Dance
BALLET
Ballet is a wonderful way to improve physical fitness and strength. In children it helps to aid their spatial awareness. It stimulates their listening skills, enhances their appreciation of music and builds their confidence. Children love to express themselves through dance and ballet is a joyous way to encourage expressive movement. Along the way, they usually even make new friends!
We teach fun and imaginative Baby Ballerinas (see below), Pre-School and RAD Grades & Vocational classes from age 2 years and up. Our classes follow the syllabi of the Royal Academy of Dance and students may be entered for their Royal Academy of Dance Ballet Examinations. The RAD is one of the world's largest and most influential dance training organisations. Our Ballet classes are taught by a fully qualified RAD teacher.
For venues and times please see the Timetable
COMMERCIAL DANCE
Commercial dance is a stylized, highly choreographed form of dance. With its roots in Hip Hop, Commercial has now evolved into the high energy, sassy form of dance made famous by popstars such as Beyonce, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake and Little Mix. Commercial dance combines a mix of hip hop, street, jazz and the latest dance steps, choreographed to pop songs. This is a fun, high energy class, that’s great for boys and girls.
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CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Unlike the structured nature of ballet, Contemporary dance concentrates on versatility, freedom of movement and using the weight of the body.
Contemporary dancers focus on floorwork, traveling through space, using gravity to pull them down to the floor as well as practicing choreographic phrases and exploring creative challenges and improvisations.
This dance genre is often done in bare feet and can be performed to many different styles of music.
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TAP DANCE
Apart from being one of the essential skills for the professional dancer, Tap Dance is one of the most enjoyable and rhythmic forms of recreational dance. It’s also a great way of keeping fit!!
Classes will focus on encouraging a good sense of rhythm, style and technique.
Children will have the opportunity to take exams and progress through the ISTD grades. Our Tap classes are taught by a fully qualified ISTD teacher.
For venues and times please see the Timetable
MODERN JAZZ
Modern Jazz is a highly energetic dance style that incorporates travelling steps, high kicks, leaps and turns – all requiring strength and flexibility. This form of dance combines modern dance and jazz and is frequently seen on the West End stage.
Pupils are trained to become disciplined and versatile dancers.
Children will have the opportunity to take exams and progress through the ISTD grades. Our Modern classes are taught by a fully qualified ISTD teacher.
For venues and times please see the Timetable
ADULT BALLET
Our Adult ballet class is a mixed ability class, where everyone is encouraged to work to their potential. Through the graceful exercises and choreography of a typical ballet class you will experience improved posture, increased flexibility and stamina, strengthened and toned abs, arms and legs and greater poise. There is no uniform, just come in loose comfortable clothing, but ballet shoes are required. This is a lovely class for those wishing to take some time out of a busy life and focus on yourself with a group of like-minded people.
For venues and times please see the Timetable
BABY BALLERINAS
A fun and imaginative class designed for our youngest dancers aged 2 – 3 years. All baby ballerinas should bring along their favourite adult to help them through their paces. Children will improve their co-ordination and balance and will dance their way through this class full of stories, fun, music and lots of imagination! Each Baby Ballerinas class concludes with a free drink and biscuit for the children. This class is a lovely way to introduce your little ones to the world of dance!
