Dance Programs for Community
RhythmConnect aim with African dance is to create a fun and dynamic learning environment where all participants will feel successful have a great workout and enjoy a unique cultural experience.
These workshops create excitement, improve fitness and coordination, encourage team work and provide a sense of achievement.
African Dancing Workshops
RhythmConnect African dance workshops are fun, entertaining, full of cultural energy and alive with the power of the drums, dances and songs from Africa
Workshop description:
Preliminary rhythm work to warm up, such as clapping /body percussion etc (a good ice breaker) followed by stretching and body isolations.
We then kick of the workshop by teach dynamic African dance movements, once everyone has an understanding of these individual movements and can dance them confidently we join them together in sequence using drums to signal the change between steps and provide us with the traditional music for the dance.
Finishing off with a cool down using gentle stretches
RhythmConnect also provides dance workshops in:
- African Dance
- Samba
- Bollywood
- Contemporary Dance
- Hip Hop
- Break
Rhythm Connect in school dance programs equal:
- Spirit
- Multi-Culture
- Teamwork
- Health & Wellbeing
Outcomes
- Energizes Participants
- Increased fitness level
- Activates playful stress reduction
- Learn Dance techniques
- Elements of history, global community and multi-cultural awareness
- The art of working together as a team
- Developing a performance piece that will be showcased at the end of the program
Rhythm Connect dance programs, helps boost enthusiasm and positive morale, and encourages participants to feel good about themselves by creating an atmosphere of fun, success, and being part of something special.
