International Day

We have taught a weekly day of dance for Smallwood Primary School in Tooting, London, for a few years. Seeing all the classes in the school on rotation, we teach dance styles to fit in with the topics they are learning about in class.

During lockdown in 2020 all our classes for them went online, which was a challenge at first. But the children were so adaptable and took to their online dance classes well from their own homes. We got introduced to a lot of pets!

When things eased and the children were allowed back to school (and the parents all breathe a sigh of relief) we continued to teach online for one more term.

International Day Dance Performance

The school wanted a dance put together for their International Day, with all the children in the school involved in one big, exciting performance.

We chose three continents to focus our dance on, India, South America and Africa.

The classes all learnt the same dance routine, which was made slightly simpler for the younger classes.

On the performance day, our Zest dance teacher came to the school to put the whole dance together, out on the playing field. It was so amazing to be back teaching in real life and quite emotional seeing all the children again.

We filmed each class performing their dance and then had it edited it together into an amazing dance film.

The finished dance looked fantastic and it’s such a good memory of what you can still achieve in difficult circumstances.

Music:
Aankh Marey – by Neha Kakkar
Samba De Janerio – by Bellini
Waka Waka – by Capetown

Diversity

To celebrate the diversity of your school, we can bring many different dances from all over the world. This can make your students feel included and proud of where they have come from.

For more info on how we can bring some International dances to your school for International Day or Week, take a look at our cultural workshops here.