Dance Mom School 101: Early Elementary Dancers
Makers Ekklesia Dance Blog
by Jennifer Blessing
1y ago
How to help your early elementary aged dancers at home: At this point in a dancers journey the focus is still heavily on establishing foundational technique mixed with some light hearted creative movement. This is something we never want to squelch, so we continue to encourage improvisational “free dance times,” either through structured prompts (games sometimes!) or less structured dancing with props like scarves, etc. We often tell them to dance from their heart to take the pressure off performing particular movements perfectly during this time. Basic Technique: -The 5 positions continue are ..read more
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Recital 2019 Overview
Makers Ekklesia Dance Blog
by Jennifer Blessing
1y ago
Wow! We are blown away with how amazing all of our dancers did this year in our Spring Recital! Our show this year, entitled “HIS,” was all about a girl discovering that her identity in anything other than Jesus comes up short and hollow. She journeys through an identity in toys or stuff with our preschool class, dancing to “Part of this world” from The Little Mermaid, then into identity in self image, sports, academics, and even dance! At the end she surrenders it at the cross and comes away more free and more sure than she’s ever been in her identity as His child. “For the eyes of the Lord ..read more
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Summer Dance Camp
Makers Ekklesia Dance Blog
by Jennifer Blessing
1y ago
We had such an amazing time at our summer dance camp a few weeks ago! The girls learned a fun princess dance, some moving Scriptures, and lots of other fun things! We fell in love with each sweet little dancer and hope to see some of you back in the fall. Here is a photo of the precious group we had this year. Let the count down begin for fall classes!   ..read more
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