Acro dance classes
in Solihull.
Acro is dance and acrobatics taught as one thing rather than two. Balances, limbers, walkovers and handsprings, linked by choreography so the skills arrive inside a routine instead of being performed as a list of tricks.
Parents ask how it differs from gymnastics, and the short answer is the floor and the intent. There is no apparatus and no vault. Everything is done on a sprung or matted studio floor, and every skill has to flow into and out of dance movement.
The classes running now.
- WhenFridays5:30pm – 6:30pmWhereThe EdgeAges & feeAges 5–18£138 a term
Showing classes running in Autumn Term 2026 / 2027. Times come straight from our timetable, so this page is never out of date.
The Edge
Alderbrook School, B91 1SN
Directions
How the skills are taught safely
Acro is the one discipline where rushing causes injuries, so skills are taught in fixed progressions and nobody moves up until the step below is solid and repeatable. A child works on the conditioning and the shape long before they work on the trick, which is less exciting for a fortnight and considerably safer for the following ten years.
Classes are spotted by hand where a skill needs it. The coaches teaching it are first-aid trained, and the register in front of them carries any medical or additional-needs information you have given us.
What it does for a dancer
The strength and flexibility built in acro carries directly into every other style on the timetable. Dancers who train acro alongside freestyle or lyrical tend to have better control of their lines and noticeably fewer of the wobbles that come from weak core work.
It is also, for a certain kind of child, the class that finally makes sense. If you have one who climbs the furniture, hangs off door frames and cartwheels down supermarket aisles, this is where that energy has somewhere to go.
Starting acro from scratch
From age five, with no acrobatic background at all. A first session is bare feet and comfortable clothes. Long hair tied back, and no jewellery — that one matters more in acro than anywhere else.
What parents usually ask.
How is acro dance different from gymnastics?
No apparatus and no vault. Acro is performed on a studio floor and every skill is linked by choreography, so balances and tumbles have to flow into and out of dance movement rather than standing alone.Is acro safe for young children?
When it is taught in progressions, yes. Nobody advances until the skill below is solid and repeatable, conditioning comes before tricks, and skills are hand-spotted where needed. The coaches are DBS-checked and first-aid trained, and acro is the class where we are strictest about not letting a child rush ahead of their own strength.Where do acro classes run in Solihull?
At The Edge inside Alderbrook School, Blossomfield Road, B91 1SN. Acro only runs at the studio, never in our school clubs, because it needs matting and proper floor space to be taught safely.Does my child need to be flexible already?
No. Flexibility is what the class builds, not what it requires. Starting stiff is normal and expected.What should they wear for acro?
Comfortable clothes they can move and invert in, bare feet, hair tied back and no jewellery.
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