Fitchett Proll Dance Cottam

What it’s like

Baby ballet, ballet, tap and street dance classes for children from age two, taught locally in Cottam.

This is a dance school built around age, so your toddler isn't next to a nine-year-old doing the same steps. Baby ballet starts from age two, which is early, and the idea is less about technique at that stage and more about music, movement and getting used to a class. From there children move through ballet, tap and modern or street dance, so there's a route to stick with as they grow rather than starting again somewhere new every couple of years.

Ballet and tap are the traditional end of things, the sort of classes where you'll see a proper recital eventually. Street and modern dance sit alongside them for kids who want something faster and less formal, which is worth knowing if you've got a child who loves ballet's discipline and one who just wants to move to pop music. Both get covered here rather than you needing two separate schools.

What suits a two-year-old is obviously not what suits an eight-year-old, and the class structure reflects that by splitting baby ballet out on its own. If your child has done a taster session anywhere else and hated sitting still, street dance or modern is probably the better starting point than ballet.

Need to know

Best for

From age 2, with baby ballet as the starting class

• Baby ballet is aimed at children from age two, so it's a genuine starting point rather than a scaled-down adult class.
• Ballet and tap sit alongside modern and street dance, so there's a more energetic option if traditional styles don't suit your child.
• The class ladder runs from baby ballet upwards, useful if you want somewhere your child can stay as they get older rather than switching schools.

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