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Want to stamp, shake, slide, and leap?
Michael teaches his popular dance classes for young children at North Edinburgh Arts Centre every second Saturday throughout the year.
Details at NEAC's website.
Numbers are limited, so you are advised to book.
Contact North Edinburgh Arts Centre:
t: 0131-315 2151
Michael Scott is a dance critic, currently writing for Dance Expression magazine. Visit Dance Expression's website.
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Read some of Michael's reviews here.
Daily Record
What is a creative dance class?
Parents and their young children dance to music. There are no set steps to learn and it’s not a Billy Elliot training camp. The idea is that the kids explore simple differences like stop and go, high and low, fast and slow, forwards and backwards. It is about fun rather than teaching toddlers to tango.
What sort of dancing is it?
The class covers just about every variety of movement. Everyone is hopping, skipping, marching, crawling and crouching. Particular favourites seemed to be walking like a gorilla, playing musical statues and forming a train for a toddler version of doing the locomotion.
How does it actually work?
Michael Scott is the dancer who takes the class on Saturdays. He leads the group by example. So if it’s time to pretend to be a fish then he is at the front of the class making like a fish. The parents and kids follow. It is very informal.
It sounds embarrassing for the parents…
After dealing with nappies, toilet training and mopping up children’s projectile hurling, parents don’t embarrass that easy and, as you would expect, they all looked as though they were enjoying playing with their kids.
Jonathan Trew, Daily Record
Nursery World Magazine
Class teacher Michael Scott said, ‘You would be amazed at what they can do. We do creative dance, which is an exploration of the body and shows children how their bodies use force, space and time. They gain confidence and develop the freedom to create their own dances.’
Mr Scott said, ‘In a good, comfortable environment, children can really take off and express themselves.’
Joyce Reid, Nursery World Magazine
