IDTA Pre-Juvenile Ballet

Pre-Juvenile group award (Beginners Ballet) is available for children aged 4+. 

It teaches young children basic movement to music and skills such as clapping, walking, skipping, running and a dancing story.

Pre-Juvenile ballet is all about self-awareness, it offers a structured progression in dance skills and helps develop children's bodies and brain. It is a wonderful way for children to meet friends, have fun, and become more confident. 

The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is one of the world's most influential dance education and training organisations. 

Our classes are available for students aged 5 up to the mature adult dancer. We teach from Pre-Primary Ballet through to the Higher Grades of six, seven and eight, which are recognised by Ofqual and contribute to UCAS points. 

Ballet teaches aspiring dancers discipline and focuses on the expression, joy of dancing and technique. 

There are many health benefits of Ballet classes not only is it great exercise but it increases endurance, assists stamina, benefits strength and flexibility, develops correct posture and improves balance and coordination.

We encourage students to enter for the RAD examinations which often gives students a sense of pride and accomplishment in their dancing increasing confidence and self-esteem.

Attending Ballet classes is also a great social opportunity building skills such as teamwork, communication skills, cooperation, trust and forever friendships.

Intermediate Foundation and Intermediate Ballet are RAD Vocational Graded Examination which provide a more in-depth study of ballet at a higher intensity and helps prepare the students for the world of dance should they wish to pursue a career in dance and/or teaching. These classes are invite only.

Intermediate Foundation is equivalent to a GCSE grade 9-4 (Level 2 qualification). After passing Intermediate Foundation the dancers go on to study RAD Intermediate which is equivalent to an A Level (Level 3 qualification). Upon successfully passing Intermediate, the dancers will be awarded UCAS points. If the students wanted to go on to become an RAD teacher, they would have to have achieved this qualification to apply to the course. 

To study the vocational grades, it is recommended that the dancer attends two ballet classes a week and so the Intermediate Foundation ballet class will be in addition to the dancers’ current classes. The higher level of technique and training that is required for vocational grades means that the class is not suitable for all dancers. 

The vocational grades include pointe work and so further down the line, if the dancers wanted to take the exam, they would be required to have pointe shoes.