Dance classes for preschoolers and toddlers 
in St George and Sutherland Shire
DANCE...LEARN...DISCOVER

At Little Ballerinas children learn to dance...and dance to learn.
Little Ballerinas is a place where your child will be nurtured and celebrated for being little.
Each lesson and each term, the children are engaged in lessons that ooze with creative learning experiences, as they learn to dance and develop other important skills in abundance through our carefully designed age appropriate programs and highly skilled Teaching Team.
As a family you will see how your child blossoms into a little ballerina developing a joy of dance and movement exploration, along with experiencing first hand our level of dedication to continuous improvement. 
At Little Ballerinas we embrace working together with your child, with you, with the community and as a team to be the leading provider of quality early childhood dance lessons in our local area.    

How and why did Little Ballerinas start for preschoolers? 
The Little Ballerinas dance school was developed and designed by Trish Denzel, a local resident and tertiary qualified dance educator with many years experience teaching dance to students of all ages. 
To find out more about the creator of the programs at Little Ballerinas and why Trish's passion, experience and knowledge for dance, particularly early childhood dance makes 
Little Ballerinas the place to start your child. click here. 

With most dance schools being results driven, the focus is often placed on the older students with the aim to achieve precision in technique with exams, eisteddfods and performances, which is perfectly fine.
Yet, what happens is that it often leaves the littlies to be forgotton or at the most, the last to be thought about when it comes to dance classes and planning. 
Knowing this, I set out to develop a program that focuses entirely on under 5 year olds and Little Ballerinas was born and within 6 months word spread about our magical classes and enrolments jumped to over 250 students.... and continued with many more hundreds since. We are now the leading provider of early childhood dance classes in our area with over 60 classes a week. 

What is it like to attend a class at Little Ballerinas?
Families adore the ease to which starting and attending classes at Little Ballerinas provides, from the first point of contact, to attending the first day, receiving your tutu and the joyful way in which your child will be taught each and every lesson.
You'll enter a space where from the very beginning the children will get to know the routine, this gives them a sense of  familiarity and comfort. There will be an atmosphere of excitement bubbling in the room for the class to get started and there will always be beautiful music playing linked to our term theme. Children may start to respond to the music by twirling and dancing all by themselves - after all that is what kids do best at this age - respond. They may respond by simply standing next to a loved one and listening to the music, waiting for the formal part of the class to start - both are right responses. After this, the real magic of the learning begins!

The Little Ballerinas dance programs incorporate age appropriate term themes, with each of the classes carefully designed to activate your child's imagination and creativity, so they are learning an amazing degree of things each lesson, not just dance.  
Our classes are 1 hour duration. 
A class for 30 to 40 minutes can simply be too short even for little ones, and they literally arrive and then leave and where is the fun in that!
This also gives the parents an appropriate amount of time to get things done at the shops etc if needed. 

Your child amongst the beautiful dancing and journey of imagery, will also develop co-ordination, skills in musicality with rhythm & counting, spatial awareness, gross motor skills, muscle memory and includes a suitable amount of repetition which kids this age crave. 

With dance, improvisation, song, beautiful music and the use of amazing dance props, the 18 months to 5 years olds are engaged from the moment that their class theme song starts right through to the end of the lesson.  

Our dance lessons cover educational & delightful concepts too. Watch your child develop skills in listening and following directions, through responding through movement to stimuli including shapes, space use, time and dynamics.   

We take pride in delivering quality learning experiences that develop skills and creativity, allowing the individual to reach their full potential and simply develop a love of dance & movement exploration.

We put children's well being and their development at the centre of everything that we do at Little Ballerinas.  

Your Little Ballerinas teacher and Little Ballerinas as a company are:  

• Experienced, passionate, caring and responsible
• Qualified Dance Teacher/Professional Dancer  
• Working with Children Checked through the Office of the Children's Guardian.
• Insured
• First Aid Trained
• Dedicated to providing your child the best learning experience
• Looking forward to meeting you and your budding little ballerina soon!

To learn more about Little Ballerinas days & Times for our dance classes for toddlers & preschoolers in the St George area and Sutherland  Shire click here