An award-winning, specialist acrobatic arts school BASED in north london.
Found in the heart of Enfield Island Village is Empire Sports and Performance Studios, a fun and fabulous specialist facility, custom-designed to host our unique range of classes and activities. ESP Studios is the first and the only acrobatics and urban sport facility in the borough of Enfield. We are committed to providing specialist training in a variety of disciplines including, cheerleading, acrobatic dance, tumbling and more.
Our facility embodies culture and diversity, and we are both proud and privileged to have such a diverse team of staff, athletes and service users coming through our doors daily.
Cheerleading is a team-based sport that involves stunting, pyramids, tosses, tumbling, jumps and dance. Our cheerleading programme was founded in 2016 and has become one of the fastest growing programmes in Enfield. We offer both competitive and recreational classes. We also offer IDTA professional examinations in cheerleading. Perform and compete across the country and fall in love with the most dynamic sport in the UK.
Tumbling is the skill, practice, or sport of executing gymnastic feats (such as somersaults and handsprings) across the floor without the use of apparatus. If your child loves gymnastic but only the part that involves cartwheels and flips then this is the class for them. We teach tumbling from beginners (rolls, cartwheels) to advanced level (somersaults, handsprings and twists).
Our Ninja classes combines tumbling, parkour movements and martial arts elements in this fast-paced class for children with high energy levels. Specialist coaches will focus training on both the gymnastics and ninja apparatus to develop strength, flexibility and co-ordination in this fun and structured class. Athletes who attend this class, learn the necessary skills to move into our urban tricks classes
The aerial hoop is a circular steel apparatus suspended from the ceiling, on which circus artists may perform aerial acrobatics. It can be used static, spinning, or swinging. Our aerial hoop classes for children focus on acrobatic skills and performance, for adults our aerial hoop fitness class is geared more towards building fitness, strength, flexibility, and confidence.
Acro dance is a style of dance that combines classical dance technique with precision acrobatic elements. It is defined by its athletic character, its unique choreography, which seamlessly blends dance and acrobatics, and its use of acrobatics in a dance context. We now offer IDTA professional examinations in acrobatic dance.
Our teenie tumble group is tumbling and gymnastics themed and offers a safe space that your little ones can explore and tire themselves our in! Our facility has a sprung floor, so it is safe for plenty of bouncing and our equipment is laid out to feel exciting, stimulating and to keep your little one active. Suitable for ages 0-4 years.Â
Contact us for more information on private lessons. At present we can offer private lessons in tumbling, aerial hoop and acro dance – depending on coach availability.
Does your child love dancing, acting and gymnastics? Not enough time to juggle your child’s many interests in a week?
Our gymnastics, drama and dance Saturday School is our 3-hour session filled with dancing, performing and acrobatics.Â
It is important to us that everyone who attends our studio sees themselves or their child making progress. As such, we keep our class sizes small and our ratio of coaches to athletes high.
All of our coaches are enhanced DBS checked, reference checked and qualified with a minimum of two years’ experience in their field as a coach or as an athlete, this includes our volunteers.Â
Safeguarding is a high priority at Empire and as such, all of our coaches are safeguarding trained and we have a designated safeguarding lead and a first aider on site at all times. we also have two highly qualified and experienced special needs teachers, with at least one being on site at all times.
Coach Shomari is the award-winning founder and head coach at Empire. With over 17 years experience in the industry, Shomari has competed, judged and choreographed at a number of regional, national and international events. Coach Shomari teaches across a range of classes at Empire. She is also a qualified SEN specialist with particular expertise in ADHD and SaLT.Â
Coach Kate is a qualified cheerleading coach working mainly with mini and youth athletes. She is also a trained fitness & conditioning coach. Kate has competed in a number of cheerleading competitions with her university team. She is an avid tumbler and also has expertise in teaching tumbling.Â
Coach Sian is a qualified cheerleading coach. She has experience in dance and often choreographs routines for our various events and shows. Sian is a trained actress and drama teacher who has most recently started her own performing arts classes. Sian is one of our qualified SEN teachers with experience and training in autism and ADHD.
Coach Caelan is trained dancer and an experienced cheerleading coach with many years experience as a high level competitive cheerleader and tumbler. She works across a range of teams and also has specialisms in teaching tumbling skills. Coach Caelan is highly skilled at her craft and is also a trained dancer and is currently training to be a qualified dance teacher.Â
Coach Shermeka is a trained dancer, specialising in a variety of styles. She is currently leading our mini acro dancer groups. Coach Shermeka also has good knowledge of teaching acro tumbling skills and at times supports with our beginner tumbling classes. Coach Shermeka also has experience in cheerleading with her university teams.Â
Coach Dani is our aerial hoop coach who has been training pole and aerial for 10 years and teaching for 8 of those. She has judged, competed and placed in numerous competitions including IPAAT, UK Aerial Performance Championships and UK Aerial Nationals. She also has experience teaching and training of various aerial equipment. Coach Dani also coaches our junior acro stunts and tricks group.Â
Our state-of-the-art studios are situated inside a beautiful, gated courtyard with greenery and outdoor seating. The main studio is self-contained and boasts an 11 metre Tracks 2000 sprung floor; with high ceilings and floor to ceiling windows which provide plenty of natural light. studio 2 is our designated dance studio, where we also conduct some of our acro technique and private lessons. both spaces are equipped with mirrors and a stereo system. There is ample free parking on-site or we are served by the 121 bus routes or by train, we are a short walk from Enfield Lock Station.
