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Twisters - active classes for children in West London

3 months ago

Twisters - active classes for children in West London
Some lovely photos from past shows by Mealanie Moss. Look forward to a time when we can be on stage again. Happy half term everyone. ... See MoreSee Less

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It seems just when you need technology most it fails you. Huge apologies to anyone who has used our contact form from the website, particularly for Ealing as it seems some we have not received. Our IT advisor is working hard to rectify the problem but please email directly [email protected] for any enquiries. Many thanks ... See MoreSee Less
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4 months ago

Twisters - active classes for children in West London
Thank you to everyone who has booked for their classes in Acton. It seems there is a problem with sending hotmail emails which keep bouncing back to us. Our IT advisor is looking into it. Please do email [email protected] with a contact number if you are waiting to hear from us. With many thanks Hermione ... See MoreSee Less
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Twisters - active classes for children in West London

5 months ago

Twisters - active classes for children in West London
Twisters will be reopening on 14th September! We have been working hard to ensure all our classes can run in the safest possible way. We have some availability in all venues so do contact us via email for our up to date revised timetable.For Ealing classes please email; [email protected]For Acton classes please email;[email protected]We’re so looking forward to seeing everyone! ... See MoreSee Less
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5 months ago

Twisters - active classes for children in West London
Twisters are so excited to be reopening on 14th September.We have been working hard to ensure our classes can run in the safest possible way. We have some availability in all venues so do email us for our up to date revised timetable.Classes in Ealing please email;[email protected]Classes in Acton please email; [email protected]We’re so looking forward to seeing everyone! ... See MoreSee Less
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Twisters - active classes for children in West London

8 months ago

Twisters - active classes for children in West London
Dance & Movement for Pre school childrenPlease ensure children are supervised at all times and have a sensible place to work in. The skills are a taster of elements worked on in class and can just be watched to get an idea of skills we will be progressing to when we are back. Please do not attempt any skills that are more advanced than your current level. ... See MoreSee Less

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WE ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED DURING THIS 2ND LOCKDOWN but we're running Zoom classes. Please do email for details.

OUR CLASS TIMETABLE

Autumn 2020 Term dates
14th September – 4th December
Half term; 26th - 30th October

30 minute classes £60 per term, 40 minute £70 per term, 1 hour class, 50 minute classes £77 per term

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Monday
Monday
Twisters 2 (ages 2-3)

Our Twisters 2 is a gym class for 2-3 year old children (as of 1st September 2020) with their parent/carer. This is a more challenging gymnastics class where in addition to teaching climbing, rolling, jumping and balancing, we introduce shape, colour and number. Encouraging the children to become confident and to be happy and enjoy their time with us is a main objective for all of us at Twisters. As your child nears three years of age and is wanting to work more independently we offer classes without the parent/carer: Dance Drama and Gymkids. £72

Gymkids (aged 3-4 as of 1st September 2020) £72

A lively, fun and energetic introduction to gymnastics. We cover all aspects of gymnastics using each term to focus on rolling, jumping or balancing. Our carefully structured classes encourage the children to gain confidence in working independently whilst having consideration for others. Classes include • Warm up song/activity • Small hand apparatus • Team work • Floor work for necessary skills leading to handstands, forward rolls etc. • Equipment circuit • Stretch

Twisters 2 (ages 2-3)

Our Twisters 2 is a gym class for 2-3 year old children (as of 1st September 2020) with their parent/carer. This is a more challenging gymnastics class where in addition to teaching climbing, rolling, jumping and balancing, we introduce shape, colour and number. Encouraging the children to become confident and to be happy and enjoy their time with us is a main objective for all of us at Twisters. As your child nears three years of age and is wanting to work more independently we offer classes without the parent/carer: Dance Drama and Gymkids. £72

Gym 1/2 ages 4-6 Reception and Year 1

Classes are structured to bring out the best in every child, regardless of their gymnastic experience. We cover all aspects of gymnastics and have colourful and versatile equipment to enrich our classes. At the end of each term we invite you to come and watch your child in a demonstration class.

Gym 2/3 ages 6-8

Classes are structured to bring out the best in every child, regardless of their gymnastic experience. We cover all aspects of gymnastics and have colourful and versatile equipment to enrich our classes. At the end of each term we invite you to come and watch your child in a demonstration class.

Tuesday
Tuesday
Twisters 1 ages 1-2

Our Twisters 2 is a gym class for 2-3 year old children with their parent/carer. This is a more challenging gymnastics class where in addition to teaching climbing, rolling, jumping and balancing, we introduce shape, colour and number. Encouraging the children to become confident and to be happy and enjoy their time with us is a main objective for all of us at Twisters. As your child nears three years of age and is wanting to work more independently we offer classes without the parent/carer: Dance Drama and Gymkids.

Twisters 2 (ages 2-3)

Our Twisters 2 is a gym class for 2-3 year old children (as of 1st September 2020) with their parent/carer. This is a more challenging gymnastics class where in addition to teaching climbing, rolling, jumping and balancing, we introduce shape, colour and number. Encouraging the children to become confident and to be happy and enjoy their time with us is a main objective for all of us at Twisters. As your child nears three years of age and is wanting to work more independently we offer classes without the parent/carer: Dance Drama and Gymkids. £72

Gymkids (aged 3-4 as of 1st September 2020) £72

A lively, fun and energetic introduction to gymnastics. We cover all aspects of gymnastics using each term to focus on rolling, jumping or balancing. Our carefully structured classes encourage the children to gain confidence in working independently whilst having consideration for others. Classes include • Warm up song/activity • Small hand apparatus • Team work • Floor work for necessary skills leading to handstands, forward rolls etc. • Equipment circuit • Stretch

Gym 1/2 ages 4-6 Reception and Year 1

Classes are structured to bring out the best in every child, regardless of their gymnastic experience. We cover all aspects of gymnastics and have colourful and versatile equipment to enrich our classes. At the end of each term we invite you to come and watch your child in a demonstration class.

Gym 2/3 ages 6-8

Classes are structured to bring out the best in every child, regardless of their gymnastic experience. We cover all aspects of gymnastics and have colourful and versatile equipment to enrich our classes. At the end of each term we invite you to come and watch your child in a demonstration class.

Gym 4 (1 hour) 8+

Classes are structured to bring out the best in every child, regardless of their gymnastic experience. We cover all aspects of gymnastics and have colourful and versatile equipment to enrich our classes. At the end of each term we invite you to come and watch your child in a demonstration class.

Wednesday
Wednesday
Ballet (ages 5-7)

Ballet (8 +) £79

Thursday
Thursday
Gym 1/2 ages 4-6 Reception and Year 1

Classes are structured to bring out the best in every child, regardless of their gymnastic experience. We cover all aspects of gymnastics and have colourful and versatile equipment to enrich our classes. At the end of each term we invite you to come and watch your child in a demonstration class.

Gym 3 (ages 6-8)

Gym 2/3 ages 6-8

Classes are structured to bring out the best in every child, regardless of their gymnastic experience. We cover all aspects of gymnastics and have colourful and versatile equipment to enrich our classes. At the end of each term we invite you to come and watch your child in a demonstration class.

Advanced 1 Gymnastics 9+

Friday
Friday
Twisters 1 ages 1-2

Our Twisters 2 is a gym class for 2-3 year old children with their parent/carer. This is a more challenging gymnastics class where in addition to teaching climbing, rolling, jumping and balancing, we introduce shape, colour and number. Encouraging the children to become confident and to be happy and enjoy their time with us is a main objective for all of us at Twisters. As your child nears three years of age and is wanting to work more independently we offer classes without the parent/carer: Dance Drama and Gymkids.

Twisters 2 (ages 2-3)

Our Twisters 2 is a gym class for 2-3 year old children (as of 1st September 2020) with their parent/carer. This is a more challenging gymnastics class where in addition to teaching climbing, rolling, jumping and balancing, we introduce shape, colour and number. Encouraging the children to become confident and to be happy and enjoy their time with us is a main objective for all of us at Twisters. As your child nears three years of age and is wanting to work more independently we offer classes without the parent/carer: Dance Drama and Gymkids. £72

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Our Gym Classes

Twisters 1
Age 1-2 years

Our Twisters 1 class is an introduction to gym for 1-2 year old children along with their parent/carer. We carefully structure our classes to encourage the children to become confident in climbing, rolling, jumping and balancing. You and your child can discover together all the aspects of gymnastics under our guidance. We use songs and music to enhance our classes, along with hand apparatus and a wide variety of colourful small and large equipment which we use to aid our teaching in many ways.

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Twisters 2
Age 2-3years

Our Twisters 2 is a gym class for 2-3 year old children with their parent/carer. This is a more challenging gymnastics class where in addition to teaching climbing, rolling, jumping and balancing, we introduce shape, colour and number. Encouraging the children to become confident and to be happy and enjoy their time with us is a main objective for all of us at Twisters. As your child nears three years of age and is wanting to work more independently we offer classes without the parent/carer: Dance Drama and Gymkids

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Gymkids
Age 3-4 years

A lively, fun and energetic introduction to gymnastics. We cover all aspects of gymnastics using each term to focus on rolling, jumping or balancing. Our carefully structured classes encourage the children to gain confidence in working independently whilst having consideration for others. Classes include
• Warm up song/activity
• Small hand apparatus
• Team work
• Floor work for necessary skills leading to handstands, forward rolls etc.
• Equipment circuit
• Stretch

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Gymnastics
Age 4 -Teens

We run gymnastics classes that cover all age groups. The classes are structured to bring out the best in every child, regardless of their gymnastic experience. We cover all aspects of gymnastics and have colourful and versatile equipment to enrich our classes.
At the end of each term we invite you to come and watch your child in a demonstration class.

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Our Ballet Classes

Twisters ballet begins at 2 years of age when we invite you to stay with your child as they take their first ballet steps. From three years onwards they come independently to class. To make ballet fun and enjoyable for all ages we endeavour to make our classes relaxed and happy. We use a wide variety of music, our emphasis being that the children learn to express themselves using their imagination through dance. Each week the children learn new steps, ballet mimes and movements. For the end of each term we work towards a group dance and invite you to come and watch your budding ballet dancer/ballerina! See the improvement in posture, concentration musicality and poise in your child. We welcome boys and girls of all ages and abilities.

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Dance Drama age 3-4 years

The sessions begin with a song to encourage participation in a variety of movement and dance to bring story books to life! We carefully select stories to suit all temperaments and devise ways to encourage the children's imagination and creativity.
The stories gradually unfold to music. Songs, words, movement, dance and our wide variety of small and large colourful equipment all play a part in involving children in the magic of books. Your child could sail away, fly on a magic carpet, become a bird, a fish, a lion, a dragon, a policeman a 'wild thing', playing the role of many story book characters, all in a 40 minute session!
During the term we cover several stories, at the end of each term you can come to see your child 'perform' the latest story at a demonstration class.

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Summer School 2020
20th- 24th July

Mornings only 10.15am-1.00pm £22 per day. £100 for the week

Monday – Wednesday 10.15am – 3.00pm £45 per day.

Afternoon session will be Gymnastics Workshops

Thursday & Friday 10.15am – 4.30pm £60 per day.

Afternoon session will be Street Dance workshops.

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Hermione Murray: 07375 401 701

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    Our Team

    Twisters has the same group of extremely dedicated teachers that they began with and pride themselves on providing a range of classes for children who they feel really benefit from their vast wealth of experience.

    Hermione Murray

    Gymnastics teacher

    Hermione opened Twisters in 2003 with fellow teachers Louise O’Flaherty & Isobel Booth and has been delighted to be teaching children's classes in Gymnastics & Dance ever since.
    Hermione trained in Dance Education at The London College of Dance, where she also met Helen Kennedy.
    Whilst bringing up her four children Hermione taught adults classes after completing the Exercise to music course.
    Hermione is a British Gymnastics Level 3 coach in both General and Pre School Gymnastics.

    Louise O’Flaherty

    Ballet teacher

    Louise attended Elmhurst Ballet School and then was fortunate to be accepted by the Royal Ballet School. This training was invaluable¸ teaching discipline, hard work and dedication. She is also trained in tap, jazz, modern, Spanish and contemporary dance and qualified to teach aerobics. After school Louise worked as a professional dancer all over the world. She finished her performing career in London where she married and settled in Ealing. Louise began teaching at Crackerjack when she started her family and in 2003 decided to open her own school in West Ealing with her fellow teachers.

    Helen Kennedy

    Helen has loved dance and gymnastics since she was a young child. She
    attended the London college of Dance and Drama where she qualified as a
    dance teacher. She then spent 10 years dancing around the world as well as
    uk trade shows and TV - Helen can even be seen dancing with Colin Firth in
    the BBC production off Pride and Prejudice.
    After having her 2 children she qualified as a Level 3 gymnastics coach and
    has been teaching at Twisters ever since.

    Cindy Williams

    Gym coach

    Cindy is a qualified level one and two gym coach. She has been teaching for 17 years working with children of all abilities. She is also a qualified aerobics instructor and teaches a variety of classes during the week. Cindy has been part of the Twisters team from day one and was instrumental in the setting up of the school. She works with a fantastic team, dedicated to providing unique classes for children .

    Liz Easton

    Liz trained in contemporary dance and ballet and received a BA (Hons) in Dance Theatre from Laban Centre, London, and an Associate teaching qualification from the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. She has performed with a variety of companies, including Transitions Dance Company and The Royal Opera, touring nationally and internationally. Liz has taught dance at all levels from professionals to students and from youth groups through to babies. She now teaches ballet and assists gym classes at Twisters, as well as teaching creative dance at Montpelier School. She also teaches SwingTrain, a dance fitness class based on vintage swing, jazz and lindyhop styles of dance.

    Danusia Frances

    ``Inspired by my own experience, to pass on all the advice I can to the next generation!``

    Here is a list of her top achievements in her career so far

    2016 NCAA Balance Beam Champion
    UCLA's winner of the Tom Hansen Pac-12 Conference Medal
    NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee
    AAI Award Nominee
    Scored 2 perfect 10s on beam (3/6/16 and 3/16/14)
    Six-time All-American
    Two-time NACGC/W Scholastic All-American
    2015 World Championships for Jamaica- qualifying Jamaica's first ever spot at the Olympic Test Event
    2014, became the first gymnast to do a sideways side aerial to a layout full dismount
    2013 World University Games floor finalist
    2012 Great Britain Olympic Team reserve
    2012 European Championships, Team 4th
    2011 World Championships for Great Britain helping to secure a team spot in the 2012 Olympics
    2011 European Championships AA finalist
    2010, 2011 British beam champion

    Elliz Nail

    Gym coach

    Elliz began her training at Heathrow Gymnastics Club at 3 years of age. She has competed across the world in many competitions also including British Championships. Highlights for her have been, making the English National Squad and training with SCATS Gymnastics Club in the USA.
    Elliz has been coaching with Twisters Gymnastics since 2015.

    Nicole Hibbert

    Gym coach

    British Gymnastics level 2 coach Nicole spent 15 years of her life training to become a gymnast at Heathrow gymnastics club . Travelling around the world for most of her gymnastics career are some of the best highlights of her life. She competed at the European championships and came home with a silver medal from a team's accomplishment. She went on to compete at the world championships and was placed 20th around the world at the age of 16. She is now coaching, which she enjoys as she wants to pass on the knowledge she was given when she was young to the next generation.

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    Testimonials

    “

    Thanks so much to all of you for the wonderful show last week. We were so proud to watch Anushka and all the girls in baby ballet - you have done wonders with them and we were amazed at their confidence and energy. Thank you for the opportunity you have given my daughter and most of all it was clear to the audience that everyone on stage was having such fun - what more could we ask for! So glad she had the chance to be part of this professional and brilliant show.

    Jaishree
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    Thank you so much for all your hard work putting together the shows. It was delightful to watch and see the joy on the children's faces. I was so impressed by the skill they all showed, and I can only begin to imagine how much effort this must of been for you all.

    Meg
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    I just want to say what a fantastic job you do and both of my girls have come on leaps and bounds since they have been with you. I can't wait for demo week next week - Eleanora is so excited to show us how she has progressed.

    Karen
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    Thanks - the children love their classes so thank you for having such a great formula!

    Emily

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