If your child is in Year 1 or 2 at school (Key Stage 1) all are welcome to try our dance class! In our fun and relaxed Thursday 4:15pm Dance classes for children, we aim to build confidence and develop movement skills in theatrical dance styles. Creativity is encouraged and we love to try the children’s dance ideas! Our core is in Ballet learning and we sample other styles such as Jazz and Contemporary. We use lots of different music styles, colourful props and story based themes to allow the children’s imagination to flourish. The children have performance opportunities to dance in the local community as part of local festivals, care homes as well as our annual whole school show.

On a child’s first lesson to the term’s theme, they will be given all the props that they need for the term and ask please that they are brought to every class. For a trial session, children can wear whatever they would like to and the only requirement is that it is clean on that day and there is something on the feet, such as ballet shoes, house slippers, jazz shoes etc. Hair must be tied back from the face with a hair band/ hair clips etc away from the mouth. Once settled in the class, children should wear a purple leotard as a base layer and can accessorise with their own choice of skirt, tutu, tights, leggings etc.

Year 1 and 2, 45-minute sessions take place at the Bradford on Avon Youth Centre, Thursdays 4:15-5pm. Trial sessions are £6.50 and can be booked by emailing bopaboutdance@gmail.com. If you would like to continue for the rest of the term, children will receive a bag with all the props they will need for the term so they can dance at home too. Fees are non-refundable and cannot be transferred.

Our Autumn Dates are:

Start of term: Thursday 11th September

Half Term Break: Thursday 30th October

Last date of term: Thursday 18th December