Class
Ballet and tap, ages 6 to 8
Half of each class is ballet and half is tap, so a dancer meets a barre and a tap board in the same hour. Classes run an hour, with up to 10 dancers, and each month brings one combination to learn and share.
60 minutes, once or twice a week
Classes of up to 10
A new combination each month
Beatrice Reeder
Teacher
In the room
A ballet and tap class, in order
The steps change as dancers learn; the order does not.
- 01
Step 1: Warm up on the floor
Slow moving and breathing to wake up the feet and legs.
- 02
Step 2: At the barre
Pliés, tendus and the first exercises of every ballet class.
- 03
Step 3: Tap shoes on
Heel, toe and shuffle, with a rhythm to clap first.
- 04
Step 4: Across the floor
Walks, skips and chassés in lines, a few dancers at a time.
- 05
Step 5: The month's combination
A short piece, practiced a little each week and shared at the end of the month.
Before you start
Before the first class
What to wear
A leotard, tights and ballet slippers, with tap shoes added in the second week. Hair is in a bun or ponytail, off the neck.
Length and size
Sixty minutes, in classes of up to 10, on Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
Moving up
When the steps of the stage are done calmly and in order, the teacher moves a dancer to Middlers at a session break.
See the stages
Come and see the studio
Book a placement visit, and the teacher will tell you where to start.