Movement/dance
Dance activity gives young people opportunities to expand the horizons of mind, body and spirit, and to impact the cultural lives of their communities. Pupils often gain many of the personal and social skills which dance activity promotes; teamwork, self-affirmation, communication skills, self-expression, personal fitness, consideration of others’ views, leading and following, aesthetic awareness. Exposure to experienced dance professionals allows young people to encounter something of the physical and expressive potential of the human body whilst benefiting from their focus on creativity.
cre8.ed dance artistes are experienced professionals with a passion for education. Several have QTS. They are trained to deliver cre8.ed’s unique methodology, combining responses to biblical texts with a commitment to fulfilling the requirements of dance within PE as well as PSHE, RE and Citizenship, depending on the project specifications.
cre8.ed’s dancers can come into school and work with pupils for an arts week/day, either on their own or with other artistes from other disciplines. Contact us with your request.
“As teachers we were impressed with how Fru Bird and Dominique Bernadin related to the children and created an enthusiasm for dance. The boys in particular enjoyed the more challenging work. It was wonderful to see the work in the sessions built into a final performance and in such a short space of time”
Gosbecks Primary School, Colchester
For Key Stages 1-2, 3-4 or Post 16, any of cre8.ed’s themes for Religious Education, Citizenship and Values Education can be approached through dance as a single discipline or in combination with drama, art and/or music.
Each project uses entirely different dance activities which are designed to achieve National Curriculum targets whilst delivering a holistic and accessible educational experience. Workshops are fun, thought-provoking and inspiring, a memorable time for pupils and teachers. We hope that these projects will inspire and encourage schools and our dancers are happy to involve teachers in the delivery of their chosen project or to be observed as part of teachers’ professional development.
“We were very impressed by the input the cre8.ed team made into our Arts week. St. Josephs is a school with a wide ability range and the students have many additional problems, however Fru, Steve and Adam were able to engage all the students at the appropriate level. The choice of an Aboriginal dreamtime story for the performance fitted in with, and complemented the other activities we ran at the school. The final performance was watched by parents and governors and was thoroughly enjoyed.”
Janet Stanley , St Joseph’s School, Cranleigh