Dance Classes

Movement, music and magic for children aged 3-4 years.

Pre-school ballet classes are the perfect choice if you want to give your children a creative outlet from the very beginning! These are lively but structured dance classes for kids that develop physical skills and encourage creativity, expression and confidence.

Parents and carers are encouraged to wait outside the hall/studio once the pupil has settled into the class.

The next step from pre-school ballet which provides movement, music and magic for children aged 4-5 years.

Intro pre primary ballet classes begin to prepare children for the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus which begins at the next level. These are lively but structured dance classes for kids that develop physical skills and encourage creativity, expression and confidence.

Ballet Class for children aged 5-6 years (Reception/Y1)

The beginning of the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus. These structured classes develop students’ physical skills, stamina, creativity, expression and musicality using a range of movements and musical styles. The syllabi prepares students for a successful transition to syllabus ballet and other dance genres at higher levels.

A Class Award is offered to students who are the correct age, prepared and ready after four terms. This is the perfect introduction to a ballet exam environment together with their teacher in a fun atmosphere. Class Awards and examinations are optional.

Ballet Class for children aged 6-7 years (Y1/Y2)

These structured classes develop students’ physical skills, stamina, creativity, expression and musicality using a range of movements and musical styles. The syllabi prepares students for a successful transition to syllabus ballet and other dance genres at higher levels.

Royal Academy of Dance Examination or Class Award is offered to students who are the correct age, prepared and ready after four terms. Class Awards and examinations are optional.

These structured classes develop students’ physical skills, stamina, creativity, expression and musicality using a range of movements and musical styles.

Royal Academy of Dance Examination or Class Award is offered to students who are the correct age, prepared and ready after four terms. Class Awards and examinations are optional.

The Royal Academy of Dance Graded Examinations consists of three dance disciplines:

1. Ballet – the foundation and the most important part of the syllabus.
2. Free Movement – influenced by and incorporating movements in common with other dance styles such as Natural Movement, Contemporary and Classical Greek Dance.
3. Character – the theatrical presentation of national dance using original ethnic dance and music which has been freely adapted for the theatre. The three styles (Hungarian, Russian and Polish) were selected because of their historic importance in the development of the nineteenth century full-length classical ballets.

Together with the graded syllabi, the Vocational Graded Examinations by the RAD provides an in-depth study of ballet, developing students’ technique, music and performance skills and introduces pointe work for female candidates. This highly-focused and practical training prepares students for a dance, or dance-related, career. The syllabi are appropriate for students from the age of 11 years and who are technically capable of the work. Students wishing to study for Vocational Graded examinations should have the maturity and technical aptitude for demanding study and attend dance class minimum two times a week.

The vocational classes are invite only.

Modern dance provides girls and boys with the opportunity to develop a more current style of dance. The classes are lively and lots of fun! The children learn core dance skills which are developed and built upon as they progress through the grades. The lessons are based around a structured syllabus which involves learning set exercises as well as free dances, providing the children with the opportunity to take exams.

Tap dance is excellent for developing a sense of rhythm and musicality – the children find it great fun learning different rhythms and trying to recreate them with their feet.

It also encourages appreciation and interaction with a different type of music. The classes are structured around a tap syllabus which provides the children with the opportunity to take exams.