Hip Hop, level by level.
From your first bounce to battle-ready freestyle: grooves, popping, locking and breaking foundations, then choreography and performance.
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Basic
Feel the beat and move with it.
- The bounce and the rock — the two core grooves
- Counting music in eights
- Simple isolations: head, chest, shoulders
- Freeze on the beat
🎓 Certificate after 40 classes · about 6 months at 2 classes a week
5 batches at this level now
- Ballygunge · ages 9–11 · Tue & Thurs (5-6pm) Free trialJoin batch →
- Dum Dum Park · ages 5–7 · Tue & Thurs (6:00pm-7:00pm) Admission paused — ask about waitlist
- Ruby · ages 10–12 · Sat & Sun 12-1 pm Free trialJoin batch →
- Salt Lake · ages 8–12 · Sun(11am-12pm) Admission paused — ask about waitlist
- Salt Lake · ages 8–12 · Sat(4-5pm) Free trialJoin batch →
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Beginners
Build a groove vocabulary.
- Bounce, rock and skate grooves
- Party steps: running man, the wop, the smurf
- Musicality: hitting counts, lyrics and accents
- A first 16-count combination
🎓 Certificate after 40 classes · about 6 months at 2 classes a week
3 batches at this level now
- Dum Dum Park · ages 6–8 · Sat (4-5pm) & Sun (11am-12pm) Admission paused — ask about waitlist
- Salt Lake · ages 7–9 · Sat(5:30-6:30pm) & Sun(12:30-1:30pm) Admission paused — ask about waitlist
- Salt Lake · ages 10–12 · Sat(6-7pm)and Sun(12-1pm) Admission paused — ask about waitlist
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Improvers
Start the street styles.
- Popping: the hit, isolation-then-hit, arm wave
- Locking: the lock, point, wrist roll
- Toprock and Indian step
- Freestyle from a personal move bank
🎓 Certificate after 40 classes · about 6 months at 2 classes a week
3 batches at this level now
- Ballygunge · ages 10–15 · Sat (5-6pm) & Sun (11-12pm) Free trialJoin batch →
- Ballygunge · ages 15–25 · Sat (7-8pm) & Sun(12-1pm) Free trialJoin batch →
- New Alipore · ages 13–15 · Sat (5-6pm) Sun (1-2pm) Free trialJoin batch →
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Improvers Intermediate
Control, texture and safe floor work.
- Texture and dynamics — sharp vs smooth
- Stop-and-go control in popping and locking
- Safe drops, six-step shape and basic freezes
- Cypher etiquette and respect
🎓 Certificate after 40 classes · about 6 months at 2 classes a week
No batch at this level right now — call or WhatsApp 98310 18015 to be told when one opens.
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Intermediate
Combine styles into choreography.
- Longer combinations mixing grooves, popping and locking
- Formations and clean group timing
- Freestyle rounds in a cypher
- Performing in front of an audience
🎓 Certificate after 40 classes · about 6 months at 2 classes a week
No batch at this level right now — call or WhatsApp 98310 18015 to be told when one opens.
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Intermediate Advance
Develop your own style.
- Musicality at speed: layering rhythm and lyrics
- Choosing a speciality (popping, locking, breaking or choreography)
- Creating short pieces of your own
- Battle and competition preparation
🎓 Certificate after 40 classes · about 6 months at 2 classes a week
No batch at this level right now — call or WhatsApp 98310 18015 to be told when one opens.
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Advance
Performer level.
- Complex choreography learned quickly and cleanly
- Leading a cypher and battling with confidence
- Helping newer dancers in class
- Performances and competitions
🎓 Certificate after 40 classes · about 6 months at 2 classes a week
No batch at this level right now — call or WhatsApp 98310 18015 to be told when one opens.
Mixed-level batches
Open to every level; the instructor adapts each class.
- Dum Dum Park · ages 8–10 · Sat(5.30-6.30pm) & Sun (11.30-12.30 pm) Admission paused
Questions
- How long does each Hip Hop level take?
- Each level is 40 classes. Twice a week, that is about 6 months; once a week, about a year (holidays included).
- How do I get a level certificate?
- A certificate is issued automatically after every 40 classes attended. You collect it from your studio.
- Which level should I join?
- Use the "Which level am I?" helper on our levels page, or book a free trial — the instructor will place you in the right batch.
- Do fees change when I move up a level?
- No. Fees stay the same at every level.