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City Lit is a leading provider of adult education in London and all over the UK. It's the perfect place to learn something new, gain new skills, and build your confidence. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

 

 

 

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  4. Jazz dance: beginners
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    This class is suitable if you are new to dance or if you want to develop your existing skills and confidence.



    You will discover the basics of modern jazz dance, learn about posture, co-ordination and essential technique. Learn warm-up exercises, turns, steps and basic kicks along with amazing dance routines. It will help to build your fitness and tone your body too.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00
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  5. Silver Swans ballet class improvers
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Abigail Bulfin
    This improvers course will focus on expanding existing knowledge of ballet technique and vocabulary and is designed to enable you to learn and execute more varied and complex movement sequences. There is an emphasis on delivering ballet technique to facilitate healthy joints, flexibility, movement quality and core strength.



    Silver Swans® classes have been specifically designed for the over-55s and the improvers course is suitable for older leaners with at least 1 year of foundation ballet or Silver Swans experience.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £167.00
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  6. Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £111.00
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  7. Silver Swans ballet class
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Abigail Bulfin
    Silver Swans® classes have been specifically designed for the over-55s. If you are looking for a new way to keep fit and active, Swans ballet classes will put a spring in your step, whether you’ve never danced before or want to reboot your ballet skills. Classes focus on building the core technical principles and learning specially adapted repertoire from the popular ballets.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £167.00
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  8. English communication skills for life and work (ESOL entry 1)
    Course start date:  Wed 30 Apr 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    For students who can speak or write only a few words in English or maybe none at all. On this beginners' course, you will learn new words and grammar, how to ask and answer questions, how to read and write about yourself, your family, and friends, and how to complete forms and short emails.



    You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).



    This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here

    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £75.00
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  10. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00
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  11. Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  12. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £90.00
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  13. German beginners: module 1
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Anna Rioland

    Choose either an in-person course in the heart of London or live online sessions.This course aims to enable students to begin to communicate with some fluency in a range of everyday situations.The emphasis is on the practical use of German and the development of your speaking and listening skills. Based on chapters 1-4 of Willkommen (Hodder Arnold).

    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  14. French 3 upper: conversation
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 7 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Stephanie Radet
    Come and practise your intermediate spoken French and develop your language skills in these topical discussion classes. Based on recordings from French television, radio news and newspaper articles.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  15. Cornish intermediate: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gary Retallick
    Come to consolidate and practice your upper-intermediate Cornish. You should have studied for 2/3 years.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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