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Schools and Teachers

Schools & teachers

Why take part

There are so many reasons to take part in the NZ Dance Challenge, as well as having a whole lot of fun, students will:

Learn about the elements of dance as well as experiencing firsthand, the positive impact exercise has on their mental and physical health.

Develop their social and emotional skills by working towards a common goal as part of a team.  Their collaborative effort is then uploaded and shared with other schools, building a sense of belonging within your own school and amongst a community of participating schools throughout New Zealand. 

Build self-esteem and confidence through their involvement in the New Zealand Dance Challenge. They need to commit to practicing the dance moves and could do this as part of a class time focus, a lunchtime group or even from home!

The New Zealand Dance Challenge provides a meaningful context for learning the moves to a choreographed dance. Unlike most sports in schools, the dance challenge removes the focus on competition and places the emphasis on coming together to have fun! The New Zealand Dance Challenge also provides a meaningful context to develop skills across key competencies. Schools have the option to utilise our teacher resources to teach Dance as part of an Arts Curriculum unit or to add a fun dance option to daily fitness.

We’ve made our resources and step-by-step video tutorials so simple to use, that teachers or students looking for leadership opportunities are able to run the Dance Challenge with ease.  

Teacher resources

Our NZ Dance Challenge Teacher Resources have been specifically designed to align with the NZ Arts Curriculum. The content has been tailored to give students a deeper understanding of dance, and to help them develop their knowledge and abilities while enjoying the benefits of getting active and having fun!

Complete your registration to gain access to everything you need, including:

  • Our curriculum-aligned dance resources
  • Fun warm-up exercises
  • Step-by-step dance tutorial videos
  • Dance Along tutorial video
  • Judgement criteria rubric
  • Self Evaluation Activity
  • Video tips and tricks
  • Participation certificates
Dance Resources

The NZ Dance Challenge has been designed so that anyone can run it. No dance experience is necessary! It may be taught as an in-depth, curriculum-based dance unit or a fun daily fitness programme. Customise how you utilise our resources to meet the needs of your students and to suit your teaching workload.

To get the most out of our curriculum resources, we suggest running a 30 minute session once a week, with short, regular practices of the Dance Challenge routine throughout the week. These practice sessions could be run in 5 minute bursts for daily fitness where the students follow the Tutorial Videos. Simply find a practice space, press play and students can dance along with our Dance Tutorial Superstars Molly & Poppy. All of the hard work has been done for you!

Dance Resources

Teacher Testimonials

We have really enjoyed the programme! Many students have gained new skills and so much enjoyment!! I have absolutely loved seeing kids that aren’t able (for one reason or another) to participate in dance as an extra-curricular (after school) activity, be part of this and see them thrive through being part of this programme!

It was a wonderful way for our Year 8 leaders to demonstrate their commitment, passion and leadership in a common interest across all ages/levels of our school.

Imogen Mcdonald

Our Lady of the Assumption School
Christchurch

Our wider school community was delighted that we could use this opportunity to do something as a whole school. It has been so difficult to bring everyone together for our usual assemblies, music and cultural performances for our friends and whanau to enjoy. Being able to share on social media was the connection we needed – perfect for our families to realise and enjoy our enthusiasm for dance.

The kids were buzzing on the day we recorded the dance as a whole school. We’d rehearsed in class and as year groups (approx 100) but on the day we all dressed for the occasion and prepared for our drone video, it was super exciting. Children were dancing around the school all day!

Toni Griffin

Mangapapa School
Gisborne

Register your school for only:

$149

per school for our Term 1 & 2 2023 challenge

Including:

  • 3 Tutorial Videos (Parts 1-3)
  • Dance Along Video
  • Teacher resources
  • One video entry for the NZ Dance Challenge competition

The video entry can be of a group, a classroom, the entire school — you decide. All included in the flat rate registration price.

Have a group of students that would like to submit their own dance challenge video?

  • Add extra video entries for only $20 per video

Next challenge starts 30th Jan 2023 and completed videos must be submitted before 17th July 2023.

Can’t submit before our close-off date? Don’t worry you can still participate – check out our FAQs below for more info.

Register your school

Frequently asked questions