Geek Chic for Dance Class!
Geek is the new chic for dance class! It’s a no-brainer that dancers who understand dance history and dance vocab will always have an edge over those less informed dancers. Nerd is the word! So, why not enhance their knowledge and make learning FUN!?
We have some oh-so-geek-chic ideas of how you can level-up your dancers’ learning in a fun + engaging way!
Word Search Wall and FREE Printable
Create a fun Word Search Wall in your studio with hidden dance vocab words. To create our 10×10 letter word search, we purchased colorful pre-cut circles and large letter stickers, but you can be creative and add your own flair! We’ve done the hard part for you by fitting the words into the pattern already (see FREE printable below)! All you need to do is create the same letters and hang them up! One tip: As you create each letter, label the back with it’s position so you’ll know where it goes if they accidentally get out of order (ex. Row 1, Col 2). This saved us several times when things got a little out of whack!
We’re including a fun FREE printable of the word search pictured here for two purposes. First, it gives you the layout of the puzzle for creating your Word search wall. And, second, you can print them out for your younger dancers to reinforce the dance terminology!
Click here to download your FREE printable!
Flashie Card Showdown
Even if you don’t yet own our fun + fanciful Twirl Flashie Cards, you can still create your own flash cards for quizzing your dancers in a fun speed round! You can call it the Flashie Card Showdown! Break your class into two teams. Hold up a one Flashie Card of your choice, and the team who first shouts out the correct dance step receives a point. Then, someone from their team must correctly demonstrate the step on the Card, receiving another point for correct technique. Then, the whole class can do the dance step together. The team with the most points at the end of the game is the winner!
If you want to keep things simple without a game and point system, you can simply hold up one Flashie Card at a time as the class demonstrates each step while reciting the name of the step and even what it means. There are so many fun ways to use these cards to grow your dancers’ knowledge around dance terminology. If you purchase our Flashie Cards, they include lots of fun suggestions of different ways you can use them in class.
If you want to learn more about our Flashie Cards, check out this blog post or head over to our Confetti shop!
Dance History 101
These days, our youngest dancers tend to know more about Elsa, Belle and Moana than they do about even the most iconic dancers who have greatly influenced and impacted our dance world. Enter #confettiicons! We’re just getting started on this series (you can search the hashtag on Instagram), but the inspiration is unlimited when it comes to dance icons. Why not take some extra time to school your kids on some of these famed dancers during dance class!? You can start by giving them background on the dancer, a few fun facts about their dance life and then focus a portion of your class around the dance style he or she is known for! Make sure you have fun with the music, too!
Whether you’re having fun with dance history or dance vocabulary, the point is to help your dancers find their inner geek and #makedancefun at the same time! And, when that is happening, geek definitely becomes chic!
2 Comments
October 20, 2017 at 2:18 pm
Janet says:
The printable doesn’t work. Always goes to iTunes
October 25, 2017 at 11:51 am
Confetti Crew says:
Hi Janet! I’m sorry you are having trouble with the download. We’ve checked from multiple computers and it is downloading for us. It is an automatic download that should start as soon as you click the link. However, I am going to send you an email with the PDF in it so you can hopefully access it that way. Look for that in the next few minutes. Thanks, and again, my apologies that the link isn’t working for you. Thanks!!