Christmassy Dance Ideas!
It is definitely that time of year! We’ve got our tree up at home and the kids have written their letters to Santa. Are you looking for some festive dance fun? Then read the ideas below for inspiration… Create a…
It is definitely that time of year! We’ve got our tree up at home and the kids have written their letters to Santa. Are you looking for some festive dance fun? Then read the ideas below for inspiration… Create a…
On Saturday I was fortunate enough to have the time (and childcare!) to attend the One Dance UK Conference for Dance Teaching and Participation, at Trinity Laban in London. And what a great day it was! One of the best…
Teaching dance in schools continues to be a contentious area. Teachers have less time and less encouragement to deliver subjects not deemed priority areas by governmental policy. And yet, children today are more anxious, more overweight and increasingly disconnected from…
JumpStart Dance Style Guide A few weeks ago Curve Theatre in Leicester hosted Breakin’ Convention, an International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre. The video footage in this article was taken during the event. The term Hip Hop usually refers…
JumpStart Dance Style Guide Last Saturday (13th May) I was lucky enough to attend the JMO National Day of Dance in Leicester. This annual gathering involved more than 800 men, women and children from 60 groups performing England's national dances.…
I couldn’t do a blog series on Early Years Dance without featuring Jabadao – the national centre for physical play. Jabadao was established in 1985 with the purpose of encouraging people of all ages to involve themselves in playful activity,…
In the fourth instalment in our series of blogs focusing on early years dance, I wanted to share some of the activities we have been doing with young children. My colleague Tahnee Lawson delivers dance sessions in nurseries, to parent…
In the previous blog, I mentioned the vestibular system. Until 18 months ago, I had never heard of this term, but the more I read on it the more fascinating it becomes! The vestibular system provides our sense of balance…
This week we are continuing the blog series on Early Years dance. Tasked with the job of creating a project to develop physical literacy in early years children, JumpStart (in conjunction with our local School Sports Partnership – Team Charnwood)…
It’s been a while since I’ve had chance to blog and one of the reasons is due to the amount of exciting projects we currently have on the go! JumpStart are working in conjunction with Team Charnwood to create and…