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

Plus we are very excited to be launching Dance News Worldwide Magazine! Sharing your dance news, events and opportunities from across the globe! Feature your business, news or events for just £50! This can be for up to a double page spread! Tell Me More

Whatever your interest in dance – here’s a summary of what’s going on this month!

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

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

Fridays, 4.30-5pm – Groovy Kids Music and Dance with Debbie – For aged 8-12 years includes Popdance Kids routines in this lesson

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

Dance Costume Consignment

Winni Costumes – selling barely used and new dance costumes and accessories at great rates and dance studios always receive free shipping

Dance Suppliers

Need help with your communications with your customers? Stand out from the crowd with The Brandit – official graphic designers for Popdance

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 has raised over £1000 with their #FootlooseFever video for Comic Relief! find out more

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

Got news, events and opportunities in dance, fitness and wellbeing? We can share with the world for you with the brand new magazine “Dance News Worldwide Magazine” – find out more here

Exercise Movement and Dance Partnership get Footloose Fever

Popdance partners, Exercise Movement and Dance Partnership, took up the #FootlooseFever challenge for Comic Relief and learnt the 1 minute dance routine.

 

Check out Carrie and Chloe performing the routine which took us well over our £1,000 target – Woo Hoo! #Teamwork

 

Thanks gals

 

Take a look at the videos here and here

Please donate whatever you can to Comic Relief here


Find out more about EMD UK Here

We invited people of all ages and abilities and from across the world to join us in learning a 1 minute dance routine to the iconic track, Footloose!

People got stuck in and practised the routine at home, some on their own, some with family, some joined in via online dance classes to learn the routine.

They then donated whatever they could to Comic Relief via our Just Giving page so we could see how much we were all raising together!

Everyone was invited to join the Footloose Fever LIVE performance online on Thursday 18th March at 7pm

Here’s what happened – from the LIVE performance itself, to solo performances, groups and classes.

And we are super thrilled to announce that together we smashed our target of £1,000! Let’s take it even further – please donate whatever you can via our JustGiving Link

 

https://youtu.be/kF27Ua07Vmg

Please donate whatever you can to Comic Relief via our JustGiving Link here

With big thanks to:

A.Js. Stars

Angie’s Dance Academy

Anna

Antoinette

Aoife

Arbonne

Arlene Phillips CBE

Chris

Christina & Ashley

Donna

Dr Peter Lovatt

Emma Louise Dance Club

Jennifer

Kaiya

Karen

Katie

Kelly

Laura

Lauren Elizabeth Dance

Lianne’s Dance & Barre

Martina

Mildred

Mums UnLtd

NV Dance & Events

Rachel Le M

Ruby and Ava

Shaunas Dance Fitness

Stephanie

The Athena Network

The Whole Popdance Team

TimeOut4Me

Vikki

Westminster Performing Arts

and to everyone for their support, their passion and for their donations!

You rock!

If you fancy having a go at the 1 minute routine – check it out here – there’s the full routine with Rachel, and also a low impact and SEN version and seated version to choose from as well – with Angie

Original Version


Seated Version


Low Impact and SEN Version

https://youtu.be/zQ9_FZIdJSEhttps://youtu.be/MpMXIulAhyshttps://youtu.be/jfg2Eib37n8

Donate whatever you can to Comic Relief via our Just Giving Link here

The amazing leadership team of Mums UnLtd got together to perform the seated version of the Footloose Fever 1 minute dance routine for Comic Relief.

A big THANK YOU to them all as we know they are super busy putting the finishing touches to their awards night which takes place this Friday!

Much appreciated ladies!

Find out more about Mums UnLimited and the help and support they give to Mumpreneurs here

https://youtu.be/9dCe__r3vvM

Here’s how to get involved:

1. Learn the 1 minute Footloose Fever routine (there’s a full dance version, a seated version and a low impact version)
2. Donate whatever you can afford to Comic Relief via our Just Giving link so we can see how much we are all raising together
3. Book to join us for Footloose Fever LIVE on Thursday 18th March at 7pm

Here’s the full details and all the links you need

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.

Book to dance with Stephanie here


Find out more about working with us here

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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