Classical Ballet

Classical ballet provides the foundation for all other dance forms. It is the most demanding, most disciplined of all dance forms, but also the most rewarding. With a solid ballet foundation, classically trained dancers can transfer their skills into jazz, modern dance, or any other dance form they might decide to pursue. Accomplishing that solid ballet foundation is crucial to becoming an outstanding dancer in any dance form. Ballet students will improve strength, flexibility, grace and overall coordination. Ballet structure is unsurpassed in training dancers, but inevitable by-products of this training are better posture, a more trim body, and increased ease in everyday movements. Exposure to beautiful classical music is a plus.

TINY TOTS BALLET (2½ YEARS) BABIES BALLET (3 YEARS) PREP BALLET (4 YEARS)

These are a fun and creative classes for little ballerinas. Preparatory for classical ballet technique, these classes are designed to develop coordination, balance, strength and rhythm. Moving to various music students develop creativity and musicality. We also use props that will capture your child’s imagination. In our Prep classes young dancers also begin to learn the classical positions of the feet and arms in addition to basic ballet steps. We aim to build confidence and inspire a love of dance.

Eight levels of RAD Examinations and Class Awards progressively structured in terms of difficulty. Progressively developing technical, performance and musical skills. Mainly consisting of Classical Ballet we also touch upon free movement and Character styles.

The vocational examinations are suite of five levels from intermediate foundation to advanced 2. In these levels pointe work is introduced and developed. These examinations are more technically challenging and are not a suitable training method for all students. For this reason entry into the classes is by teacher placement only.