Spring Break Virtual Dance Camp – All-Island
Join Alison Keery for 3 days of virtual Spring Break Dance Camp!
On March 22 – 24, children can login to Zoom (link provided by instructor) to enjoy an hour of dance instruction with their peers island-wide! Group A (5 to 6 Years) will be introduced to dance and self-expression. Group B (7 to 9 Years) will be introduced to Contemporary dance & composition. Group C (10 to 12 Years) will explore various types of dance, including Jazz, Highland, Ballet, and Contemporary.
Alison instructs dance classes in Masset and we hope to hold some in-person dance classes in the south this Spring. This is a great opportunity to become acquainted with the instructor, her classes, and start building that student-instructor relationship!
- Three-day registration: $50/child
- Additional child from same family: $30/child ($10/day)
- Three-day registration: $50/child
- Additional child from same family: $30/child ($10/day)
- Session 1: Introduction to Jazz- In this class dancers will learn the fundamentals of Jazz technique. We will learn some basic Jazz steps and put them together into a combination
- Session 2: Introduction to Contemporary – We will learn some of the fundamentals of contemporary dance forms drawing predominantly from the Limon Technique. Dancers will explore Limon Principals through codified exercises and improvisations.
- Session 3: Introduction to Ballet – We will explore the fundamentals of ballet, learn some of the vocabulary and create a small combination.
- Three-day registration: $50/child
| A minimum of 8 participants is required for this class to run.
TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS
For assistance, please e-mail info@hgrec.com to discuss. We may be able to provide support with technology and/or the Internet. WAITLIST: To be placed on a waitlist, please e-mail registration details (name of child/ren, age(s), community) to info@hgrec.com. COVID-19 SAFETY PLAN: Edits to our safety plan will include inter-community travel and delivery protocol. We will send it to all registrants and post on our website (www.hgrec.com/covid-19/). CANCELLATION POLICY: Full refund with 7 days advance notice or if absence due to illness. For children unable to attend due to illness, we may be able to allow children to attend a future Zoom session with another group. |
INSTRUCTOR BIO
Alison Keery is a certified Limon Instructor, a British Association of Teachers of Dance (BATD) Associate and did her BFA Dance Honours at York University with a specialization in Motor Learning and Motor Development. She has taught recreational and competition modern, ballet, jazz and contemporary dance for upwards of 20 years and is currently a teacher with Making Music Together and runs programming for various Daycare Centres in Toronto, ON.
Over the past 7 years, she developed a Movement Literacy Program which she has taught in Elementary Schools throughout School District 57, BC. She also taught a similar program called SunDance through Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre in Toronto, ON. The goal of these programs are not to create dancers, but rather to provide students with the skills necessary to be able to interpret movement through the 5 Elements of Dance, rather; to develop “dance literacy” rather than technical dancers. Alison believes passionately that all children are born ready to dance and that tapping in to their personal creative and expressive voices allows them to connect more deeply with themselves.
When Alison is not in the studio or teaching she can be found snuggling with her cats or with her nose buried in a book.
By registering your child, you acknowledge you have read and agree to the following policies:
- Parents/guardians are prohibited from sharing meeting links and passwords with other campers or children not enrolled in a camp session;
- Parents/guardians of children must be in attendance to moderate behaviour and to supervise campers during the virtual sessions;
- Parents/guardians are tasked with the prevention of online bullying or other inappropriate behaviour. Our instructor reserves the right to address cyber harassment, online bullying or other inappropriate behaviour, and will work with parents/guardians to resolve. Any incidents will be recorded and retained. It may require that a camper is removed from the virtual component of the camps;
- Parents/guardians must be in attendance or have a designated adult (18+) in attendance to assist with technology and/or monitor the behaviour of the camp attendee during the virtual sessions.
Our staff are prohibited from one-on-one interactions with campers and from “friending” or direct messaging campers on any online platform. Parents and the Instructor will be cc’d on any communication with a camper outside of a camp session, defaulting to direct communication with parents/guardians. Sessions will only be recorded and retained for safety purposes, and only if all parents/guardians consent.
- Instructor will wear appropriate camp uniform/staff shirt during all virtual programming;
- Staff will abide by all camp policies, including refraining from smoking, vaping, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc. during virtual program hours;
- Staff will consider the background from which they broadcast from and gain director approval of background prior to going live;
- No virtual programming will occur without the written consent of the Recreation Coordinator;
- All virtual programming will occur through the Haida Gwaii Recreation’s professional account and not through personal accounts.
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