Primary (P) dance syllabus was developed to help children learn critical thinking, self-confidence, and social-emotional skills through a dance course that is artistically and developmentally appropriate for their age and appealing to young children.
The aims of the syllabus are to improve motor development by helping children to become more skillful in natural dance movements, improving their physical fitness, and promoting self-expression through movement. Cognitive development is fostered through learning movements, developing creative skills, and learning musicality and sensitivity in response to music. Self-esteem and self-confidence are also developed in an environment that enables children to become independent and co-operative learners. The program encourages creativity by engaging the students in planning exercises set to musical pieces and to express emotion through story telling. By making children feel good about what they are doing, we help to nurture a good self-esteem.
Acro (or acrobatic arts) is gymnastic fundamentals for dancers. Acro is designed to promote excellence in flexibility, strength, balance, limbering, tumbling, basic contortion, and partner/group stunting for dancers. Learning acro will improve the overall technique of a dancer in all genres, and will move your dancer one step closer to perfecting their technique in their passion. Danielle’s Acro targets students from Primary to Grade 5.
Saturday Acro/Body Work class will consist of core connectivity, inversion balance and strength, and basic acrobatic skills. Body work is included in class to develop deep muscle connections and movement from a somatic (body/mind) approach. Acro work will be based upon progressions, dancer modifications, and safety. Class will be a Yin/Yang style: students will explore both Inner Connectivity and Outer Mobility. Connie’s Acro focuses on Vocational students.
See schedule here.