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Dance News Round Up – January 2021

Happy New Year and welcome to the latest edition of the Dance News Round Up.

From taking part in classes, events, workshops and performances…

To help, support and providing jobs for dance teachers, dance and performing arts schools

This is where it all comes together!

Wishing you a prosperous and healthy 2021!

Brought to you by the Popdance Team

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Do you have news or events to share? Get in touch here

Online Dance Classes

Mondays – 6.30pm – Hotpod Flow Yoga with Paula – Paula will guide you through a flow of postures to work the body as well as calm the mind – everyone welcome

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, 10-11am, Popdance Seniors/Beginners with Kerry, all the way from Cyprus, low impact, fun dance moves to pop music from the 80s, 90s, 00s and current tracks

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, 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 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

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 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

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

Offline Dance Classes

Please check with the individual teachers before you attend the class as things are constantly changing with Covid-19

In Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway? Book a trial class at Emma Louise Dance Club

International News

Step on tune – Dance Classes by Jooda in Saudi Arabia

Dance News

Join Popdance Partner, Shauna Flanagan, who owns Shauna’s Dance Fitness on TikTok – Shauna runs her own TikTok account, with some of her posts reaching 42.3k!!! plus she heads up the Popdance account – connect and duet with her

Keep up to date 24 hours a day with all the latest dance news, share your dance news wherever you are in the world, in the brand new Dance News Worldwide facebook group – for dance teachers and those that love to dance

Support for Dance Teachers

Popdance launch Partner Opportunity for Dance Schools Globally

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

Help and support for your dance and performing arts school – watch the short video here

Jobs for Dance Teachers

We are looking forward to partying again in 2021, if you are an amazing dance teacher and would like to work with our team running fantastic parties, workshops and classes, then register your details completely free with us today

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By Sue Wybrow|January 6th, 2021|Blog|0 Comments

Meet The Teacher – Ciara Hodgkiss – Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK

Name: Ciara Hodgkiss from Hitchin Hertfordshire.

Dance I Offer: Popdance Parties, Workshops, Kids Camps. I am also into fitness and have previously taught Popdance Fit.

What got me into dance: I started dancing at the age of 6 at Dance Steps Academy in Letchworth where I did exams in ISTD Tap and Modern.

I performed in many shows with this school and got my passion for dance.

I then went onto Hitchin College to get my Diploma in dance. From here I decided I wanted to be a dance teacher and attended Penny Meekings the dance college where I received my DDI and DDE in Tap and Modern.

Why Popdance?: I was looking for extra work and came across Popdance on the internet. I like to choreograph and so this was a great way to earn some extra money to get paid to choreograph for the website.

I also like all the recourses and support you get with Popdance. It has allowed me to run my own camps and classes in Schools.

Year ahead: I am starting up my Popdance Kids clubs again as unfortunately I lost a lot of work due do covid. I would also like to run more parties in the year ahead.

Find out more or book with Ciara here

By Sue Wybrow|December 24th, 2020|Blog|0 Comments

Dance Teachers – the next generation

We had a great session on zoom with other panellists and soon to be graduates of dance at Middlesex University this afternoon.

The session was about marketing yourself as a dancer, choreographer or dance entrepreneur and we were asked by the University to join their panel of dance practitioners, entrepreneurs and marketing experts to talk about creating and marketing for dance.

We discussed the key ingredients for developing a strong and memorable brand

What we’ve learnt about marketing since forming our own companies

How to communicate and effectively market dance businesses and services

What channels to market with and communication strategies

Whilst there are many things to consider for these young dancers entering the next stages of their careers, one thing was unanimous and that was:

Bring your personality into it
Show your passion
Go for it
Go the extra mile
Stand out
Keep going for it
Aim high
Don’t take things personally
Look at what you are going for and work backwards, how are you going to achieve that in bite size chunks.

And, there’s tons of help and support out there for you – from connections on LinkedIn, in facebook communities, engaging on instagram, online meet ups and companies like ours that are there to offer help and support for dancers, for whatever genre of dance, performing arts or fitness they offer.

You will be surprised at how much people are willing to help and support you – all you need to do is ask!

By Sue Wybrow|December 8th, 2020|Blog|0 Comments

Dance News Round Up – December 2021
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Dance News Round Up – December 2021

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Dance News Round Up – December 2021

With so much going on in the world of dance, we are super excited to announce the launch of the brand new “Dance News Round Up” to keep you in the loop with what’s available online, offline and hybrid in all genres of dance and fitness!

From taking part in classes, events, workshops and performances

To help, support and provide jobs for dance teachers, dance and performing arts schools

This is where it all comes together!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy and Healthy 2021!

Brought to you by the Popdance Team

Do you have dance news that you’d like to share?

Online Dance Classes

Mondays – 6.30pm – Hotpod Flow Yoga with Paula – Paula will guide you through a flow of postures to work the body as well as calm the mind – everyone welcome

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, 10-11am, Popdance Seniors/Beginners with Kerry, all the way from Cyprus, low impact, fun dance moves to pop music from the 80s, 90s, 00s and current tracks

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, 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

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

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

Offline Dance Classes

Hitchin, Hertfordshire – Ciara is running a Popdance Christmas School Holiday Camp in Hitchin, Hertfordshire on Tuesday 22nd and Weds 23rd December, find out more and book here

Find a dance class or workshop in your area – click here – can’t find one in your area? Get in touch to discuss getting something set up for you – [email protected]

Dance News

Emma Louise Dance Club does Children in Need dance Challenge – we love this!

Our Chief Legwarmer Wearer, Sue Wybrow, gets together with local businesses to recreate some Christmas Classics for local charity Home Start Herts – check out the video to see how they got on here

Dance Gifts For You

Download these fun Christmas activity sheets for the kids – wordsearch, puzzles and some good old fashioned colouring in. Send us photos of your completed sheets, or tag us on social media and we will share for you – you could even win a famous Popdance magnet – woo hoo! Instagram, facebook, twitter

Have a crack at this fun Popdance Christmas routine to “Rocking Around The Christmas Tree” – fun to do with the family, pals, even over zoom – why not film your routine and share with us on social (with parental permission of course)

Support for Dance Teachers

Popdance launch Partner Opportunity for Dance Schools Globally

101 Marketing Tips for Dance Teachers – available as kindle or hardback from Amazon – great stocking filler for dance business owners

Help and support for your dance and performing arts school – watch the short video here

Jobs for Dance Teachers

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