Monday
- 4.00 to 5.00Junior Excel ProgrammeStudio Fosse (Upstairs)
- 4.30 to 5.15Junior Hip HopStudio Astaire (Downstairs right)
LESTA Studios · Knaphill, Woking, Surrey
07773 121884
By age · 5 to 7 years
From Year 1, children can take ISTD ballet, tap and modern, or open classes for energy without exam pressure.
5 to 7 years
Younger graded classes use props, story and clear progressions so children want to come back. Teachers move dancers up when they have taken an exam, or when they are ready.
Mix a syllabus class with jazz, acro, hip hop or musical theatre if they want another weekly hour with friends.
All school-age classesStyles for this age
Primary and Grade 1 work across ballet, tap and modern, plus jazz, acro, hip hop and musical theatre.

ISTD ballet from Grade 1 to vocational work, including pointe for selected senior dancers at our Woking studios.
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Rhythms, improvisation and ISTD tap technique for children from 5 years.
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Fun, energetic ISTD modern - from fairy dust and gallops to jazz pirouettes, kicks, leaps and turns.
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Kicks, leaps, turns and half-term choreography to pop, Disney and musical theatre - no exam pressure.
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Acrobatic Arts in a dance context - flexibility, strength, balancing, limbering and tumbling, taught safely.
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Energy, groove and choreography - from playful basics to popping, locking, breaking and freestyle.
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Singing, acting and dance in one class - Disney, pop and West End numbers that build real performance confidence.
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The follow-on Melody Bear syllabus for Reception-age children - fairy-tale ballet with the first steps of modern and tap.
View classTimetable · 5 to 7 years
Times at LESTA Studios, Knaphill for Autumn Term 2026. Some classes mix ages when teachers place by readiness.
Other ages
From Melody Movement through to teens.
2.5 to 4 years
Melody Movement for 2.5 to 4 year olds: music, movement and story in our Knaphill studios.
Classes & timesReception
First Ballet, Modern & Tap with Melody Bear - the bridge from preschool play into graded ISTD work.
Classes & times8 to 11 years
Stronger technique, richer rhythms and contemporary - plus Excel for dancers who want more.
Classes & times12 years+
Higher grades, pointe for selected dancers, senior jazz and hip hop, and Senior Excel.
Classes & times