Beyond the Studio

Alongside our weekly classes, we are proud to offer exciting performances opportunities, trips, masterclasses and opportunities to our students that expand their dance experience beyond the studio.

Beyond the Weekly Class

Children at OKD may also take part in:

  • Ballet Buddies, our pen pal scheme with Richmond Dance Centre in rural North Yorkshire

  • Theatre trips and cultural outings

  • Masterclasses with guest artists

  • Assisting and leadership opportunities as dancers get older

  • Watching Weeks and termly celebrations

  • Performances

  • Revel Puck Circus

Group of young girls and an adult woman sitting on the wooden floor, looking at photographs of ballet dancers.

Ballet Buddies

Our pen pal scheme, Ballet Buddies, was created by long-time friends and dance teachers, Olive and Laura, to widen their students’ horizons.

Dancers from Olive Kane Dance in London and Richmond Dance Centre in North Yorkshire met in person for the first time on our Ballet Buddies Exchange in the summer.

We think it’s important for our dancers to connect beyond the studio and learn about different people and places.