Tokyo Olympics Workshops
Celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games with dance and drama workshops.
Bring the energy and excitement of the Olympic Games into your school this summer.
Dance and drama workshops are the perfect way to promote teamwork, build confidence and delve into the culture of this year’s Olympics host country: Japan. We have three different workshop options for primary school children to get into the spirit of The Games:
The Tokyo Olympics dance workshop
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes drama workshop
Kensuke’s Kingdom dance workshop
Olympics Workshop Options
The Tokyo Olympics Dance Workshop
Your children will work together, class-by-class, to reimagine their own movement-based version of the Olympic Games. They will celebrate Japanese culture in their own imagining of the opening ceremony, explore the different types of sports, and embrace the Olympic values of excellence, respect and friendship.
Available in person or live-on-screen for Nursery to Year 6, the workshops are led by a professional West End dancer.
The Tokyo Olympics will run from July to September 2021 but we are beginning our celebrations early, with workshops available from 24th May.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes: Story Explorer drama workshop
Explore the story of Sadako, a resilient Japanese girl and passionate runner, in this modern-fable. A beautiful tale that introduces children to Japanese history, tradition and good-luck charms.
Your class will gain deep insights into the story, the characters and its themes. Each drama workshop can last between 40 and 90 minutes and the workshop is suitable for KS2.
To book, fill in our Story Explorer Enquiry form and let us know that you would like to focus on the story of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.
Kensuke’s Kingdom: Bringing Books to Life dance workshop
This popular tale by Michael Morpurgo introduces children to the modern history of Japan. The narrator, Michael, becomes shipwrecked shortly before his twelfth birthday and is washed up on an island with only one other inhabitant: Kensuke. The children will hear about Japan through Kensuke’s tale and will have a great springboard for further research into the country and its history.
Our Bringing Books to Life dance workshops give children a unique insight into books by using dance and movement to tell stories.
To book, fill in our Bringing Books to Life Enquiry form and let us know that you would like to focus on the story of Kensuke’s Kingdom.