Unlocking Dance in PE: Practical Strategies, Music Integration, and Movement Literacy with BallroomBees
Pedagogy & Curriculum
Specialist Content Areas
Wellness
Sports & Coaching
Hanoi 2026
Dance in Physical Education is often seen as intimidating for both educators and students. Join Katya Virshilas (Founder & Creative Director of BallroomBees) and Ryan Hammond, Head Teacher of BallroomBees and former South African champion, with a combined 40 years of teaching dance, for an interactive, practical workshop designed to break down the barriers to teaching dance.
Moving away from overly abstract theory, this session provides high-energy, actionable activities and progression-based frameworks that you can immediately implement in your classes from Primary to Secondary.
What Participants Can Expect
- Practical Takeaways: Ready-to-use lesson structures, playlist concepts, and exercise progressions that don’t require formal dance training to teach.
- Resource Access: Digital access to video examples, workshop clips, and curated music playlists designed for PE delivery.
- Hands-on Participation: A workshop where participants actively move, experiment with props, and collaborate in peer-led practical demonstrations
- Turnkey Resources & Digital Support: For all attendees of BallroomBees workshops will get.
- Curated Music & Playlists: Access targeted musical directions and track selections specifically chosen to drive tempo, rhythm, and movement pacing in PE environments.
- Video Reference Library: Gain access to workshop video examples and visual guides to easily review, replicate, and adapt exercises within your school’s PE curriculum.
Conference Edition:
Hanoi 2026
Hanoi 2026
Job Role Applicability:
- Preschool
- Early Years
- Primary Years
- Middle Years
- Secondary Years
- Coaches
- Outdoor Education Specialists
Tags:
- Coaching
- Curriculum Planning
- Dance
- Fundamental Motor Skills
- Health & Wellness
- Movement
- Physical Literacy
- Positive Education
Type of Session:
Presentation
Presentation
Most applicable to educators working in the following areas:
- Lower Elementary [Age 4 - 6]
- Upper Elementary [Age 8 - 10]
- Middle School [Age 11 - 13]
