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The Summer holidays are approaching, so it’s time to start making plans. Lucky for you, the Conservatoire have got you covered!

Here are some dance classes, drama and musical theatre courses on offer to awaken your imagination and confidence.

Make A Musical!
Workshop Date: Monday 24th to Friday 28th July
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm (Daily)
Come and join three West End actors for a 5-day musical theatre workshop learning songs and scenes from top West End & Broadway shows. You will work together with Adam, Mary Jean, and Connor, who have performed in hits like Les Misérables and Heathers The Musical. You will improve your vocal and singing technique, learn new improvisation and acting techniques, and best of all you will put on your own short compilation musical at the end of the five days! Better start warming up now...
Tutor: Adam Boardman, Mary Jean Caldwell & Connor Jones
* Suitable for ages 8-14
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Barre&Baby™ (Dance, Bumps to Walking Children)
Workshop Date: 25th and 27th July
Time: 9:30am - 10:45am 
Barre&Baby is a space for people to bring balance back into their lives using the beauty of dance and movement. From both a physical and mental point of view, dance can be strengthening and liberating. Every step of Barre&Baby has been designed to improve pregnancy and postnatal wellbeing. By involving everything from fingers to toes, we’re aiming to create space, improve circulation, strengthen the body and increase flexibility. Greater body awareness leads to better posture and alignment (crucial to avoiding aches and pains) and empowers mums to trust their body’s signals (so useful during pregnancy and birth!). By staying so close to you, your baby develops a sense of security and protection. The soothing and relaxing music, played live, transmits positive feelings and supports your baby’s sensory development. The vestibular system (the part of the inner ear that helps coordinate movement with balance) is stimulated by your own movements as you dance, and your baby’s cardiac system grows stronger as a result of the workout. Barre&Baby can provide powerful benefits for the mind too. As you concentrate on our dance steps, you’ll find yourself entering a sort of meditation in movement, while activating the release of endorphins (the ‘feel-good’ hormones), boosting energy levels and uplifting your spirit. Finally, as the saying goes: “meeting someone while dancing means meeting them in their soul”. Many friendships are born on the dance floor, and our students tell us Barre&Baby classes are a wonderful way to make new friends. All levels are welcome, you do not have to have any dance experience to benefit from Barre&Baby. This class includes live music and will be accompanied by a musician. Please wear comfortable clothing that you can move in, dance or yoga socks or soft ballet shoes. Expectant mothers are welcome after 12 weeks of pregnancy. For postnatal mums, please make sure you have had your 6 week check before joining. Please bring a carrier/sling for the babywearing section of the session.
Tutor: Claudia Richli
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Dancing the World 
Workshop Date: Wednesday 26th July
Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Come along to the Conservatoire for a day of dance! Together with our expert tutor, young dancers will explore contemporary dance and movement inspired by the elements and the world around us. You will dip your toe into Western popular styles like contemporary and jazz as well as Eastern forms of dance and movement like Butoh, Nihonbouyo, and Tai chi. If there’s time perhaps you’ll even experiment with some Latin forms too! You’ll finish the day with a short performance to show off your new moves.
Tutor: Stephanie Osztreicher
* Suitable for ages 5-10 
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Creative Dance For Kids 
Workshop Date: 1st and 7th August
Time: 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Come along to the Conservatoire for a creative contemporary dance class for young ones! Together we’ll explore co-ordination, improvising movement, and connecting shapes… twisting and turning! Young dancers will work together and have fun exploring movement and music through simple sequences - we’ll use all our energy and all our ideas! Using the ideas we work on during the session, participants will work towards a short piece of movement which they can share informally. If you love to dance and want to explore it more, this is the perfect short session for you! If you want more than two hours of dance, check out our full day session on Wednesday 26th July with tutor Stephanie!
Tutor: Matthew Winston
* Suitable for ages 5-6 
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Creative Dance For Kids  
Workshop Date: Thursday 3rd August
Time: 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Workshop Date: Wednesday 9th August
Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm
Come along to the Conservatoire for a creative contemporary dance class for young ones! Together we’ll explore co-ordination, improvising movement, and connecting shapes… twisting and turning! Young dancers will work together and have fun exploring movement and music through simple sequences - we’ll use all our energy and all our ideas! Using the ideas we work on during the session, participants will work towards a short piece of movement which they can share informally. If you love to dance and want to explore it more, this is the perfect short session for you! If you want more than two hours of dance, check out our full day session on Wednesday 26th July with tutor Stephanie!
Tutor: Matthew Winston
* Suitable for ages 7-10
To find out more, click here.

Tots Toes 
Workshop Date: Wednesday 9th August
Time: 13:00pm - 1:45pm
Tappy Toes toddler dance classes have many benefits for your child. These children's dance classes will support your child's early years development, improving your child's coordination, motor skills and social skills. Our Tots Toes class is designed for children aged 2.6 years all the way up to 5 years. It is very much a parent/carer participation class and supports early years development. We do a fun warm-up (teaching the children body awareness and stretching). Songs with actions, travelling steps (walking on tip toes, marching, galloping, twirling), and finish off with our imagination section, keeping your little ones thoroughly enthralled throughout! Please note that parents must be present for this class.
Tutor: Goksu Hadley
* Suitable for ages 2.6-5
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Teeny Toes 
Workshop Date: Friday 11th August
Time: 10:15am - 11:00am
Tappy Toes toddler dance classes have many benefits for your child. The Teeny Toes baby classes are for children aged 6 months to when they start walking. It's a great time to introduce babies to the world of music and dance and supports their early development. In Teeny Toes you will use a variety of sensory props to engage them, including; glow balls, bells, scarves, pom-poms, ribbons and feathers. You’ll sing nursery rhymes, boogie along to pop music, their favourite TV theme tunes and listen to a variety of world music. It is a fantastic class to bond with baby and help their coordination with clapping, waving, reaching for props and so much more! Please note that parents must be present for this class.
Tutor: Goksu Hadley
* Suitable for ages 6mths - walking
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Midsummer Madness! 
Workshop Date: Friday 11th August
Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Come & explore the magic of the forest as we delve in to one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Transform yourself into King of the fairies, a cheeky sprite or an amateur actor blessed with a donkey's head... nothing is impossible when magic is about! Come along to this drama workshop for ages 7 – 11, based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, loosely introducing basic original text, and exploring physicality and comedy skills! You'll end the day with a short sharing to show off your new skills. No knowledge of Shakespeare is needed, and this is a perfect introduction for young actors interested in all kinds of plays. Participants are in for a real treat as they will be taught by Joanna Brown, who has just returned from English Theatre Vienna playing the Queen Of The Fairies herself!
Tutor: Joanna Brown
* Suitable for ages 7-11 
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Toddle Toes 
Workshop Date: Friday 11th August
Time: 11:15am - 12 noon
Tappy Toes toddler dance classes have many benefits for your child. These children's dance classes will support your child's early years development, improving your child's coordination, motor skills and social skills. Tappy Toes will challenge their imagination, creativity, musicality and rhythm. Toddle Toes is the middle age group, who are just finding their feet! From walkers to 2.5 years. The class follows a set structure, which helps our toddlers to understand the class and even anticipate what comes next! We use fun props, a wide variety of music and we really get them moving. The goal for this class it to build confidence, develop listening and communication skills and, of course, tire them out for you! Please note that parents must be present for this class.
Tutor: Gosku Hadley
* Suitable for walkers - 2.5 yrs
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Blackheath Youth Theatre Summer School 
Workshop Date: Monday 14th - Friday 18th August
Time: 10:30am - 4:30pm (Daily)
Blackheath Youth Theatre (BYT) is the principal theatre company at the Conservatoire, working with young actors aged 5 to 19 taking part across our 5 different groups. This 5-day summer course is perfect for anyone who is already a part of our Junior, Foundation, or Academy groups, and also a great way to get to know us if you’re interested in joining! Through working on voice and movement skills, exploring together as an ensemble and through text, students are given the opportunity to develop many aspects of their acting ability and technique in depth. This is a great way to keep up your acting skills over the long summer, and get to know other young actors in the area.
Tutor: Simon Geal
* Suitable for ages 9-15 
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Become a Podcaster 
Workshop Date: Tuesday 15th August
Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Ever wondered how your favourite podcast is recorded or wanted to create a podcast yourself? Come along and learn all about this new and popular art form and create your very own podcast in a day! Bring your best stories and jokes to entertain our listeners when they check out the finished podcast on Soundcloud, YouTube & Instagram.
Tutor: Annalise Morley & Joseph Thomas
* Suitable for ages 8-14 
To find out more, click here.