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  1. Chinese beginners: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 17 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Zhonghan Lin
    Continue Chinese Mandarin in the heart of London on this lively classroom-based course. You should have completed Chinese beginners: module 2 or equivalent (about 30hrs hours of learning).
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  2. Korean beginners: module 3
    Evening
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    Course start date:  Thu 17 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jiyeon Kim

    Continue learning Korean on this lively face to face course for near beginners, with the emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills. You should have completed Korean beginners: module 2 or equivalent.

    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  3. Drama therapy: intermediate
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    Course start date:  Sat 25 Apr 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Dan Skili
    Investigate the role and function of drama therapy as a working model on this interactive course. Looking at a range of drama tools that can be used in therapeutic settings, you will explore aspects of Playback Theatre and Forum Theatre as methods for engaging with others. Fun, insightful and packed with tools you can use, this is a great introduction to applying theatrical processes to therapy.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00
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  4. Calligraphy: Spencerian scripts
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    Course start date:  Mon 21 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Veiko Kespersaks
    Learn how to use a pointed pen for writing in copperplate hand. Spencerian script developed from the English Cursive and stands out for its delicately shaded lowercase and prominent capitals. With very intense shadows, obtained with a pointed pen, it is famous for its fine lines, hand-made quality and romantic overtones. Suitable for both beginners and improvers, left and right handers.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  5. Italian beginners: module 3 intensive
    Course start date:  Mon 21 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Evi Campetella

    Italian beginners: module 3 intensive is a one-week course that will cover the same material as a standard Italian beginners: module 3 course, but it will do so more quickly for those of you who wish to start second-year Italian in the new academic year. 

    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  6. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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  7. Classical acting
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    Course start date:  Mon 21 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Laura Baggaley
    Broaden your skills and discover the freedom to act with classical text in a safe and fun environment, playing with a range of texts from Ibsen to Oscar Wilde. Gain the confidence to tackle different styles of language and performance through practical exercises and scene work.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00
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  8. Japanese beginners: short introduction
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    Course start date:  Wed 5 Nov 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Noriko Inagaki
    This skills based course is for upper intermediate learners of Japanese and aims to develop your communication skills while in Japan. More specifically, you are going to “visit” one of the most fascinating parts of Japan, ASAKUSA, east of Tokyo, where traditional and modern culture mixed.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £64.00
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  9. Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00
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  10. Return to French (lower intermediate)
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    Course start date:  Mon 21 Jul 2025 (and 7 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Silvana Avram
    Revise and consolidate your speaking and listening skills, as well as your grammar. Suitable if you have completed completed 2-3 years of study in the past.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  11. Full fee £379.00 Senior fee £303.00 Concession £246.00
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  12. Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £80.00
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  13. English pronunciation: stage 1 (intensive)
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Mon 21 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David John Gwillim
    Improve your pronunciation of standard English on this intensive course, running each day in the same week, which includes detailed study of vowel and consonant sounds. This course is for speakers of other languages who are fluent in English. Some homework required.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00
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  14. Tai Chi Chuan: Beginners
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    Course start date:  Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 6 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Carla Drayton
    Learn the Yang-style Tai Chi form. This flowing movement sequence contains the basic movements of Tai Chi which will help you to develop and practice smooth movement, good alignment and improved balance. Develop good personal practice that will enable you to fully realise the benefits of this absorbing Taoist art.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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  15. Ballet: technique and repertoire
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    Course start date:  Wed 23 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Alexander Simpkins
    This is a great opportunity to learn sections of repertoire from a well-known classical ballet. These will be group or solo dances, including some mime sequences. As preparation, a condensed ballet class will be offered, focussing on technical aspects that will occur in our repertoire section. You should have attended regular ballet classes for at least 1 year and have good knowledge of classical ballet vocabulary.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00
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