NIX Academy is a vibrant, inclusive performing arts school in Hampton Wick founded in September 2023. The school offers ballet, tap, jazz, street dance, acrobatics, aerial, and musical theatre for children from age 0 and adults, with a focus on nurturing confidence and creativity.
NIX Academy is a performing arts school in Hampton Wick that opened in September 2023. Founded by Nicky, who serves as Principal, the school started with 20 students and has grown to over 100. The school offers classes in Ballet, Tap Dance, Jazz Dance, Street Dance, Acrobatics, Aerial, and Musical Theatre for children from birth through Year 7 and above, as well as adult classes.
Classes are organized by school year, from Ready, Set, Dance for ages 0–3 through Level 3 for Year 7 and older. Tap and Jazz classes follow the I-PATH syllabus, while Acrobatics and Aerial classes use the Acrobatic Arts syllabus. Students can participate in exams, performances, competitions, and productions. The school presents an annual musical and offers participation in professional pantomime. An Elite Squad provides additional training opportunities.
Adult offerings include Ballet and Tap classes, plus an Adult Theatre Company. The school operates from purpose-built premises at Normansfield Avenue and includes a cafe and waiting room. Staff includes Vice Principal Rea, who leads Tap Dance and runs a Talent Agency, and teacher Anna, who specializes in Musical Theatre and Acrobatics.
NIX Academy is a vibrant, inclusive performing arts school founded in September 2023 by Nicky, who serves as Principal. The school opened with 20 students and has grown to over 100 students in its own bespoke premises. The mission is to nurture, inspire, and empower every child through performing arts, with values including joyful learning, kindness and community, confidence and self-belief, and creativity and expression.
NIX Academy Studios is located at 1 Normansfield Avenue, Hampton Wick, TW11 9RP. The facility includes parking, a cafe, and a waiting room on site.
The school offers Ballet, Acrobatics and Aerial, Tap Dance, Jazz Dance, Street Dance, and Lamda Acting and Musical Theater classes. Adult classes include Ballet and Tap, and there is an Adult Theatre Company. Students can train once a week or join the Elite Squad Team.
Children from age 0 and adults can join. The school offers performing arts classes for both children and adults, with Adult Ballet welcoming complete beginners and adults returning to ballet.
The school caters for ages 0 to adult across structured age bands: 0-3 years (Ready, Set, Dance), Nursery-Reception (Debut), Year 1-Year 2 (Foundation), Year 3-Year 4 (Level 1), Year 5-Year 6 (Level 2), Year 7+ (Level 3), and Adult Classes. Classes are grouped by school year, and students are met where they are at and may move up levels if excelling.
The school offers an Elite Squad Team for advanced training, a Talent Agency, opportunities to participate in competitions, exams, productions including full-scale musicals, professional pantomime participation, creative camps, and summer camp. Students gain performance skills and life skills including confidence, creativity, resilience, and self-belief.
The school follows the Acrobatic Arts syllabus for Acrobatics and Aerial, the I-PATH Tap syllabus for Tap Dance, and the I-PATH Jazz syllabus for Jazz Dance. Acro and Aerial training focuses on proper conditioning, correct body alignment, and safe practices. Musical Theatre classes include acting, singing, and dancing.
Yes, the school offers performances, competitions, exams, productions including full-scale musicals, and professional pantomime participation. The Elite Squad participates in competitions. Musical Theatre Production classes provide stage performance experience in all roles.
You can contact NIX Academy by email at hello@nixacademy.co.uk or visit NIX Academy Studios at 1 Normansfield Avenue, Hampton Wick, TW11 9RP. The website provides a contact form for enquiries. A 2 week trial is available for £15.