Dance in West Coast USA

Both leading cultural centres worldwide, bustling Los Angeles and cosmopolitan San Francisco are filled with innovative, inspiring creativity and energy for all the Arts.

Pavilion groups will be accommodated on a bed and breakfast basis in comfortable hostels and hotels well-located for local shops, cafes and diners. The majority of accommodation has two double beds for four students sharing, which is the norm in the USA.

Staff and students will appreciate the year-round good weather of the West Coast, as well as the beautiful vistas of the Pacific. A wide range of attractions is available in both destinations, accessed either by coach or by public transport. There is a diverse selection of shopping including the very popular Pier 39 in San Francisco with views of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz; or The Hollywood and Highland Mall in LA, extremely close to the Walk of Fame.

Wider curriculum links: Offering superb Performing Arts facilities in a vibrant cosmopolitan environment, these two US West Coast cities communicate a natural link between Performing Arts and other curriculum areas such as Art and Geography.

Dance Specialist Activities

Millenium Dance workshop (Los Angeles)
With A-list clientele and sought-after teachers and choreographers, Millenium Dance Complex is known as one of the premiere studios of the commercial dance world. Your students can take private classes in a wide variety of dance styles offered at the school.

ODC Dance Commons (San Francisco)
The school’s youth dance program is dedicated to high quality technical training within a non-competitive environment, encouraging creative expression and a positive body image.

San Francisco Ballet workshop
The Ballet seeks to share the joy of dance locally and around the globe and provide the highest level of dance training. Individual workshops are offered, providing a taste of life as a student at one of the world’s top ballet schools.

TV Studio Audience - subject to availability (Los Angeles)
An amazing opportunity to be an audience member during a live TV show taping.

Universal Studios VIP Backlot Tour (Los Angeles)
Not only a theme park with thrilling rides, included in your admission ticket is a behind the scenes tour of a massive Hollywood film set built with creative consultation from Steven Spielberg. Upgrade to the VIP Student Backlot tour in order to visit working soundstages, closed sets and the prop warehouse.

Curriculum Values

Specialist workshops, available on request

In-line with National Curriculum Key Concepts and Processes for Dance, our programmes encourage students to:

• Explore and communicate ideas, concepts and emotions
• Advance their composition skills – choreography, sequencing, dynamics
• Develop greater body and spatial awareness
• Fine tune core skills, including - balance, alignment, shape and strength
• Improve the clarity, fluency and phrasing of movement