The Heights Ballet & Theatre School
Classes
The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing
The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) is the world's leading dance examinations board. Formed in 1904, it is to this day a registered educational charity. It is the only organisation that covers the full spectrum of dance examinations on a truly global scale.
All our core genre teachers at the Heights are qualified teachers of the ISTD. We are currently the only ISTD School in Sheffield.
To learn more about the exams process of the ISTD, click here.
Cecchetti
Classical
Ballet
The Cecchetti method of Classical Ballet offers a complete and well structured system of training which caters for the small child through to the professional dancer and the future teacher. Enjoyment is of prime importance for a young child beginning to dance and the class examinations and performance awards provide ideal opportunities for those attending classes for recreational purposes on a once a week basis. For children wishing to study in greater depth, there are the more technically demanding grade examinations.
“The Cecchetti work has given me strength, discipline and co-ordination. It wasn’t until I got into the company that I realised how lucky I was to have had that training”. Darcey Bussell (Former Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet)
BALLET IS OUR CORE GENRE AT THE HEIGHTS AND PROVIDES A VERY STRONG BASIS FOR DANCE TECHNIQUE.
ALL OF OUR DANCERS MUST TAKE A BALLET CLASS WITH US IN ORDER TO JOIN FURTHER CORE GENRES AND/OR ADD-ON GENRES.
The Modern Theatre Dance syllabus combines many styles of dance, with an aim to produce confident versatile dancers. For children there are six grade examinations and three jazz awards. At the Heights we also teach the vocational Modern syllabus to those pupils who show potential and wish to study at a professional level.
Modern
Theatre
Tap
Dance
Tap is one of the most enjoyable and rhythmic forms of dance, for both children and adults. All pupils studying Tap have the opportunity to take examinations, whether the technically demanding grade examinations or the performance based medals.
