60-90 Min Workshops
Developing Physical Literacy through Dance
Bring your P.E. program to life with dances that foster physical literacy and develop fundamental movements skills (FMS)!Learn an engaging and interACTIVE teaching style that uses simple moves from a variety of music styles (Hip Hop, Urban, Ballroom, Bollywood, Jazz/Funk) and sports themes (basketball, volleyball, baseball) to address all four Elements of Physical Literacy (physical, affective, cognitive & behavioural) and use a simple formula to create your own dances that will keep students ACTIVE while they develop FMS!
Top Dances to Keep K-Grade 5 Students Active!
Get ready to move, wiggle, boogie and get playful as you learn simple songs guaranteed to get students K - Grade 5 moving! Inspired from a variety of dance styles from around the world (African, Indian, Chinese, First Nations and more) you’ll discover easy and fun moves and combos that develop Fundamental Movement Skills while fostering positive mental health and social skills through an interACTIVE and inspiring dance workshop!
Superheroes of Physical Literacy Dance Party
Superheroes can inspire us all to become super humans! In this “training” session, set to today’s best music, come learn simple and fun dances that help you build the FUNdamental movement skills needed to be a physical literacy leader and ‘dance hero’ in your school and community. You’ll experience training moves inspired by Avengers, Ninjas, Transformers and Secret Undercover Agents. Get interACTIVE with your peers and build strong character traits as you claim your “Bubble of Awesome” and show the world the best version of YOU!
Simple Dances for Phys Ed: 80s and 90s Edition
Get your hairspray, rocker gear, neon spandex and boombox ready - we're going Old Skool with this dance party! This workshop will show you how simple and easy teaching dance can be featuring simple moves purposefully designed to develop jumping, twisting, leaping, hopping cross lateral coordination, and other fundamental movement skills, in support of your Physical Education curriculum. Forget 5-6-7-8 or left foot/right foot choreography -there are only 3 rules in this class: Be Positive. Be Fun. Be Yourself.
Dance and Mental Health
Positive mental health requires students to have a positive sense of self, spirit and belonging. Movement is a powerful tool to help prevent and alleviate stress as well as boost our bodies and our moods! In this interACTIVE workshop, you’ll gain a better understanding of mental health and the factors that affect it. Get ready to experience practical dances that use purposefully designed movement to promote and foster positive mental health, by addressing the cognitive, social, physical and emotional domains of wellbeing.
Sports-Themed Dances
Basketball, soccer, swimming, baseball and beyond …this workshop is filled with sport-based movements to inspire even the most hesitant ‘non-dancer’ athletes in your classes to get moving, as they practice fundamental movement skills and claim their “Bubble of Awesome”. Discover easy and fun music-driven combos that showcase how dance moves can come from anywhere when you drop the ‘rules’ of dance and get playful with physical literacy.