In-school Workshops

Learning the basics of coding through dance
Academic Years 3 - 4

Challenge your students with an explorations of pathways, directions, shape and dimension.

This STEAM based creative dance workshop explores the connection between how we program a robots to move and how we can choreograph our bodies to move.

Dancing through cultures
Academic Years 3 - 6

During this workshop students will focus on how space, time, dynamics and choreographic devices reflect the cultural influences of adapted repertoire from The Nutcracker.

In small group-based choreographic activities, students will learn to manipulate the learnt repertoire.

Dancing through history
Academic Years 3 - 6

This workshop explores the theme of war through repertoire which draws from ballet and contemporary genres.

Students will be guided through choreographic activities that will assist in creating their own, unique movements, providing opportunities for them to develop creativity and problem-solving skills.

Academic Years 3 - 6

This workshop explores the connection between artwork and dance, inspired by a selection of paintings created by Judy Watson. The workshop will explore movement sequences and the connection to design.

The content has been developed in consultation with the contemporary Australian Indigenous art faculty at Griffith University.

The ideal introductory ballet workshop
Academic Years 7 - 12

The history and evolution of ballet will be incorporated into the teaching of this ballet technique workshop, adapted for various age level or dance experience.

Students will build on their technique and ballet vocabulary throughout the class to culminate in the learning of three pieces of adapted repertoire from different eras.

The physics of ballet
Academic Years 7 - 12

During this Partnering workshop students will be guided through the basics of partnering, exploring counterbalance, base of support, centre of gravity and weight sharing.

These skills will then be integrated into the learning of a duet from a modern ballet from Queensland Ballet’s repertoire.

Unpack the detail behind creation
Academic Year 10 - 12

Students will explore choreographic intent through the analysis of both classical ballet storytelling and contemporary abstract portrayal.

Students will learn a piece of repertoire and then create their own movement sequence based on contemporary Queensland Ballet productions.