Dance Today - whole school performance workshops
✓ Reception - Year 6
✓ Led by a professional dancer
✓ Create a show in a day
✓ Literacy, Book Week
✓ Delivered in your school hall
Create a wonderland at your school with our ‘show in a day’ dance workshop
Imagine the children of your school joining together to perform an exciting, vibrant version of Alice in Wonderland – and the whole process, including preparation, only taking one day!
Perfect for Book Week or any occasion, your children will work class-by-class throughout the day to explore your chosen story and characters through dance. They are guided by an expert facilitator who will encourage them to use their creativity and imaginations, with each session tailored for the age of the children.
At the end of the day, all classes who have taken part come together to share what they have worked on, culminating in an abridged version of your chosen story which they perform to each other.
Working collaboratively, your children will develop their physical literacy, creative expression and communication skills, and experience performing in a way they will never forget.
The day-long workshop is perfect for:
A one form entry school from Reception to Year 6
5 or 6 KS2 classes
Book Week or end of term celebrations
For two or three form entry schools we work across multiple days. If you’d like us to work with a smaller number of classes or KS1 only we’ll happily adapt the timetable for your school.
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Abigail Rosser
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- We run seven sessions throughout the day for groups of up to 30 children per session.
- If Reception are not taking part, we can run 6 sessions for Years 1 - 6, or can work with six KS2 classes. To cover the material we need at least three classes from KS2.
- The day culminates in a final performance involving all the groups.
- To work with more classes we can visit across multiple days.
- To work with fewer classes we can create a bespoke timetable for your school.
- To deepen engagement with the story by experiencing it first-hand.
- Develop creative ownership and the imagination by working alongside a professional dancer-choreographer.
- Gain confidence in physical literacy as an expression of meaning and emotion.
- Take part in a shared performance of a classic story, created by and with their peers.
Our Dance Today workshops are available year round; however, if you're interested in a dance storytelling workshop for fewer classes or for KS1 only, then we'd love to visit you with one of our standalone Bringing Books to Life workshops.
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Watch our Dance Today workshop in action!
Get a flavour of the whole-school performance workshop in our new video.
