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Bluebirds Ballet School

Classes for students from the early years to advanced

All students aged five years and above learn the Royal Academy of Dance Syllabus and complete annual examinations. Our students dance twice a week, attending both classical ballet class and a strengthening class of Progressing Ballet Technique TM

For children aged 18 months and above, Bluebirds provides classes with a fun yet structured introduction to the joys of dance. For toddlers and preschoolers, we offer the magical world of Melody Bear™ where the joys of dancing and singing come together in a new adventure every week.

Our teachers are all fully qualified by the Royal Academy of Dance and our focus is on creating dancers with beautiful technique, a lovely sense of expression and confidence that will carry them forward in life.

Ballet Syllabus

Little Bear Feet and Melody Bear ballet classes

The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is a leading International dance examination board specialising in Classical Ballet. This Academy was established in London, England in 1920 and received its Royal Charter in 1936. HM Queen Elizabeth II is currently the Royal patron of the RAD and Darcey Bussell was elected to serve as President in 2012, succeeding Antoinette Sibley who served as President for 21 years.

This method has become one of the most widely used in the world...

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...and has led to the RAD becoming a leading dance education and training organisation, with over 13,000 members, operating in 79 countries Worldwide. The examination syllabus is taught to more than a quarter of a million students worldwide.

The Graded Examination Syllabus consists of 10 grades, each incorporating classical ballet, free movement and character dance. The syllabus is devised to progress in difficulty from one grade to the next and a student studying the grades in sequence would be expected to develop a greater degree of dance technique at each level.

Working towards examinations gives pupils something to strive for as well as a sense of achievement.

Preschool Syllabus

Ballet

Melody Movement Early Learning is a unique dance curriculum which addresses the needs of children aged 18 months upwards. It is tailored to discovering and fulfilling the potential of each child, nurturing their creative development.

Loveable teddy, Melody Bear, is the focal point of the early years curriculum, and all her activities, stories, ideas and dreams can be told through dance and movement. The carefully planned learning experience of each child ensures a successful transition from one stage to the next.

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The program was established in 2006 by Jill Bridger RAD Teach Dip, AISTD. The dance concept is throughout the UK, and in Europe, USA, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Canada

Progressing Ballet

Progressing Ballet Technique is an innovative program developed by the highly regarded Royal Academy Dance Teacher and Examiner Marie Walton-Mahon. It has been designed for students to understand the depth of training muscle memory in achieving their personal best in classical ballet.

It is difficult for students to feel what muscles initiate the correct alignment in ballet training. However, as the fit ball is continually mobile under the students’ body it gives the students a sense of posture and weight–placement...

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...whilst feeling each correct muscle groups. Each exercise has been developed with care and guidance. The class is danced to classical ballet music to enhance the experience and train musicality. At Bluebirds students from RAD Primary take one syllabus class a week and one progressing ballet technique class in order for them to fast track their training and achieve their personal best.

We also have a Progressing Ballet Technique class specially for adults. Click here for more

Locations

Bluebirds Ballet School provide ballet lessons in venues across London, including Maida Vale, Kensal Rise, Marylebone, North Kensington, Notting Hill, Holland Park, Marylebone, Belsize Park, Hampstead, W10, W1U, W9, NW3, NW10, N, W11, W2

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Contact Us

tel: 07515 522 792

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Company Number - Bluebirds Ballet School Ltd 07440846 Bluebirds Preschool Ballet Ltd 09121324
Registered Address - 79 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BD
Postal Address - Fernhead Road Methodist Church, 101 Fernhead Road, Maida Vale, W9 3EA
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