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Getting some great photos and videos from students having fun with the @SoundKreations dance videos! I love to see everyone having so much fun! @westdalhousie @CbeArea1
Happy to see so many of our WDS students enjoying their first week of our online dance unit! And thank you
@SoundKreations for your awesome video lessons! 💃🕺
@westdalhousie @CbeArea1
What a #hiphop, happening day. Thank you Asha @SoundKreations for putting pep in our step this week and keeping us @EverActiveAB in #epsb.
HipHop residency at #SomersetSchool with @SoundKreations. Joyful movement & body literacy. #wearecbe @yyCBEdu
A great week in the gym with Alexis from @SoundKreations teaching some hip hop dance! Mr. Carruthers was even showing his moves!
Teaching them right. Early 90s moves from @SoundKreations and Josh. #TheBizMarkie @CrossingCooper @BizMarkie #OldSkool
Welcome Asha from @SoundKreations - helping us get our hip hop rountines ready for Friday's school-wide dance party in our @EverActiveAB, #epsb school.
A little hip hop warm featuring @BoyzIIMen! @SoundKreations @CrossingCooper #MotownPhilly
5, 6, 7, 8... students were@excited to learn their first hip hop steps from Josh today. @CrossingCooper @SoundKreations
It is always great to have @SoundKreations in to teach us some sweet moves #dance #physicalliteracy 💃🏼🕺🏼👯♀️@StMartha_CCSD
The FCS crew showed off their hip-hop moves to families for the @SoundKreations finale. Thanks to Ms Melissa for a fabulous run at FCS. You’re amazing! Thanks to Mrs Barva @fishcreekpe for coordinating and thanks to the @FCSCouncil for making it happen. #FCSinspired #WeAreCBE
What an amazing showcase from our students and SoundKreations!! @SoundKreations
Last day with @SoundKreations ! We are so grateful to have had this opportunity—Thank you Keston and Cody ❤️🙌❤️Thank you to Glendale School Council and Parent Association for funding this amazing opportunity ❤️🙌❤️#goglendale #familydancing
More @SoundKreations moves! ❤️
Our @SoundKreations dance residency has been magical...so much joy!!! @GlendaleCBEKin ❤️💃🏻🕺
BRS dance crew preppin’ for the third annual #cctcdanceoff!! #bringit #timeforahatty #thanksmoises @SoundKreations
FREE Dance classes for School Staff in the Vancouver Area! Beginner Hip-Hop, every second Tuesday. Let's go! Educators! We SEE you and we salute you! #SKEducatorJAM @Soundkreations - https://t.co/j6uYgBM2ba https://t.co/OCrEERDkGe
SoundKreations residency this week! Today we learned about the 5 elements of hip hop! DJ, MC, Breaking, graffiti artist, and knowledge! Check out our moves! @SoundKreations
Such a fun day learning how to hip hop dance with @SoundKreations. Thank you to our amazing Parent Council for making this event happen!
Grade 6s gettin' down too! @SoundKreations @rundleacademy
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IN-School and ONLINE LEARNING FOR YOUR STUDENTS!
In-School AND now Online School! We have spent the last 12 years supporting schools across the country in meeting their curricular goals through content that their students connect with! We have now transformed our one-of-a-kind in-school dance workshop into multiple online experiences! These are not just “dance videos”, this is Curriculum Connected, Grade Specific, Interactive content that supports your PE and Arts Curriculum outcomes on a Secure and Ad-Free video platform! All offerings can be streamed, via video conference software, into your classroom, gymnasium, or student’s home! Let’s Go! #SKCONNECT
Many of the art-forms and dance styles that we teach in schools across Canada were born out of oppression. Hip-Hop dance, our most popular program dance style, was created as a way for oppressed youth minorities to rise up above the limitations of their environment, to express themselves creatively and positively in the face of inequality and systemic racism. Companies such as ours celebrate, share, and profit from these art-forms born in the hearts of minorities facing an unjust system. It is our honor and privilege to share these forms of expression with students across Canada but we must always remember to share responsibly and to never forget the people who created the art and why they created it.
We are being called to step forward and do whatever we can to end oppression. Two of the ways SoundKreations has always responded to this call is by…
1. Educating students on the history of the art-form and celebrating the pioneers that gave birth to the dance style.
2. Always leading by example. Celebrating differences in every class and honoring each unique voice as an essential contribution to the whole.
We are now adding financial support to our list of responses.
SoundKreations will be donating 10% of all of our annual profits, on an ongoing basis, to organizations committed to ending racism in Canada and beyond. These organizations include:
Black Lives Matter (https://blacklivesmatter.com/)
Black Youth Helpline (https://blackyouth.ca/)
Black Artists’ Network Dialogue (https://www.bandgallery.com/)
Indspire (https://indspire.ca/)
This contribution is small when measured against the gift that these oppressed communities have given us and smaller still when placed next to the level of pain and suffering these communities have endured. But we need to listen, to feel, and than to ask ourselves “what can I do, right here, right now.”
NEW PROGRAMS FOR 2020/2021!!
We’re serving up fresh, relevant, and engaging in-school dance and poetry programs to schools across Canada. Every year we offer NEW programs*. No repetition, no reruns. This is how we stay connected to what your students are up to, to what your curriculum is covering, and to what is happening in the world around us! If you see a program you connect with, book it now because it won’t be here next year!
Hip-HopPARTY
Express your unique self in a way that invites others to join in! This is the world of Hip-Hop Party Moves! More Info
CubaNYC
From the rhythms of Cuba and the swagger of New York City, CubaNYC brings the world of Latin street dance to your gymnasium! More Info
MumbaiMOVES
Bollywood spectacular- off the screen and into your gym! More Info
DanceCOMBO!
Hip-HopPARTY, CubaNYC, MumbaiMOVES come together in one dynamic program! More Info
SoundKreations
Physical Literacy | Mindfulness | Creative Process
If you’re a school operating in the fine cities of Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto, Halifax then you’ve probably heard of us! You know that in-school residency company that your friend over at XYZ School was raving about? Yup, that’s us! We’re SoundKreations: The in-school program provider that breathes life and relevance into dance and poetry units across Canada. We’ve led hundreds of school programs and have had the pleasure of introducing more than 150,000 smiling students to the world of dance and poetry! We are comprised of the top instructors and professional dancers, trained specifically for the school environment.
We offer an engaging and socially encouraged method of developing a student’s Physical Literacy, Mindfulness and appreciation for the creative process through the exploration of Dance and Poetry!
We’re the in-school dance residency program specialists and making your gymnasium a safe place for students to take risks and succeed is what we do best!
"The students and teachers are enjoying learning the dances. Our instructor, Nicole, is not only an amazing dancer, but is...
St. Cecilia School
Now Available in:
en Français & Español
That’s right, Sound Kreations is now offering our in-school dance residency programs in French AND Spanish!
Plus, add-on Residency EXPANDED!
Take your in-school dance residency program to the NEXT LEVEL with the Residency EXPANDED add-on to receive access to:
– All music used in the in-school dance residency program
– All choreography videos included in their program + 3 additional routines!
– Student/Teacher Program resource booklets to support schools taking our programs beyond the gym!
Why SoundKreations?
Consistency
When you book a SoundKreations’ experience you know what to expect… every time. We are committed to providing only the highest quality of in-school programming and we deliver on this commitment every single time we’re in a school. We know that booking a residency program takes a lot of hard work on the part of the school and the parents and so delivering a remarkable program experience is a responsibility that we don’t treat lightly. We have a Master Agreement with the Calgary Board of Education, we are an Approved Vendor with the Edmonton Public School Board, all of our instructors have up-to-date Security Clearances and Liability Insurance, and we have a list of over 300 schools that book with us year after year after year. So go ahead, exhale, you can trust us. Book a program, book five programs, they’ll always be the best program you’ve ever booked.
Why SoundKreations?
Connection
Our instructors are some of the most talented artists in the city… really, they’re amazing. Give them a stage and an audience and in a matter of minutes, be it through dance or poetry, they will have that audience on their feet. However, there is one thing that they are even better at, and that is the art of connecting with your students. When you book a SoundKreations program, you are not hiring a dancer that will teach, you are hiring a dancer, a teacher, a mentor, a big brother or sister and someone who takes the responsibility of supporting today’s youth very seriously. Your school is our dance studio. In-school experiences are all that we do which means an SK instructor is uniquely trained for the in-school program environment. These instructors are not coming into your school to simply impress your students- they are coming into to your school to inspire your students, to expand their idea of what is possible... and to impress them 😉
Why SoundKreations?
Content
We offer the kind of programs that your students high-five over. Programs that receive immediate buy-in. Programs that have that boy in the back slowly uncross his arms and say to himself “wait a second, I didn’t know we were doing THIS, sure I’ll give it a shot!” We are the purveyors of the “now”, of contemporary forms of expression and physical literacy. It is our program content that, time and time again, manifests in socially encouraged hobbies amongst students and that leaves kids with a desire to turn off the screen and get moving! Of course, all that is current has a rich past, and introducing the discipline in its current form garners us the student focus necessary to communicate the history of the art form. You can count on SoundKreations to bring the coolest programs in the city into your school and leave your students with a self-perpetuating engagement in the world of Healthy Hobbies!
Our Mandate (why we do what we do!)
1. To introduce a method of maintaining physical health in a fun and accessible way.
2. To develop the student’s skills as collaborative workers and creative problem solvers.
3. To give students an opportunity to develop new methods of healthy and creative recreation.
4. To give students a new framework within which the creative process is socially encouraged.
5. To explore an art‐form with ancient roots through a modern‐day lens giving renewed appreciation for the creative process.
6. To deliver content in such a way that the students relate immediately to the instructor and material, bringing the participation and involvement of the students to an exceptionally high level.
7. To create a safe environment for the students to explore, create, and perform within.
8. To offer endless opportunities for success!
MoisesMoises is an outstanding instructor known for his creative and fun choreography style, amazing footwork, and genuine and friendly way of teaching.- JordanJordan Dack, owner and operator of SoundKreations Inc. has been a dancer, poet, and educator all of his life.
- SonyaPrior to joining the SoundKreations team, Sonya gained 20 years experience teaching in K-6 classrooms as a classroom and Physical Education specialist with Rockyview Schools near Calgary, Alberta.
- NicoleNicole Pemberton, Team Leader with SoundKreations, teaches artist residencies in schools with SoundKreations and continues to spread the love of dance through teaching at various studios such as DJD, Wildflower Arts Centre, Footprints Dance and Free Spirit Dance.
- KesWith positive reinforcement Keston aims to explore creativity through movement!
- JasenJasen is a community advocate that works to build positive urban-dance and Hip-hop culture in Calgary.
- BenBenjamin, Regional Funk Manager at SoundKreations, began his adventure in dance at the age of 16 when he was accepted into the prestigious Young Canadians of the Calgary Stampede.
- NandoFernando has a major passion for teaching dance and training as a top level elite dancer himself.
- Ajay"To me It’s really about being able to connect and communicate with others through music."
- CodyIn my later years I developed a passion for latin dance and fitness where I then moved to Spain and travelled across Europe to train and then teach styles including salsa, merengue, bachata, and cumbia.
- JoshAt the age of 11, Josh fell in love with Hip Hop. From music to dance to the culture itself, Hip Hop is where he finds himself most at home.
- TyTy Flemming is an energetic dance instructor, a conscious spoken word poet, improv hip/hop artist and a stand up comedian!
- KatherineKatherine hopes to inspire the next generation of dancers through SoundKreations and leave a positive impact on the youth!
- MelissaMelissa provides a cheerful and encouraging safe space for students to go out of their comfort zone and push past personal fears whilst integrating authenticity, confidence, connection, resiliency, vulnerability, and positive thinking.
- LeoLeo took his first steps into the world of dance at age of eight with a Cuban group in Havana called “Dew Drops.” At a very young age, Leo had an intense passion for dance and participated as a principal dancer in multiple choreographies.
- Lexa"Dance has no limits and when we all come together it is amazing what we can see happen!"
- BradenBraden Lyster is a compassionate, goofy, creative ninja on a mission to help others tap into the true force of their nature.
- ZamI strive for positively impacting others while creating a safe space to grow, to heal, to dream and take action.
- Asha"I want everyone to believe that they can achieve whatever they want to achieve, as long as they're willing and committed to believing in their dream and in doing what it takes to achieve it."
- Alexis"Surrounded by the rich tropical rhythms in Havana, Cuba, Alexis discovered his passion for dancing at just five years old."
- AshleyBorn and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario, Ashley has been dancing for most of her life. Competing and performing growing up she also started teaching and assisting at the age of 16 at her mother’s studio.
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