Landmark agreement with a dynamic ballet company

Hafnarfjörður signs a service contract with the School of Choreography
Hafnarfjörður

The sports clubs in Hafnarfjörður and the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður have made
agreements between them regarding the services and operation of the companies to ensure for the town's residents
access to a wide range of sports and to operate the sports facilities. Now has
A contract has been signed with the Hafnarfjörður School of Choreography which will further support
rather the diversity that exists in leisure and recreation within
of the municipality. The School of Dance offers organised dance classes and takes
the collaboration is based on the value of art, movement and the practice of sport for educational and
preventive work.

Nearly 300 children train with the club.

The service agreement also includes that
The School of Performing Arts must, like other organisations on a comparable contract, fulfil
various quality standards, e.g. regarding the quality of internal work, gender ratios and equality
and prevention issues, as well as ensuring that the association is run in a democratic spirit. High
300 children train at the School of Ballet during the winter, and that is the number.
registered children, which determines the amount of the council's grant on each occasion.

Landmark agreement – the first club outside the IBA

There are 24 member clubs in the Hafnarfjörður Sports Association – ÍBH.
of them. All these associations have a service contract with the City of Hafnarfjörður and have
thus committing to meet certain quality standards and an operation that speaks for itself
in line with the town's health-promoting focus.
The Hafnarfjörður School of the Arts is the first organisation outside the HBF to sign.
a service contract with the municipality and is therefore a landmark agreement
No comparable agreement has been made with others than the associations in
in the sports movement. The municipality's aim with service agreements is to contribute to ensuring that all residents
have the opportunity to engage in leisure activities and sports under the most favourable conditions, regardless of
Household economy.

See the service contract in item 7 of the municipal council's resolution. 

About the Hafnarfjörður School of Choreography

The School of Dance offers organised dance and
Sports training in Hafnarfjörður. The activities of the Hafnarfjörður School of Choreography began in
In January 1994, 12 students were studying at the school. In 2015, the number of students was
There were 420 of them in total, and they studied children's dances and children's ballet,
children's jazz dance, classical ballet, jazz dance, hip hop, show dance, silks,
contemporary dance and dances for those aged 20 and over. The school is privately run and takes place
Teaching at Helluhrauni 16-18. The owner and head teacher is Eva Rós.
Guðmundsdóttir. The Hafnarfjörður School of Choreography is holding its annual spring show at
at the City Theatre on 1 May. In addition, students perform in the school's Christmas show which
is held either at the Gaflar Theatre or in the school's halls. Annually,
the school also for the Dance Cup, which is the school's indoor competition where
Students get to try their hand at composing their own dances. Both teachers and members
The school's student association has organised the competition, which always brings great joy.
both among students and parents. Students aged 13 and over have the opportunity to
go on a dance trip with the school to London every other year. There they spend 4-6 days
with the school's teachers and go to dance classes, a dance workshop and a musical. The school
has also taken part in dance competitions abroad. 

Information about the School of Ballet is taken from the school's website.