Not a blog
Everything we have written
Five pieces, each one a long answer to a question we are actually asked at the desk, at the recital, or on the telephone before anybody has enrolled.
Most of what a school could write already lives on the page it belongs to: a fee is on the fees page, a class time is on the timetable. What is here instead is the handful of questions that do not have a one-line answer — how old is old enough, why a smaller class costs more, what practising twenty minutes a day actually looks like — written at the length the question deserves rather than compressed to fit a sidebar.
There is no publishing calendar behind this page. A piece is added when a question has come up often enough, and in enough different words, that answering it once in public is more honest than answering it slightly differently on the telephone every time.
How old should a child be to start dancing?
Three is old enough for a class. It is not old enough for a technique class, and the difference is the whole answer.
18 August 2026
Why a class of twelve costs more than a class of twenty-four
The arithmetic of a small school, made public, because the alternative is being the expensive one with no explanation.
22 July 2026
What practising actually looks like, and why twenty minutes beats two hours
The single most common reason a music student stops is a practice habit designed by an adult who does not practise.
30 June 2026
The first six weeks of an adult class, described honestly
Almost every adult who comes back after week one stays for the term. The hard part is week one, and it is hard in a specific and survivable way.
19 May 2026
Six questions to ask any dance school, including this one
Written to be used against us as much as against anybody else.
14 April 2026
Fall Term 2026 · enrolment open · one free trial per student per discipline
Book a free trial class, or enrol for the term
A trial is a real class and the student joins in. It is the only evidence about a school that is not marketing, which is why it costs nothing. If the class you want is full you will be offered the waiting list instead, with the position you would be in — a number, not a promise to be in touch.