Education & Workshops
Fidget Feet can provide creative opportunities to both professional performers and the public community by offering educational workshops and residencies, or one off classes.
A residency program can be created mixing any of the skills listed below using one or more tutors, depending on the size of the group.
- Contemporary Dance
- Contact Dance
- Aerial & Circus Skills
- Choreography Skills
Chantal can be booked to choreograph for professional dance, circus or theatre companies and non-professional companies.
Chantal has taught and choreographed in schools, colleges, youth groups, professional companies in Ireland, Northern Ireland ,England, Scotland, Spain, and Earthdance in Boston, USA and Trinidad. While Fidget Feet is on tour with their professional shows we offer classes, workshops and residencies. The company works with all ages and abilities and can create a package to suit all needs.
In 2009 Chantal and Jym have been on a residency in Shawbrook Dance School in Legan, Ireland. Working for three months with the National Youth Dance Company to create a new piece called ‘Let Loose’ performing as part of the Longford Dance Festival. Chantal is also a mentor for dance students competing at the Irish National Dance Awards.
Fidget Feet are now working with Shawbrook Ballet, a dance school in Legan, Longford, Ireland.
Teaching contemporary dance techniques, choreography, contact dance, and aerial work as part of the summer school and working with the National Youth Dance Company based in Shawbrook.
This is a fantastic place for anyone interested in dance professionally or as a hobby. Check out their web site. www.shawbrook.org
What children said about Fidget Feet’s workshops.
“…yes I really enjoyed it because it was really exciting for me and the people are really nice. We got to do things that we wanted and I’m on the cocoon and I can do really cool tricks on it. I like the teachers, they are really good at it as well.”
“..yes, definitely, it was so cool. It’s amazing how much you learn in four days.. the people that taught us were really understanding and nice.”
“.. yes sooooooooooooo much it was sooo fun and I could do it for the rest of my life… i love to learn new things .. I wish I could be as good as the people who did it….”
“My favourite part was hanging upside down, coz I am scared of stuff like that but I learnt to overcome my fear..”
Contact dance classes
3 hours – A contact dance class using improvisation leading into a structured 1 hour jam.
Contemporary dance classes
2 hours – Contemporary dance technique, and using improvisation skills.
Circus workshops
1-4 hours – We can teach basic aerial skills up to a professional level using Cocoons and strops (for beginners), Cord de lisse (rope), silks/tissue (special cloth, hangs like a rope), aerial hoop (circular metal hoop ) and harness work including bungee, flying and abseiling.
Technical requirement
Need a space to rig ropes from the ceiling, attaching them to the main structure of the building i.e. beams that can take human weight.
- minimum height is 4 meters
- ladder or means to get to the ceiling
- gym mats
- max 12 – 20 people
- 1 rigger and 2 tutors
- Storytelling, movement and theatre workshop
(Fidget Feet worked with 100 youths from 10 – 16yrs, teaching and choreographing a piece that was performed in parade and before the Wired & Free show. Working with stilts, poi, flags, ribbons and dance to create ‘A Dragons Dream’.)
“The company delivered a programme that was professional, inclusive of all youth, original and well organised. They proved excellent role models as well as highly skilled performers. They were passionate and came with a bank of knowledge that showed true passion for creative methods. I would recommend them to any company or any educational group seeking to employ an original company that has youth at the heart of their focus. ”
– Maura Logue, Wavelength Arts Project