Intermediates
Dazzle | Diamond
9-10 | 11-12
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For us to cater to your needs specifically, it is essential that we tailor a course to suit. Your personal programme would comprise of a mixture of the classes below.
Dazzle
9-10 yrs
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RAD Ballet Grade 3 (9)
Classical Ballet is an essential element of every aspiring dancer’s repertoire. It creates balance, grace, agility, core strength and discipline. The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is one of the largest and most influential dance education and training organisations in the world.
The foundations that have been laid in the previous years of training now pave the way for a budding dancer to be seen. We see movement flourish and determination rise.
City:
Tuesday 5:15-6:15, Wednesday 5:15-6:00, Saturday 10:45-11:45
Selwyn:
Wednesday 5:00-5:45, Friday 5:00-5:45
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RAD Ballet Grade 4 (10)
Classical Ballet is an essential element of every aspiring dancer’s repertoire. It creates balance, grace, agility, core strength and discipline. The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is one of the largest and most influential dance education and training organisations in the world.
The foundations that have been laid in the previous years of training now pave the way for a budding dancer to be seen. We see movement flourish and determination rise.
City:
Tuesday 6:15-7:15, Saturday 12:00-1:00
Selwyn:
Monday 5:45-6:30, Tuesday 5:00-6:00
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Refining technique by repetition and creative enchainments to address any underlying technical issues these classes are invaluable. They will prepare you for any exam or goal and fill you with confidence as your capacity for application of correction grows.
Classes commence with a section of planned Progressing Ballet Technique, this engages and strengthens the correct muscles and enables them to be used when class work commences.
Our Classical Technique classes are constructed for termly assessments and parent viewing, this takes place in the last week of term 1,2 and 3.
All classes finish with stretching, flexibility is an important part of all dance technique and makes every dancer better, more confident and capable of intricate movements. Monitoring stretch in a class environment provides a safe environment for every student to gain that essential flexibility and confidence.
City:
Monday 4:15-5:30
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Pointe Technique (10)
Preparing for pointe technique is a significant milestone in a dancer's journey. Classical Ballet serves as the backbone, equipping dancers with essential skills such as balance, grace, agility, core strength, and discipline. Under the guidance of our tutors, dancers will build a solid foundation for their artistry. As they progress, the years of training culminate in readiness for pointe work, showcasing their growth and commitment. This phase not only highlights their physical capabilities but also their determination to excel, allowing movement to flourish in both technique and expression.
City:
Tuesday 5:15-6:00, Wednesday 6:00-6:30
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NZAMD Contemporary Intro (9)
Contemporary draws on both Classical Ballet and Modern dance, it combines the strong but controlled legwork of Ballet with Modern dance that focuses on the torso. We believe it to be a beautiful soulful but also dynamic way of expressing oneself, a dance style to love.
City:
Monday 3:45-4:15
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NZAMD Contemporary Prep (10)
Contemporary draws on both Classical Ballet and Modern dance, it combines the strong but controlled legwork of Ballet with Modern dance that focuses on the torso. We believe it to be a beautiful soulful but also dynamic way of expressing oneself, a dance style to love.
City:
Monday 6:00-6:30
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NZAMD Jazz Grade 2 (9)
NZAMD Jazz is an inspiring and exciting syllabus. It is suitable for juniors right through to adult students. The syllabus is designed with comprehensive warm ups, stretches, floor work, progressions from corners with turns, kicks and jumps and fun combinations. It allows students to grow in style and individuality, paving a way for a confident and competent dancer.
City:
Saturday 12:00-12:45
Selwyn:
Wednesday 4:15-5:00
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NZAMD Jazz Grade 3 (10)
NZAMD Jazz is an inspiring and exciting syllabus. It is suitable for juniors right through to adult students. The syllabus is designed with comprehensive warm ups, stretches, floor work, progressions from corners with turns, kicks and jumps and fun combinations. It allows students to grow in style and individuality, paving a way for a confident and competent dancer.
City:
Saturday 1:15-2:15
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Popular, challenging, energetic, upbeat dance style that everyone can enjoy. It is a great way to learn musicality, work on strength and flexibility all while having a blast.
If you need a class to let of steam and dance your socks off in, this is your class and you will never look back.
City:
Friday 5:30-6:15
Selwyn:
Saturday 12:00-12:45
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NZAMD Tap Level 2 (9)
Be the star of the show and master it all. Add Tap to your class list or focus on it alone, it is an inspiring genre that grows your gifts and talents in many ways. Working towards performing and formal examinations these classes will leave you tapping at the door for more!
City:
Thursday 5:30-6:15
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NZAMD Tap Level 3 (10)
Be the star of the show and master it all. Add Tap to your class list or focus on it alone, it is an inspiring genre that grows your gifts and talents in many ways. Working towards performing and formal examinations these classes will leave you tapping at the door for more!
City:
Thursday 3:45-4:30
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The icing on the cake and the class where you let your Jazz technique and inner beauty shine. No holding back it is time to channel the inner actor! Be a dancing, singing star in our Musical Theatre classes taking centre stage in our Modern Show Cases.
City:
Thursday 4:30-5:15
Selwyn:
Wednesday 5:45-6:30
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Enhancing the fluidity of all your dance genres Acro and Lyrical will also give you the strength to "wow". We now begin to see the magic happen, strength is gained and students begin to trust their technique.
City:
Tuesday 4:15-5:15
Selwyn:
Monday 5:00-5:45
Diamond
11-12 yrs
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RAD Ballet Intermediate Foundation
Intermediate Foundation is completed over two years of training as it is the first level of RAD major examinations.
While the difficulty of an exercise may only increase slightly from grade to grade, more importance is placed on whether the student is performing the step with improved technique. For example, plié exercises are employed consistently throughout the lower grades to enable the student to progressively deepen the plié and improve turnout. The principle behind this is that if enough time is spent achieving optimal technique before introducing new vocabulary, the easier it is for the student to learn the harder steps, while exercising basic technique to the maximum at all times.
City:
Tuesday 7:15-8:15, Wednesday 6:30-7:30, Thursday 6:15-7:15
Selwyn:
Tuesday 6:00-7:00, Wednesday 7:45-8:45
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The RAD provides bountiful opportunities for all major students. Whether it be pursuing teaching or a career in dance, successfully passing your examinations provides you with world recognised qualifications. The most identifiable aspect of the RAD method is the attention to detail when learning the basic steps, and the progression in difficulty is often very slow.
These classes are to help you shine in all your classes, they leave no stone unturned and pave the way for goal setting opportunities to keep you focused and on track as well as succeeding where you need to be.
City:
Wednesday 3:45-5:15
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Pointe Technique
Preparation for pointe will occur in Dazzle and Diamond with a focus on strength and safety in the dancers lower leg and foot.
City:
Tuesday 5:15-6:00, Wednesday 6:00-6:30
Selwyn:
Wednesday 7:15-7:45
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NZAMD Contemporary Level 1 (11)
Whether you’re starting out on your contemporary journey or want to increase your repertoire, our contemporary dance class syllabus offers the necessary tools to deliver an informed and complete approach to contemporary dance, helping you feel inspired, challenged and empowered. We work to introduce students into the amazing and vast array of contemporary dance styles while ensuring the best technical training.
City:
Monday 5:30-6:15
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NZAMD Contemporary Level 2 (12)
Whether you’re starting out on your contemporary journey or want to increase your repertoire, our contemporary dance class syllabus offers the necessary tools to deliver an informed and complete approach to contemporary dance, helping you feel inspired, challenged and empowered. We work to introduce students into the amazing and vast array of contemporary dance styles while ensuring the best technical training.
City:
Monday 6:15-7:00
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NZAMD Jazz Grade 4 (11)
NZAMD is suitable for the young once a week student, as well as the dancer who is aiming for a dance career, and there are many NZAMD trained jazz dancers performing in shows around the world. The syllabus is designed with comprehensive warm-ups, stretches, floor work, progressions from corners with turns, kicks and jumps and fun combinations.
City:
Friday 6:15-7:00
Selwyn:
Thursday 4:45-5:30
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NZAMD Jazz Grade 5 (12)
NZAMD is suitable for the young once a week student, as well as the dancer who is aiming for a dance career, and there are many NZAMD trained jazz dancers performing in shows around the world. The syllabus is designed with comprehensive warm-ups, stretches, floor work, progressions from corners with turns, kicks and jumps and fun combinations.
City:
Thursday 5:30-6:15
Selwyn:
Thursday 4:00-4:45
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Commercial Jazz is vibrant and combines a variety of dance styles such as sharp hard hitting, soft fluid and isolation movements. It has evolved into one of the most popular and influential styles of dance. It creates a wonderful contrast to ballet.
City:
Friday 5:30-6:15
Selwyn:
Saturday 11:15-12:00
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NZAMD Tap Level 4 (11)
Tap is a great dance form to learn. It combines a love of dance, music and performance. Tap dancing is a discipline that teaches the dancer about choreography, improvisation and syncopation. Engaging in tap dancing also develops a great sense of rhythm and timing. Our tap teachers help students focus on their musical awareness while incorporating tap steps and combinations.
City:
Thursday 6:45-7:45
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NZAMD Tap Level 5 (12)
Tap is a great dance form to learn. It combines a love of dance, music and performance. Tap dancing is a discipline that teaches the dancer about choreography, improvisation and syncopation. Engaging in tap dancing also develops a great sense of rhythm and timing. Our tap teachers help students focus on their musical awareness while incorporating tap steps and combinations.
City:
TBC
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NZAMD Tap Technique (11-15)
Tap is a great dance form to learn. It combines a love of dance, music and performance. Tap dancing is a discipline that teaches the dancer about choreography, improvisation and syncopation. Like all dance forms Tap requires practice and skill to master it. Engaging in tap dancing also develops a great sense of rhythm and timing. Our CDS Tap teachers help students focus on music awareness while incorporating Tap steps and combinations.
City:
Thursday 7:00-7:45
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Musical theatre is a theatrical performance that includes four major elements: songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. We have Intermediate open musical theatre classes for the passionate dramatic actors out there! Musical Theatre involves commercial dance technique with all the passion and flair of Broadway and Westend. The perfect class to let your hair down in and show off some style!
City:
Thursday 4:30-5:15
Selwyn:
Wednesday 5:45-6:30
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Acro & Lyrical dance is a style that combines the techniques of classical dance with acrobatic movements. This form of dance is very athletic and has unique choreography to incorporate gymnastic-like elements into dance. Acro & Lyrical technique includes balancing, limbering, tumbling and partnering, based in flexibility, contortion and strength.
City:
Tuesday 6:00-7:00
Selwyn:
Wednesday 6:30-7:15