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DANCE
DRAMA
SONG
Dance education develops the knowledge and skills required to create, perform, and understand movement as a means of artistic communication. A comprehensive education includes improvisation, technique, choreography, performance, observation and analysis.
The health benefits of dance as physical exercise are well documented, but dance is also a wonderfully creative medium for mental well being, both through the physical element of the exercise and the creative exploration of expression through physical movement.
We offer a wide range of dance classes with a variety of styles included.
Drama gives children opportunities to explore, discuss and deal with difficult issues and express their emotions in a supportive environment. It enables them to explore their own cultural values and those of others, past and present. It encourages them to think and act creatively, thus developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills that can be applied in all areas of learning.
Through drama, children are encouraged to take responsible roles and make choices – to participate in and guide their own learning. Students will broaden their theatrical knowledge by learning about different methods of acting when preparing for a stage role.
Singing encourages a child to express their emotions and sharpens their ability to communicate while exercising lip and tongue movement. But one of the biggest benefits of singing is the repeated use of the ‘memory muscle’.
Learning a piece of information attached to a tune embeds that information more rapidly in a child’s mind. The majority of children learn the alphabet not by simply saying the letters but singing them.
As children get older the power of singing in their lives can still be extremely beneficial.
Some of our senior students performing at PERFORM FESTIVAL 2024 in the RDS Dublin