Unlock Your Potential
With Laura Gale Dance & Drama
Welcome to the
Laura Gale family
Laura and her team of experienced industry professionals love the performing arts. Our passion, training, dedication and experience all combine to mean we can offer engaging, fun sessions that will help you develop your skills, experience and confidence on and off the stage!
Performance opportunities, including our big annual shows and much more awaits you.
Professional foundational training school
LG Elites is a professional foundational training school for those wishing to pursue a career in dance, drama and/or acting - entry is via an audition process. The programme is designed, created and delivered by teachers with extensive training and numerous professional performance credentials, who have a joint passion to share their experience and expertise to those who are focused on taking their skills to the next level. We believe strongly in the strength, ability and genuine love of the performing arts our LG Elites team have to offer. We combine bespoke teaching with an emphasis on technique in all three of the major performance disciplines.
Performance opportunities, including our big annual shows and much more await you.
LG Elites run on Saturdays at The Sixth Form College
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Suggested age 10+ (No age limit)
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10:00am - 2:00pm - Through Audition only
Contemporary
Headed up by our talented Eleanor, our Contemporary classes are open to all abilities. Contemporary is a fusion of different dance elements including lyrical jazz, ballet, modern and urban dance. It allows children and adults to express themselves in a free, exciting and new way. This class will blend technique and interpretation to build routines; focusing on posture, creativity and expression.
Contemporary classes run on Mondays at The Courtyard Hereford
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Juniors 7-12yrs: 4:30 - 5:25pm - £25 per month
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Seniors 13-18yrs: 5:30 - 6:25pm - £25 per month
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Adult 18yrs+: 6:30 - 7:25pm - £25 per month
Commercial
Commercial is taught by the talented Laura & Ryan. We fuse pop & urban dance styles, adopting Hip-Hop, commercial Jazz and other Street Dance moves to build fully choreographed routines to chart music. This dance style is most commonly associated with music videos & backing dancers.
Commercial classes run on Tuesdays at The Courtyard Hereford
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Commercial Juniors: 4:30 - 5:25pm 8-12 yrs - £25 per month
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Commercial Seniors: 5:30 - 6:25pm 13-18 yrs - £25 per month
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Commercial Adults: 6:30 - 7:25pm 18 yrs+ - £25 per month
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Heels Class: 7:30 - 8:30pm 16yrs+ - £25 per month
Authentic Street
Authentic Street Dance is taught by qualified Street Dance teachers - Laura & Eleanor who gained Distinctions in the world’s only Authentic Accredited Street Dance teacher training with none other than Europe’s leading experts Urbanstrides. We cover the most influential Street Dance styles; Locking, Popping, Breaking, Hip Hop and House.
Commercial classes run on Wednesdays at The Courtyard Hereford
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Mini Streetz: 4-8 yrs 4:45 - 5:25pm - £23 per month
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Junior Street: 9-12 yrs 5:30 - 6:25pm - £25 per month
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Senior Street: 13-24 yrs 6:30 - 7:25pm - £25 per month
Youth Choir
Laura and her team of experienced industry professionals love the performing arts. These sessions will include Pop, Musical Theatre and Gospel. Our passion, training, dedication and experience all combine so we can offer engaging, fun sessions that will help you develop your skills, experience and confidence on and off the stage! Performance opportunities, including our big annual shows and much more awaits you.
Youth Choir classes run on Wednesdays at The Courtyard Hereford
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Youth Choir: 9-17 yrs 4:30 - 5:25pm - £26 per month
Musical Theatre
Laura and her team of experienced industry professionals love the performing arts. Our passion, training, dedication and experience all combine so we can offer engaging, fun sessions that will help you develop your skills, experience and confidence on and off the stage! Performance opportunities, including our big annual shows and much more awaits you.
Musical Theatre classes run on Thursdays at The Courtyard Hereford
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Mini Musical Theatre: 4-8yrs 5:00 - 5:50pm - £28 per month
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Junior Musical Theatre: 9-13yrs 6:00 - 6:55pm - £28 per month
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Senior Musical Theatre: 14-18yrs 7:00 - 8:25pm - £36 per month
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Adult Musical Theatre: 18yrs+ 7:00 - 8:00pm - £28 per month
LAMDA
LAMDA awards are ideal for any child with an interest in drama, performance and public speaking. These nationally recognised, accredited awards will boost your child's confidence, hone their performance skills and provide them with a firm foundation in theatre. The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is one of the UK’s oldest and most respected awarding organisations in drama and performance. It offers practical exams for all ages in performance and communication skills. Children can take exams from entry-level to Grade 8 in:
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Acting
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Reading for performance
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Speaking verse and prose
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Miming
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Devising drama
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Speaking in public
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Musical theatre
LAMDA sessions are available during weekdays at The Courtyard Hereford.
Tuition & Teaching
Whether you are a school looking to provide specialist activities ranging from dance sessions to entire projects or an individual looking for some 1:1 or small group tutoring, Laura is able to provide bespoke programmes to suit your needs.
If you are looking to motivate, inspire, enthuse and invigorate the children at your school, look no further! From one-off dance sessions and enrichment days, to dance as a course of PE or as a choreographed piece or drama workshop: the choice is endless and the rewards are too!
Laura is a qualified (PGCE) and experienced primary school teacher already teaching dance in schools across Herefordshire. Her work includes the successful Moving Targets project as well as a host of bespoke sessions created to meet the needs of the schools and pupils she works with.
