Summer show

Dance show Anslow Tutbury and Willington

We are really excited as our four shows start very soon and we are looking to welcoming our families and friends to come and watch our dancers perform.

Performing in dance shows provides so many benefits to your child. It develops team work, friendships, it builds their self confidence, creates a sense of discipline and gives them a great sense of achievement. They get to learn new things, explore new music and dance styles, work with others and then practice to make improvements every time.

Being in a dance show creates magical memories which can last a lifetime. It also creates a sense of pride about what they have created together and want to share with their families.

Performing also develops a wide range of life skills. It develops dedication, commitment, determination, time keeping, a sense of responsibility getting themselves ready and remembering all their costume items.

Dancing in a show also develops performance skills, musicality and brings a community of dancers together to perform and be part of the Leap Dance Midlands dance community. We cannot wait to welcome you to our shows this June in Anslow.

Come and see our dancers from Anslow, Willington and Tutbury perform ballet, modern and tap dances in our shows!

Performance Group

Our new Performance Group has been really busy entertaining people at local events over the last few weekends.

All the children from Primary and upwards are invited to be part of our Performance Group. It was designed to give the children opportunities to perform and shine.

We have already seen a huge increase in their confidence since we started the group. Even our shyest and quietest children performed full of self belief and glowing confidence.

The group performed at the Tutbury Castle Coronation celebration in front of a crowd of up to 2000 people! We were so proud of them as they weren’t fazed at all. They danced beautifully, full of smiles in the basking heat.

The next day they performed at the Etwall Parish Council event in the rain, but this didn’t stop them. They performed twice and were full of smiles both times. This showed just how versatile they were. Dance and performance really develops such a range of skills.

We also had a lovely day at the Church Broughton May Day celebrations. This was our first time the children from different classes had danced together but the children did a fantastic job,

We are looking forward to more performances this Summer, so do come and say hello and show them your support by cheering them on.

If you have an event planned or are part of a local school, please do get in touch to see if we can perform at your event. Please email us at Leapdancemidlands@gmail.com

New Class- Acrobatic Dance

We are really excited to bring Acrobatics to Leap Dance Midlands. We recently completed a thorough training programme and are now certified as an Acrobatic Arts Studio. We cannot wait to start this new class and introduce it to our timetable. Classes will be on Saturdays in Willington and after school in Tutbury.

Acrobatic Arts is a professional curriculum for Acrodance. It promotes flexibility, strength, balancing, limbering, tumbling and partner and group stunts.

Acrodance is a fusion of the artistic motion of dance combined with the athleticism of acrobatics. It will help develop our dancers strength and flexibility and will enhance the dance styles they are already learning.

We chose Acrobatic Arts as it is a thorough and progressional based syllabus programme for teaching Acrodance. The carefully thought out progressions allow the dancers to be properly trained and advance to the next level only when they are ready for it. This creates more technically correct work and helps the dancers progress and greatly reduces the risk of injury.

To register for an acrobatics class please complete this form:

Classes will be Saturdays in Willington and we also have an after school session in Tutbury.

March Updates

What an exciting March we are having! All the children have been working hard learning new steps and exercises from the Royal Academy of Dance ballet and ISTD tap and modern examination syllabus in class.

We have also been being creative and encouraging the children to choreograph their own dances and movements, even our preschoolers have been joining in, creating our dance stories about playing in the snow and going to the circus!

Some of our children have been performing in their in class tests and have moved up as they have done so well and are ready to progress and leap into their older groups- well done!

Our newest Performance Group has started and we already have bookings for May and beyond. This will be such a great opportunity for the children to entertain and perform and really helps boost their self confidence as well as being part of a friendly dance team together. Do look out for our performances locally and come and support us!

Our Film Party is on 25th March for Primary and above. It is a chance to get together and socialise together, plus we get to sing dance along to the film! It will be a fun time and will be lots of fun.

With so many things to look forward to over the next few months Spring is guaranteed to be a fun time at Leap Dance Midlands. Come back to find out what we are up to next!

Happy New Year from Leap Dance Midlands

What a wonderful year we had in 2022 !

We performed in four summer shows!

We learnt new grades from the Royal Academy of Dance ballet and Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance tap and modern syllabus.

We raised money for Children In Need and Young Minds Derby

We collected for the homeless

We had a fun Christmas disco

We supported new children to join our classes.

We taught ballet, tap, modern, Little Leapers, preschoolers and Ballet Be Fit!

We visited schools, preschools and enjoyed being part of our local communities. We participated in Hatton and Willington carnivals.

👩🏼‍🎓 We did additional training in Silver Swans ballet, Early Movers dance, SEND, safeguarding and mental health to improve our classes and support our children.

What a wonderful year and thank you to all our lovely families for being part of Leap Dance Midlands.

We couldn’t have achieved this much without the wonderful help from our lovely Assistants and partners- so a huge thank you to everyone.

Now we know our new ideas work we are excited to introduce even more opportunities next year!

Here’s to 2023 with even more ideas and opportunities- all will be revealed very soon!

Thank you for all the support from our Assistants and our wonderful families who have helped and supported us this year. We couldn’t have done it without you all, so a big thank you everyone!

December festivity at Leap

We have such a busy December planned at Leap Dance Midlands.

Our Nutcracker ballet workshops begin in December. Join us to learn all about this famous children’s ballet. Learn about Clara’s adventures, become a dancing doll and dance with the Sugar Plum Fairy! Our older children are learning the Spanish dance from the Nutcracker so click your castanets and enjoy learning this national character dance.

We are also looking forward to our disco party in Willington. This is a free party for the children to thank them all for being part of our wonderful dance community and supporting us in 2022.
Then we have our watching weeks where family get to see our Nutcracker and Christmas dances. Plus our party classes the last week of term with lots of dance games, free choreography and festive fun. Then we can all have a lovely break ready to return energised in January.

With a new Performance Group starting in January, new exam work and demonstrations, our summer show and summer open day! So lots of new and exciting opportunities for all our Leap dancers!

The benefits of dance for toddlers and preschoolers

Children love to dance to music but as well as being lots of fun, it also has lots of benefits and aids their learning and development. Here are some of the many benefits dancing with your child has for their growth and development:

It helps develop physical skills

Dance helps develop a huge variety of motor skills. They learn to balance, jump and travel which develops their control and coordination. Dance and movement is also a healthy physical activity as it is a type of aerobic exercise which is beneficial for overall good health.

Dance stimulates the brain

Children learn new things, like words, sounds and patterns through music. With dance they can explore and learn to control their body movements. These dance activities are great for their development as they stimulate connections in their growing brain.

It helps develop communication skills

Children love to interact with other toddlers. By joining in a dance and movement class they learn how to interact and connect with others through songs, activities and movements. They develop listening and turn taking skills as well as important social skills that will give them self-confidence and prepare them for school.

Dance allows children to express themselves

Dance is a wonderful way to express their emotions. Even before they can communicate them verbally, they can express themselves through dance and movement. By participating in creative activities They release their emotions and

Dance develops their creativity and imagination

Dance is a physical activity and encourages them to interact, engage with others, move, imagine and pretend. It inspires their imagination and develops their creativity. It encourages them to be curious and imaginative.

Dance encourages learning

Dancing encourages children to imitate, copy, repeat and practice movements. This aids their coordination skills and allows them to explore moving to the rhythm, mood and feeling of music. Dance and songs provide opportunities for memory training and coordination, even at this early age.

So many benefits for your little one to learn and develop in our interactive, fun Little Leapers dance, music and movement y class in Willington, South Derbyshire.

Willington is between Burton and Derby and is really easy to get to from the A50 and A38.

So if you are looking for a toddler or preschooler dance and movement class near Burton and Derby you can do with your child book a trial class with us. You are guaranteed a friendly welcome in our toddler dance and movement group.

Led by a qualified Royal Academy of Dance Teacher trained in child development, learning and safe practice the classes are designed carefully in line with the children’s developmental milestones. Elaine has two children and spends her time off with her younger relatives aged 1-6 who let her try out new ideas and classes with them! So classes are tested and approved by toddlers and preschoolers!

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October Dates

We are pleased to be part of World Mental Health in 2022. We will be focusing on one of our core values of ‘being kind’ in all of our classes, with extra friendship games and focusing on being kind to one another. We will talk to the children about how important kindness is and work as a group to help them learn about being supportive to each other.

Our Principal is an advocate of mental health and has received training in Mental Health for children, young people and adults. We feel this is a valuable discussion and focus of our classes to help promote the importance of positive physical and mental health.

We are also looking forward to our popular Halloween themed dance classes later this month. Expect costumes, games and spooky songs and dances! Then we have a half term break, ready to come back in November with some new activities and sessions!

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to all our students and their families! We have enjoyed seeing all the children again and restarting our full timetable back again, after our pay as you dance lessons this Summer.

It has been lovely welcoming all of our new students to our classes. We have had such positive feedback about the trials and we are really pleased to welcome you to our dance community. We have lots planned for the next few months which we know you will enjoy being part of.

We have already started working on our Royal Academy of Dance Ballet syllabus and ISTD Tap and Modern exam work. We have been so pleased to see all the hard work and enthusiasm and have been really impressed with how quickly the children are learning the new steps and technique- a huge well done to everyone!

Due to popularity we have started some new classes this term. It has been a great pleasure to introduce a new class for our oldest students teaching more complex Royal Academy of Dance and ISTD syllabus to them. They really have shown determination and focus to master some of the trickiest work.

We have lots of parties, themed classes and fundraisers planned this term and dates will be shared shortly. If you have ideas and suggestions please remember we always welcome your contributions.

Most of all- welcome back everyone- thank you for being part of the wonderful dance community that is Leap Dance Midlands.

Summer Pay as you go classes

Our Summer Pay as you go dance classes are back this year!

Join us for ballet, tap and modern this Summer in Willington, Derbyshire and Tutbury, Staffordshire. We know our families are busy enjoying their holidays so we offer a pay as you go scheme in the Summer to give you more flexibility to enjoy the summer!

We also offer trial classes for new children so they can try our dance lessons out before joining us in September. It is a nice way of getting to know us and what we offer in a smaller and quieter environment so they feel more confident ready for September when we reopen.

After our successful shows where the classes performed together we have opened up the classes for both groups so Anslow, Tutbury and Willington can all dance together this Summer.

This will form part of the family and community events we are developing this year, from Family Picnics to Theatre trips. We want our children and their families to be part of our friendly dance community.

To join a Summer class just email us at Leapdancemidlands@gmail.com