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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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- Contemporary dance: beginnersCourse start date: Tue 23 Apr 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Francis AngolThis Contemporary dance class is a dynamic and fun experience based on the principles of Release-technique and some playful explorations. Simple movement phrases and tasks are built upon to develop greater awareness of the body in space and in relation to others. Floor, centre and travelling exercises lead to efficiency of movement, rhythmical and free-flowing dance sequences.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Communication skills for business: using drama to communicate with impact (level 2)Course start date: Tue 23 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Do you manage a team? Are you taking part in work meetings feeling your voice isn't heard? Do you need to give presentations, make sales pitches, or persuade others to follow your proposals? If so, then this course will help you. You will learn different techniques used in drama to enable you to create an effect. You will practise how respond to others so that they engage with you. You will focus on how to manipulate your voice, how to project and how to focus on the emphasising the meaning of what you want to say.
You need to do a pre-course assessment activity to make sure this is the right course for you. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 to book a face-to-face appointment. Or click the Start Assessment button on this page.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click hereFull fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £45.00 - 50 drawings in a day
Course start date: Tue 1 Jul 2025 (and 9 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mario Lautier VellaA high energy programme of directed and self-directed drawing projects, with rapid shifts in materials, scale, subject and focus. Strictly no discards - come ready to play, risk, invent and discuss. For those with some drawing experience.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Screenprinting in a dayCourse start date: Tue 22 Oct 2024 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Adam HogarthIn this fun, 1-day workshop you will be taught how to print and register a two colour screenprint using monoprint, colour blends and pre-made photographic screens. You will be taught some basic screen making process and insight into making digital artwork. This will set you up for longer and more advanced screenprinting classes.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Return to Spanish (lower intermediate)Course start date: Tue 14 May 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Roberto GallegoCome and join this lively interactive course to refresh your lower intermediate Spanish. After attending this course you will be able join a level 2 upper course in April.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Japanese beginners: short introductionCourse start date: Tue 30 Apr 2024 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Noriko InagakiLearn Japanese with an emphasis on practical use and the development of your listening and speaking skills on this intensive course.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £71.00 - Discovering Late Imperial China: Ming to Qing, 1500-1800Course start date: Tue 30 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Qiuyang ChenJourney into the heart of China's transformative era, where dynastic intrigue met daily life's rich fabric. Grasp the complexities of power, ethnic interplay, and innovation in an age of change in Late Imperial China.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £58.00 - Korean beginners: short introductionCourse start date: Tue 30 Apr 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jaeran WonLearn Korean on this intensive, 2 weeks online course with an emphasis on practical use and the development of your listening and speaking skills.
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This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00 - Instagram for business: introductionCourse start date: Tue 16 Jul 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeLearn how to use Instagram, the visual social media site, to market your business and communicate with your customers.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - O Lucky Lindsay Anderson!Course start date: Tue 7 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John WischmeyerLindsay Anderson is widely recognised as one of the few authentic geniuses of British cinema, a visionary film director unafraid to challenge convention, who left an indelible mark on British cinema (e.g. on Ken Loach and Mike Leigh). He was a true maverick in every sense of the word. His uncompromising artistic vision challenged storytelling to provoke thought and change. He tackled social issues and explored the human condition through his unique directorial style. His key feature films are This Sporting Life (1963), If…(1968), O Lucky Man! (1973) and his final film in 1993, Is That All There Is?
This course is running as part of City Lit's regular collaborations with the British Film Institute (BFI), who are screening a programme of films by Lindsay Anderson during May 2024. Please note that this course is taking place in the Cultureplex at City Lit, Keeley Street.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - French 3 upper: conversational FrenchCourse start date: Tue 8 Oct 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pierre PorcheronCome 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 £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - Build a website with WordPressCourse start date: Tue 9 Jul 2024 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Swati PanditWordPress is the world's most popular content management system, and it's free! On this intensive, one-day course you'll learn how to use it to build your own website.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Social media introduction: stage 1Course start date: Tue 21 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeThis practical course is aimed at beginners who are looking to develop their social media skills for personal use or to promote their business. Learn how social media can be used to communicate with your target audience. - Welsh beginners: short introductionCourse start date: Tue 28 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jack Pulman-SlaterGet a short introduction to Welsh and discover aspects of the Welsh culture in these face-to-face communicative classes in central London. Suitable for complete beginners.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Charleston: general levelCourse start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosaria SativaThe Charleston is a fun, easy and uplifting dance and this solo dancing course will have you moving with speed, vitality, and expression. With toe tapping Jazz music from the 1920s and beyond you will learn original Charleston dance steps and moves, improve your musicality and improvisation. A great way to get fit whilst learning a unique and impressive new skill.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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