Youth Dance Programme
Kingston
Photo | Darcy Voller
By joining the Traceworks Youth Dance Programme, you will have the opportunity to improve your technical dance skills, explore your creativity and perform exciting and new choreography.
Weekly sessions are directed by James Aiden Kay, alongside other Traceworks artists with extensive experience in both performing and teaching.
In Autumn 2023, Holly Smith will be supporting the delivery of the programme and will be choreographing a new work for the group to be performed in 2024.
TERM DATES (Summer 2024)
TUE 16 Apr - TUE 23 Jul 2024
HALF TERM - TUE 28 May 2024 (NO SESSION)
Weekly sessions
Tuesdays 18:00-20:00 | 11-17 years
Teacher: James Aiden Kay
Tiffin Boys’ School Sports Centre, KT2 6NH, Kingston upon Thames
Half Term Enrolment
Weekly sessions explore contemporary dance technique, choreography, improvisation and supplementary training with sharing and performance opportunities throughout the year.
ENROL
Studio Tour
2021-22 Dancers
Photo | James Keates
FAQs
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Contemporary is a popular style of dance taught and performed all around the world. It was originally influenced by classical ballet, modern, and jazz but has since borrowed ideas from many other styles making it varied and experimental. Contemporary dance can be used to tell a story or it can be abstract and focused on a concept or different ways of moving the human body - it is therefore a very creative and ever-changing art form.
Our contemporary dance classes will involve:
High energy warm-ups.
Exercises to develop your dance technique and skills.
Learning and exploring choreography.
You will also improve your:
Fitness.
Strength & flexibility.
Balance and coordination.
Musicality.
Intellectual knowledge of movement, choreography and performance.
Creativity & imagination.
Confidence & social skills.
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Tight-fitted clothing that you are comfortable in and can move freely in - what you would normally wear for physical activities. We normally dance in bare feet for contemporary.
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Yes - although we encourage students to join at the start of the term, it is possible to join at any point in the term - as long as there are places left. If you'd like to join after the term has started, simply enrol online (paying for the remaining classes of the current half term).
Starting: Tue 30 Apr (4 sessions)