Dance Foundation Course - 5 Days

About this course

The course provides a broad foundation in dance technique through classes covering ballet, contemporary, jazz, commercial styles, contact improvisation, strength and flexibility. Sessions address areas including alignment, balance, coordination, travelling, dynamics, turns, leaps, isolations and conditioning. Choreography and repertoire classes introduce material from different dance styles, while creative workshops give participants opportunities to apply classwork through movement tasks and experimentation. The teaching combines technique-focused training with exploration of how movement, space and musical or choreographic material are used across genres.

What you'll learn

• Develop foundational ballet skills in coordination, balance, posture, alignment and core strength.
• Apply contemporary dance techniques including dynamics, travelling, contractions, swings, drops and changes of weight.
• Use contact improvisation and other improvisational approaches to generate movement.
• Practise jazz and commercial dance techniques such as kicks, turns, leaps and isolations.
• Learn and perform sections of choreography and repertoire from ballet, jazz and contemporary dance.

Is this course right for you?

The course is designed for absolute beginners and for learners exploring dance genres at foundation level. Participation involves concentrated, physically active training, including conditioning, stretching, cardiovascular work and movement classes across several styles.

• Suitable for absolute beginners.
• Includes physically active work involving strength, flexibility, stretching and cardiovascular exercise.