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Hwyl a Sbri: Dance Classes for 2½ - 6 Year Olds in Cardiff

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At Flame Dance Studios, our dance classes for 2½ - 6 year olds provide the perfect foundation for your child’s dance journey. Our Hwyl a Sbri program offers a unique and exciting introduction to dance. This bilingual program (Welsh and English) is designed to nurture creativity, build coordination, foster important skills such as rhythm, language development, and social skills, and introduce essential dance skills in a fun environment. Whether your child is taking their first steps in a class setting or already loves to move, we offer a variety of classes tailored to meet their needs.

Our Hwyl a Sbri program includes Mini Me, Ballet, Modern Theatre & Tap, and Commercial Hip Hop lessons, giving young dancers a well-rounded introduction to multiple dance styles. These classes not only foster a love for dance but also build confidence, language skills, and independence—preparing children for future learning, both in and out of the studio.

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2½ - 4 year olds

Our Mini Me classes are designed for children aged 2.5-4 years who are just learning to be in a class setting without their parents. These fundamental classes provide a gentle and supportive introduction to the world of dance, helping children develop basic movement skills, follow simple instructions, and gain confidence in a nurturing environment.

In these classes, children explore the joy of movement through imaginative games, props, and age-appropriate music. By learning to dance independently, they build the foundation for future dance training while growing their social and motor skills. The focus is on having fun while gradually encouraging children to participate without the presence of their parents.

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Ballet

Our Ballet classes for children introduce your child to the fundamentals of ballet in a playful and creative way. In these classes, your child will explore basic ballet techniques like posture, alignment, and balance through fun exercises, imaginative storytelling, and engaging music.

 

Ballet is the foundation of all dance, and our classes provide an excellent starting point for your child’s dance journey.

While twirling to their favorite songs and learning to express themselves through graceful movements, our ballet classes offer a joyful and supportive introduction to classical dance.

Hwyl a Sbri - Modern Theatre & Tap Classes

Tap & Modern Theatre

Our Hwyl a Sbri Modern Theatre & Tap classes bring the world of rhythm, music, and storytelling to life for young children. These bilingual classes combine the joy of movement with creative expression, allowing children to discover dance in a fun and supportive environment.

 

Perfect for toddlers and young children who love music, rhythm, and imaginative play, these classes help build essential coordination and motor skills.

Through a playful mix of tap dance and modern theatre, your child will tap their way through lively routines inspired by popular musicals and films they already know and love. Using props, interactive games, and familiar songs, we immerse children in an exciting dance experience that develops their musicality, rhythm, and creativity while sparking their imagination.

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Commercial Hip Hop

Our Hwyl a Sbri Commercial Hip Hop classes introduce toddlers and young children to the energetic world of hip hop in a fun and bilingual environment. Perfect for young children in Cardiff who love to move to upbeat, lively music, this class blends the basics of hip hop dance with imaginative play, rhythm, and self-expression.

Children will learn age-appropriate hip hop moves inspired by the popular music they enjoy, all while developing coordination, rhythm, and confidence. Our classes are designed to be engaging and playful, using props, games, and popular songs to immerse your child in a dance experience that helps them express themselves freely while building foundational dance skills.

Ready to enroll your child in a free trial class? We'd love to welcome your child to our studio. Explore our timetable below to book a free trial class and find the best fit for your child.
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Dance program for children aged 2½ - 6

Hwyl a Sbri is the name of our pre-school program for dancers aged 2½ - 5 years old. These classes are the foundations on which their dance journey is built. With children transitioning into our other classes once they turn 6. 

This program is unique as it’s a bilingual class. Your child needn’t have any prior knowledge of Welsh or English, but will grow their language skills alongside learning how to dance. This will be done through the use of Welsh and English music as well as teacher interaction.

 

  • We will introduce your child to the world of dance in a fun, playful and caring environment, nurturing their natural love of movement through structured games and exercises, calling on their imagination and incorporating props.

  • The classes are specifically designed to introduce basic dancing skills in Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Hip hop and Tap and extend beyond dance to develop children's coordination, rhythm skills, language and social skills and musicality.

  • The classes will also encourage independence as parents remain outside of the room for the lesson.

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Why choose us?

  • Program written by our Director, Eleri Roberts who has a Post Graduate Certificate in Education and holds Qualified Teacher Status. She has 15 years of experience in teaching dance to children.

  • Excellent teachers whom children love, with a wealth of experience in teaching this age group.

  • A safe controlled environment in our very own studio.

  • Bi-lingual classes to help prepare your child for school in Welsh or English medium.

  • Small, personalised classes.

  • Age appropriate music that children love

  • No hidden fees/payments.

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What will your child learn?

  • The choreography is created with the motor skills and movement progression of each age in mind so that your child can develop these skills while also keeping fun, joy, imagination and play at the centre of their experience.

  • They will work towards dance fundamentals such as skipping, hopping, jumping, marching, and galloping.

  • The students are also introduced to music in terms of basic rhythms and timing, which will develop their musicality. 

  • The children are taught to follow instructions, take their turn, listen to, and talk in front of their peers, all of which are fantastic building blocks and development for students to begin their school journey. 

  • Attending regular classes help children to develop their confidence as they try new things, practice and consolidate existing skills and experience success and mastery all while learning the fundamentals of dance and having fun in a positive and nurturing environment!

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Contributing to child development

In each class teachers explore aspects of the curriculum through playful approaches which are responsive to the curiosity and imagination of young dancers. The students respond with active and joyful engagement and participation that enables them to practice and refine the skills and capacities needed for dance. At the same time the students are extended across the various developmental domains of physical, cognitive, language and social development and use learning processes such as attending, remembering and problem solving. Through regular and sustained participation in classes students develop positive dispositions to learning such as enthusiasm, independence, concentration, persistence, co-operation, confidence, coordination, and creativity.

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How does a bilingual class work - Flame Dance Studios

The lesson will be as accessible to both our English and Welsh speaking students. Our approach has been perfected over 5 years of running lessons to classes mostly weighted 60% English /40% Welsh speaking students. We mostly give direction and instructions bilingually, repeating commands in both languages and give praise and encouragement in either language. Individual conversations with students are held in their most dominant language so that they always feel confident and understood while communicating. 

 

The themed narrative of the lessons will introduce children to new dance steps, words and skills and prolonged practice will help them to master these. 

How does a bilingual class work - Flame Dance Studios

Mae’r gwersi ar gyfer plant pe bai Saesneg neu Cymraeg yw eu hiaith cyntaf. Rydym wedi perffeithio ein dull dysgu yn y ddwy iaith dros 5 mlynedd o redeg gwersi i ddosbarthiadau wedi'u pwysoli'n bennaf 60% o fyfyrwyr Saesneg / 40% Cymraeg. Gan amlaf, rydyn ni'n rhoi cyfeiriad a chyfarwyddiadau yn ddwyieithog, gan ailadrodd gorchmynion yn y ddwy iaith ac yn rhoi canmoliaeth ac anogaeth yn y naill iaith neu'r llall. Cynhelir sgyrsiau unigol â myfyrwyr yn eu hiaith cyntaf fel eu bod yn teimlo'n hyderus a fel bod nhw’n cael eu deall wrth gyfathrebu.

 

Bydd naratif thema'r gwersi yn cyflwyno plant i gamau dawnsio, geiriau a sgiliau newydd a bydd ymarfer hirfaith yn eu helpu i feistroli'r rhain.

Hwyl a Sbri Dance in Cardiff. Dawns i blant 2½ - 5 oed
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