of the family can go off at this point to do their own thing but must arrive back at the venue for 3pm to prepare for the start of the show at 4pm.
At the end of the show dancers will be collected at a designated point inside the venue.
Costume
Costume must be carefully thought out and suitable for quick and easy changes. This will ensure a smooth running of the show. Naked undressing will not be permitted and where complete undressing is necessary, then a nude undergarment is essential to allow for unisex communal changing in within the space given.
Tickets
Each dancer’s entry includes 1 free ticket worth £25.00 any further tickets can be purchased from Smile Productions prior to the trip here in the UK.
Program and T-shirt
Our souvenir program will include a write up and pictures of your group, this along with every dancers T-shirt will be given to you the principal whilst in the UK, so that you can give them to every dancer before they leave for New York.
Register your interest
Simply contact Smile Productions using the button below, then once you have spoken to parents and have a group with a minimum of 5 dancers, deposits must be collected and can be sent to Smile Productions either by cheque made payable to Smile Productions, or you can ask for our bank details and a transfer can be made.
This must be sent as one payment directly from you the Principal and not individually from parents. Should you wish to pay by cash, Smile Productions may be able to provide a personal courier service upon request.
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*Full terms & conditions for cash back
Upon receipt of a non-refundable full payment for 25 or more performers to participate in the Smile productions Smile New York show, Principal will receive from Smile productions £1000 cash back which can be used to pay for the Principals own flight and accommodation.
This will also apply to further multiples of 25 non-refundable full paying performers, for example; upon receipt of the non-refundable full payment for 50 or more performers to participate in the Smile productions Smile New York show, Principal will receive from Smile productions £2000 cash back.
