Learn to Dance

At Turning Pointe, we start teaching the fundamental steps of ballet in our pre-school classes (18months upwards) through imagination, storytelling, and use of props. Students are introduced to the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Pre-Primary syllabus around age four. We offer RAD ballet grades up to Grade 8, and vocational RAD grades up to Advanced 1 level. We also have three levels of adult ballet classes; Beginners, Improvers and Intermediate.

Pointe work classes begin for students at Intermediate Foundation level. We have a careful pointe work preparation program, which assesses students' readiness to progress into pointe shoes.

We also have an Extension Class which is a non-syllabus ballet class that dedicated students are invited to attend in addition to their graded classes, with a focus on on strengthening, stretching, technique, artistry, and musicality.

Modern is a high-energy dance style that is often seen in Musicals and other theatrical productions. Students learn travelling steps, including kicks, leaps and turns and develop skills such as flexibility and strength, quality of movement and dynamics, rhythm and musicality. Modern incorporates elements of Contemporary, Lyrical, Jazz and Musical Theatre, but is designed to give dancers a strong technique and the ability to dance in a variety of styles. We follow the ISTD syllabus from Primary up to Advanced 2 level.

We also offer the ISTD Contemporary vocational grades from age 11+ which give students the opportunity to focus on this increasingly popular genre of dance and provides excellent technical training alongside GCSE and A-level dance. Many of our students go on to further training at prestigious Contemporary dance schools including Northern School of Contemporary Dance and London Contemporary School of Dance.

We offer ISTD Tap classes from age 4, in our Beginners Tap and Modern classes, all the way up to Advanced 2 level. We also have Beginner, Improver and Intermediate level adult tap classes.

Tap is such a fun style of dance to learn and helps develop co-ordination, a good sense of rhythm, musicality, and artistry, as well as strong ankles, legs, and core muscles.

We love Musical Theatre at Turning Pointe! Our Friday afternoon class at Plumpton is very popular, where the students focus on a different musical each term, learning songs, acting scenes and dances to perform to parents at the end of term.

Musical Theatre classes help improve children's confidence, social skills, public speaking skills, as well as their singing, acting and dancing skills.

Our acro classes are taught by an Acrobatic Arts certified teacher which means it is taught safely to students with plenty of mats etc. for students to use. In lessons, students work on their individual progress, always being pushed to achieve the next step, and they also incorporate acro moves into dance routines. Students have the opportunity to take Acrobatic Arts exams once ready.

Our adult ballet and tap classes are extremely popular, with 11 specialist adult classes now running per week across our timetable! Improve your fitness, meet new people, and learn a new skill in a relaxed environment.

If you are looking for a new exercise class to join, why not consider our Beginners Ballet or Beginners Tap class? Perhaps you are returning to ballet or tap after a long break, why not give our Improvers class a try? Or maybe you did ballet or tap for many years to a high standard, then our Intermediate level class would be right for you!

To book a trial class contact Turning Pointe: office@turningpointedanceschool.co.uk or call 07947 803105

Please take a look at answers to some of our Frequently Asked Questions which will provide useful information if you are new to Turning Pointe