Acting

Playful and creative classes which will develop self-confidence and communication skills through the exploration of theatricality, performance techniques, stage and screen craft. Students will work with a variety of material and performance techniques, including contemporary and classical texts, devising, improvisation, camera, and physical theatre.

 

Ballet

Classes that teach work ethic ​and class etiquette, perseverance, dedication, motivation, stamina, flexibility and strength. Ballet helps dancers grow ​and become disciplined. It gives students ​an understanding of good posture, developing technique which they will use to support all other forms of dance.

 

Musical Theatre

Working on the combined elements of dancing, singing and acting to create exciting and believable, ‘triple threat’ performances. Musical Theatre is unique to Italia Conti due to training in performance-based classes. Students build a lot of confidence in these classes by combining acting, singing and dance skills in production numbers from West End, Broadway Musicals and films. Teachers encourage pupils to develop and use their personalities as learning is developed across all 3 performance skills.

 

Singing

Group ensemble singing classes with exciting and varied repertoire from Musical Theatre, Pop and Rock. As confidence and ability grow in our safe, friendly and supportive classes, students will enjoy the opportunity to sing solo if they desire.

 

Acting through Song

Group classes exploring the storytelling and performance aspect of Musical Theatre song.

Classes will explore how to research the background to a song, physicalisation of character, studying the text, absorbing musicality into performance, and much more. As confidence and ability grow in our safe, friendly and supportive classes, students will enjoy the opportunity to sing solo if they desire and no pressure is applied if they don’t

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Tap

Tap classes will develop their rhythm, theatricality, timing, and how to express emotion and feeling with the music. These classes will explore technique, stagecraft, teamwork, and artistry. Different styles of tap will be touched upon, with a strong element of fun. One of the main aims is to grow their self-confidence over time to perform in front of others with ease.

 

Street

Street dance is the umbrella that holds the 5 dance styles we know as:-

·         Hip hop,

·         House,

·         Locking

·         Breaking

·         and Popping.

This is a chance for students of all dancing abilities to learn the latest street dance styles.

 

Contemporary

This genre of dance requires strength, agility and acrobatic skills, all of which students achieve through innovative coaching.

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Progressing Ballet Technique

Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) is an innovative body-conditioning and strengthening program that has been designed to enhance students' technique by focussing on training the muscle memory required in each exercise in all forms of dance. It is a unique training system using ballet-technique specific exercises to train skill acquisition in a graded and progressive manner from junior through to advanced levels. PBT helps teachers around the world prepare their students to receive the strength they need to achieve their personal best.