Abalino Dance Theatre aims to provide high quality educational workshops to compliment our shows. Abalino Dance Theatre has experience in delivering dance and puppetry workshops for the Lincolnshire Schools Dance Festival, and in a range of education and community settings.

"The students have been talking about it ever since, some stated it as the best workshop they have done!"Abigail Bishop (Director) talking about Abalino Dance Theatre's workshop at Vale of Catmose College.

1 · Workshops usually last 2 hours, but can be adapted for workshop times of 1hr, 1hr30, or 3 hrs.
2 · Workshops can be targeted to GSCE and A-Level groups, higher education students, community groups, adults, and young people aged 8-18yrs.
3 · Workshops are intended for 15-25 participants
4 · All workshops are practically based and can be constructed to suit your needs.
5 · All prices and timings are open to negotiation.

The workshops will include:
1 · A thorough movement warm-up
2 · An introduction to the principles behind puppetry, dance, and the work of Abalino Dance Theatre
3 · Creative tasks and exploration
4 · Show and evaluation of work by the group

Students will be able to:
1 · Develop physical vocabulary through a variety of movement exercises
2 · Learn how to work creatively and support each other in groups
3 · Have the space to develop their own creativity and imagination
4 · Practice performance skills through sharings and showings
5 · Create their own dance theatre work
6 · Analyse their work and that of their peers

(2hrs)
This workshop explores the ideas behind the work of Abalino Dance Theatre. The students are encouraged to use movement creatively, and are led through tasks that draw from contemporary dance, puppetry and physical theatre. We will look specifically at how we can animate the body in different ways to create character and narrative. This work will be developed through partner and group work, introducing elements of contact.

(1 day)
Workshop towards a short student performance (5-10mins) prior to Abalino Dance Theatre’s show. This workshop explores areas such as physical spontaneity and play and the elements of transformation by using the simplest of means - costume pieces, shoes and other objects.

We also offer Technique workshops (max 2 hrs) in Contemporary Dance technique or The principles of puppetry through movement. These include warm-up games and exercises; technical exercises; taught material; exploratory tasks and sharing.

The Company also teaches professional class (Dance4, Nottingham; Lincolnshire Dance).