Footnote offers an incredible education programme
Footnote New Zealand Dance facilitates education opportunities for dancers and dance-lovers of all experiences, from primary school movers, to secondary school students, to teachers across Aotearoa.
School Workshops
Footnote’s Dance in Education programme provides unique and memorable learning experiences for schools.
Footnote can tailor workshops to your needs. Whether you want to spend a day or a week learning from the Footnote team, we can provide fun and creative experiences to enrich learning across your school.
We are a professional dance company perfectly positioned as a resource for both teachers and students. Our Dance in Education programme incorporates repertoire from our touring performances each year, providing access to dance that is current, relevant, and inclusive. Our professional dancers and Dance Educators have the ability and experience to relate to young people – understanding, creating, and communicating the magic of movement across the country.
Primary and Intermediate Schools
Footnote Dance Create Day
Delivered by our Dance Educators, these workshops will explore new ways of moving, build confidence in creative expression and work towards a performance that every child can take part in.
Pricing:
Typically $1400 per day (incl gst), however we are able to work with schools to create a programme to suit your budget, so please reach out!
Footnote Performance
Can be tailored to your school’s needs, whether or not you have a dedicated stage area available.
Pricing:
Typically $1400 per day (incl gst)
Secondary Schools
Footnote Dance Residency
An immersive experience allowing students to gain insight into how a professional dance company creates work. Our Dance Educators will lead technique classes, teach repertoire and provide choreographic workshops, leading students to develop a new dance work in line with the NCEA dance curriculum.
Price on enquiry
Footnote Performance
Can be tailored to your school’s needs, whether or not you have a dedicated stage area available.
Pricing:
Typically $1400 per day (incl gst)
Footnote Dance Masterclass
Led by our professional dancers, a Footnote masterclass compliments the current NCEA dance curriculum and includes learning technique, repertoire and exploring choreographic tasks. Often masterclasses relate to current touring repertoire and include opportunities to attend the performance at a reduced cost.
Price on enquiry
Education resources
Our Education resources have been made by professional dance teachers with expertise in the NCEA curriculum. These resources are invaluable to secondary school teachers, and loved by students.
Mass Solitude Resource
Footnote New Zealand Dance in partnership with DSANZ, is proud to present a teacher and student resource based on Mass Solitude, choreographed by Sarah Foster-Sproull, performed by Footnote New Zealand Dance and Guangdong Modern Dance Company.
Mass Solitude is a movement meditation on connection and isolation. This astounding 30min work showcases the technical mastery of detailed movement that is a signature of Chinese dance companies, with the power and physicality that New Zealand dancers are renowned for across the world.
This comprehensive resource contains:
Footage of the entire 30-minute dance
Interviews with the choreographer, sound designer and dancer
A 30-minute master class with dancer, Joshua Faleatua, where students can learn a 2-minute solo suitable for NCEA assessment
Background information about Footnote and how the dance was created
Easy-to-follow choreographic tasks used by the choreographer to create work
NCEA Assessment tasks and schedules for 1.1, 2.2, 3.3 and 3.6
A student workbook accompanied by thorough teacher notes to assist the teaching and learning of 2.7 (91211) Provide an interpretation of a dance performance with supporting evidence.
Cost $170+GST
This pack includes a 200 page wire-bound colour booklet, downloadable access to interviews and footage through Vimeo plus a digital copy of the resource.