Welcome

We are passionate about inspiring our students to perform with energy in class, creating a drive and spirit that helps to build strength and endurance on stage and in life.

By sharing our love of performing art we aim to inspire creativity. By understanding and respecting each student’s individuality, we guide them through their personal journey as they grow with us.

It is our mission to strive for excellence and professionalism, while fostering a supportive environment to develop each student’s confidence and independence.

Rebecca and Zoe xx

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BALLET
ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE

Thursdays and Saturdays

The core principles of ballet focus on balance, coordination, strength, and poise.

Every exercise and step builds on these, creating a strong and capable dancer. To be able to dance properly you must have good posture and a strong core whilst giving the opportunity for expression and communication through music and movement.

Ballet gives you the basic arm and leg movements you need in jazz, modern, tap, and ballroom! It helps you find your centre of balance, gain strength and agility and move gracefully.

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ACRO

BBO

Mondays and Saturdays

Our Acro Modern Dance classes promote co-ordination and stamina and contain exercises to strengthen, extend and loosen the body and increase flexibility. Acro Dance is an art form specifically designed for dancers. Acro has softer, more lyrical-looking lines than floor gymnastics, with emphasis on lengthening “through” the tricks and holding beautiful balances with interesting variations.

The focus is on seamlessly blending acrobatics with dance, and avoiding obvious preparations before each trick. With the added element of Acro, students can learn acrobatics to add into their dance routines, starting with simple stretches and balances working towards more advance moves and tumbling as they progress.

At the academy classes start from Pre-School age and continue through until adult. We follow the Acrobatic Arts syllabus, are fully certified in teaching Acro dance and we are an official AcroPad centre so we can always offer the best to our students

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TAP

BBO

Wednesdays and Saturdays

Tap dance is a form of dance characterised by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion and teaches the student all about rhythm. The sound is made by shoes that have a metal "tap" on the heel and toe.

Fast and loud, fun and energetic!

Big Musical Theatre productions like Mary Poppins, 42nd Street and Anything Goes still have tap at the heart of their choreography. Performers like The Syncladies have given tap a modern touch and make it look fresh!

It is a technically complex discipline, focusing on rhythm and beats created by the steps and which has whole language of its own,

But most of all it sounds amazing !!

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MUSICAL THEATRE

Tuesdays

Using both the Trinity Musical Theatre syllabus and the BBO Musical Theatre Dance syllabus, our Musical Theatre Classes are about building confidence through acting through dance and acting through song - the Triple Threat! It has been developed to build the skills necessary to communicate the dramatic content of musical text over a range of musical styles. Students will build on voice, diction, dance, setting and staging, and musicality. Limited class sizes ensure that each child gets the specific development and professional education they need to follow their dreams.

Classes alternate between singing and creative strands one week and dance the next.

Classes for all ages are on Tuesdays.

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ACTING
Trinity

Wednesdays

We explore different styles and techniques to produce well rounded actors. We look at improvisation, physical theatre, script work and devising. We also cover Shakespeare and classic text as well as using modern screen plays to discover acting for film.

We use the Trinity acting syllabus to structure the classes and prepare students for the different types of examinations and performance experiences. We want to create, Creative Thinkers, Reflective Learners, Team Workers, Self Managers and Effective Participants.

It doesn't matter whether they are a beginner or already begun to explore drama, we will tailor the classes to suit all levels.

Limited class sizes ensure that each child gets the specific development and professional education they need to follow their dreams.

Starting from Juniors and classes on a Wednesday

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SINGING
ABRSM

Mondays and Thursdays

In small groups, of a maximum of 4 students per class, we create a learning space designed to play to each student's strengths, teaching real musicals skills that build an individual’s ability to express their own musical identity.

We provide singing for musical theatre training and music theory training, that becomes the basis for each student to develop their own style. Once these basics are mastered, a whole range of musical styles can be explored.

The limited class size ensures that each child gets the specific development and professional education they need to follow their dreams.

Starting from the Junior age group, with classes on Mondays and Thursdays.

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TINY TOES

18 months to 2.5 Years

Fridays 10:00-10:30

Does your little one love to giggle and wiggle? Bring them along for a dance class to inspire their creativity and have lots of fun dancing to their favourite songs!

A parent supported class with a fun mix of dance styles, nursery rhymes, bubbles, feathers and lots of other props to inspire creativity and movement through music.

The class supports the development of fine and gross motor skills, balance and flexibility and a sense of wonder and imagination.

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PRE-SCHOOL DANCE

2.5 Years - 4 Years

Fridays 9:30-10:00 Saturdays 9:00-9:30

This is an introductory dance class and is designed to begin building your child's confidence, independence and skills required for dance, whilst inspiring them to explore and express their creativity and have lots of fun.

Parents attend with their child but children are encouraged to dance with their friends and teachers.

Pre-school dancers are also invited to perform in all of our shows.

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PATA BOYS

FRIDAYS

PATA Boys is all about encouraging and empowering boys to come into dance early and stick with it!

With a great dance style to demonstrate how dance can enrich and support their growth and development.

Commercial for those in Year 2 to Year 4.

We want to break the stigma of dance and give the boys a safe environment with like minded friends to be creative, musical, imaginative, whilst building key life skills, strength, flexibility, confidence and resilience.

This in no way means boys can not attend any of our other classes, they are absolutely open to everyone and we would love more boys in our mixed classes. However, we recognise this isn't always something some boys are comfortable doing.

This is just the start for PATA Boys, we want to go further and support more age groups and keep pushing the advantages of dance and performance skills and provide a great platform for them to go on and succeed further.

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Performers Pathway through their Training

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About Us

The Performing Arts Theatre Academy was established in 2014.

We opened using a church hall in Blandford offering just Musical Theatre, Acting and Singing. From there our family has grown and now with our own purpose built studios we are able to offer more and more to the students.

We know that every child is unique, and their drive and motivation depends on their passion. We nurture that passion and provide a safe, caring environment to develop and treasure new and exciting skills. These skills help to improve self-esteem, confidence, creativity, musicality, rhythm, team work, listening, but most of all the ability to have commitment and a desire to achieve their goals.

Student wellbeing is a priority and as a family studio we promote inclusion, kindness, thoughtfulness, consideration and pride. We have high expectations of our students behaviour and values and teach them how to uphold these.