Dance Classes for Kids in Bukit Timah, Holland and Tanglin: 4 Schools Ranked (2026)

21 September 2026 · 7 min read

TL;DR – The Quick Version

The two best-reviewed dance schools for children in Bukit Timah do not teach ballet. They teach Latin and ballroom. Jungle lists seven dance schools across Bukit Timah, Beauty World, Holland and Tanglin, and three failed our checks this month: two have closed and one runs only an adult class here. The four that passed are ranked below by Google rating weighted for review count, each with its timetable, trial price and nearest MRT. Browse dance classes on Jungle.

The two best-reviewed dance schools for children in Bukit Timah do not teach ballet. Dancer's Dream Studio in Dempsey and Aure Studios in Beauty World both teach Latin and ballroom, cha cha to waltz, and they hold 5.0 and 4.9 on Google from 144 reviews between them.

Ballet is here too, in two very different forms. Tanglin Arts Studio at the Hollandse Club takes toddlers from 18 months and ends every year with a show in a theatre. Cheng Ballet Academy on Bukit Timah Road trains to the Russian Vaganova method and auditions primary-school children for a full-time apprentice track.

This guide to dance classes in Bukit Timah covers Bukit Timah, Beauty World, Holland and Tanglin. It is built only from the dance schools listed on Jungle, not a survey of every studio in the area. Jungle lists seven here. We checked each at its own website or booking system in September 2026. Three failed: two have closed and one runs only an adult class at its Bukit Timah studio. That leaves four.

For the parks, playgrounds and lunch stops around these studios, see our guides to Bukit Timah and Holland Village and Upper Bukit Timah and Beauty World.

The top 4 dance classes for kids in Bukit Timah

1. Dancer's Dream Studio, Dempsey

Photo: Dancer's Dream Studio listing on Jungle

Dancer's Dream Studio is a Latin dance school for children, and it is the only school on this list that teaches nothing else. The programme runs from Twinkle Tots at two and a half, through levels called Ruby, Bronze, Silver and Gold, to a Teens class for 11 and over. Students sit the UKA medal examinations, the syllabus of the UK Alliance of Professional Teachers of Dance.

An advanced group, entered by audition, trains 1.5 hours a week and competes in Singapore and overseas. The studio has 12 instructors and more than 195 students. Its artistic director, Lorencia Kan, is a licensed WDO adjudicator.

Two catches. Classes run on Saturdays and Sundays only. Parents cannot sit in, because the studio wants children to learn without an audience, so it sends class videos home instead. The studio is on the third floor of the only three-storey building behind Blocks 8 and 9 on Dempsey Road, and visits outside class are by appointment.

Why kids will love it: Cha cha, samba and jive, taught through games for the youngest and full routines for the older ones. Children dance with a partner, which most ballet classes never do, and every student can perform in the year-end production. The studio asks for leggings or pants, a fitted top and clean socks.

Book on Jungle: Dancer's Dream Studio
Website: Dancer's Dream Studio classes
Address: 8D Dempsey Road #03-06, Singapore 249672. Google Maps
Class times: Saturday and Sunday only. Twinkle Tots Saturday 9.30am and Sunday 9.15am. Bronze in five slots across the weekend. Silver Saturday 11.30am. Gold Saturday 11.30am and Sunday 1pm. Teens Sunday 2.30pm. Classes are 45 minutes for Twinkle Tots and one hour from Bronze. The Ruby timetable is not yet published.
Price: Trial $20 per child, waived on enrolment. Dancer's Dream Studio does not publish its term fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Ages: 2.5 to 17, plus an advanced class by audition.
Rating: 5.0 from 77 Google reviews.
Nearest MRT: Napier (TE12), 1.1km away.

2. Aure Studios, Beauty World

Photo: Aure Studios listing on Jungle

Aure Studios is a dance and fitness studio at #08-01, Bukit Timah Shopping Centre, 250m from Beauty World MRT. Adults come for salsa, Zumba and yoga. Children come for dancesport, which is competitive Latin and Standard ballroom. The Kids Dancesport classes run 90 minutes for ages 6 to 12, with an intermediate class on Sundays and a Teens Dancesport class for 8 to 16.

Alongside those are Kids Pop Danz in two age groups from 4 to 11, Kids Hip Hop on Mondays and a Young Dancers class for 4 to 6 on Fridays. Students perform in recitals and enter dancesport competitions. The studio does not name an exam syllabus.

It is the only school here that sells classes by the credit rather than by the term. That suits a family that cannot promise the same slot for 17 weeks. It also means a popular class can fill: the Monday Kids Hip Hop class had a waitlist when we checked.

Why kids will love it: The ballroom classes teach the dances children see on a competition floor, from cha cha to waltz, and the posture work that goes with them. The pop class is closer to a music video. Four-year-olds start in Young Dancers or Kids Pop Dance, which last 45 minutes, about the right length for a first class.

Book on Jungle: Aure Studios
Website: Aure Studios kids classes
Address: 170 Upper Bukit Timah Road #08-01, Bukit Timah Shopping Centre, Singapore 588179. Google Maps
Class times: Monday 5.30pm Kids Hip Hop. Wednesday 4.30pm and Thursday 5.15pm Kids Dancesport, 7 to 12. Friday 5.15pm Young Dancers, 4 to 6. Saturday 10.45am Kids Dancesport Basic, 6 to 8, then 12.15pm Teens Dancesport, 1pm Kids Pop Danz, 7 to 11, and 1.45pm Kids Pop Dance, 4 to 6. Sunday 12.30pm Intermediate Kids Dancesport. No children's class on Tuesdays.
Price: Trial $15 for a 45-minute class or $25 for a 90-minute class. A single kids' class is $28. Kids packages are $110 for 4 credits (one month), $300 for 12 (three months) and $640 for 32 (six months). A 90-minute class uses two credits.
Ages: 4 to 16.
Rating: 4.9 from 67 Google reviews.
Nearest MRT: Beauty World (DT5), 250m.

3. Tanglin Arts Studio, Hollandse Club

Photo: Tanglin Arts Studio listing on Jungle

Tanglin Arts Studio was founded in 2007 and teaches inside the Hollandse Club on Camden Park. Its founder was Kathleen Quinn, a former prima ballerina with Atlanta Ballet, and owner and director Katja Paus has run it since 2011.

Its syllabus is the clearest on this list: Leap 'N Learn for the youngest, ATOD (Australian Teachers of Dancing) for ballet, jazz and tap, and Acrobatic Arts for acro. Exams are held every May, and the end-of-year show is staged in a theatre each December. It also teaches lyrical contemporary, musical theatre, speech and drama, and singing. Most classes are capped at 10 children.

You do not need to be a club member. The studio says so in writing, members get 10% off tuition, and parking on site is free. A younger sibling can use the club playground at no charge during a lesson.

Why kids will love it: The age groups have names, Twinkle Stars, Starlites, Roses, Jades, Opals and Rubies, so a child moves up roughly every year. Toddlers from 18 months start in Dance With Me. The December show is held in one of Singapore's theatres, so the year ends with a real stage, lights and a costume.

Book on Jungle: Tanglin Arts Studio
Website: Tanglin Arts Studio fees and FAQ
Address: Hollandse Club, 22 Camden Park, Singapore 299814. Google Maps
Class times: Seven days in term time, across three studios. Weekdays from about 3.45pm to 9pm, Saturday 9am to 5pm, Sunday 9am to 3.30pm. Terms run January to June (21 weeks) and August to December (17 weeks).
Price: Early Years accompanied classes $30 each, or $250 for a 10-class card. Older children from $50 a one-hour class, billed by term. Trial class $50.
Ages: 18 months to 18.
Rating: 4.8 from 77 Google reviews.
Nearest MRT: Botanic Gardens (CC19/DT9), 850m. Free parking on site.

4. Cheng Ballet Academy, Bukit Timah Road

Photo: Cheng Ballet Academy listing on Jungle

Cheng Ballet Academy is a classical ballet school with a professional track. Cheng Hsienfa and Tan Yaling, both former professional dancers, founded it in 2006, and it teaches its own syllabus based on the Russian Vaganova method rather than RAD or ATOD.

Levels run from Baby Ballet, for children from 3, through Pre Ballet and Ballet 1 up to Ballet 7, with jazz, contemporary, character dance and a boys' class alongside. A full-time apprentice programme for primary-school dancers is entered by audition. The academy has four studios over two floors with Harlequin sprung floors, and a licensed physiotherapist on the staff.

Students perform twice a year: Révérence, the mid-year showcase, and a full-length classic in December, which was The Nutcracker in 2025. The academy marks its 20th year in 2026.

Two things to weigh. It places last here, at 4.3 from 24 Google reviews. It is also the only school on this list that publishes no fees at all. It sits at the Newton end of Bukit Timah Road, closer to the city than the other three.

Why kids will love it: Real ballet from the first lesson, in bright studios with tall windows onto the trees, and a stage twice a year. Baby Ballet lasts 45 minutes and Pre Ballet an hour. From Ballet 1, a class is 90 minutes. Arrive 30 minutes before a trial, because the paperwork and changing take time.

Book on Jungle: Cheng Ballet Academy
Website: Cheng Ballet Academy classes
Address: 204 Bukit Timah Road, Boon Liew Building #04-00, Singapore 229863. Google Maps
Class times: Seven days. Weekdays from about 4pm to 9pm, Saturday 9am to 4pm, Sunday 9am to 3.30pm.
Price: Free trial for Baby Ballet to Ballet 7, for a limited time, and 20% off the first term's fees if you register the same day. Cheng Ballet Academy does not publish its term fees online. Contact them for current prices. New students pay a registration fee.
Ages: 3 to 16 and above.
Rating: 4.3 from 24 Google reviews.
Nearest MRT: Newton (NS21/DT11), 450m.

Three Jungle listings that did not make it

Parents will still find these three in older guides, so here is why they are not above.

The Dance Station, Holland Grove. Closed. The school's own branch page now lists only Orchard and Sembawang, its Holland Grove timetable page has gone, and Google marks the Parksuites studio permanently closed. The school still teaches in Orchard and Sembawang, and The Dance Station, Orchard is on Jungle.
Attitude Performing Arts Studio, Bukit Timah Plaza. Closed. Google marks it permanently closed, Bukit Timah Plaza has dropped it from its own directory, and its old web address now forwards to an unrelated site. Do not follow that link from an older guide.
Dance Embassy, Balmoral Plaza. Still trading, but not a children's class at this address. The only class it advertises at its Balmoral Plaza studio is BollyChoreo, a Bollywood-style class aimed at adult beginners. For children it runs dance birthday parties from $250 an hour and group classes on enquiry, with no timetable published.

What dance classes cost in Bukit Timah

Aure Studios publishes every price. Tanglin Arts Studio publishes its trial fee and a starting price. Dancer's Dream Studio and Cheng Ballet Academy publish only the trial.

School	Trial	Regular classes	How you pay
Dancer's Dream Studio	$20, waived on enrolment	Not published by provider	By term
Aure Studios	$15 for 45 minutes, $25 for 90 minutes	$28 a class, or $300 for 12 credits	Credits, valid 1 to 12 months
Tanglin Arts Studio	$50	From $50 a one-hour class. Early Years $30, or $250 for 10	By term, 17 or 21 weeks
Cheng Ballet Academy	Free for Baby Ballet to Ballet 7, for a limited time	Not published by provider	By term, pro-rated if you join late

On the published prices, a 45-minute class at Aure on a 12-credit pack costs $25. An hour at Tanglin Arts Studio starts at $50, so by our arithmetic a 17-week August term at one hour a week starts at $850.

How to choose a dance class in Bukit Timah

Five questions settle it.

Pick the style before the school. Two of the four teach Latin and ballroom, and two teach ballet. A child who wants a tutu will not thank you for a cha cha, and a child who wants to spin a partner will be bored at the barre.
Check the exam track. Tanglin Arts Studio enters students for ATOD exams every May. Dancer's Dream Studio runs UKA medal tests. Cheng Ballet Academy uses its own Vaganova-based syllabus, with two shows a year instead of an outside exam board. Aure Studios names no syllabus and points students at competitions and a recital. None of the four teaches the RAD syllabus.
Decide between a term and pay-as-you-go. Aure sells credits that last one to twelve months. The other three bill by term. Cheng pro-rates fees if you join mid-term, and Dancer's Dream allows unlimited make-up lessons within a term.
Match the timetable to your week. Dancer's Dream runs on weekends only. Aure has no children's class on Tuesdays. Tanglin and Cheng teach seven days a week.
Ask whether you can watch. Tanglin and Dancer's Dream do not let parents sit in on regular classes. Tanglin holds viewing sessions during the term, and Dancer's Dream sends class videos home.

How we picked these

Every school here is listed on Jungle. We ranked them by Google rating, giving more weight to ratings backed by more reviews, so a 5.0 from 150 parents ranks above a 5.0 from one. We then checked each school's own website or social pages to confirm it is still open, still in the area and still teaching children. Ratings were read on 21 September 2026.

At a glance

Rank	School	Style	Ages	Price	Nearest MRT
1	Dancer's Dream Studio	Latin, UKA medals	2.5 to 17	Trial $20. Term fees not published by provider	Napier (TE12), 1.1km
2	Aure Studios	Ballroom, pop, hip hop	4 to 16	Trial from $15. $28 a class	Beauty World (DT5), 250m
3	Tanglin Arts Studio	Ballet, jazz, tap, ATOD	18 months to 18	From $50 an hour	Botanic Gardens (CC19/DT9), 850m
4	Cheng Ballet Academy	Ballet, Vaganova	3 to 16 and above	Free trial. Fees not published by provider	Newton (NS21/DT11), 450m