Elizabeth James Dance Academy offers dance classes for children from 18 months, including RAD Classical Ballet, Musical Theatre, and Contemporary Lyrical across Richmond, Kew, and St Margarets venues with a 100% Confidence Guarantee.
Elizabeth James Dance Academy Ltd operates dance classes for children starting from 18 months old across multiple locations in the Richmond area, including venues in Kew, Richmond, St Margarets, and Richmond Hill. The academy offers classes that progress with age, beginning with Melody Bear Little Feet for toddlers and advancing through pre-school ballet programs called Fizz Pops & Lemon Drops Ballet Tales.
The school teaches RAD Classical Ballet from Pre-Primary through to Grade 7 level, with Royal Academy of Dance exam preparation available. Additional offerings include Grade 1 Musical Theatre for children aged 7 and over, and Contemporary Lyrical classes designed for tweens and teens. The ballet curriculum incorporates Progressive Ballet Technique alongside the academy’s own training methods.
Classes are held at community venues including St. Winefride’s Church Hall in Kew, The Vineyard Church in Richmond, and ETNA Centre in St Margarets. Facilities include sprung floors, ballet barres, and staged areas for performances. The Melody Bear program follows Early Years Foundation Stages principles, while ballet classes blend traditional methods with contemporary approaches to technique and artistry training.
Elizabeth James Dance Academy is a dance academy operating as Elizabeth James Dance Academy Ltd, offering dance classes for children and families with a focus on creating a joyful dancing family and cherished experience for every child.
The academy operates across multiple venues in the Richmond area: St. Winefride’s Church Hall in Kew, The Vineyard Church in Richmond, and ETNA Centre in St Margarets, Twickenham. The registered address is 7 Mavis Close, Epsom, KT19 0PZ.
The academy offers Melody Bear Little Feet for toddlers, Fizz Pops & Lemon Drops Ballet Tales pre-school ballet, RAD Classical Ballet from Pre-Primary through Grade 7, Grade 1 Musical Theatre, and Contemporary Lyrical dance classes.
Children and families can enrol in classes. The academy uses open enrolment with no audition requirement mentioned.
The academy caters for children from 18 months through teens. Classes include toddlers from 18 months, pre-schoolers from 2.5 years, junior school ages from 4.5 years through to tweens and teens for Contemporary Lyrical.
The academy offers progression through various dance levels from toddler classes through graded RAD ballet exams, with classes designed to help children develop confidence, elegance, talents, and self-discovery.
The academy follows Early Years Foundation Stages for Melody Bear Little Feet, Progressive Ballet Technique combined with their own artistry training for ballet, and Royal Academy of Dance Ballet Exams. Classes have strong technical foundations and re-imagined traditional teaching methods.