Got talent? Start training to become a professional dancer

When or if you are serious about ballet, take the hand and experience of our dance teaching staff. They’ll safely guide and support you towards your dreams. For children who are excited about classical dance and students who dream of a life onstage, En Pointe Classical Dance School offers a Royal Academy of Dance curriculum of increasingly challenging classes designed to provide a pathway to a career as a professional dancer.

Dance can inspire a variety of physical, social and creative benefits when it’s integrated into a healthy lifestyle or part of a dancers education. Our engaging classes aim to provide life-long learning experiences and access to dance opportunities in the city and the country.

Go Further

Our students will be given external opportunities too. Some have performed on TV ‘BBC2 Our Dancing Town’ and been on BBC Radio York with our school principal.

Also, our dedicated students have successfully auditioned for the following to name a few:

Royal Ballet Associates
Elmhurst Associates
Vocational Boarding Schools,
- Tring — www.tringpark.com
- Hammond – www.thehammond.co.uk
Ballet Boost Associates
Northern Ballet Associates and CAT programme
York Dance Scholars
Phoenix Associates
National Youth Ballet
English Youth Ballet

Homework

All students in Grade 2 Ballet plus will be given a stretch and strengthen homework sheet with appropriate exercises, students should practice at home to improve their dance skills.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE

RAD exams are the most prestigious exams in the world of ballet. To get a pass is simply amazing, anything higher is just breathtaking. We can confidently say that we continue to have a 100% pass rate and this years exam at En Pointe have been the best since we started in 2013. You will not be entered if there is doubt you wont be able to pass. We don't set children up to fail. But children can either move up with their friends or stay on to work towards their current grade a little longer.

Candidates are required to take time out of school to attend exams and examinations that are conducted by an RAD examiner. This is excused by the RAD for you and will contribute to your child’s UCAS points for later in life. After the exam, ther is a 6 week wait, results are then sent to RAD HQ where reports, certificates and medals are presented and sent to the school. We will then present them back to you.

Please contact Miss Donya if you require further infomation on the RAD examinations at our dance school for a personal reply: principal@enpointeyork.co.uk

“Hi Miss Donya! Thank you so much for running the mock exams yesterday- J was feeling a bit nervous before but came out feeling confident and happy. She absolutely loves dancing and the confidence it gives her is incredible. Thank you for taking the time and effort to give them such great opportunities.”

— Catherine, Dance mum