Beginner levels
L1 (Complete beginner)
Suitable for complete beginners. No previous experience required.
Our L1 classes are offered as 12 week courses. Sign up for a L1 beginner course
L2 (Experienced beginner)
Suitable for people who have done at least 3 months to 2 years in that dance style.
Minimum experience required:
- Taken class regularly recently for at least 3 months
- Haven’t danced for 5-10 years but danced for 2 years before that
- If you’ve had a longer break from dance this level may be fine, or you might like to start at L1 and then switch after a few months.
Intermediate levels
L3 (Early intermediate)
Suitable for people who have done at least 3-4 years in that dance style.
Minimum experience required:
- Taken class regularly recently for at least 3-4 years
- Haven’t danced for 5-10 years but danced for 4-5 years before that
- If you’ve had a longer break from dance this level may be fine, or you might like to start at L2 and then switch after a few months.
L4 (Experienced intermediate)
Suitable for people who have done at least 4-5 years in that dance style.
Minimum experience required:
- Taken class regularly recently for at least 4-5 years
- Haven’t danced for 5-10 years but danced for 6-7 years before that
- If you’ve had a longer break from dance this level may be fine, or you might like to start at L2 and then switch after a few months.
Advanced levels
L5 (Pro-Am)
Suitable for people who have done at least 6-7 years in that dance style and have achieved a high standard, such as preparing to audition or being accepted into a tertiary dance course (Diploma level of above) or entered the higher levels in a technical training syllabus for that dance style. Pro-am is a contraction of ‘professional amateur’ and refers to the pursuit of dance at a near professional level by people who have another job or career, and aren’t pursuing dance as a profession, but may be professional dance teachers or educators.
Minimum experience required:
- Taken class regularly recently for at least 6-7 years
- Haven’t danced for 5-10 years but danced for 8-9 years before that
If you’ve had a longer break from dance this level may be fine, or you might like to start at L3 and then switch after a few months.
L6 (Professional)
Suitable for people who are pursuing dance as a profession and have achieved a level required to perform in a professional context. Dancers will have done at least 8 years in that dance style and have achieved a high standard, such as graduating from a tertiary dance course (Diploma level or above) or completed highest levels in a technical training syllabus for that dance style.
Note: we do not currently have any L6 classes available
Minimum experience required:
- Taken class regularly recently for at least 8 years
- Haven’t danced for 5-10 years but danced for 10 or more years before that
- If you’ve had a longer break from dance this level may be fine, or you might like to start at L4 and then switch after a few months.
Regular
The Regular category will be suitable for people who:
- are able to participate in the more high impact and strenuous aspects of class, such as jumps and floor work
- generally, people aged in their 20s, 30s and 40s participate in these classes, although this is only a guide, and people aged over 50 who have the physical capacity to jump and move in and out of the floor (relevant mostly for contemporary and to some extend jazz) are welcome in the regular classes.
50+
The 50+ category will be suitable for people who:
- are aged over 50 and feel more confident in a class with others in the same age range (age is not a hard and fast rule, of course, as some people under 50 might prefer a 50+ class, and someone over 50 may be super fit and perfectly suited for the regular class).
- finds the regular classes too strenuous for their body, for example, if you have knee or ankle problems, the elevation in regular ballet and tap classes may be off putting, but in the gentle class there will be fewer jumps, grand plies, and any movement that puts strain on those joints
- already does Mature Dance, and wants to focus on a particular technique, but with people in the same age group
- want to ease into danceand build up their strength, flexibility and fitness before going into our regular classes
- pregnant or returning to dance after having a child
