2018
- Pre-Primary Ballet: dancing games for 3–5 year-olds.
- Primary Ballet develops the skills already learned and introduces more formal elements of dance training. For 5–7 year-olds.
- General Grades build a foundation of classical ballet technique along with free movement and character dance.
- Higher Grades develop the artistry of the student through increasingly complex and demanding choreography.
- Vocational Grades are designed for the serious and talented student who may wish to pursue a career in ballet.
- Modern (including Tap) allows children and students to explore another style of theatrical dance, expressing themselves more freely and to a wide range of contemporary music.
Pre-Primary Ballet
Pre-Primary: 30-minute lessons
- Mondays 15.30 – 16.00 Islip Village Hall (address/map)
- Saturdays 11.00 – 11.30 (age 3-4) St Alban’s Church Hall (address/map)
- Saturdays 11.00 – 11.30 (age 4-5) Oxford Spires Academy (address/map)
Primary Ballet
Primary: 45-minute lessons
- Mondays 16.00 – 16.40 Islip Village Hall (address/map)
- Saturdays 11.40 – 12.25 (age 5 – 6 “Primary B”) St Alban’s Church Hall (address/map)
- Saturdays 12.30 – 13.15 (age 6 – 7 “Primary A”) St Alban’s Church Hall (address/map)
General Ballet Grades
Grade 1:
- Mondays 16.40 – 17.20 Islip Village Hall (address/map)
- Saturdays 9.00 -= 10.00 (for children new to the grade)
- Saturdays 10.00 – 11.00 (for children established in the grade) both at Oxford Spires Academy (address/map)
Grade 2:
- Saturdays 9.30 – 10.30 St Albans Church Hall (address/map)
- Mondays 17.20 – 18.00 Islip Village Hall (address/map)
Grade 3:
- Saturdays 11.30- 12.45 Oxford Spires Academy (address/map)
- Wednesdays 17.00 – 18.00 Rye St Antony School (address/map)
Grade 4:
- Saturdays 12.00 – 13.15 St Andrew’s C of E Primary School address/map
- Tuesdays 17.00 – 18.00 Oxford Spires Academy (address/map)
Grade 5:
- Saturdays 10.45 – 12.00 St Anrew’s C of E Primary School
- Thursdays 17.00 – 18.00 Rye St Antony School (address/map)
Higher Ballet Grades
Grade 6:
- Tuesdays 18.00 – 19.15 Oxford Spires Academy (address/map)
- Wednesdays 18.00 – 19.15 Rye St Antony School (address/map)
- Thursdays 17.00 – 18.15 Rye St Antony School – for students new to the grade
Grade 7 & 8 Ballet: currently no classes
Vocational Ballet Grades
Intermediate Foundation
- Wednesdays 16.30 – 17.45 Rye St Antony School (address/map)
- Fridays 17.00 – 18.15 St Gregory the Great School, Cricket Road (address/map)
- Saturdays 9.15 – 10.45 St Andrew’s C of E Primary School, London Road (address/map)
- Sundays 12.30 – 13.45 Rye St Antony School (also open to Intermediate students) (address/map)
Intermediate
- Mondays 17.45 – 19.00 St Andrew’s C of E Primary School (address/map)
- Wednesdays 17.45 – 19.30 Rye St Antony School (address/map)
- Fridays 18.15 – 19.30 St Gregory the Great School, Cricket Road (address/map)
- students can also attend any Intertmediate Foundation class or Advanced Foundation class, to make their fourth class pw
Advanced Foundation/ Adv 1:
- Tuesdays 19.15 – 20.45 (includes Pointe) Oxford Spires Academy (address/map)
- Wednesdays 18.45 – 20.45 Rye St Antony School (address/map)
- Fridays 19.30 – 21.00 (includes Pointe) St Gregory the Great School, Cricket Road (address/map)
Advanced 1 – 2:
- Mondays 19.00 – 20.30 St Andrew’s C of E Primary School (address/map)
- Thursdays 18.15 – 20.15 (includes 30 minutes pointe) Rye St Antony School (address/map)
Adult Ballet:
- Wednesdays 19.30 – 20.45 Rye St Antony School (address/map)
Modern/Tap
Grade 2 Tap Saturdays 10.30 – 11.00 St Albans Church Hall (address/map)
Grade 3 Modern Saturdays 12.45 – 13.15 Oxford Spires Academy (address/map)
Grade 4/5 Modern/Tap/Musical Theatre Saturdays 13.00 – 14.30 St Andrew’s C of E Primary School (address/map)
Intermediate/Advanced Tap and Jazz Saturdays 16.00 – 18.00 St Andrew’s C of E Primary School (address/map)
Contemporary Dance: Sundays 15.30 – 16.46 Rye St Antony School (address/map)
Hazel Gold is teaching while Ellie is on maternity leave
Choreography (new): grade 5/Inter F 14.00 – 14.45, Intermediate+ 14.45 – 15.30 – at Rye St Antony School
– these new Choreography classes are for students planning to enter the choreography competition, short-term, but would also help support anyone planning to pursue dance at GCSE, A-level or degree level when older.
Oxford Youth Ballet Company (by audition or invitation only) Sundays 12.30 – 16.45 (Trainees) and 13.45 – 18.00 (Company) at Rye St Antony School – see dates on Timetable page
Addresses
- Oxford Spires Academy – Glanville Road, Oxford, OX4 2AU (map)
- St Gregory the Great School – Cricket Road, Oxford, OX4 3DR (map)
- Rye St Antony School – use Franklin Road entrance please, Oxford, OX3 7SA (map)
- St Alban’s Church Hall – Charles Street, Oxford, OX4 3AU (map)
- Islip Village Hall – Church Lane, Islip, Kidlington, OX5 2TA (map)
- St Andrew’s C of E Primary School – London Road, OX3 9ED (map)