FAQ

Start with our free Ballet Placement Finder — tell us your dancer’s age, prior experience and what you are hoping for, and it suggests a level, a class and an indicative term fee. The surest way, though, is a trial class: your dancer joins the suggested level for one session and the teacher confirms the placement afterwards. We would always rather place a dancer correctly than push them ahead.

The Royal Academy of Dance graded syllabus is an internationally recognised pathway from Grade 1 upwards, examined by a visiting RAD examiner. Term fees cover the teaching of the grade; the RAD’s own examination fee is separate and paid only in the term a dancer actually sits an exam. We enter a dancer for an exam only when their teacher is confident the work is secure.

It is rarely too late and seldom too early. We take dancers from age three in Baby Ballet, welcome true beginners right through the teen years, and start plenty of adults from scratch. The Placement Finder and a trial class will steer you toward the right starting point for any age and any level of experience.

Pointe is by assessment, not by age. Before any dancer goes en pointe we check ankle and core strength, alignment and the security of their grade work, because pointe is only safe on properly built foundations. Most dancers reach this stage in their early teens after several years of graded training, but we assess each dancer individually and will never rush it.

Yes. We run an Adult Open Ballet class with separate beginner and improver groups, so you are never the only new face, and a gentle RAD Silver Swans class designed for dancers aged fifty-five and over. Both welcome complete beginners, can be paid by the term or as a single class, and are taught with no judgement whatsoever.

We teach in ten-week terms aligned roughly to the school calendar, and you enrol term by term — there is no long contract and no lock-in. Most recreational and early graded dancers take one class a week; graded and vocational dancers take two or three. You can always start with a single trial class before committing to a term.

For a trial class, comfortable clothes that allow movement and bare feet or socks are completely fine — there is no need to buy uniform before you have decided to enrol. Once your dancer joins a term we will share a simple uniform and shoe guide for their level. Hair tied back and a water bottle are all that is needed to begin.

Yes. We hold an annual recital that every willing dancer can take part in, performed in a proper theatre, plus end-of-term studio sharings for families through the year. Performance is encouraged but never compulsory — some dancers love the stage, others prefer the studio, and both are entirely welcome here.

Family details and any medical notes stay with the teaching team and the enrolment office only, in line with Singapore’s PDPA. Term fees can be settled via PayNow, card, or Atome instalments — every invoice itemised, with nothing hidden.