Holly Mayer Academy of Dance

🩵 Brand New ISTD Tap Class – Coming to Putney This September! 🩵

We’re excited to be launching a brand new ISTD Tap class at Putney High School this September!

🗓️ Saturdays
⏰ 12:00 – 12:30pm
👧🧒 Ages 5+

A fantastic opportunity for young dancers to develop rhythm, coordination, musicality, and confidence while learning the foundations of ISTD Tap in a fun and supportive environment.

📍 Putney High School
📅 Starting September

Spaces will be limited, so get in touch to register your interest!

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🚨 NEW CLASS ALERT! 🚨

Our Adult Jazz Classes are launching this September and we can’t wait to welcome you!

Whether you’re returning to dance after a break or stepping into the studio for the first time, these fun, energetic classes will help you improve technique, boost fitness, and enjoy great music with a fantastic community.

🩵 Mondays | Danetree Primary School, Ewell | 7:30pm–8:30pm
🩵 Thursdays | St Margaret’s Church, Putney | 8:15pm–9:15pm

Spaces are now available for trial classes!

📧 [email protected]

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✨ Behind the Scenes ✨

Dance classes are about so much more than the hour you see in the studio each week.

Behind every class is time spent choosing music, creating choreography, planning lessons, organising costumes and props, answering emails, managing registrations, sending invoices, updating timetables, and making sure every dancer has the best possible experience.

There are countless hours of preparation that happen away from the dance floor, all to ensure our students can walk into class, learn, grow, have fun, and build confidence.

With an exciting end of term ahead, we’re busy preparing opportunities for all of our dancers to showcase what they’ve been working on. Whether performing at our upcoming show or sharing their dances during class presentations, every student has been working hard and deserves to be celebrated.

Thank you to our wonderful dance families for being part of the journey and for supporting all the magic that happens both on and off the stage. 🩵

We are thrilled to unveil the exciting production for ‘Anne of Green Gables’.

Join us on an enchanting journey with Anne Shirley, a spirited 11-year-old orphan whose boundless imagination leads her into delightful mischief in a quaint Canadian village. With captivating choreography by Jenna Lee and a spellbinding score by Gus Nicholson, this heartwarming tale is sure to charm audiences of all ages. 🌟

Booking now open! 3rd - 5th July | Peacock Theatre https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/london-childrens-ballet-anne-of-green-gables-2026/

Confession time:

Even experienced dancers still forget routines, lose count, and occasionally turn the wrong way.

We just smile about it and carry on.

Progress, not perfection. 🩵 show count down is on …

☀️ SAVE THE DATE! ☀️
HMAD Summer Camp is back and we cannot wait for another unforgettable week of dancing, games, creativity, fun surprises, and making amazing memories together! 💃🎨✨

Join us this summer for action-packed days full of energy, friendship, confidence building, and lots of smiles for children of all abilities 🌈

Whether your child loves to dance, create, perform, or simply have fun during the holidays, HMAD Summer Camp is the perfect place to be! 🩵

📅 Week commencing 10th August
📍 Putney
🎭 Ages 4–18

More details and booking information coming soon… keep your eyes peeled 👀

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Good luck to all of our students taking their GCSEs and A Levels this week! 🌟You’ve worked incredibly hard to get here, believe in yourselves, stay focused, and do your best. We’re all cheering you on and wishing you every success! 📚✨

We’re so delighted to have been invited to support our wonderful student Clara as she performs with London Children’s Ballet in Anne of Green Gables.

We couldn’t be prouder of everything she has achieved, and we’re so excited to come and watch her shine on stage. Wishing Clara and the whole cast the most amazing run of performances, what a special experience! ✨🎭💚

At the Holly Mayer Academy of Dance, we believe dance is about so much more than learning steps, it’s about building strong, confident, happy children for life 💫

Scientifically, dance has been shown to support children’s cognitive development by improving memory, concentration, coordination and problem-solving skills. Mentally, it helps build confidence, resilience, discipline and emotional expression, while reducing stress and anxiety. Physically, dance develops strength, flexibility, balance, posture and overall fitness from an early age.

But perhaps most importantly, dance teaches children valuable life skills they carry into adulthood, teamwork, commitment, creativity, social confidence and self-belief.

Watching our students grow not only as dancers, but as individuals, is one of the most rewarding parts of what we do 🩵

The benefits of dance last a lifetime, both on and off the stage.