This class is for children aged between 3 – 5. Through structural exercises and imaginative play and an emotionally nurturing environment, children learn and develop the following:
- Social skills
- To take instruction and work independently from a parent
- To develop a sense of their own identity and personality and to comfortable and confident within themselves
- Taking turns – concentration – group cooperation
- Listening to and responding to music effectively
- Counting music and developing a sense of rhythm
- Introduction to ballet steps
- Introduction to ballet vocabulary
- Development of motor skills and balance
- Awareness of space and stagecraft
- Using imagination to move
- Dancing to music
- Using props
- Experiencing performing on and off stage
Children are encouraged to dress up in their own ballet/fairy costumes when they come to class.
Children of this age group are encouraged to perform in our annual showcase and other in-