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What sort of dance should I teach?

I was just asked last minute to teach a dance workshop (15 minute rotating sessions) tomorrow morning!

It is for an elementary school field day. Not all students have a dance background. Basically the point is the keep them moving.

I have no clue what to do because i don't know which ages I'm going to get.

What would you do for a 15 minute dance lesson? (That would get young girls AND boys interested).

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  • MiMi
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    I think something very simple but with a little hip hop in it (to make it more fun). The kids are only in elementary so they get bored easily. Make it more fun by having them dance to a popular current song (suggestions: Winner by Jamie Foxx ft. Justin Bieber; I Gotta Feeling by The Black Eyed Peas; Tik Tok by Kesha; Down by Jay Sean). Make the moves simple, but not too simple. If they're in the grades 1-3, though, make them simple. Grades 4-5, a little harder. You can teach them the dance Electric Slide or The Hustle or Cupid Shuffle...

    Hope I helped,

    Amethyst ;D

  • Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Wow, you cannot even warm them up in 15 mins., let alone dance anything.

    If they are non dancers and some are boys, they are going to give you a hard time if they are older then 9 or 10.

    I think you safest thing is some kind of street dance so the boys wont feel it is too girly. Maybe a very simple hip hop routine to some pop music would do it.

  • 1 decade ago

    Bachata, Salsa, etc.

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