Dance Education Outreach

Dance Education Outreach can develop many students of all age groups. By breaking down the age range so that the youngest children can keep up to their own level and so on, as the groups go on.  If it is on going or can happen by seasonal sessions, that’s also good as it forms a timetable. 

A few of the main aims are to enable better access to dance education, to the dancers, to encourage and inspire students. This will improve the understanding of the arts of dance. The workshops should cover a wide range of dance style and topics, which can be used for presentation or as mind keeps.

Demonstrations

Now this is a great way to find out how some of the amazing moves are performed on stage.  As a young dancer, I would think of this as my own extra class. If I listen really, really, really hard I would find out some tricks of the trade. I could act as if I was one of the dancers on stage listening to all the instructions. The dancers now, are already to show their steps and turns. Sometimes they start off with a warm–up this most likely the seventh warm up of the day but they made it look like the first one.

Knees are bending, legs swinging higher and higher trying their best to touch an eye, nose and an ear or two. “If you think it, you can do it” but just don’t hurt yourself.

Note:- because when, dancing the power moving through your limbs can be a real force ……………… that’s why everyone needs their own space.  

Back stage

Backstage the dancers are warming up for the hundredth time that day maybe, getting or sometimes getting very nervous, talking a lot or not at all. This really depends on the dancer. Some like to eat a little, some like sweets, some don’t, while others start acting out a role or two. The art of putting on your make-up and doing your hair can really, really, really calm you down. Rub your muscles if they need it. Go to toilet but there could be loads of other dancers wanting to go as well. Hearing the stage manager’s over calm voice “This is your 5min call before the show starts or curtain up”     

Followed by echoes of “Break a leg”

Break a leg” Break a leg” Break a leg”

Break a leg” from all the dressing rooms

and pray circles, Break a leg or two”

Pre Talks

Before a performance and sometimes per talks to a Performance lecture demonstration this gives a chance to the creators to speak. 

Now, a days you can get to hear from the Artistic Director, Director or Choreographer about what the driving force behind a Ballet or new work was. They can explain how it came to be? Who’s performing? What the music is? Costumes and set design are in relation to the new creation, the audience is about to see. While, they are having a calm talk in the front out house, they get to explain. These talks can sometimes lead to the audience getting to chat with them and asking a few questions. Which always comes in handy when seeking the answers to how to dance?