Young Adults Dance
Young adults is a pre professional class that develops each student’s confidence in their dance abilities working on their dance technique and performance!
Membership classes (accompanies creative drama)
Young Adults Dance is a challenging but fun class that develops each student’s confidence in their dance abilities by working on their dance technique and performance!
Every class starts with a warm-up which includes stretches, isolations, cardio, and co-ordination exercises followed by across the floor combinations and an end of class fun routine in any style. Routines range from Musical Theatre to Jazz techniques and even dabble in Modern Dance, African Dance, and more. Young Adult Dance students participate in Technique of the Month: a monthly effort to practice a new dance technique including kicks, jumps, positioning & balance, and more!
YOUNG ADULT DANCE:
ITW Studios Clonskeagh: Sundays at 3.00pm
ITW Studios Drumcondra: Saturdays at 6.00pm
What to wear: Black leggings, tracksuit bottoms or dance shorts with an ITW Vest, black t shirt or ITW Studio leotard. Black split sole ballet or jazz shoes, bare feet or Omnia Dance Sneakers (non marking sole)
ITW Dancewear can be ordered online in our ITW SHOP and will be delivered to ITW Studios for collection at class.
YOUNG ADULT Dance Studio Classes
Young Adults who are serious about dance are encouraged to add their favourite specific dance styles to their weekly routine to enhance technique, performance, flexibility, and strength. By this age students should be in class at least 3 or 4 days per week for maximum progress.
There are lots of class options available for Young Adults:
Young Adult Hip Hop (Saturdays and Mondays)
Young Adult Ballet (Tuesdays in ITW Clonskeagh)
Young Adult Lyrical Contemporary (Wednesdays)
Young Adult Jazz (Fridays and Sundays)
Private and Semi Private classes to help prepare for Solo’s, Duets etc are also available on application.
NEW FOR 2021 - MORE STUDIO CLASSES ARE BEING ADDED IN DRUMCONDRA!! Please contact dance@itwstudios.ie to register your interest.
Graham : ITW YOUNG ADULT DANCE COMPANY
The ITW Young Adult Dance Company GRAHAM COMPANY is exclusively for ITW students who are enrolled in at least 2 ITW Dance classes. This elite dance company prepares students who are keen to explore dance in a more serious way preparing them for a more advanced level of dance. The ITW Dance Companies perform at local and international dance competitions and festivals including but not limited to the 5,6,7,8 Elite Dance Competition Belfast (multi-award winning), VAD Productions UK, as well as the Main Stage at PERFORM IRELAND in the RDS and Dance Platform in The Helix.
WEDNESDAYS 6.30-8.00pm The cost of the ITW Dance Company is €15 per week, €150 per term. Company fee does not include additional costs ie competition entry fees and costumes.
Senior ITW Dance
Senior Dance is a highly professional class that develops each student’s confidence in their dance abilities working on their dance technique and performance!
Senior ITW Dance is a pre-professional class that develops each student’s confidence in their dance abilities working on their dance technique and performance!
Every class starts with a warm-up which includes stretches, isolations, cardio, and co-ordination exercises followed by across the floor combinations and an end of class fun routine in any style. Routines range from Musical Theatre to Jazz techniques and even dabble in Modern Dance, African Dance, and more.
Senior Dance participates in Technique of the Week: a weekly effort to practice a new dance technique including stretch week, arms week, kick week, jump week, turn week and more!
There is the opportunity every second year to take exams with the Irish Board of Dance Performance if they wish.
ITW Studios Clonskeagh:
Saturdays
4.00pm Senior 1 (1st years)
5.00pm Senior 2 (2nd years)
6.00pm Senior 3 (3rd & 4th years)
Sundays
1.00pm Senior 4 (1st-3rd years)
ITW Studios Drumcondra:
Saturdays
5.00pm Senior Dance (1st & 2nd years)
6.00pm Young Adult Dance (3rd-6th years)
What to wear: Black leggings or dance shorts, ITW Dance Vest, Studio Leotard or black t shirt with Omnia Dance sneakers (non marking soles), black ballet or jazz shoes or bare feet.
ITW Dance Uniforms can be ordered online from the ITW SHOP and will be delivered to the ITW Studios for collection at class.
Dance Studio Classes
Seniors are encouraged to add their favourite specific dance styles to their weekly routine to enhance technique, performance, flexibility, and strength. By this age students should be in class at least 2 days per week for maximum progress. Find out more about our Ballet, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Jazz, Tap and Lyrical Classes HERE
GRAHAM : ITW SENIOR DANCE COMPANY
The ITW Senior Dance Company GRAHAM COMPANY is exclusively for ITW students who are enrolled in at least 2 ITW Dance classes. This Company and Elite dance team prepares students who are keen to explore dance in a more serious way preparing them for a more advanced level of dance. The ITW Dance Companies perform at local and international dance competitions and festivals including but not limited to the 5,6,7,8 Elite Dance Competition Belfast (multi-award winning), VAD Productions UK, as well as the Dance Platform in Dublin's own Helix.
THURSDAYS 7.45pm Elite Team | WEDNESDAYS 7.00pm Full Company The cost of the ITW Dance Company is €15 per week, €150 per term Elite Team fee is €25 per week/€250 per term. Company fee does not include additional costs ie competition entry fees and costumes.
DANCE CLASSES FOR INTERS
The intermediate dance class in ITW is a fun dance class that focuses on technique and performance. In this class they get a taster of the various styles of dance Hip-Hop, Jazz, Contemporary and Musical Theatre are some of the types of dance students learn.
MEMBERSHIP DANCE CLASS
(accompanied by creative drama)
The Inter Dance class in ITW is a fun dance class that focuses on technique and performance. Students begin with a fast cardio warm up followed by a series of stretching exercises and strengthening of their arms, legs and core to facilitate strong dance technique. Students rehearse choreography through corner and centre work ranging from kicks to jumps to turns. Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Musical Theatre are some of the various styles of dance students learn.
Before Christmas students focus Technique of the Month which gives the class a new technique to focus on (i.e. feet positioning, posture, jumps, kicks, turns, etc.). Students will learn fun new routines from musicals such as Hairspray, Newsies, Wicked, and more. After Christmas students begin rehearsing for Musical Theatre Dance Exams and Performance Night.
ITW Studios Clonskeagh:
Mondays 4.45pm
Tuesdays 4.30pm
Thursdays 5.45pm
Saturdays 1.00pm (4th class), 2.00pm (5th class), 3.00pm (6th class)
ITW Studios Drumcondra:
Tuesdays 5.00pm
Wednesdays 4.30pm
Saturdays 3.00pm (5th & 6th class), 4.00 (3rd & 4th class),
Our Inter students should ideally take Inter Drama class along with their Creative Drama class. We also recommend that our keen Inter Students add a Speech & Drama, Singing or a Performance Company to their weekly classes.
What to wear: Black leggings/dance shorts, ITW T Shirt and Zoodie. Nude or Black jazz shoes, ballet shoes or Omnia Dance Sneakers (non marking soles) Long hair tied up in a ponytail.
ITW Uniform dance wear can be ordered online in our ITW SHOP and will be delivered to ITW Studios for collection at class.
Dance Studio Classes
Inters are encouraged to add their favourite specific dance styles to their weekly routine to enhance technique, performance, flexibility, and strength. By this age students should be in class at least 2 days per week for maximum progress.
Class options available for Inters:
Inter Hip Hop
Inter Lyrical Contemporarary
Inter Jazz Technique Fusion
Private and Semi Private classes to help prepare for Solo’s, Duets etc are also available on application.
WHY DANCE? Dance training is invaluable for children aged nine to twelve years old, as it helps to develop a host of key skills that will serve them well both in their personal lives and in future pursuits. One of the primary benefits of dance training is improved rhythm, allowing them to move to music with confidence and ease. Additionally, dance training can help to build flexibility, balance, and poise, all of which play a role in maintaining good posture and reducing the risk of injury. Furthermore, dance training can enhance coordination and musicality, helping children to become better able to move in time to beats and rhythms. Finally, dance classes offer a social environment where children can make friends, learn to work collaboratively with others, and develop a sense of discipline and focus that can serve them well both on and off the dance floor.
KAHN: ITW INTER DANCE COMPANY
Our dancers at Take 2 the Stage Dance Competition, April 2023
The ITW Inter Dance Company KHAN is exclusively for ITW students who are enrolled in at least 2 ITW Dance classes. This dance company prepares students who are keen to explore dance in a more serious way preparing them for a more advanced level of dance. The ITW Dance Companies perform at local and international dance competitions and festivals including but not limited to the 5,6,7,8 Elite Dance Competition Belfast (multi-award winning), VAD Productions UK, as well as the Dance Platform in Dublin's own Helix and Disneyland Paris.
Cost of the ITW Khan Dance Company is €15 per week - ITW Khan Elite Team is €25 per week. The weekly fee covers their 1 or 2 training sessions a week and does not include additional costs ie competition entry fees, regular class fees, solo classes and costumes.
Junior Dance
Junior Dance is a class which develops each student's dance technique and performance skills! Every class starts with a warm-up which includes stretches, cardio, isolations, co-ordination and technique
Junior Dance is a fun class that develops each student's dance technique and performance!
Every class starts with a warm-up which includes stretches, cardio, isolations, co-ordination and technique. We learn about turn-out, posture, pointing feet and stretching legs, how the foundation of movement applies to kicks and jumps, and using strength in our arms to help us dance.
Beyond warming up, we dance across the floor using technique from warm-ups that will eventually go into bigger routines. This creates an opportunity for students to watch their peers and learn from them, while getting a chance to perform in a pair across the floor.
We practice leaps, kicks, jumps, and turns that will then go into a fun routine to one of their favourite songs.
Junior Dance also loves improvisational activities. As they grow up, Junior dancers enjoy new structured improvisational challenges like dancing on one foot, changing levels, dancing with a partner, exploring different kinds of jumps or rolls, and so on.
This is also good practice for being confident improvisers and showing off their best skills.