The Dust Palace Youth classes and programmes are for young people aged
3 - 18 years.
We provide a fun, non-competitive and safe environment where young people can improve their coordination, confidence, and physical fitness. We celebrate the uniqueness of each individual and encourage creativity and teamwork which lead to our youth students building strong friendships and supporting one another.
Classes cover a range of aerial and ground based disciplines ensuring there is something for everyone.
Read our class descriptions, term times and fees below to find out more about what’s on offer.
Please note, we no longer operate our old booking system through MindBody. For any queries before you book your classes, please get in touch at kiaora@thedustpalace.co.nz
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Tumble & Roll
(3-6yrs)
Tumble & Roll is a fun introduction to circus for the younger ones. It is brilliant for increasing physical awareness, building strength, coordination, and creativity. It covers a mix of circus skills including aerials, juggling and tumbling.
Youth Circus
(7-12yrs)
Youth Circus classes are a fun and expressive place to learn fundamental circus skills. The class focuses on exploration and play based learning of ground and aerial circus disciplines including aerial silks, hammock, trapeze, juggling, hoops, and tumbling. Circus class is a wonderful place to build confidence and meet new people in a fun and supportive environment.
Youth Fast Track
(7-12yrs)
Our Fast Track youth class is for those young people who want to push their circus skills to the next level! This class is much more technical, focusing on our aerial grading system, with sections of the class dedicated to conditioning, flexibility and making progress in ground based disciplines. There are no skill prerequisites to join this class but students are expected to work harder than in our regular youth class.
Intermediate Youth Circus (7-14yrs)
Once our young people have passed grades one and two they’re ready to move on up into intermediate youth, developing their skills and experience of circus training and creation!
Teens Mixed Aerials (12-18yrs)
A class for teens to develop their aerial skills. Building on the fundamentals of aerial silk, lyra, trapeze and other aerial disciplines in a fun and non-competitive environment.
Adept Youth
(12-18yrs)
This class is for young people who have passed our grade 3 module. We start to take their technique to a new level and focus on specialist apparatus while still growing and improving their basics in acrobatics.
Youth Flexibility
(7-18yrs)
A class for young people wishing to improve their flexibility and gain the strength to control their mobility. This ground based class works through exercises and targeted active stretches and introduces contortion positions when students are ready. There are no flexibility prerequisites to start this class but students should have some experience in a physical discipline such as aerial circus, gymnastics or dance and must be happy to focus and work hard on the exercises.
YOUTH TERM DATES 2024
Youth Term 2 2024
Monday 29th April - Sunday 9th June
YOUTH TERM PRICES
Term Class (1.5hr class) Packs (6 weeks)
1x Class per week: $195 per term
2x Classes per week: $348 per term
3x Classes per week: $414 per term
4x Classes per week: $456 per term
Casual/Drop-In rate: $35 per class (youth/teen specific classes only)
1 Hour Classes Term Class (1 hour) Packs (6 weeks)
1x Class per week: $135 per term
2x Classes per week: $252 per term
Casual/Drop-In rate: $25
Whānau/Family specials
For 2 or more children (and up to 1 caregiver) taking 8 or more total classes, email us at kiaora@thedustpalace.co.nz to find out about our whānau rates.