This week (the 4th-10th February 2019) is Children’s Mental Health Week. When we think about being healthy, we often focus on our physical health and wellbeing – Things like what we eat/drink and getting enough sleep and activity. However, to be healthy overall, it is important we also look afte
Freestyle, in terms of dance, specifically street dance, is freedom of expression to music. It is how your body responds to the music, it is YOUR way of moving. In freestyle, the moves are not pre-thought out or choreographed, they are spontaneous, whatever happens, happens. EVERYBODY can freestyle.
Everyone struggles with mastering a move at multiple points in their dance careers, even the professionals…so don’t panic! We all find different things difficult and progress at different rates. Just because Bob has the move, you aren’t a “bad dancer” because you are struggling to get the
In the summer, we ran another of our 5 day Urban Dance Camps. We had veterans there who have attended every single camp – to complete beginners. We had teenagers alongside pre-schoolers, but they all managed to get along so well and produce some fantastic work together! We could tell some of them
Eximius, our dance crew from Berrymede Junior School were lucky enough to be selected (for the 2nd year running) to perform in stage at the London Youth Games (LYG) finals opening ceremony at Crystal Palace National sports centre on 5th July. It was an early start, we met at the school for 7am and h
In June, we welcomed Corrie ‘Corrieography’ King to Elevate Arts to deliver a freestyle & choreography based workshop to our students. This was the second specialist workshop we have organised and it went just as well as the first one! Our aim is to bring in top dance specialists who have p
So you may have read our previous blog about our school crew, Eximius, competing at the Great Big Dance Off regional heats? Well, we placed 3rd in the London heats which meant we would go up against the winners of the other 8 regions in the Nationals. That is over 30 groups! In the lead […]
In September 2017 we held open auditions for dancers aged 7+ to form our brand new junior crew. Quite a few attended and were required to learn a routine and freestyle. 10 young dancers were selected and successful in making the cut for the crew. These 10 dedicated dancers train every Saturday for
Over the Easter holidays, we delivered our second successful Urban Dance Camp for children aged 6-16. Across an intense 5 days and a total of 32.5 hours, the children had fun learning 10 different street styles, some which were familiar to them and some which were brand new. Those children who were
Hi, my name is Bonnie, and I am 13 years old and have been attending Elevate Arts sessions for over a year now. Meeting a new group of people and dancing in front of them can seem very intimidating but trust me there is absolutely nothing to worry about. Everyone is so supportive and welcoming. [&he