Image: Capoeira dancers

 

In June most people in the remote, rural towns of Western Eyre are looking to the skies hopeful for winter rains.  Not so in Streaky Bay and Ceduna where loads of young boys are eyes down and busy practising moves in anticipation of more dance – just for boys!

 

Boys will be lining up when Chan Griffin brings his stylish power and grace to deliver Capoeira (a form of martial arts combined with dance and music) as part of the Kicking it from the Kerb boys dance project.

 

FREE dance workshops will be delivered over three days from Monday June 24 to Wednesday June 26.

 

The Kicking it from the Kerb boys dance project has been attracting much attention and praise from parents for “taking the dance to the boys not the boys to the dance”.  Using innovation and “out there thinking” the project team has been proactive in the region encouraging and empowering young boy’s ages 6 years and over to engage in dance.

 

In May BBoy Dreaded (Greg Potticary) delivered the second round of high powered workshops in BBoying (which incorporates BBoying elements including breaking).  A boy’s mentee group in Streaky Bay has really stepped up leading from the front to form a boy’s dance crew and start developing routines.  The mentees even got to deliver an impromptu dance lesson in an unplanned workshop alongside their mentor Greg Potticary to some delighted reception students at the Streaky Bay Area School.  Flexibility and “expecting the unexpected” is part of the criteria for the project.   With an ethos that allows those boys who participate to make their own decisions around their dance experience, the project will acheive many positive outcomes.

 

Dates and times for the third round of FREE Kicking it from the Kerb boys dance workshops for Capoeira are:

 

 

Monday June 24 and Tuesday June 25

 

10:55 – 11:15am (Recess Time)

CLOSED SESSION with MENTEES, Professional Development Workshop

Streaky Bay Area School Gym, 109 Wells Street

1:15 to 1:45pm (Lunch time)

OPEN SESSION for ALL boys aged 6 yrs & over, Skills Development Workshop

Streaky Bay Area School Gym

3:30—4:30pm

OPEN SESSION for all boys ONLY aged 6 yrs to 8 yrs, Skills Development Workshop

Streaky Bay Supper Room, 29 Alfred Terrace

4:30 – 5:30pm

CLOSED SESSION with MENTEES, Professional Development Workshop

Streaky Bay Supper Room

 

Also on Tuesday June 25

 

5:30—6:30pm

CLOSED SESSION for Apprentice Group, Instep girls over 11 & any instructors

Professional Development Workshop

Streaky Bay Supper Room

 

Wednesday June 26

10:55 – 11:15am (Recess Time)

CLOSED SESSION for Apprentice Group, Instep girls over 11 & any instructors, Professional Development Workshop

Streaky Bay Area School Gym

1:30 – 3:00pm

CLOSED SESSION, Skills Development Workshop

Crossways Lutheran School, 4 Smith Road, CEDUNA

3:30—6: 00pm

OPEN SESSION for ALL boys aged 6 yrs & over, Skills Development Workshop

Ceduna Area School Gym hosted by Active After School Communities & DanCeduna

May Crescent, CEDUNA

 

 

Kicking it from the Kerb boys dance project is funded by Country Arts SA, Carclew Youth Arts and Instep Dance in partnership with Crossways Lutheran School, Step it Up Wudinna and DanCeduna.  For this visit Instep acknowledges the generous support of the District Council of Streaky Bay, Streaky Bay Area School, Streaky Bay Childrens Centre, Streaky Bay Family Day Care and the Ceduna Area School Active After School Communities Program.  This project is kindly supported with low cost accommodation from Streaky Bay Motel and Villas.

 

 

All enquires to:

• Streaky Bay – Renee Johns, Project Manager on 0408 344 623 or [email protected]
• Ceduna – Michelle Duregon on 0488 252 800 or Marilyn Spry for Active After School Communities on 8625 2030
• Crossways Lutheran School – Barb Cybulka or Alison on 08 8625 2873

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