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Can anyone recommend a ballet school in Bristol?

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tallulah Sun 13-Nov-11 09:31:32

I've googled and found a few but we haven't been here long enough to have figured out the reputation of each.

Looking for one with a reasonable standard of teaching but where the teacher isn't a dragon, for 4 yo.

Runoutofideas Mon 14-Nov-11 15:42:23

My daughter (6) goes to the Bristol School of Dancing in Clifton. She has done it for a term and seems to enjoy it. I think the school has a reputation for being very traditional but my dd certainly doesn't find the teacher scary.

I was put off the Westbury Park one as they have a performance weekend which involves them doing shows on I think the Fri, Saturday and twice on Sunday or something similar. It all seemed rather a lot for small children to me.

tallulah Mon 14-Nov-11 19:18:09

Thank you

PermanentlyOnEdge Tue 06-Dec-11 15:13:00

Hello, my dc is 4 and goes to the Russian Ballet School in Bedminster. They have a lovely teacher who is a nursery teacher weekdays. They do 'proper' ballet, and I have to 'watch me do pliés' etc. We had gone to the Clifton school previously but it was more like, let's pretend to be a butterfly and skipping around. I guess you have to work out which style will suit your child best. Dc adores this class and hated the Clifton one. Hope this helps.

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