About Our Classes
Additional dance pathways are now offered for students from Year 3 and above, and students can take classes in Musical Theatre, Street Dance and Modern Jazz.
ATAP Level 1 (Part 2)
KBDA is an affiliated school to the Royal Ballet, and from Year 3, students are introduced to the second year of a two-year training programme. Click here to find out more.
Lessons now include repertoire and choreographic practice, and assessments are available to those students who wish to take them. Students will still progress to the next level with their peers if they do not wish to take assessments.
ISTD Modern & Tap Grades
Modern classes now develop students' vocabulary and increase flexibility, strength and performance skills. It is the foundation of the style often seen in West End shows. Students learn the ISTD Modern syllabus, where we combine Modern and Tap so that students can benefit from the different dance qualities both these dance styles provide. As children progress, these classes will separate into their own genres.
Tap dance is a fantastic way to develop musicality and is an exciting, percussive, rhythmical dance form often seen on screen and on stage in musicals. At this level, children learn more complicated rhythms with syncopation and improvisation tasks and lessons drawn from the ISTD Tap syllabus.
Acro (Year 2-6)
Acro classes are a great way for children to develop strength, flexibility, coordination and much more. Each class begins with a warm-up to target the muscles and ligaments that will be used during the class, and children will learn how to execute movements such as forward rolls and cartwheels, which will progress to more advanced moves such as walkovers and aerials once sufficient strength and knowledge has been achieved.
Timetable
Day
Time
Location
Class
Ages
Book a Trial Class
Saturdays
09.00-10.00
Community Centre - Sheldon
Saturdays
10.00-11.00
Community Centre - Holt
ATAP Ballet Pre
Level 1
Year 3
ISTD Modern & Tap Grade 1
Year 3
Tuesdays
17.00-18.00
Community Centre - Sheldon
ATAP Ballet Level 1 & 2
Year 3 - Year 5
Wednesdays
16.30-17.15
Community Centre - Sheldon
Acro
Year 3 - Year 6
Wednesdays
17.15-18.00
Community Centre - Holt
Musical Theatre
Year 3 - Year 6
Summer Term Dates: Monday, 15th April - Saturday, 20th July 2024
Half Term (No timetabled classes): Saturday, 25th May - Saturday, 1st June 2024
Bank Holiday (No timetabled classes): Monday, 6th May & Monday, 27th May 2024
No classes: Thursday, 2nd May 2024
No Modern & Tap classes: Monday, 1st July 2024