These classes are designed to give children with a love of dance an opportunity to learn from teachers experienced in the Elmhurst style. As well as offering Saturday classes in its home city of Birmingham, Elmhurst School for Dance will once again take to the road and provide classes for youngsters in Manchester, Sunderland (both Saturday) and Plymouth (Sunday).

The auditions are open to children with no formal movement teaching as well as those already taking dance lessons. Children already taking dance classes will be accepted onto the weekend programme only with the consent of their current teacher.

The charge for weekend classes is £8.50 for Birmingham classes and £7.50 for Manchester, Sunderland and Plymouth classes, and there is an auditon fee of £15, however no talented child will be excluded because of financial constraints; please contact Elmhurst School for Dance if you have any questions.

2012 audition dates, venues and times are as follows:

Sunderland: April 21 (apply by April 13)
University of Sunderland, Cityspace, City Studio, Chester Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR1 35D; between 1.30–4.30pm

Manchester: April 28 (apply by April 20)
The Dancehouse, 10 Oxford Road Manchester M1 5QA; between 2.00-5.00pm

Plymouth: May 12 (apply by April 30)
TR2, Rehearsal Room 1, 12 Neptune Park, Cattedown, Plymouth PL4 0SJ; between 2.30-5.30pm

Birmingham: May 12 (Years 5 and 6 - apply by April 30)
Elmhurst School for Dance

Birmingham: June 23 (Year 4) (apply by June 8)
Elmhurst School for Dance

For more information and to download and application form click here.

Photograph by Tim Cross.