We offer a wide range of dance sessions to suit your needs. Ingenuity Youth Session leaders are PGCE qualified teachers with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and specialist experience in the AQA GCSE Dance and BTEC Performing Arts Courses. We can also support participants choosing Dance as one of their sports for the PE GCSE.


All sessions can be adapted to suit one-off, short term or long term projects, and last from 60 minutes to a whole day.





Introduction to Choreography


This session introduces Choreographic Processes, Devices & Techniques and allows participants to work through the Choreographic Process:


Researching: exploring different stimuli; synthesising ideas
Improvising: teacher-led improvisation
Generating: independent generation of material
Selecting: reflecting and identifying the strongest material
Developing: using Choreographic Devices
Structuring: including introduction to Form and Structure
Refining: using Physical, Expressive and Technical Skills to refine their choreography.


*This session can be tailored to support A-Level or Level 3 participants*



Breathe & Shift


This session teaches participants two of the set phrases needed for Component 1 of AQA GCSE Dance: Breathe & Shift.


With a focus on Physical and Expressive Skills, participants with learn the Technical content whilst developing and embedding key skills such as accuracy, co-ordination, focus and projection.


Note: Ingenuity Youth Dance Session Leaders have undertaken CPD with AQA to ensure the most accurate content is passed on to your students.


The recommended length of this session is 3 hours.







Performance in Practice


This session focusses on delivering practitioner repertoire (for example, ‘Crunchy Granola Suite’ by Bob Fosse) or Ingenuity Youth repertoire (for example, Contemporary Dance performance pieces). Ingenuity Youth repertoire can be used and re-used by teachers within your organisation upon completion of the session.


There is a particular focus on the development of Physical and Expressive Skills through the execution of Technical content. This session would suit preparation for:

  • Auditions (solo, duo, trio or group)
  • Performance Evenings
  • Examinations, for example:
    - AQA GCSE Dance – Component 1: Duo/Trio Performance.     Please be aware that some Ingenuity Youth repertoire uses two of the GCSE Set Phrases: Flux and Scoop.
    - BTEC Performing Arts - Component 1: Exploring the Performing Arts and/or Component 2: Developing Skills and Techniques in the Performing Arts.    - GCSE PE - Dance as a Sport.

*This session can be tailored to support A-Level or Level 3 participants*

Dance

We offer sessions in the following:

 If you are an independent dance school interested in setting up a GCSE Dance course at your school, please contact us for more information on what we can offer.



Exploring Different Dance Styles 


This session explores three distinct dance styles, and provides participants with a theoretical and practical understanding of the Action, Space, Dynamic and Relationship content of each style. The session ends with participants creating a fusion dance piece, using Choreographic Devices to combine elements of three dance styles. 


Dance styles on offer are:


- African Dance

- Ballet

- Charleston

- Contemporary Dance

- Indian Dance

- Jazz Dance (Bob Fosse)

- Jazz Dance (Musical Theatre Jazz)

- Street Dance (Commercial)

- Street Dance (Tutting)


*This session can be tailored to include Professional Works such as 'A Lihna Curva' and 'Emancipation of Expressionism'*