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Acting Course

Train intensively as a professional actor and prepare yourself for auditions at the UK’s leading acting schools and conservatoires. Work with specialist staff with outstanding experience in preparing actors for a performing career.
Dance Course

Our Full-time Dance course has been designed by figures at the forefront of dance training in the UK. Providing students with intensive technical training with outstanding teachers and industry professionals.
Musical Theatre Course

Our Full-time Musical Theatre course is one of the UK’s finest, providing students with intensive training with outstanding teachers and industry professionals.
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Primary Dance

Children aged 5-7 will continue in the familiar structure from Pre-School Dance taking part in the 3 styles of dance; Ballet, Tap & Modern mixed together in a 60 minute class.
Pre-School Acrobatic Arts

Pre-School Acrobatic classes at Arts1 are for children aged 3-7 who are looking for a fun and active introduction into basic gymnastic skills.
Pre-School Dance

Children aged 3-6 will embrace 3 different dance styles including Ballet, Tap & Modern mixed together in a 45 minute class.
Boys Singing

No experience is required, just bring enthusiasm and a passion to sing! No audition, no age limit, just fun and a fantastic singing experience to look forward to each week.
Senior Choir

No experience is required, just bring enthusiasm and a passion to sing! No audition, no age limit, just fun and a fantastic singing experience to look forward to each week.
Dance With Me

Movement, Music, and Magic for Children Aged 2-3 Years.
Adult Choir

Our choir perform at events in Milton Keynes throughout the year, including an annual concert where we get to perform the music we love to friends family and supporters.
Springboard Dance

Springboard is a class designed for students who are coming back to dance after a break or are new to dance. These classes are technique based to reaffirm your knowledge and skills or to give you a head start before joining a graded dance class.
Adult Contemporary Dance

Contemporary is the ‘modern art’ of the dance world. It was initially a reaction to the highly stylised nature of ballet, so where ballet features a lot of symmetry, balancing and light, upward movements, contemporary has a tendency towards the opposite such as asymmetric, falling with momentum and grounded or floor-based movements.
Adult Ballet

There are many benefits to ballet training as an adult. Whether you have no previous dance experience or a lot, this class is a fun way to improve strength, co ordination, posture and overall fitness.
Piano Lessons

Learn to play the piano with a professional and experienced teacher. Suitable for both children and adults to develop your musical skills. Play for enjoyment or work towards nationally recognised music exams. Piano lessons are offered as weekly 30 minute sessions.
Adult Street Dance

Learn the latest dance moves, and get those feet moving in a funky dance class for all levels. This fun and dynamic class is a brilliant way to get your body moving on a Saturday morning and being taught by a professional dancer it is a great way to learn the tips and tricks of the trade and improve your confidence and technique when you hit that dance floor.
Adult Tap Dance

Do you want to learn how to tap dance? We can help develop your dance ability in this essential dance style for the stage.
Junior Choir

No experience is required, just bring enthusiasm and a passion to sing! No audition, no age limit, just fun and a fantastic singing experience to look forward to each week.
One-To-One Singing Lessons

At Arts1 we have a team of vocal coaches and offer both 1-to-1 vocal coaching sessions and small group singing lessons for young people and adults. Our 1-to-1 singing lessons are the ideal way to improve your singing technique, build confidence in your singing voice, expand your repertoire or prepare for auditions.
Acting

The Acting programme at Arts1 has been developed to provide a training ground for young actors developing the range of performance skills a professional actor requires. The classes are in three levels providing a carefully designed programme to nurture creative and skilled actors.
Stage Acrobatics

Do you want to learn to cartwheel, somersault, perform lifts and tricks for the stage? Our Stage Acrobatics classes for young performers aged 8 and upwards teaches students to build strength, improve co-ordination and increase flexibility whilst learning how to perform exciting and impressive stage tricks!
Commercial Dance

Commercial is dance style takes from many other dance disciples (such as jazz, street, modern and hip hop) and is a combination of self expression, energy and performance.
Street Dance

Street dance is a popular high energy form of dance based on a wide range of different urban styles.
Jazz

Jazz dance integrates several genres of performance and is an excellent class for those wanting to develop dance performance and technique.
Tap Dance

Do you want to learn how to tap dance? Young people and adults can develop their dance ability in this essential dance style for the stage.
Modern Theatre Dance

Kick, pirouette and leap through the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing’s Modern theatre dance syllabus to develop the essential dance skills for the stage.
Ballet

Do you love dancing? Do you want to learn classical Ballet whilst studying the worlds leading exam syllabus? Boys and girls at Arts1 in Milton Keynes can train in Ballet in a professional and supportive environment.
Contemporary Dance

Contemporary is the ‘modern art’ of the dance world. It was initially a reaction to the highly stylised nature of ballet, so where ballet features a lot of symmetry, balancing and light, upward movements, contemporary has a tendency towards the opposite such as asymmetric, falling with momentum and grounded or floor-based movements.
Musical Theatre

Arts1 Musical Theatre classes provide opportunities for young people to learn from the very best teachers in the industry and develop a range of skills in singing, dancing and acting whilst taking part in friendly and energetic classes.
PAYG Classes

Book your place in a range of Pay As You Go classes for adults.
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The school is set apart by its caring approach, to developing the region's top talent and was the winner of the BTEC Showstopper Awards in 2018.
Meet The Team

Arts1 brings together a dynamic staff team of highly experienced teachers and exciting and accomplished creatives. Our inspiring teaching team are experts in training talent and we have developed our craft in nurturing young performers through years of relevant industry practise.
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All Arts1 group class fees are based on a standard rate of £11 per hour.
Payments are made by monthly Direct Debit.
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Arts1 School of Performance: Matthew Palmer

Vocal Coach

Matthew Palmer

Matthew is a highly experienced opera singer, who trained at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama on the prestigious Opera Course under Robert Dean. He has since worked all over the UK for companies, including English National Opera, Opera North, Garsington Opera, Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne Education and has appeared in shows nominated for Olivier awards and won Opera Awards and Off West End awards. He is also passionate about theatre for children and enjoys a long-standing association with the Royal Opera House’s Opera Dots programme where he leads immersive Opera workshops for babies and children ages 0 to 5.

Preferring a more home orientated life now he has two wonderful children, Matthew runs a classical music events company with his wife, Castle Events and is passionate about teaching and exploring the technical differences in vocal styles.

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