Leaving home to pursue full-time ballet training can be a daunting process. The Academy of Balletic Arts was founded to provide talented young dancers with a vocational alternative to Lower School. Students receive all the essential elements of full time ballet training, whilst maintaining time in the family home and benefiting from the support this environment provides.

Students are selected based on their potential for success in classical ballet. They must be mature and driven in their approach to training.

Small class sizes (approximately 4-12 students, depending on the day of the week) to ensure an individual approach to each child for optimum improvement.

ABA is extremely accommodating in terms of events at school and the need for flexibility. Classes can be carried over from week to week. We also assist in contacting schools to obtain permission to attend. All our current and previous students have managed to balance school homework and dancing beautifully! Great organisational skills for life are imbedded with the need for time management and focused training! We do less hours, have less injuries and achieve 100 percent success rate for Upper school auditions! We also provide wonderful ballet pianists.

The Academy is dedicated to ensuring its students achieve the highest possible standards in order to secure a place at their Upper School of choice and have a successful career in a distinguished ballet company. We deliver training that meets international standards to ensure that your child is capable of obtaining work in other countries as well as working for choreographers from around the world.

The Academy’s approach to teaching delivers students with a deeper insight into their personal ability at an earlier age than most. Our progressive training programme provides a comprehensive approach to your child’s physical and personal development as a dancer, nurturing the mind as well as the body. We empower students with the ability to take ownership of their technique so they can enjoy exploring their possibilities, and improve at a faster rate.

We will only select students with a realistic chance of succeeding as a professional ballet dancer. Classes are therefore small with a very personal approach to each child’s training.