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Dance classes for 5 to 7 year olds at LESTA Studios, Knaphill

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Dance classes for 5 to 7 year olds in Woking

From Year 1, children can take ISTD ballet, tap and modern, or open classes for energy without exam pressure.

5 to 7 years

Dance classes for 5 to 7 year olds at LESTA

Younger graded classes use props, story and clear progressions so children want to come back. Teachers move dancers up when they have taken an exam, or when they are ready.

Mix a syllabus class with jazz, acro, hip hop or musical theatre if they want another weekly hour with friends.

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Styles for this age

Classes they can take

Primary and Grade 1 work across ballet, tap and modern, plus jazz, acro, hip hop and musical theatre.

Ballet classes in Woking
2.5 years+ISTD

Ballet

Early years ballet from 2.5 years through Melody Movement, then ISTD ballet from Grade 1 to vocational work, including pointe for selected senior dancers.

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Tap classes in Woking
4 years+ISTD

Tap

Rhythms, improvisation and ISTD tap technique for children from 4 years.

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Modern classes in Woking
4 years+ISTD

Modern

Fun, energetic ISTD modern - from fairy dust and gallops to jazz pirouettes, kicks, leaps and turns.

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Jazz classes in Woking
4 years+

Jazz

Kicks, leaps, turns and half-term choreography to pop, Disney and musical theatre - no exam pressure.

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Acro classes in Woking
4 years+Acrobatic Arts

Acro

Acrobatic Arts in a dance context - flexibility, strength, balancing, limbering and tumbling, taught safely.

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Hip Hop classes in Woking
4 years+

Hip Hop

Energy, groove and choreography - from playful basics to popping, locking, breaking and freestyle.

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Musical Theatre classes in Woking
4 years+

Musical Theatre

Singing, acting and dance in one class - Disney, pop and West End numbers that build real performance confidence.

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First Ballet, Modern & Tap classes in Woking
4 to 5 yearsMelody Bear / ISTD pathway

First Ballet, Modern & Tap

The follow-on Melody Bear syllabus for 4 to 5 year olds (Reception) - fairy-tale ballet with the first steps of modern and tap.

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Timetable · 5 to 7 years

Class times for 5 to 7 years

Times at LESTA Studios, Knaphill for Autumn Term 2026. Some classes mix ages when teachers place by readiness.

Monday

  • 4.00 to 5.00Junior Excel ProgrammeStudio Fosse (Upstairs)

Tuesday

  • 4.00 to 4.45Junior Open BalletStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
  • 4.30 to 5.15Grade 1 BalletStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 5.15 to 6.00Grade 1 TapStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 6.00 to 6.45Grade 1 ModernStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)

Wednesday

  • 4.30 to 5.15Junior Hip HopStudio Fosse (Upstairs)

Thursday

  • 4.00 to 4.45Grade 1 ModernStudio Astaire (Downstairs right)
  • 4.15 to 4.45Primary ModernStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 4.45 to 5.30Primary BalletStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 5.30 to 6.00Primary TapStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 5.30 to 6.30PBT AStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 6.30 to 8.00Conditioning, Leaps & Turns AStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)

Friday

  • 4.00 to 5.00Acro AStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
  • 5.00 to 5.45Junior JazzStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)

Saturday

  • 9.00 to 10.30Pre-Primary Ballet, Modern & TapStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 10.30 to 11.15Grade 1 BalletStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 10.45 to 11.15Primary TapStudio Astaire (Downstairs right)
  • 11.15 to 12.00Primary BalletStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 11.15 to 12.00Grade 1 TapStudio Astaire (Downstairs right)
  • 12.00 to 12.30Primary ModernStudio Astaire (Downstairs right)
  • 12.00 to 12.45Grade 1 ModernStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 12.30 to 1.15Junior Musical TheatreStudio Astaire (Downstairs right)
  • 12.45 to 1.30Grade 1 BalletStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
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