Welcome to The Helen Laxton School of Dance 

  The Helen Laxton School of Dance was founded in Yeovil, Somerset in 1987. The school began  with just three pupils and it just kept growing and growing!!  Thousands of children have learnt to dance at the school and many older pupils have gained places at the top UK Dance Schools, Colleges and Universities in the country including The Royal Ballet School, The Royal Academy of Dance, London Studio Centre, Laban Centre, Central School of Ballet, Elmhurst Ballet School, Laine Theatre Arts, The Arts Educational School, Doreen Bird, Millennium, Performers College, Stella Mann and Phil Winston's.   Our students are constantly being asked to perform both locally and nationally with professional and amateur companies. Students have appeared in productions with The Royal Ballet, Ballet Creations, English Youth Ballet, London Children's Ballet, Somerset Youth Dance Company Productions, Touring Opera, Bruce James Productions and most recently with professionals from The Strictly Come Dancing tour. Each year pupils from our dance school have successfully auditioned to appear in the professional pantomime at The Octagon Theatre Yeovil and in numerous other amateur and professional productions in the country. Students from our school are currently performing all over the world in theatres including The West End, London. Many students are also working in Television, in Broadcasting, in Films, in Promotional work, on Cruise Ships, in Pantomimes and Summer Seasons and many past pupils are now employed as dance teachers, choreographers, dance notators and dance critics. We pride ourselves in being able to turn a child's dream and passion into a life long career. 

The school principal, Helen Laxton L.R.A.D. A.R.A.D. R.T.S. A.I.S.T.D.(Mod) A.I.S.T.D.(Nat) A.I.D.T.A is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dance in London and is a fully qualified, registered teacher with over 30 years of experience in performing and teaching Dance. Helen is also a mentor for students studying for The Royal Academy of Dance Certificate in Ballet Teaching studies which allows her pupils to qualify as teachers of Dance and to gain an internationally recognized teaching qualification. The school teaches Royal Academy of Dance Ballet from Pre Primary to Grade 8 and Intermediate Foundation to Advanced 2 level, Imperial Society of Teachers Dance Modern Stage, Jazz, Disco, Hip Hop, Street Dance,  Pre school Ballet, Toddlers Dance and Groove, Tap dance  Lyrical, Contemporary Acrobatic Arts, Commercial and Adult Ballet. The school also runs 4 Elite Beat Performance Squads, 2 award winning Hip Hop Crews and The Somerset and Dorset Youth Dance Company. 

The school accepts girls and boys from 15 months old to adult from beginners to professionals. We also offer Drama, Dance, Singing, Voice Production, Mime, Microphone and Audition Technique, Casting and Directing at our other school, The Somerset School of Performing Arts where students from the age of 4 - 18 years learn the various techniques and disciplines required for a career in the Performing Arts industry.

For more details please visit www.thesomersetschoolofperformingarts.com