Pre-School Curriculum Chinese Dance (1mth to 1yr)
Bilingual Chinese Dance Classes with Yuan Lao Shi 袁老师:
Tuesday 9:45 - 10:45am (1 months - 1 year olds)
These classes will be fully immersive and encourage babies and toddlers, along with their carers to learn Mandarin through, traditional stories, play, song and dance. They will be taught by Meng Yuan, a trained Chinese dancer who has become a teacher of both Chinese Dance and early years Mandarin. No dance experience is necessary at all, Meng will guide all participants in an immersive experience of Chinese language, song, dance and storytelling.
Discovering Dance and Exploring Dance : Introduces music and movement in a developmentally supported and secure manner. These classes are designed to help children explore their developing physical, cognitive, creative, social and emotional selves, and at the same time supports children reaching their developmental benchmarks. Designed for children to participate together with their carers, who might be parents, grandparents or guardians, these classes are bonding, fun, inspiring and exciting, and will give children and their carers plenty of activities and ideas to take home or beyond the studio.
Discovering Dance - for children aged birth to 18 months Exploring Dance - for children aged 18 months to 2.5 years
Adventures in Dance: For girls & boys aged 2.5-3.5 years. We explore varied music, rhythms & basic dance steps, using props, imagination and stories. It's a lovely way for children who are able to separate from their parents to take their own first dance steps... These classes are not genre specific, as they introduce fundamental dance steps which are found in all styles of dance, and focus on exploring movement, developing creativity and imaginative responses, and supporting young children in achieving their developmental benchmarks.
Dance Artists: The next step on the ladder for girls & boys aged 3.5-4.5. We develop our exploration of varied music, rhythms & dance steps, using props, imagination and stories. By the time they are 5 they will have a basic vocabulary of steps and directions which they can demonstrate consistently and which they can take with them into any dance situation. It's a great class for a little person who loves to dance through life and it's a great foundation for getting ready to choose a particular style as they start school whether it be ballet, street dance, tap or modern.
Pre-Primary in Dance This class leads on directly from Dance Artists and is a pre-ballet class in nature. Children spend about 12 months at this level, and may participate in a Class Award in front of an external examiner before moving up to Primary.
Pre-Primary and Primary Contemporary These classes follow the Rambert Grades' Creative Dance For Early Years syllabus. This syllabus is designed to build the essential foundations of strong technique, creativity, and musicality from the very first steps. With a structured, skills-based framework, it prepares young dancers for success in contemporary dance while supporting their development in all dance styles. Each class is expertly designed to balance physical and spatial skill development with imaginative exploration, ensuring that children not only move but understand movement. Dancers refine coordination, communication, and confidence—key attributes for any dance discipline.
Streetdance - Beginners This very first class is recommended for children aged 4-6 who have not danced before, or who have not done streetdance. Using basic dance vocabulary children will be introduced to several streetdance styles during the year.
Tiny Tots Tap We generally recommend Tiny Tots Tap as being suitable from age 5, but sometimes a younger child will be suitable. This class is designed for our youngest tap dancers, giving them chance to explore footwork, rhythm and movement in a really fun way, whilst building them up to be ready to start the tap syllabus grades.
Classes in ballet encompassing all non-syllabus based classes from Child to Adult. Includes Boys Ballet, Ballet Barre, Pointe classes & most adult ballet classes. We often advise that attendance at non-syllabus classes is an excellent addition to regular syllabus classes, as it works the brain a little harder in memorising new combinations of movements, it tests the technique, and offers the challenge of a range of steps that are beyond the syllabus. Often these classes have participants across a range of ages and grades, so it also offers a wider-community dimension or a sense of 'company' that is less present in syllabus classes.
Pre-Ballet for children age 3-5, the First Steps (age 3-4) and Next Steps (age 4-5) classes form an ideal foundation for ballet and other styles of dance. Children attend these classes independently and learn basic steps and how to handle themselves in a dance-class environment. First Steps and Next Steps are not examined, although the teacher monitors progress against a set of criteria set by the Principal to ensure their development.
Boys Ballet: A Ballet class exclusively for boys aged 7-11 taught by the Principal. This is a non-syllabus class introducing ballet posture, style and steps specific to boys to develop their strength, coordination and confidence. Students may attend this class as an addition to their regular dance class or as their weekly dance class. The choice of music, environment, atmosphere in the studio and language is all designed to enthuse and inspire male dancers.
Adult Ballet - Foundation Level, Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3: We offer adults who are either: new to ballet; who might be returning to ballet; who would simply like to work with another teacher, the opportunity to come to a class that suits their level and lifestyle. Ballet is fantastic for increasing flexibility and mobility, improving posture, muscle strength and allows you to get away from the pressures of real life and dance it out while the music plays! We will help determine which class is appropriate for your skill and timetable.
Ballet Barre: For people who are short on time but still want to work on posture and general strength. It is a great class for those new to Ballet or for students with a limited range of physical movement or the more mature student who wants to maintain a level of physical fitness without having to face pirouettes or jumps.
Introduction to Ballet: Especially designed for adults who have never done ballet before, this is a complete introductory course run over 10 weeks taking you from plie to pirouette. You will be introduced to new and correct vocabulary, basic classical posture & placement and learn the skills necessary to continue in a general class setting. For those less confident this class could be repeated or be attended in addition to a beginners/general class.
Days of Dance and Workshops We often offer single days of dance and workshops that are held at weekends or in school holidays, led by visiting teachers or our own faculty. These are usually non-syllabus classes and are workshop-style, focused not only on the technique, but with a greater emphasis on performance, musicality and 'having a go'.
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