Breaking Barriers – About Us
Breaking Barriers love to bring out the best in every child
Breaking Barriers Theatre Classes was established in 2006 and is owned by sisters Sarah and Natalie Maskell.
We welcome all levels of ability with the emphasis focused on confidence building, learning new skills and fun!
We offer a variety of classes to all age groups, based within many schools around Berkshire and Hampshire.
Nurturing and believing in every student
We offer annual shows, exams and performance opportunities as well as theatre trips and holiday workshops.
Come and experience the wonderful world of breaking barriers taking performance arts to the next level!!!
We provide a number of different classes to suit every childs interests
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Acro
We follow a structured Acro syllabus designed to develop strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination in a safe and supportive environment. Students work through progressive skills throughout the year, building confidence as they improve. We also provide performance opportunities where students can showcase what they have learned and enjoy sharing their Acro work with family and friends.
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Breaking Barriers Adult Fitness
Fun, easy to follow routines taught in a darkened room with glow sticks to club music from the nineties through to today.
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Drama
We offer group drama lessons which are fantastic for confidence building and diction. The students will often learn warm ups and then move on to improvisation and script work. Our aim is for every child to stand up and say their lines with characterisation and confidence.
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Glee Club
We have lots of fun learning songs from musical theatre, pop, Disney and any request from our students! We perform in the breaking barriers showcase using professional microphones and in the theatre. We work on our singing along with some staging for each track. Students gain lots of confidence and especially learn to project and sing correctly.
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Holiday Workshops
We run Drama, singing, dance and arts and crafts throughout the week for children aged 4-16. We offer half days or full days for the week. We aim to put a performance on to friends and Family on the Friday afternoon. We have our teachers visiting throughout the week. The children look forward to a fantastic week learning new skills, performance technique and meeting new friends!
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Lamda
We now offer one to one lamda lessons within school. The students will work towards achieving their grade within Lamda and will be examined yearly.
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Nursery Classes
The nursery sessions consist of a dance warm up, different nursery rhymes each week, props, colours, numbers, instruments, basic dance moves i.e marching, galloping, clapping, stamping, walking on toes. rhythm and basic tricks.
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Street Dance
Street dance is a fun, energetic activity and we work towards street dance exams yearly along with performing in our breaking barriers showcase. During the classes we dance to lots of pop music and learn many routines throughout the term!
