Adult Dance Classes

Adult dance classes are designed specifically for adults wishing to experience the joy, benefits, and discipline of dance training. These classes foster and celebrate body awareness, movement, and the creative expression and experience of the individual. Adult dance classes are also a good choice for those who wish to shape up and get fit, as dancing provides both elements of fitness and artistry. Immerse yourself in the beauty of the music and enter another world. The classes are non-competitive, friendly and a great way to maintain a healthy, happy body.

Adult dance classes are suitable for a range of body shapes, sizes and varying fitness levels. People over the age of 60 or those with chronic medical conditions are required to supply a medical certificate confirming their suitability to participate.

Ballet for adults

Adult ballet classes offer artistic joys of dancing classical ballet, while developing elements of grace, flexibility, strength and posture. It is suitable for both beginners and those who enjoyed ballet in earlier years. Adult ballet complies with true classical technique but stays within physical boundaries appropriate to the non-professional dancer. The goal of adult ballet classes is to slowly and methodically focus on sound postural alignment and basic ballet vocabulary. Adult ballet classes include barre work, centre practice and body conditioning (stretching and strengthening exercises).

Jazz for adults

Jazz is full of energy, fast-paced, and uses all the muscles in the body. The technique encompasses strength, flexibility, endurance, extension, and placement. Jazz dance classes will include traditional and up-to-date jazz movements, which improve coordination, balance, strength, flexibility, and rhythmic awareness. The class includes warm-up, stretching and strengthening exercises, isolation movements, center work and floor exercises, ending with a short dance routine. The music in the class varies from “traditional” jazz to bossa nova, funk, Latin jazz and today’s pop music.

Contemporary Dance for adults

Contemporary dance is a rich, diverse, and unique movement form that supports individual expression while developing a solid technical base. Adult contemporary classes focus on alignment, kinetic awareness and placement of the body, encouraging freedom of movement, coordination, confidence and inner creativity. The contemporary dance class consists of structured technical exercises that condition the body for strength, coordination and flexibility. The class includes warm-up, stretching, strengthening, center work and floor exercises. Sometimes also improvisation is added. The music in the class varies from classical to contemporary music.