Our Classes
The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (ISTD) offer a series of examinations from Children’s Grades through to professional teaching qualifications. The style reflects the influence of American Tap on British Musical Theatre.
Ballet
Ballet provides a dancer with the technical training of the body that forms the basis for all dance forms. It stretches muscles, increases mobility in the joints and strengthens the torso’s core muscles. Ballet also builds up stamina and produces an inner discipline of mind and body.
Our classes teach students to work as both a soloist and as part of a team, and co-ordinates movement with musicality and performance skills. We believe that ballet gives a student exceptional deportment and a strong sense of achievement, and its fun!
Modern Dance
Modern dance defies a single permanent definition. Mostly due to it’s ability to develop and evolve with the changing fashions in dance. Through a carefully planned and well tried examination syllabus, which combines modern dance, jazz and other dance styles, young people are trained to to become disciplined and versatile dancers who have a professional attitude towards dance.
Tap Dance
Apart from being an essential skill for the professional dancer, tap dance is one of the most enjoyable and rhythmic forms of recreational dance.
Tap turns the dancer into a percussive instrument who accompanies, enhances and experiments with the musicians providing the music. It is therefore essential that the dancer not only looks good through dance technique and training but sounds good with an acute sense of timing and an agility of footwork.
Contemporary
Contemporary dance is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet. Contemporary dancers strive to connect the mind and the body through fluid dance movements.
Acrobatic Arts
Acrobatic Arts is the fusion of Dance technique and Acrobatic elements which will increase the dancers flexibility and improve their line and extension, strength for balance, tumbling and partner work.
Acro-Dance is not the same as Gymnastics and requires different training. Dance training is essential to the success of the Acro-Dancer.
The students will learn to seamlessly incorporate their Acro skills into dance routines.
Musical Theatre
Combines singing, dancing and acting to develop skills and confidence. Includes study pieces from musicals and the chance to perform on the stage.
Adult Classes
Classes for adults, returning RDC pupils, late starting teenagers and those young at heart.
Tuesday 6:45 – 7:30 pm Ballet for beginners and experienced. Including barre work, port de bras, adage and petit allegro.
Tuesday 7:30 – 8:15 pm Beginners Tap – For complete beginners and intermediate. Lots of fun and great exercise incorporating
different styles and music.
Tuesday 8:15 – 9 pm Modern Line Dance – Danced in the usual line and circle patterns and incorporating the styles of Country, Irish, Latin and Pop.
Wednesday 7 -8 pm Wall Pilates – A slower paced exercise class for safety and endurance. Strengthening and toning the core, glutes and arms. Stretching ham strings and for pelvic placement and improved alignment and all over body toning.
Thursday 6:30 – 7:45 pm Contemporary – Great for use of body, breathe and inner feeling, now one of the most popular dance styles based around a modern and ballet technique.
Thursday 7:45 – 8:30 pm Musical Theatre – Dancing in various styles to well known tunes from the musicals.
Thursday 8:30 – 9:15 pm Experienced tappers – Intermediate/Advanced fun class incorporating Broadway and Rhythm styles of tap.
Younger members
Classes involving learning in sensory, audible and visual ways whilst preparing children to proceed to pre primary/primary dance classes. Lots of fun with use of props, movement and incorporating song and dance.
Wednesday 9:30 – 10:10 Tiddler movement and music accompanied by 1 adult (ages 12 months to 3 years).
Friday 4:30 – 5:30/6 Toddlers pre pimary/ primary ballet, modern and tap (ages 2 – 5 years).
Saturday 9:30 – 10:10 Toddlers ballet class accompanied by one adult (ages 12 months to 4 years).