Services

Break Dance and Street Arts’ aim is to improve access to dance forms for young people who wish to engage in recreational activities.

This art form will help to increase awareness and develop an interest in the arts for the young people as well as helping to create an environment that will support the needs of young people.

Performances are encouraged as young people will benefit by presenting their work to funders, organisations and members of the community.

This activity helps to promote a positive image of young people, enhances their self esteem and raises aspirations. It also encourages other young people to engage with this or similar activities.

Typical Class Composition

Research

• Client group needs e.g. age, any disabilities, previous experience etc
• Aims e.g. Produce a choreographed piece for performance in a festival.
• Objectives e.g. Training site, instructor, themes, music, apparatus etc
  
• Time scales

Preparation

Each workshop, session or series of classes is individually planned and prepared for.

This could involve:

• Visiting and checking suitability of site e.g. floor surface, space available.
• Selecting music (could be chosen by clients)
• Plan and produce appropriate routines
• Choreograph routines
• Plan schedule according to time scale.

Delivery

• Health and Safety issues.
• Students are given a brief history of the origins of Hip Hop and the subsequent development of street art forms including break dance. (Could include demonstration).
• Aims of the session clearly explained, all students will understand what they will aim to achieve during the session.
• Warm ups, stretches
• Techniques (complicated moves are broken down into manageable steps and built up during the programme)
• Routines / showpieces are developed, practiced and perfected.
• Cool down
• Evaluation (overview of what students have learned and what they need to work on for next session)
  

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