Four Week Dance Foundation Course

The Four Week Dance Foundation course is ideal for those looking to build a solid foundation in dance technique.

During the course you will raise your performance ability and further your knowledge across a variety of dance genres, all helping you to gain confidence to pursue future dance training.

This course is run over four Saturdays, each class will provide you with well-rounded and concentrated dance training. These classes have been carefully formulated to build a variety of skills. 

As an example, one Saturday might consist of classes in:

• Ballet
• Contemporary
• Contact Improvisation
• Strength & Flexibility
• Jazz
• Commercial
• Choreography & Repertoire

Showcase Performance:
Following the 4th session of the Dance Foundation course, on the last Saturday, you will perform rehearsed routines from your four weeks of training in a performance.

Our Instructors:
The 4 Week Dance Foundation is taught by selected professional choreographers and dancers, experts in a range of dance styles. Their dance credits range from live performances with Beyonce and Mariah Carey, to Broadway shows, as well as extensive dance training from some of the world’s leading dance institutions.

Dance Foundation Curriculum Plan:
The Dance Foundation course has been designed to give you a foundation in dance. The content covered may include:
Ballet classes to:

• Increase coordination and balance
• Improve body awareness through posture and alignment
• Increase flexibility and develop core strength
• Learn ease and grace of movement

Contemporary classes to:

• Learn dynamics and travelling through space
• Learn the precise techniques of swings, drops, accents, length, contractions and more
• Build an understanding of motion, dropping of weight and fullness of movements

Improvisation classes to:

• Experiment with relating to other dancers in the space (contact improvisation)
• Learn the ability to improvise through dance
• Develop confidence in the ability to let body lead movement

Strength & Flexibility to:

• Increase flexibility through dance exercises and good stretching practices
• Body conditioning: core strength, posture and alignment

Jazz/Commercial classes to:

• Learn precise techniques of kicks, turns, leaps and isolations
• Cardiovascular work, mobilisation, stretching and strengthening
• Explore different styles of commercial dance from Jazz, Street, Hip-Hop and Diva

Choreography/Repertoire to:

• Learn samples of choreography from a variety of dance styles (Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary etc)
• Learn classic repertoire from past and current choreographers (Graham, Cunningham etc)

Creative Workshop to:
Put the day’s work into practice through tasks, experimenting and creating

Please Note: This class is for ages 10 and up, meaning both children and adults are able to attend.