Dance

Dance can be enjoyed as a physical activity and performing art. Street Dance, which originated on the streets of America, is an accessible form of dance that is growing extremely popular for young people thanks to TV, films, music, and social media.
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What is dance?

Dance is an accessible activity that particularly engages those who aren’t hooked on a traditional sporting offer. Dance can allow for teamwork, leadership, collaboration, and creativity to be nurtured and for young people to experience the power dance has on their physical and mental wellbeing.

Street Dance, in particular, appeals to both genders and is inclusive in its nature to be varied to suit every need of the participant. No equipment/kit/desired space is required to take part, only a space big enough for the participants to move and dance safely.

The UDOIT Dance Foundation, a national partner of Sport England, has provided a link to the School Games for local dance festivals to qualify and be part of the National Schools Dance Championships.

Find out more about how to run dance formats.

Equipment needed

  • A device to play music on
  • Sufficient space (can be indoor or outdoor)

Get involved

The School Games is inclusive to all young people and provides opportunities for everyone to get involved, either within school, against other local schools, or at county or regional level.

School Games Organisers

School Games Organisers (SGO) help schools coordinate appropriate competitive opportunities for all young people from Key Stage 2-4, to recruit, train and deploy a suitable workforce, and to support the development of club.

Sign up to find your local SGO

School Games formats

Learn more about the School Games formats suitable for dance competitions:

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Dance Primary Challenge

Actions, Dynamics, Space
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Dance Primary Competition

Everybody Dance Now
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Secondary Competition

Street Dance, Bollywood, Dance Circuits, Party Fitness, The Basics of Dance
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Why Dance?

Everybody Dance Now, #StandAtTheFront

Quick and easy dance activity resources

Be it 10-minute or lesson-length activities, we have a range of activities suitable for all ages and abilities to encourage young people to stay active throughout the day.

Commonwealth Dame Darcey Dance Challenge

This week is a dance-based week! The focus is on dance inspired by countries all over the world, so in this challenge try all the different…

Duration:

Less than 30mins

Equipment:

Basic

Key stage:

Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2

Duo Street Dance Challenge

UDOIT Dance Foundation aim to inspire, engage, and empower children and young people through street dance, making sure all opportunities ar…

Duration:

Less than 30mins

Equipment:

None

Key stage:

Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4

This Girl Can: Disney Dance-Along

This Girl Can have partnered with Disney and real families across England to capture some of the fun ways parents and kids get moving to th…

Duration:

Less than 30mins

Equipment:

None

Key stage:

Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2

Dance: Actions, Dynamics, Space

Dance Actions, Dynamics, Space introduces 3 key areas which support the development of a sequence of movement. Videos are embedded for unde…

Duration:

Less than 30mins

Equipment:

Basic

Key stage:

Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2

Dance: Dance Styles & Movement Circuits

Dance have created developmental cards and videos which introduce 5 fun, action packed styles of movement and fitness, enabling a choice fo…

Duration:

Less than 30mins

Equipment:

Basic

Key stage:

Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4

Dance: Everybody Dance Now

Everybody Dance Now introduces the fundamentals of Dance and Dance Fitness, developing an understanding of Action, Dynamics, and Space to c…

Duration:

Less than 30mins

Equipment:

Basic

Key stage:

Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2
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