Je danse à l’école!
Objectives
Bringing the dance experience to life in an approach that is both playful and educational.
DESCRIPTION
Je danse à l’école! sets up practical workshops aimed at promoting dance and developing in students’ openness, curiosity and critical thinking. Three components are proposed, thus making it possible to adapt to the needs of students and teachers. Here is an overview and their declination.
Phases
Descovery
The “Discovery” section is an introduction to dance based on a few historical notions related to other art forms.
EXPLORATION
The “Exploration” component aims to introduce young people to the dance experience, both technically and creatively.
Technique: experience dance through practical movement workshops in a given technique.
Creativity: around the act of creating dance, offer a sample of compositional tools.
Challenge
The “Challenge” section allows you to deepen the technical bases of dance on the one hand and, on the other hand, to initiate a creative process in dance.
On the technical level: introduce the student to a dance training mode in a synthesis of the different dance techniques. (Dance training means awakening the body to perform expressive movements.)
In terms of creativity: give the possibility of investing in a creative process by developing a dance composition.
Target customers
Preschool and elementary levels (schools and childcare services)
Age of Participants
5 to 12 years
Number of Participants
30 students maximum per workshop (1 class at a time)
Duration of workshop
Discovery (1 session / 2 hours)
Exploration (3 sessions / 1 hour each)
Challenge (10 sessions / 1 hour each)
Schedule
Morning or afternoon
| Progression | Typical animation sequence | Duration |
| Welcome | « Présentation » (Presentation) | 3 min. |
| Setting up | « Je me prépare à la danse »(I’m getting ready to dance) | 15 min. |
| Workshop (exploration games) | « J’explore » (I explore) | 7 min. |
| Creation (composition and elaboration) |
« À l’œuvre» (At work!) | 20 min. |
| Presentation (execution and experience sharing) | « Je présente» (I present) | 15 min. |
| Total : 60 min. | ||
Availabilities
| From Monday to Friday |
| From September 2025 to June 2026 |
Location of workshop
| At school (adequate premises) |
| Equipment: sound system for musical support |
Transportation
S/O
Fees*
| 140 $ per animation (1 hour maximum) |
| 550 $ per day (4 animations of 1 hour maximum) |
Information and reservation
819-243-1726
- Entertainment program, workshops and dance shows. In connection with the training program of the Quebec school. Meeting the requirements of the Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sport. Designed to feed, carry out and reinvest experiences in the different learnings.
- The Académie de danse de l’Outaouais is an organization listed in the MCC’s Directory of Culture-Education Resources as part of the “La culture à l’école” program (Culture at school program).
- Why not coordinate a half-day of dance animation in the professional studios of the Academy during a cultural outing at the Maison de la culture (Guy-Sanche Library, Art-Image Exhibition Center, Odyssey Room).*Eligible expense under the “La culture à l’école” program / Possible subsidy by the MELS.