A fun look at traditional dances from around the world. Starting with styles from Mexico, Argentina, India, China & Russia, use these to create improvisations – solo and in groups…
Around The World (KS2)
Hokusai – The Great Wave (KS2)
Order/DownloadLet’s take a look at the iconic painting by Japanese artist Hokusai – The Great Wave. Can you recreate it using your body? Now let’s do that together.
Bullying (KS2)
Order/DownloadWhat different types of bullying can you name? Do you know about cyber, physical, mental & social bullying? How do these make you feel? What can we do to stop them?
Friendship (KS2)
Order/DownloadHow does it feel to have friends? How do we make friends? Let’s move together to form connections – finishing in one big, supportive, group dance.
India’s Festival of Colours (KS2)
Join India’s Festival of Colours – the ‘Holi Festival’. Fizz and pop as you burn your worries on a bonfire. Create a celebratory dance. And throw colours to signify fire, mischief, light and calm.
Grace Darling – Seaside Rescue (KS1)
Order/DownloadGrace Darling lived in a cramped lighthouse with her siblings and their father, the lighthouse keeper. We recreate her daily routine and famous rescue of  stricken sailors in a heavy storm.Â
We Are What We Eat (KS1)
How does food grow? What are our favourite fruits and vegetables? How do we serve and eat them? Are we what we eat? Food is energy, so this is an ideal topic through which to explore dance…
Iron-Age Celts (KS2)
Order/DownloadDiscover Britain before the Romans came.  Become Iron-Age Celts: farming the land, building settlements, making garments, fighting fiercely and worshiping strange gods…
Selfies & Photos (KS2)
What are photos for? How do we frame them? Where do we put them? How do celebrities pose for selfies? Are we photographs? This snappy topic develops into solo, duet & group work…
The Mayans (KS2)
Investigate and recreate the Mayans’ structures, their agriculture, gods and writings. Then imagine what happened to this amazing civilisation. What caused it to disappear?…
Circus (KS2)
Silly clown routines, tightrope, juggling, trapeze: it’s all here at the circus. And what a fun way to explore travelling, balance, support, transitions and – of course – performance…
The Circus (KS1)
Order/DownloadIn the Big Top,  point & stare. Try-out being clowns; balance on tightropes; work together on the trapeze and create a human cannonball. There’s lots of fun and action at the circus!…
Rough & Tumble (KS2)
Can’t engage boys in dance? Think again! Let’s face it; all children like to Rough & Tumble. This scheme appeals to & harnesses boys’ (and, of course, girls’) innate spirit of adventure, mischief and cunning.
Explorers (KS1)
Where can we go to in our journey as explorers? How will we travel in, on or through different terrain? What might we find when we get there? And how will we react to this discovery?…
The Olympics (KS1)
The Olympics present a world of movement. Create a synchronised-swimming quartet. Devise a shadow-boxing solo & rhythmic-gymnastics duet. Then join them together into one big Olympics dance…
Dancing Around The World (KS1)
Order/DownloadDancing our way around the world, we encounter: Chinese dragons; boats on the Nile; a Mexican fiesta; the Indian Holi festival; native American traditions and the sweeping Sahara.
African Greetings (KS2)
The composer’s travels in Zimbabwe inspired the music for this lesson. Whilst there, he learnt the greetings of the Mashona people. You can now use these African greetings to create your own circle dance.
Anglo Saxons (KS2)
Learn how the Anglo Saxons lived. Imagine what their dwellings, work and pastimes were like. Then become warriors, defending your King and paying tribute to your many gods…
Pirates & Treasure (KS1)
Experience life onboard a pirate ship. Feel the weather, encounter under-sea creatures, find treasure, battle to keep it, then escape with the bounty! Pirates & Treasure is a sure-fire hit with your pupils…
The Romans (KS2)
Do battle with the most organised of forces: the Romans. Learn attack & defense formations with these expert warriors. This is a great way for your pupils to experience spatial and group work…
Ourselves (KS1)
What can our bodies do? What do they say about ourselves? How do our movements reflect our mood? Pupils work together to explore these themes; creating and learning a ‘Happiness’ dance…
Victorians (KS2)
Learn how the Industrial Revolution saw Victorians enjoying great innovation. But children also had to work in mines & factories. Through dance, explore machines, transport and childhood…
Toys (KS1)
Explore partner work on the theme of ‘Toys’. Discovering a present, unwrapping it, finding a puppet inside, then manipulating its strings lead to a host of movement ideas…
Tudors (KS2)
Order/DownloadLooking at the time of the Tudors, learn how dance can reflect cultural and historical context. Compose movement in pairs and build into small groups, developing spatial and rhythmic patterns…
Ancient Greeks (KS2)
The Ancient Greeks had it all: Olympic games, battle formations, chariot racing, Gods & Goddesses. There’s so much to explore from this exciting and influential period of history…
The Vikings (KS2)
Arriving on these shores in longships, the Vikings raided villages &Â worshiped many gods. Sure to evoke dramatic, dynamic and contrasting ideas, this topic will really get your pupils moving!
Superheroes (KS1)
What would it be like to be superheroes and have superpowers? Together with your superhero pals, find and defeat the bad guys and free their captors in this action-packed dance…
Florence Nightingale (KS1)
Individually explore Florence Nightingale’s daily activities, before creating group sequences to depict her travel, nursing and caring for wounded soldiers.
Monsters (KS2)
Order/Download‘Monsters’ is a fun way to learn about interacting, spatial awareness, performance and choreography – for this monstrous dance, pupils can also make their own masks!