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Dance classes for 8 to 11 year olds at LESTA Studios, Knaphill

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Dance classes for 8 to 11 year olds in Woking

These years deepen posture, alignment and musicality. Contemporary usually starts here, and Intermediate Jazz and Hip Hop open up.

8 to 11 years

Dance classes for 8 to 11 year olds at LESTA

Children can sit ISTD examinations or dance purely for joy. Either way, the Knaphill studios give them sprung floors, mirrors and teachers who know the ISTD pathway.

Dedicated dancers may be invited into Junior or Intermediate Excel for extra coaching beside weekly classes.

All school-age classes

Styles for this age

Classes they can take

Stronger technique, richer rhythms and contemporary - plus Excel for dancers who want more.

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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Contemporary classes in Woking
8 years+

Contemporary

Expressive contemporary combining lyrical, jazz and ballet - storytelling, floor work and fluid movement.

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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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Conditioning classes in Woking
By invitation / programme level

Conditioning

Core strength, balance, alignment and flexibility - the fitness class that makes every other dance class better.

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Leaps & Turns classes in Woking
By invitation / programme level

Leaps & Turns

Firebirds, turning box leaps, fouettés and more - following the Rosina Andrews Method for elevation and multiples.

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Progressing Ballet Technique classes in Woking
Junior to advancedPBT

Progressing Ballet Technique

Innovative ballet-specific conditioning that trains the muscle memory behind every exercise, from junior to advanced.

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Timetable · 8 to 11 years

Class times for 8 to 11 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)
  • 5.00 to 6.00Intermediate ContemporaryStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
  • 6.00 to 7.00Intermediate ModernStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
  • 7.00 to 8.00Intermediate Open BalletStudio Fosse (Upstairs)

Tuesday

  • 4.45 to 6.15Intermediate Excel ProgrammeStudio Fosse (Upstairs)

Wednesday

  • 5.15 to 6.15Intermediate Hip HopStudio Fosse (Upstairs)

Thursday

  • 4.45 to 5.30Intermediate Jazz BStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
  • 5.30 to 6.30PBT BStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
  • 5.30 to 6.30PBT AStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 6.30 to 8.00Conditioning, Leaps & Turns BStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
  • 6.30 to 8.00Conditioning, Leaps & Turns AStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)

Friday

  • 4.15 to 5.00Intermediate JazzStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 5.00 to 6.15Acro CStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
  • 6.15 to 7.00Intermediate JazzStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 6.15 to 7.00Grade 4 TapStudio Astaire (Downstairs right)
  • 6.15 to 7.15Acro BStudio Fosse (Upstairs)

Saturday

  • 9.00 to 10.15Intermediate Musical TheatreStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
  • 12.00 to 12.45Grade 2 ModernStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
  • 12.45 to 1.30Grade 2 TapStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
  • 1.30 to 2.15Grade 3 BalletStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 1.30 to 2.15Grade 2 ModernStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
  • 2.15 to 3.00Grade 2 BalletStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 2.15 to 3.00Grade 2 TapStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
  • 2.15 to 3.00Grade 4 ModernStudio Astaire (Downstairs right)
  • 3.00 to 3.45Grade 4 BalletStudio Fonteyn (Downstairs left)
  • 3.00 to 3.45Grade 3 ModernStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
  • 3.00 to 3.45Grade 3 TapStudio Astaire (Downstairs right)
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