Performing Arts Courses & Classes in London and Online
City Lit offers performing arts courses in the heart of Covent Garden in Central London during the evening, daytime and at weekends. Explore our range of subjects including acting, (including accredited acting courses), dance, radio and screen, and voice, speech and communication as well as a full range of music courses, such as piano, singing, strings and wind instruments to jazz and pop, music technology, music theory and history
Our courses are labelled clearly for beginners or those with previous experience and you can speak to a specialist advisor to help you choose the right level. If you would you like some help or advice:
For music courses email music@citylit.ac.uk. You can also view our music auditions and advice page.
For drama, dance and speech courses email drama@citylit.ac.uk
- Reading English literature aloud: early 20th centuryCourse start date: Wed 18 Jan 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vernon ThompsonCome and enjoy reading aloud passages from novels by early 20th century writers in our Wednesday afternoon reading group. Set texts will be 1984- George Orwell and A Handful of Dust - Evelyn Waugh, as selected by current or past students on the course.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - Sing jazz: advancedCourse start date: Wed 18 Jan 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online (other locations are available)
Tutors: Karen LaneFor vocalists with a sound technique and experience of jazz and latin styles. Develop your solo performance and expand your repertoire. Challenging repertoire and vocalese will be taught in live classes online, and you will be invited to research and contribute repertoire of your choice.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 - Recorders 1BCourse start date: Wed 18 Jan 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Peter WendlandDiscover the joy of this delightful instrument. Learn the basics of fingering and articulation to play melodies both in unison and in ensemble. Please bring your own descant and/or treble. Break week: 15 Feb 2023.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Keyboard harmony in context: part CCourse start date: Wed 18 Jan 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ricardo GosalboA practical workshop combining keyboard harmony and pianistic technique for classical pianists with a starting standard of grade 6. This advanced 6-module course is taught at the keyboard and takes a historical approach to harmony and technique. We discuss separate eras and their corresponding harmonic developments in each self-contained module, along with main points of evolution in pianistic technique.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Sing music theatre workshopCourse start date: Wed 18 Jan 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Heather LongmanThis popular course explores musical theatre singing. Grow your knowledge of the repertoire. Suitable for singers and actors wanting to improve their singing and acting through song technique. Be guided through the basics to find the right singing qualities for this repertoire.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 - Singing 1Course start date: Wed 18 Jan 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ruth BeckmannStart singing and explore your voice in this fun, confidence-building course. These classes will introduce you to healthy use of your singing voice and basic musicianship through a selection of songs from a variety of genres.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00 - Silver Swans ballet class improversCourse start date: Wed 25 Jan 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate ScottThis 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 £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00 - Silver Swans ballet classCourse start date: Wed 25 Jan 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate ScottOur 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 £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00
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