Penguins, Monsters and a Wicked Fairy
Dance Workshops in D15 Early Years Settings & Primary Schools
7-25 October 2024
7-25 October 2024
Moving Words is a live dance performance integrated with an inclusive movement workshop to celebrate the joy of dancing and reading, for young children.
Created by Selma Daniel & Little Lion Dance Theatre, Moving Words creates a story-time experience, that can travel to your education setting, with a live contemporary dance performance alongside the reading of a selected picture book. Encouraging creativity in dance, art and speech expression, Moving Words makes live professional dance performance accessible to a wider audience.
Choose the show below that best suits your age range.
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Book 1: And Tango Makes Three
Available Dates: Mon 7-Fri 11 Oct & Mon 14-Fri 18 Oct 2024
Age Range: 3-5 yrs
Location: Dublin 15 Pre-schools
Cost: Free
Duration: 1 hr
Capacity: 40 children per show (+ class teachers)
Enter the world of imagination and embody animals at the zoo! Get ready to spread your wings, shake off the snow, walk and swim like a penguin and most importantly look after your own penguin egg, just like the loving penguins in the book.
Watch Excerpt
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Book 2: Finn and The Wicked Fairy of Tara
Available Dates: Mon 21-Fri 25 Oct 2024
Age Range: 6-8 yrs / Senior Infants-1st class
Location: Dublin 15 Primary Schools
Cost: Free
Duration: 1 hr
Capacity: 40 children per show (+ class teachers)
Sit down, not for long though! Open your listening ears and your seeing eyes and get ready to enter a world where a wicked fairy and a giant come to life. Will Finn the warrior of the Fianna let them loose?
Watch Excerpt
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Moving Words is available to visit a small number of Dublin 15 Education Settings, during October 2024.
To apply & express interest in this Project, please email Sarah Beirne, Children & Youth Arts Officer, sarah@draiocht.ie with your preferred show and class age.
