Online School Workshops
Bring Queensland Ballet school dance workshops to your students virtually!
Created and tested with children at the heart, Queensland Ballet’s Online School Workshops are rigorously designed with the Australian Curriculum – The Arts Learning Area: Dance Subject, Senior Dance Syllabus and Early Years Learning Framework in mind, ensuring all workshops complement the teaching and learning taking place in the classroom. All workshops have been created and recorded by QB Education Teaching Artists who are passionate about putting the fun into the fundamentals of ballet, virtually visiting your school to deliver safe, educative and inclusive dance experiences.
All repertoire and contextual information is adapted and tailored to accommodate the diverse learning needs and experience levels of students in different year levels.
#Program details
What is an online school workshop?
Queensland Ballet's Online School Workshops are delivered in three parts:
Workshop video/s - this is a 40min instructional video led by QB Education Teaching Artists, available for 3 months unlimited use on vimeo . Each video includes practical exercises, analysis and discussion activities.
Pre and post workshop resources - this document will be emailed within 3 working days from the purchase date and provides teachers with suggested pre and post workshop activities to enhance student engagement and understanding.
Live stream Q&A - this is a 30min Q&A between a member of the QB Education Team and the school/kindergarten. This will be arranged individually with each school/kindergarten.
Why is an online school workshop valuable?
Online school workshops are an accessible and affordable offering for schools/kindergartens that provides students with a unique and valuable opportunity to engage with ballet. Once purchased the workshop/s are available for 3 months unlimited use, enabling schools to deliver the workshop package over multiple lessons for as many students and/or class groups as possible. The workshops are specially created to facilitate an in-depth learning experience that are complementary to the Australian Curriculum Dance subject and Senior Dance Curriculum and Early Years Learning Framework.
#Online School Workshop Options
Ballet Moves Workshop
Kindergarten, Prep - Year 1
Cost: $175 incl. GST and transaction fees
Movement concepts are introduced in a playful and creative way through the exploration of QB's Peter and the Wolf, igniting imaginations and bringing the narrative to life.
Moving to Learn Workshop
Year 2 - 4
Cost: $175 incl. GST and transaction fees
Based on instructional and directional language, this creative dance workshops explores the connection between how we can program a robot to move and how we can instruct or choreograph our bodies to move in specific ways.
The Nutcracker Repertoire Workshop
Years 5 – 6
Cost: $175 incl. GST and transaction fees
In this workshop students will learn two sections of adapted repertoire from Ben Stevenson’s The Nutcracker to experience cultural dance and how the elements of dance are used to define this.
Ballet History and Technique Workshop
Year 7 - 9
Cost: $175 incl. GST and transaction fees
The history and evolution of ballet will be incorporated into the teaching of this ballet technique class, adapted for various levels or experience.
Ballet Creation and Analysis Workshop
Year 10 - 12
Cost: $175 incl. GST and transaction fees
Students will explore choreographic intent through the analysis of both traditional classical ballet literal storytelling and modern ballet abstract portrayal.
Primary Workshop Package
Year 2 - 6
Cost: $325 incl. GST and transaction fees
This package includes the Ballet Moves and Moving to Learn Workshops.
Early Years & Primary Workshop Package
Kindergarten, Prep - Year 6
Cost: $440 incl. GST and transaction fees
This package includes the Ballet Moves, Moving to Learn and The Nutcracker Repertoire Workshops.
Secondary Workshop Package
Year 7 - 12
Cost: $325 incl. GST and transaction fees
This package includes the Ballet History and Ballet Creation & Analysis Workshops.
#Testimonial
"The QB Online Workshops are a wonderful tool to bring real world context into the classroom in a safe and engaging way. The combination of making and reflecting activities fits well with ACARA and the new QLD Dance Syllabus. I would highly recommend them to any dance teacher."