Juniors
Dance Classes in Warrington
“Another outstanding production put together by ATDance. I enjoyed every minute. The choreography was outstanding and all dancers performed brilliantly. Proud that my daughter is part of such a nurturing and inspiring dance school. Well done to all involved ‘
Nicola D, parent
Primary Dance
for age 5-7 years
The children now build on and strengthen their technique in ballet, tap and modern.
These young dancers learn to perform their skills in small groups and individually, with and without the teacher demonstrating the movements, which further develops their confidence.
We start to prepare the children for their first ISTD examinations in Primary Modern, Tap and Cecchetti Ballet.
Friday tea-time; Saturdays-late morning.
BALLET
for age 8-10yrs years
The Cecchetti (ISTD) syllabus is a wonderful ballet programme where the young dancers now learn to stand at the barre and start to learn French ballet terms.
Our teachers are passionate about motivating the children to set their own goals to learn and practise their syllabus and show their love of dance through performance.
Standard 1 - Saturdays and Wednesdays
Grade 1 - Saturdays and Wednesdays
Grade 2- Saturday -early afternoon
*If your child has not previously done classes in this style, we will advise which class they should trial to allow them to learn and progress.
TAP
for age 8-10 years
The children progress from Primary through to the early grades with the ISTD syllabus.
Grade 1 - Saturday mornings; Wednesday evenings
Grade 2 - Saturday mornings; Friday evenings
*If your child has not previously done classes in this style, we will advise which class they should trial to allow them to learn and progress.
MODERN
for age 7.5-10 years
This rhythmic dance style is often seen on the stages of musical productions. It's energetic and combines travelling steps, high kicks, leaps, and turns, all of which require strength and flexibility. Our acro classes complement this style.
The children progress from Primary through to the early grades with the ISTD syllabus
Grade 1 – Saturday; Wednesday
Grade 2 – Saturday
*If your child has not previously done classes in this style, we will advise which class they should trial to allow them to learn and progress.
Stage School
(Musical theatre)
for age 5-10 years
Our magical stage school classes…where they learn to sing, act and dance their hearts out…all in one class.
Mini’s Stage School (ages 3-5 years) - two classes on a Saturday lunchtime.
Junior Stage School (ages 6-10 years) - two class times available on Thursday tea-time; Saturday afternoons.
Lamda Exam Classes
for age 8-10 years
We now have LAMDA classes for our juniors aged 7 years upwards, in both Acting and/or Musical Theatre.
Graded Exams for Performance: Acting Learners delve into characterisation and develop strong speaking skills in one of our most popular exams. Learners can take their exam in a solo, duologue or combined format.
Graded exams for Performance: Solo/Duo Musical Theatre. Learners develop how to tell a captivating story through song with vibrant characterisation and strong acting technique.
Saturday mornings
Acro (Acrobatic Arts)
for age 5-10 years
This programme uses strength and flexibility to perform gymnastic-based tricks and is a perfect companion to ballet, modern and contemporary.
The classes teach flexibility, balance, strength and coordination. Acrobatic dance is an art, whereas gymnastics is a sport.
Tuesday - two classes. We will advise on which class is the most suitable during their first lesson.
Street Dance
for
age 6-10 years
This energetic dance style is very popular and accessible for this age group.
The dancers participate in a warm-up session followed by a routine set to hits from current artists.
A relaxed class where the children can meet new friends.
Thursdays - we have 3 class times to choose from, which allows dancers to join one of the Stage school classes, too.
Contemporary
for age 6-10 years
This expressive and creative style of dance combines elements of other dance styles including modern, lyrical and ballet.
This is also an easily ‘accessible’ style of dance for anyone who has not had any dance training.
This class complements ballet, modern and acro training.
Fridays - we have two classes - one for ages 6-9 and one for ages 10-12.
Open Jazz
for
age 7+ years
Our open (non-syllabus) jazz classes are very popular.
Our dancers are keen to develop more jazz technique in a variety of jazz genres including corner work, flexibility, leaps, kicks, turns and performance styles.
This class is available to our existing students, who already take other dance classes with us, age 7 years upwards.
Thursday evenings.
“Such a wonderful ballet show with outstanding dancers who performed brilliantly. T to the beachhey told each story so well during the different acts and it was a real joy to watch.”