We love working with dance teachers across the globe to bring you all sorts of amazing dance classes, parties and workshops.

Meet Stephanie Wie, who is a fantastic dance teacher in Lossiemouth, Morayshire in the North East of England:

What’s your name and where are you in the world? Stephanie Wie – Harris and I’m based in Lossiemouth, Morayshire, North East England

RAD RTS CBTS, RAD CBTS Mentor, AISTD Disco/Freestyle, ISTD DDE Modern, Tap & Ballet, Acrobatic Arts, NC Dance Performance

What kind of dance do you currently offer? 

Popdance parties – all ages

Popdance workshops – all ages

Ballet – all ages

Tap – all ages

Modern – all ages

Jazz – all ages

Acrobatic Arts – all ages

What got you into dance?

I grew up in Germany with my parents and started dancing from the age of seven and came to live in Scotland in 2000.

After leaving school I auditioned and did a full time 3 year course run in conjunction with Moray College UHI and undertook the two year full time Professional Teacher Training Course. I graduated in 2006 with an NC in Dance Performance and internationally recognized teaching qualifications from the Royal Academy of Dance and the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance.

I have taught full time performing art students and school age pupils, both in the UK and Hong Kong where I gained valuable experience from DMR School of Ballet.

Returning to Scotland I taught primarily for Moray Dance but did classes for North Aberdeenshire Dance School in Old Meldrum and Tarvis, Gordonstoun Private School.

I have continually improved my professional development undertaking further examinations with the RAD and attending many courses to maintain my high standards and to ensure that I am up to date with whatever syllabi that I teaches.

Having performed in many successful shows I have also organized and helped choreograph numerous sell out performances during my training and my teaching career.

I have also entered children for dance examinations under the ISTD and RAD in UK and Hongkong and hold a 100% pass rate.

What I love about teaching is when a child has mastered a step that he/she has been working on for weeks. When suddenly it all clicks into place and they then strive for the next progression.

What do you like to do in your spare time?

Walking Bella and Franki – my beautiful cocker spaniels. I have recently had a baby too, as a first time mum I am getting used to all things baby! I also likes to keep my personal fitness in tact so joined my local gym for classes such as Spinning, Les Mills Body Combat and Body Pump.

What do you love about the area you live and work in? 

Lossiemouth is a beautiful place to live and teach. We have two lovely beaches, woodlands to explore, nice restaurants and the people are very friendly. I also teach in Elgin, which is 5 miles from Lossiemouth. Elgin is a more built up town with more shops and the Town Hall where we do our shows. I have also taught in Forres and Kinloss, like Lossiemouth, Kinloss has an RAF base so the children I teach are a mix of locals and RAF children.

Why did you want to work with Popdance?

Working with Popdance allows me to expand my love for teaching. The workshops/parties that are available enable me to provide something fun, new and exciting. I love the team that represents Popdance, you feel supported, encouraged and gives a new sense of motivation.

What are you looking forward to for the year ahead?

Of course just now we are in hard times with Covid-19, however I am looking forward to getting back into face to face classes, promoting Popdance and widening it’s potential throughout my area.

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Meet David Outevsky who is based in New York

What’s your name and where are you in the world?

David Outevsky, New York, USA

What kind of dance or fitness do you currently offer?

Ballroom and Latin, Contemporary, Modern, Conditioning with Imagery for Dancers. 

We also offer theoretical courses and workshops such as:

• Dance History
• Dance Anthropology
• Dance Writing
• Dance Kinesiology
• Dance Injuries
• Dance for Older Adults
• and Dance for the Camera

CPD Certification are provided.

What got you into dance?

My neighbor was a dance teacher when I was around 11, she convinced me to try it and I haven’t stopped since.

What do you like to do in your space time?

I practice kung fu, go hiking and read.

What do you love about the area you live and work in?

The diversity of experiences available and the different type of people I meet.

Why did you want to work with Popdance?

It looked like a great platform to show what I have to offer to the dance community and a great network for my CPD courses which are designed for dance teachers.

What are you looking forward to about the year ahead?

To grow my online workshop business, make new connections, and get back to some normality after the last crazy year.

Conditioning with Imagery for Dancers sample video


Dance Therapy Discussion Video


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Join us and thousands across the country to come together to raise money for Comic Relief!

 We understand that a lot of schools really want to support Comic Relief this year, but due to the current situation, have not been able to. We thought this would be a great way to: – bring the school together (teachers, students and families) – give everyone the “feel good factor” – get people dancing (which is incredible for physical and mental health) – raise money for Comic Relief (whatever people can afford to donate – we know it’s been a tough year) – learn a fun 1-minute dance routine to the feel good track that is Footloose! Teachers could also use the routine in PE time to teach the students. 

Here’s how it works:

Step 1:

Learn the 1 minute Footloose Fever dance routine as demonstrated and taught by our Creative Director, Rachel

You can do this on your own, or with friends via zoom, or with your family

https://youtu.be/zQ9_FZIdJSE

One of our Popdance Partners, Angie from Angies Dance Academy demonstrates a seated version and a low impact and SEND version of the Footloose Fever routine – thanks, Angie!

SEATED VERSION

LOW IMPACT AND SEND VERSION

https://youtu.be/jfg2Eib37n8https://youtu.be/MpMXIulAhys

Step 2:

Donate whatever you can to Comic Relief via the Donate Here button or the QR code – every single penny counts, so no matter what size of donation, you really are making a difference

Make sure you use this donation link so that we can see how much we are all raising together

Donate to Comic Relief HERE

Step 3:

If you’d like to join us for a mass Footloose Fever dance off with other people across the country on Thursday 18th March at 7pm – book your place on zoom here – places are limited so book now

Book to join us for Footloose Fever Live

Step 4:

Nominate 3 friends, family, neighbours, colleagues, customers, schools, colleges, businesses to take part – every single penny makes a huge difference-  share this link with them for all the info www.popdance.co.uk/footloose-fever-for-comic-relief/

Send this link to nominate your friends

THANK YOU

It was so lovely to meet you and chat with you all this morning – we hope you enjoyed the get together. If you weren’t able to make it, never fear, we have a summary of what we talked about:

Charity Dance Video for Comic Relief  Thanks for all your input on this and thanks for the offer of your choreo, Natalie, we will have a chat this end and get everything set up with step by step instructions of how to get involved, etc on our website shortly – we will send you all a link when it’s ready – very, very exciting! So get 19th March in your diaries – around 7pm

Dance News Round Up

This is FREE for Popdance Partners to feature, £25 to registered and non partners – it’s an opportunity to share your online classes, your news, anything you want the world to know – it goes to thousands of people that want to dance, and thousands of dance teachers, so perfect if you are recruiting too – here’s all the details

Submit your entry for the April issue now

Blogs, News and Features – and don’t forget, as a Popdance Partner, you can share your blogs, news and features on our website – simply send us the details, any images or videos you want to include, etc and we will do the rest – we will then promote that across our social media channels too – https://popdance.co.uk/blog/

Central Online Timetable

If you are running online classes and you are a Popdance Partner, did you know that we can add your classes (whatever genre of dance or fitness you offer) to our central online timetable that we promote to thousands of potential customers.

Simply email us the details at [email protected], or update your Popdance webpage and let us know – https://popdance.co.uk/popdance-online/

Central School Holiday Timetable

If you are a Popdance Partner and are running any online workshops or classes or activities during the school holidays, we can add them to our central timetable which we promote to thousands via email and social media – all with links for customers to book directly with you.

This can be for any activity you are offering (including cookie making ;) This is great with Easter holidays coming up – here’s an example of the Feb half term one we had

2021 Dance Year Planner

If you haven’t yet got your mitts on one of these, download it for FREE – print and pop on your wall. It features lots of national awareness days to help you plan social media content, plus prep prompts for things coming up.

Or, if you would like a printed A3 one sent to you – give us a shout

Download FREE here

Work With Us

We are looking to build relationships with dance teachers, dance schools and performing arts schools to not only help them to promote everything they offer, but to also be able to pass you things like Popdance parties, workshops and classes.

It’s FREE to register with us, or £25/month to become a partner – find out more here

Google My Business

If you are not yet registered for Google My Business, it’s definitely worth doing so – it’s a FREE service and great for keeping customers up to date and being found more easily via google search – here’s a bit more info from pals of ours, Striking Places  

As a Popdance Partner, we will set you up with Google My Business

TikTok

Give us a follow on TikTok and help Shauna and the team reach a 1,000 followers so that we can go live on 19th March with the Comic Relief Charity event – please do share the link with your customers, your social audience etc as it will really make a big difference – thanks in advance – www.tiktok.com/@popdanceworld

If you are a Popdance Partner or Registered Teacher and you would like to film some Popdance Fit 15 minute sessions for us – paid work, then get in touch at [email protected]

Choreography

If you are a Popdance Partner, you are invited to choreograph for Popdance and get paid for it – get in touch with [email protected] to find out more

Corporate Teambuilding

We chatted about the benefits of running corporate teambuilding online workshops – so we will be doing a marketing push on this – and revamping our webpage about this.

If you are a Popdance Partner, make sure you have it as an offering on your Popdance webpage and let us know so we can promote it for you

Demo Day

This has been discussed in previous online meet ups – but we will put something together to see if this is of interest.

The thought was that we have a “day” of demos of dance and fitness – so teachers can run a 20 or 30 min demo of their classes or workshops and we promote the day to thousands of people who can then choose what they want to have a go at.

More on this over the next month – register your interest if you would like to demo one of your classes at [email protected]

Ofsted

This was raised in the meeting as to whether it’s worth being Ofsted registered – we will have a chat with EMD about this and report back

Free Marketing Tips For Dance Teachers

If you haven’t yet done so, register to get these free bitesize easy to implement tips to help your dance business every month straight into your inbox

Future Subjects

Meanwhile, if there are any subjects you would like us to cover in future meetings or as separate workshops, let us know by emailing [email protected] – things like finance, social media, marketing, etc – whatever you would like some extra support with

Help and Support for your dance business  Get in touch if you would like to find out more about how we can work together – from one off promotions, to working in partnership together – [email protected] 

The PopShop The brand new PopShop will be live shortly – so look out for lots of ideas on how to market your business – woo hoo!

Next Meeting

The next Dance Teacher Online Meet Up is on 1st April – April Fools Day ;)

Get it in your diaries and register FREE here

Have a great month – look out for more on the charity Comic Relief dance very very soon! Exciting!

If you want to book a slot to be one of the 100 on the live zoom, then let us know at [email protected] asap so we can reserve you a space – will be around a £10 or £15 donation to Comic Relief – we will set up a donation page.

 Sue and The Popdance Teamx

Welcome to the March edition of the Dance News Round Up – there’s lots of classes, news and products to help you feel amazing through dance.

Whether you are a participant in dance, or you are a dance teacher – here’s a summary of what’s going on this month.

This month we are sharing tons of online dance, fitness and yoga classes available through our Popdance Partners PLUS get your FREE Popdance Fit 15 minute session as well as hear news from and for dance teachers around the globe!

Got something you want to promote? Whether that’s your dance classes, events, products or services, or how you are getting on in your nearest dance class? Get your business or news in front of thousands! Find out more here

Brought to you by the Popdance Team

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Online Dance Classes

More 15 minute on demand dance workout videos have been added to the vault, from Olly Murs to The Pointer Sisters – get a free Popdance Fit dance workout session

Mondays, 11am – Popdance Seniors with Kerry – Popdance Seniors is based on low impact, fun dance moves to pop music from the 80s, 90s, 00s and current tracks

Mondays, 5.50-6.20pm – Beginners Cheer Dance with All Sorts of Performing Arts – For aged 6-9 years

Mondays, 4.25-4.55pm, Beginners Musical Theatre with All Sorts of Performing Arts – For ages 4-7 years

Mondays, 6-6.30pm – Popdance Fit with Ciara – Cardio based dance workout class to your favourite pop tracks – all abilities welcome, adults and teens

Tuesdays, 7.30am – 8.00am – Stretch Class with Lianne – a class for adults of all abilities to stretch and mobilise your body and improve your overall flexibility.

Tuesdays, 4.30-5.00pm – Advanced Street Dance with All Sorts of Performing Arts – For ages 11-14 years

Tuesdays, 5-5.30pm – Beginners Freestyle Dance with All Sorts of Performing Arts – For ages 5-8 years

Tuesdays, 4.15-4.45pm, ThinkFit Kids with Emma – Based on the same concepts as ThinkFit, but is brought across in a simpler way for children to relate to and understand.

Tuesdays, 5.45-6.30pm – Contemporary Dance with All Sorts of Performing Arts – For ages 10-14 years

Wednesdays, 3-4pm – Beyond Basics Ballroom & Latin with Debbie For adults

Wednesdays, 4.30pm-5.00pm, Primary Ballet with Emma – Fun beginners ballet class for children age 3-5yrs – all abilities welcome

Wednesdays, 4.30-5.15pm – Beginners Street Dance with All Sorts of Performing Arts – For ages 6-12 years

Wednesdays, 4.30-5.15pm – Dinky Dancers with Debbie. For ages 4-5 years – includes Popdance Kids routines in this lesson

Wednesdays, 5.25-6.10pm – Mini Moovers with Debbie. For ages 6-8 years – includes Popdance Kids routines in this lesson

Wednesdays, 5.30pm-6.00pm – Junior Ballet with Emma – Fun open ballet class for children age 6-11 yrs, all abilities welcome

Wednesdays, 6.15pm-6.45pm – Popdance Kids with Emma – Learn fun dance routines to your favourite pop tracks. For age 5-11 yrs, all abilities welcome

Wednesdays, 6.20-7.20pm – Improvers Ballroom and Latin with Debbie. For adults

Wednesdays, 7.30-8.30pm – Intermediate Ballroom & Latin with Debbie. For adults

Thursdays 7.15am – 8am – Ballet Barre with Lianne. A ballet inspired full body workout, combining elements of dance, yoga, strength training and pilates. For adults of all abilities

Thursdays, 2-2.30pm, Popdance Kids with Megan – for aged 5+, the class is all about learning fun dance routines to their favourite pop tracks – for all abilities

Thursdays 4.30pm-5.00pm Popdance Tots with Emma – For children aged 3-5 yrs. Learn fun dance routines to pop music that they love.

Thursdays 6.00pm – 6.30pm – Popdance Teens with Emma – Dance to your favourite pop songs. Suitable for older children, age 11+ years. All abilities welcome

Thursdays 6pm – 7pm, Sun Power Yoga with Paula – a blend of 4 traditional styles of yoga. Sun salutations and a flowing sequence of postures moving with the breath – great for adult beginners and intermediates

Thursdays 6.45pm – 7.15pm – Senior Ballet with Emma – fun open ballet class, suitable for older children aged 11+ years

Thursdays 7.30pm-8.00pm, Popdance Fit with Emma -great cardio workout that you can take at your own pace. All abilities welcome

Fridays 9.30am – 10.15am, Ballet Bums with Lianne – the first HIIT ballet workout of it’s kind, cardio based to upbeat music – no ballet experience required

Fridays 10.30-11.30am, Popdance Fit with Lianne – a fun dance class for adults – learn fun dance routines to pop music that you love from the 80s, 90s and 00s and current tracks. Great fun for all abilities

Saturdays, 9-9.30am, Popdance Kids and Tots with Megan – suitable for some of our younger Popdancers. Learn fun dance routines to pop music that they love

Saturdays, 10-10.45am – Dance Fusion with All Sorts of Performing Arts. Mixture of Street, Jazz and Cheer dance

Saturdays, 10.30-11.00am – Teeny Boppers with Debbie. For ages 2-3 years – Popdance Tots routines included in this lesson.

Saturdays, 11-11.30am – Fun Ballet with All Sorts of Performing Arts. For ages 3-7 years

Saturdays, 11.15am-12 noon – Dinky Dancers with Debbie. For ages 4-5 years – Popdance Tots routines included in this lesson

Saturdays, 11.40am-12.20pm – Beginners Drama with All Sorts of Performing Arts. For ages 6-12 years

UK Dance Update

Online Dance classes with Emma Louise Dance Club

Westminster School of Performing Arts are operating all their lessons online…don’t miss out!

Introducing FIT4TAP the Fun ‘n’ Funky Tap Dance Fitness Fusion!

Nicole Ricardo offers a variety of classes to encourage health, fitness and joy in yours and your families lives!

Barre Flow launching Monday 1st March on Zoom. Visit us on Facebook or email [email protected] for further details

International News

Outevsky Bespoke Dance Education provides professional development courses in many areas from Dance History to Dance Injuries with CID accredited completion certificates. Please see our website: OUTEVSKY.COM for more information.

Dance News

Book a birthday party with Popdance – learn fun dance routines to your favourite tracks – for all ages and abilities – book for offline, or an online session, with full covid refund guarantee

Popdance, Creative Director, Lianne Holt raises almost £1,000 for charity, MIND – read all about how she did it here

Interested in dance and fancy listening to a great Podcast? Check out Growing Through Dance with Katherine-Lucy Bates here

Support & Jobs for Dance Teachers

Register your details FREE for paid jobs from Popdance here

If you would like help, support and marketing for your dance business at just £25 per month, find out more about becoming a Popdance partner here

101 Marketing Tips for Dance Teachers – available as kindle or hardback from Amazon

Want to meet up online with other like-minded dance teachers, marketeers and people from the dance industry? FREE to attend – get ideas, motivation and inspiration for your dance business – next one is Thursday 4th March at 10-11am – full details can be found here

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