Dance & Creative Movement
A 6-week course of technical dance, including ballet, jazz, and hip-hop, and expressive movement for emotional coping mechanisms in the body, through creative movement
Emily Dancer
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(2)
What's included
6 live meetings
6 in-class hoursClass Experience
This class includes technical dance, including ballet, jazz, and hip-hop, and expressive movement for emotional coping mechanisms in the body, through creative movement. Kids will gain body awareness and coordination, learn to stretch and strengthen their bodies, learn discipline and freedom through physical self-expression. Kids will learn to focus their energy to achieve amazing and fun new physical feats! Kids will also get the social benefits of dancing and being witnessed by others. This class strikes a balance between disciplined dance classes and encouraging kids to maintain their freedom in self-expression through movement. We will: * play games to allow kids to express themselves in movement, and learn to tie their emotions to body sensations * challenge dancers with technical foundational exercises in ballet, jazz and hip-hop * learn to stretch and care for our bodies during physical exercise * practice short dance choreographies * learn to choreograph dances as a group * make friends through dancing together! Each class consists of: - Communication through creative movement (5 minutes) - Grooving (follow-along dance warm-up) (5 minutes) - Stretching (10 minutes) - Ballet exercises (10 minutes) - Dance choreography in jazz & hip-hop (15 minutes) - Emotions through creative movement (15 minutes) This class welcomes all experience levels.
Learning Goals
* Ballet, jazz and hip-hop technique
* How to stretch & strengthen their bodies
* Body awareness and coordination
* Rhythm and counting to the music
* Dance choreography
* Talking and expressing through the language of dance
* Emotional coping techniques through creative movement exercises
* Social skills through body language and shared group space
Other Details
Parental Guidance
This is a dance class that involves high-energy physical activity.
Dancers must participate in class warm-up and bring a water bottle to class.
Please check-in with kids prior to each class to see if they have any physical injuries, need to do any stretching on their own prior to class, and inform me if they have any injuries or health conditions to be aware of.
Supply List
Dancers must wear flexible and tight-fitting clothing to dance class. Bare feet, socks or ballet slippers are all acceptable (please select according to the type of floor in your home and how slippery it is!) Please encourage dancers to take 10 minutes prior to class preparing their hair and outfit in a way that makes them feel like their very best dancer! This practice encourages role play, and seeing themselves as a dancer, as well as inviting discipline into class.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined April, 2021
5.0
2reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Emily's biggest passions are DANCE and the EARTH!
Dance Teacher:
Emily Liss has 28 years of dance training in ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, acrobatics, tap and musical theatre. As a child, she competed in these dance styles. As an adult, she joined dance troupes in Montreal and performed in these styles, and took weekly drop-in classes in Montreal and Vancouver. More recently Emily has studied dance & movement therapy, creative movement and ecstatic dance; free expression and personal interpretation through movement. Emily has 8 years of experience teaching dance to children.
Emily’s dance programs combine the discipline and structure of dance styles like ballet and jazz, with the attunement to one’s body and self-expression of creative movement and dance & movement therapy. Her programs allow students to challenge themselves and accomplish new physical feats, while learning to build awareness and expression of themselves.
Forest School Facilitator & Permaculturalist:
Emily has spent 4 years living in the woods on a permaculture farm, learning skills like gardening, wild foraging and regenerative agriculture. She had the pleasure of running a forest school for 2 - 8 year olds, where we learned about a new topic each week (like harvesting tea and strawberries, the role of bees, etc.) made up games in the forest, sang songs and read books.
Emily also has a curious mind which led her to earn a B.Sc. in Physics and Philosophy, and which helps her create inquisitive programs for fun and learning!
Artist:
Emily loves to express herself through art, and is familiar with painting, drawing, playing the harp, and of course (her favourite) dance! She is interested in arts and crafts with natural materials and has woven baskets from various plants, made leather products, built natural earth homes and more. Emily is always looking to experiment with new natural materials!
Additional qualifications:
* Emily is a professionally trained youth empowerment facilitator and leadership coach
* Emily has led international youth trips in Canada, Kenya and Nicaragua
* Emily has worked as a teacher-on-call and education assistant in schoolsReviews
Live Group Class
$65
for 6 classes1x per week, 6 weeks
60 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-10
2-10 learners per class
