Children’s Classes

All classes run termly, with three 10 week terms per academic year.

Your child may try the first class free of charge; if you wish for your child to continue the 10-week term, the full fees are payable at the end of the trial class. If you decide MSTD is not for you, there is nothing to pay. Please email Ms Lynsey with any questions or to book your child’s trial class

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Tiny Dancers - Saturdays

For children aged 3 years+, tiny dancers is a fun, fast paced introduction to ballet, tap and contemporary dance. The ideal class for little legs with lots of energy and featuring a mixture of ballet classics and many familiar Disney tunes too!

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Graded Ballet Classes

Classical Ballet classes at MSTD focus on excellent technique, carefully combining an RAD and NATD based syllabus with complementary exercises, to help each child achieve their potential safely, as their bodies continually grow.

Currently we teach ballet classes at Primary, Grade 2, Grade 3 and Grade 4 level.

For timings, please see our timetable

For fees and Uniforms please click here

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Approximate age ranges for each class:-

Tiny Dancers - 3-5 years

Pre-Primary Ballet - 5-6 years

Primary Ballet - 5-7 years

Grade 1 - 8-9 years

Grade 2 - 9-10 years

Grade 3 - 10 - 11 years

Grade 4 - 12 years+

Contemporary and Jazz - 12 years+

Please note, this is a rough guide and may vary depending on previous dance experience

Contemporary and Jazz - Saturdays - 11:30-12:30pm

Contemporary and jazz classes, for children aged 12+, begin with a warm up, conditioning and mobility exercises and move onto corner work and full length dance routines. A thoroughly creative class, non-syllabus, with plenty of input from the students, especially with choreography.