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BREAKDANCE EGYPTIAN BOLLYWOOD


Classes on this page are for adults aged 18 years plus. Most classes must be booked in advance or contact the facilitator for details.

See the Youth Dance page for events for 10 - 20 year olds. Click here.

essexdance classes and courses:


Bollywood one-off class
14 September 2008, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Springfield Parish Centre, New Bowers Way, North Springfield, CM1 6GX
£10.00/ £7.50

Bollywood dance is a fusion of traditional Indian and western Contemporary dance. It is exciting, energetic and colourful.
Click here for a booking form for Bollywood

Egyptian Belly Dance Course - Led by Theresa Lewis
24 September - 3 December 2008 (10 weeks) Wednesday evenings
Chelmsford County High School, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1RW Map

Beginners : 6.50pm - 7.30pm £35.00/ £30.00 concessions, friends of essexdance
Intermediate : 7.30pm - 8.45pm £50.00/ £40.00 concessions, friends of essexdance
Advanced : 8.15pm - 9.30pm £50.00/ £40.00 concessions, friends of essexdance

The dance of the East, known as Raqs Sharqi; a popular and lively class belly dance class.
Click here for a booking form for Egyptian Belly Dance or email bookings@essexdance.co.uk
Places on these courses are limited.

Contemporary Dance one-off Masterclass
1 November 2008, 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Great Baddow Millenium Centre, Baddow Road, Great Baddow CM2 9RL
£10.00/ £7.50

Versatile and free from the rigidity of conventional dance styles, Contemporary is danced to a vast range of music and unites other styles while creating its own movements. Working with the natural alignment of the body, Contemporary dance is a perfect start for beginners in dance.
Click here for a booking form for Contemporary

Hip Hop Course
Due to the huge success of the two six-week Hip Hop courses in the Summer Term, more courses will follow. Please check back when further details will be posted shortly.

Breakdance
A beginners class is planned for the Autumn term to learn the fundamentals of this powerful and energetic street dance style. Ideal step on for participants of our recent Hip Hop course. Please email bookings@essexdance.co.uk to register your interest.

Local Chelmsford dance classes:

Sunday:

Flamenco - Facilitated by Dovedale Sports Centre - click here for their website

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Monday:

Lunchtime Tap - Led by Annie Russell

Time : 12.15pm - 1.15pm Mondays
Venue : Trinity Methodist Church, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2XB
Contact : Annie Russell, Dance Blitz on 07830 260537 / 01206 524115

A mixed ability class learning the basic steps and rhythms. Come along and tap away!

(Trinity Methodist Church can be found on the corner of Duke Street/Rainsford Road
There is some on-site parking for participants) Map

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Tuesday:

Beginners Ballet - Led by Sarah James
from 15th April 2008. No class 27th May (half term).
Time : 7.30pm - 8.45pm Tuesdays
Venue : Westlands Primary School, Beeches Close, Chelmsford, CM1 2SB
Cost : £5.00 per class
Contact : Sarah on 07738 433067

This class is for anyone wanting to learn the basics of ballet technique; a classical dance form which works on alignment of the body, co-ordination and balance.
(Westlands Primary School can be found on Beeches Close, off Beeches Road and Waterhouse Lane) Map

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essexdance classesClasses in Essex

Dance Schools in Essex


The classes listed below are held by Friends of essexdance. If you would like your class to be included on this list,
please complete a Friends of essexdance joining form which can be found on the essexdance Friends of essexdance
page of the website. Click here to be taken to the Friends of essexdance page.

Members Classes

Ballet

3 years to adults
In Harlow
Ballet First
01279 321335

All ages
In Harlow
Harlow Ballet School
01279 639170

Babies to Advanced 2
In Bishop's Stortford
Jacqui Ison Theatre Arts
01279 321283

Babies to Advanced 2
Bishop's Stortford
Jenny Myhill School of Dancing & Performing Arts
01279 655941

3 to 16 years, Pre-Grade 4
In Harlow
Karen Chapman’s
School of Dancing
01279 725737

3 years +, all grades
In Wickford &
South Woodham Ferrers
Rogers School of Dancing
01268 768668

Babies to adults, all levels
In Chelmsford, Gt Dunmow
& Ramsden Heath
The Weston School of Dance
01245 287638

Grades & Majors, all ages
In Bishop’s Stortford,
Stansted, Takeley,
Sawbridgeworth
& Church Langley
Graham School of Dance
01279 654423

Scene II Theatre School
In Great Dunmow
01371 878020

Belly Dance

Traditional Egyptian Belly Dance & American Tribal/Fusion
Beginners to Advanced
In Southend & Billericay
Kismet Belly Dance
01702 543523

Turkish & Egyptian
Belly Dance Fusion
In Pitsea,Thundersley
& Hockley
Karima Dance
01268 770295
07776 386075

Body Condition & Cardio

General class
In Harlow
Harlow Ballet School
01279 639170

Grades & vocation
In Bishop's Stortford
Jacqui Ison Theatre arts
01279 321283

All Levels
Bishop's Stortford
Jenny Myhill School of Dancing & Performing Arts
01279 655941

Body Sculpture, On The Ball, Boxercise, Bums & Tums, & Get Your Body Back (new mums)
Scene II Theatre School
In Great Dunmow
01371 878020

Contemporary

Limon & Creative classes
11 years +
In Harlow
Ballet First
01279 321335

Open class, 12 years +
In Harlow
Harlow Ballet School
01279 639170

Creative Kids

Pre school & under 6's
In Bishop's Stortford
Jacqui Ison Theatre Arts
01279 321283

Pre School Music & Movement and Under 6's
Bishop's Stortford
Jenny Myhill School of Dancing & Performing Arts
01279 655941

From 3 years
Creative Kidz
In Old Harlow
Ballet First
01279 321335

Mum & Toddler
Musical Movement
Scene II Theatre School
In Great Dunmow
01371 878020

 

 

 

Disco

Disco and Street Jazz
Tots to adults
In Colchester, Tiptree
& Tollesbury
Carol Gale
01206 562830

5years +
Bishop's Stortford
Jenny Myhill School of Dancing & Performing Arts
01279 655941

Pre Primary to Gold Bars
In Harlow
Karen Chapman’s
School of Dancing
01279 725737

Education

GCSE, AS & A2 Dance
In Bishop's Stortford
Jacqui Ison Theatre Arts
01279 321283

Hip Hop

All Levels 10 years +
Bishop's Stortford
Jenny Myhill School of Dancing & Performing Arts
01279 655941

Jazz & Street Jazz

Jazz, all ages and levels
In Harlow
Ballet First
01279 321335

All levels
In Harlow
Harlow Ballet School
01279 639170

Street Jazz 11 years +
Modern, Jazz, 4 years +
In Bishop Stortford
Jacqui Ison Theatre Arts
01279 321283

5 years +
Bishop's Stortford
Jenny Myhill School of Dancing & Performing Arts
01279 655941

Junior & adult
In Chelmsford
The Weston School of Dance
01245 287638

In Stansted, Takeley,
Sawbridgeworth, Bishop’s
Stortford & Church Langley
Graham School of Dance
01279 654423

Jazz, 3 years +
In Ugley, Bishop's Stortford
Footlights Theatre
Dance School
01279 451017
07921 350468

Jazz
Scene II Theatre School
In Great Dunmow
01371 878020

LeRoc, Jive & Swing

Beginners & Improvers
In Broomfield
Athene School of Dancing
0845 0043062

Modern Dance Theatre

Grade, medal & vocation
In Bishop's Stortford
Jacqui Ison Theatre Arts
01279 321283

All grades, medals & vocation
Bishop's Stortford
Jenny Myhill School of Dancing & Performing Arts
01279 655941

Theatre Craft, Pre Primary
to Gold Bars
In Harlow
Karen Chapman’s
School of Dancing
01279 725737

3 years +, all grades
In Wickford &
South Woodham Ferrers
Rogers School of Dancing
01268 768668

3 years +
In Elsenham, Newport,
Bishop’s Stortford &
Saffron Walden
Footlights Theatre
Dance School
01279 451017
07921 350468

All levels
In Chelmsford
The Weston School of Dance
01245 287638

In Bishop’s Stortford &
Church Langley
Graham School of Dance
01279 654423


 

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Musical Theatre

Junior & Open
In Harlow
Harlow Ballet School
01279 639170

Junior & Senior
In Bishop's Stortford
Jacqui Ison Theatre Arts
01279 321283

Junior & Senior, 5 years +
Bishop's Stortford
Jenny Myhill School of Dancing & Performing Arts
01279 655941

Junior & Senior
In Chelmsford &
Great Dunmow
The Weston School of Dance
01245 287638

3 years +
In Ugley & Bishop's Stortford
Footlights Theatre
Dance School
01279 451017
07921 350468

Adults &?students
In Great Dunmow
Scene II Theatre School
01371 878020

4 - 16 years
Stagecoach Colchester
0845 603 0880

National

Grade, medal & vocation
In Bishop's Stortford
Jacqui Ison Theatre Arts
01279 321283

All levels
Bishop's Stortford
Jenny Myhill School of Dancing & Performing Arts
01279 655941

6 years +
In Wickford &
South Woodham Ferrers
Rogers School of Dancing
01268 768668

Adults
In Chelmsford
The Weston School of Dance
01245 287638

Social

Ballroom Dancing, Salsa & Merengue, Argentine Tango
& Sequence
In Chelmsford
Athene School of Dancing
0845 0043062

Irish & Flamenco
In Bishop's Stortford
Jacqui Ison Theatre Arts
01279 321283

Ballroom & Salsa
In Great Dunmow
Scene II Theatre School
01371 878020

Street Dance

Ages 5 - adults
In South Ockendon &
Chafford Hundred
dancemode
0700 341 8773

Tap

All ages & all levels
In Harlow Ballet First

01279 321335

Grade, medal & vocation
In Bishop's Stortford
Jacqui Ison Theatre Arts
01279 321283

Babies+
All grades, medals & vocation
Bishop's Stortford
Jenny Myhill School of Dancing & Performing Arts
01279 655941

Pre Primary to Gold
3 years to adults
In Harlow
Karen Chapman’s
School of Dancing
01279 725 737

3 years + & all grades
In Wickford &
South Woodham Ferrers
Rogers School of Dancing
01268 768668

All levels
In Chelmsford
The Weston School of Dance
01245 287638

All ages & levels
In Sawbridgeworth,
Stansted, Church Langley,
& Bishop’s Stortford
Graham School of Dance
01279 654423

3 years +
In Ugley, Elsenham,
Bishop's Stortford,
Newport & Saffron Walden
Footlights Theatre
Dance School
01279 451017
07921 350468

Adult & student
In Great Dunmow
Scene II Theatre School
01371 878020

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PAST EXTRAS

CAPOEIRA WORKSHOP

Come and try this dynamic dance/martial art form in a relaxed and fun atmosphere.

All abilities are welcome. No experience is necessary.

Saturday 10th March 2007
1.00 - 2.30pm
Springfield Parish Centre, New Bowers Way/St. Augustine’s Way, Springfield,
Chelmsford, Essex CM1 6GX
£8.00/£6.00 members of essexdance/£4.00 concs

For anyone aged 18 and over. All abilities are welcome. No experience necessary.


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Kathak Pose


KATHAK WORKSHOP

This EXTRA from essexdance is the most ancient and popular style of dance in India. Fusing technical aspects of the dance and allowing improvisation, you can learn the beautiful expressional moves of the hands, feet and whole body.

All abilities are welcome. No experience is necessary.

Saturday 3rd March 2007
1.00 - 2.30pm
Springfield Parish Centre, New Bowers Way/St. Augustine’s Way, Springfield,
Chelmsford, Essex CM1 6GX
£8.00/£6.00 members of essexdance/£4.00 concs

For anyone aged 18 and over. All abilities are welcome. No experience necessary.

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