Dance programmes for pupils aged 9 - 11. Dance Workshop aims to support non-specialist teachers who have no previous experience of teaching dance or movement. It offers opportunities for your group to explore a wide range movement types, responding to a range of stimuli including music, poetry and story. There are structured opportunities throughout the programmes to move solo, in pairs or in groups and also to appraise the work of the group as a whole. The website also includes separate music files so that you can give polished performances of the dances once you have finished rehearsing them. Dance Workshop is...
Latest episodes
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1. Kayaking and rock climbing
The first extreme sports dance is inspired by kayaking, rock climbing and snowboarding.
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2. The Haunted House
Primary Dance KS2: Dance Workshop. Theme park rides. The second dance session is inspired by a scary ride through the Haunted House.
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1. Rollercoasters
Primary Dance KS2: Dance Workshop. Theme park rides. The first dance session in the unit is inspired by rollercoasters.
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2. Complete workout
Primary Dance KS2: Dance Workshop. In the second session all the sequences are added together - upper body, fancy footwork and lower body - to create a complete workout.
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1. Pulse rates rising!
Primary Dance KS2: Dance Workshop. In the gym. The moves in this dance sessions focus on an upper body workout - including push-ups - followed by a lower body workout including mov…
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2. Life in service
This KS2 dance resource explores children working 'in service' as domestic servants in grand Victorian houses.
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3. At the mill
This KS2 dance resource explores what life was like for Victorian children working in a mill.
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1. Down the mine
This Key Stage 2 dance resource focuses on Victorian children working underground in coal mines.
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3. Defending the realm
The reign of Henry 8th and life in Tudor England explored through movement and dance. Today's dances explore Henry's attempts to protect England from invasion.
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2. The golden years
The reign of Henry 8th and life in Tudor England explored through movement and dance.
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1. The young king
The early years of King Henry 8th's reign explored through dance and movement for Key Stage 2 pupils.
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3. Winter sports mix
Ed Curry returns with more movement and dance sequences exploring Winter Olympic sports. Today Ed puts dance sequences together from both the snow sports and ice sports sequences -…
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2. Ice sports
Today's dance is based on Winter Olympic ice sports, including skating and bobsleigh.
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1. Snow sports
Ed Curry has movement and dance sequences based on Winter Olympic sports. Today he focuses on snow sports, with sequences exploring snowboarding and slalom skiing.
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3. From Machu Picchu to the Great Barrier Reef
The final dance session in the unit travels to Machu Picchu and the Great Barrier Reef.
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2. From the Pyramids of Giza to the Colosseum
Today's dances are inspired by two world famous human landmarks from Egypt and Italy - the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt and the Colosseum in Rome.
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1. From the Great Wall of China to the Taj Mahal
Today's dance sessions is inspired by two outstanding buildings - the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal in India.
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Performance groups
Movement and dance skills for pupils aged 9 - 11.
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2. Wind-surfing and sky-diving
The second extreme sports dance is inspired by wind-surfing and sky-diving.
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Practise pairs
Movement and dance skills for pupils aged 9 - 11.