School Workshops

Sydney Dance Company offers a range of dance workshops that can be delivered in school or in our professional dance studios (depending on availability). Workshops and Classes can be tailored to suit your school program, level of student ability and area of study. If you are teaching the dance specific curriculum, exploring dance within the PDHPE curriculum or delivering an engagement program with first time dancers, Sydney Dance Company can support you in designing an activity that challenges, engages and inspires your students.

Depending on the style of dance selected, students will develop their dance technique, creative thinking and performance quality in a fun and engaging environment. Taught by Sydney Dance Company Teaching Artists, students will be guided through a technique warm up and learn a genre-specific routine.

Creative Contemporary Workshops are a unique opportunity to experience how the Company creates and performs new and original movement. Participants are guided through a contemporary technique warm up, taught a section of Sydney Dance Company choreography and challenged with a composition task from one of our productions.

All workshops and dance classes are tailored to accommodate the learning needs of diverse students including those with different skill levels and prior dance experience. Teaching Artists support individuals to work at their own levels, encouraging all students to experience dance in a positive and inclusive environment.

Workshops can be offered in the following dance styles:

To make a booking or for more information contact us here: [email protected] or call 02 9258 4800.

Sydney Dance Company offers a range of Primary and Secondary School dance workshops that can either be delivered to your students as they continue their learning at home or in the classroom together.

Workshops and Classes can be tailored to suit your school program, level of student ability and area of study. If you are teaching the dance specific curriculum, exploring dance within the PDHPE curriculum or delivering an engagement program with first time dancers, we can support you in designing an activity to challenge, engage and inspire your students.

All workshops are delivered through the online meeting platform Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

Depending on the style of dance selected, students will develop their dance technique, creative thinking and performance skills, in a fun and engaging environment. Taught by Sydney Dance Company Teaching Artists, students will be guided through a technique warm up and learn a genre-specific routine.

Creative Contemporary Workshops offer a unique opportunity to experience how the Company creates and performs new and original movement. Students are guided through a contemporary technique warm up, and challenged with a composition task from one of our productions.

All workshops and dance classes are tailored to accommodate the learning needs of diverse students, including those with different skill levels and prior dance experience. Teaching Artists support individuals to work at their own levels, encouraging all students to experience dance in a positive and inclusive environment.

Workshops can be offered in the following dance styles:

An in-school workshop will incur travel expenses for schools based 35km or more from the Sydney CBD.

For more information contact: [email protected] or call 02 9258 4800.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

Sydney Dance Company is excited to be touring around Australia delivering workshops to Secondary Schools, Primary Schools, Dance Studios and Community Groups.

All workshops and dance classes are tailored to accommodate the learning needs of diverse students including those with different skill levels and prior dance experience. Teaching Artists support individuals to work at their own levels, encouraging all students to experience dance in a positive and inclusive environment. Students will develop their dance technique, creative thinking, and performance quality in a fun and engaging environment.

Workshops provide a embodied experience for students with curriculum links in dance, PDHPE, music, drama as well as many cross-curriculum links into history, geography and humanities. Teachers often report that the workshops provide their students with a supportive environment to step out of their comfort zone as well as a positive opportunity to work collaboratively and creatively.

“The students are so grateful to have access to these workshops and it gives them something to look forward to for the week – not to mention keeping them active and engaged.”

– Secondary school teacher

Duration: 2 hours

Cost: $375 + GST (up to 35 students)

Creative Contemporary Workshops are a unique opportunity to experience how the Company creates and performs new and original movement. Participants are guided through a contemporary technique warm up, taught a section of Sydney Dance Company repertoire, and challenged with a composition task from the touring Sydney Dance Company work.

Duration: 1 hour

Cost: $275 + GST (up to 35 students)

Introduction to Contemporary Workshops are designed for students in grades 3-6 and caters to any experience level mainly aimed at beginners. The workshops are an entry level taster of the techniques and approaches to contemporary dance as well as movement creation.

Duration: 2 hour

Cost: $375 + GST (up to 35 students)

Creative Contemporary Workshops provide dance studio students and community groups with the opportunity to develop their contemporary dance technique, learn Sydney Dance Company repertoire and experience the creative development aspect of choreography as it is done by the Company dancers. Workshops are ideal for dancers aged 12+, but contact us to discuss other options available.

If you would like to engage your students in Sydney Dance Company’s approach to creative process and choreography, you can access our comprehensive resources.

Available resources address the areas of dance performance, composition and appreciation, all specific to the secondary curriculum. Some activities within these resources can be adapted for primary school learning activities.

We are very pleased to support teachers in delivering in-school dance programs and these learning resources are free.

Sydney Dance Company is committed to providing a safe, nurturing, stable and secure environment for children. We believe that the welfare of children participating in our programs is of the highest priority and we foster practices to support children’s health, developmental needs, self-respect and confidence.You can download our Child Protection Policy and our Values and Expectations for children participating in activities with Sydney Dance Company below.

All teaching staff employed by Sydney Dance Company to work with children and young people hold a current NSW Working With Children Check and agree to abide by our policies and guidelines in relation to working with children.

We encourage you to read our Guideline for Parents – Virtual Studios document, which will help parents working in partnership schools to deliver learning, to provide a safe and secure online dance experience for their children whilst they are at home.

Should you have any questions or need guidance on how to raise a concern, please don’t hesitate to contact our Child Safe Environment Officer on 02 9258 4800 or [email protected].