Frequently Asked Questions about Roynon Performing Arts
The list grows and changes each academic year. So the easiest answer is to check the most current list on our website and the enrolment lists on Class for Kids (found in the ‘enrol now’ section of the website. Check our full class list!
We are massively proud of the range of genres and levels we offer for all ages from ballet through to hip-hop, drama through to vocal coachin
To see course available on any day, check our timetable. We have a huge range of options available to suit and support everyone from Monday through to Saturday!
We are proud to offer competitive, fair rates for all of our services. The cost of dance, music or drama classes actually depends on a variety of factors, including age, experience, location (hire overheads), size of the class and availability. Typically, Roynon classes are divided into rates for 45 min or whole hour classes, 1-1 private classes and group classes.
As with price of the class, the type of class the pupil needs to attend depends on the pupil’s experience and age and whether they have any specific requirements. Level of ability isn’t always age specific. So if you’re unsure or just want to chat it through, the easiest way to work this out is to contact the Roynon Teaching Team directly.
Each genre has a particular uniform. It is highly recommended you purchase these via our suppliers to ensure quality, the correct colours and to be covered by returns, etc. Please see the uniform page for more info. 
It is an expectation across all dance schools, theatres and companies that the pupil looks the part and is neatly professionally presented. For more help on how to achieve this, please check out the tutorials and guides on YouTube and also sent out via email.
Obviously, there is a clear health and safety element here, in that wearing jewellery or hair down or inappropriate clothing can be extremely dangerous, regardless of the type of Roynon class. Full details on this can be found on our T&Cs when enrolling and on the website.
Roynon are proud to enter pupils into ISTD exams, which is a formal and renowned examination process that will help the dancer to work towards a clear, purposeful goal.
ISTD is a reputable examination board which offer a comprehensive, very specific body of work in their dance curriculum.
Roynon Performing Arts has been collectively teaching from the ISTD syllabus for well over a decade now, seeing it as one of the best ways to improve a dancer and ensure they have the necessary skills to pursue dance as a career, if they so wish.
Even if dance isn’t a potential career choice, the exams are an excellent way to prove a pupil’s ability to prepare for an exam, test their dance skills and perform under pressure. There is no point in the performing arts without sharing and proving!
Every two years, Roynon Performing Arts organise a whole-school performance for singers, dancers and performers of all ages and abilities (totalling on average 200 performers).
The performance is held in a theatre local to the school over a weekend where pupils get to showcase their skills in a professional environment to friends, family, the local community and theatre-goers.
These shows have grown in popularity year on year, gaining the attention from local media and reaching out further to other areas of the community. Discounted tickets have often been offered where possible to care homes and charities.
For more information, such as how to volunteer, what a pupil will need in preparation of the performances and more, please look out for emails nearer the time as well as useful documents, some of which are uploaded onto our YouTube channel as short presentations. We have also produced a comprehensive, user friendly info booklet completely devoted to the Whole School Show and answers all questions for parents, carers and students. 
Roynon do take part in the dance festival circuit within Hampshire (UK).
This can be a rewarding and often challenging experience for dancers.
Regardless of whether our pupils win at a competition or category of dance, we are extremely proud of those who decide to enter into a festival and do everything possible to support and help them achieve the most they can.
When the opportunity arises, Roynon students have also performed in other competitions in the UK and abroad.
Roynon Performing Arts have managed to work with an array of companies and communities, to showcase the skills and dance styles taught in class.
The Performance Team have performed for the likes of a-list celebrities at private events, corporate shows, charity gigs at prestigious locations (such as the O2 Southampton Guildhall) and numerous local festivals and fetes.
Members of the performance group are hand picked but wherever the team is mixed up so the maximum amount of dancers can experience this fantastic, unique and privileged opportunity.
In order to represent Roynon Performing Arts at high level functions and events, performers clearly have to be working to a high standard.
If you are a pupil and interested in working towards becoming a member of the Roynon Performance Team, please let your class teacher know and they shall let you know what the next steps are.
As with any learning, we all progress at different speeds.
Being able to go on pointe in ballet demands a lot of perseverance, core strength, balance and in-class training before it is safe to try going on pointe.
Put simply, being able to achieve this tricky but necessary skill for ballet will depend on the time and effort spent in class and a range of other factors. Rest assured, the Roynon teacher will closely monitor the progression of each student and recommend going on pointe only when it is safe and appropriate to do so. 
