George and the Dragon:
Dance workshop
✓ Reception - Year 6
✓ Led by a professional dancer
✓ Traditional Tales, St George's Day
✓ Delivered in your school hall
A ferocious dragon, a kingdom in peril, and the knight and princess who save the day
Our George and the Dragon dance workshop is a fantastic celebration of British heritage and culture. Using movement, group work, and traditional English dance, children work together to retell the medieval legend of Saint George and the Dragon.
We use children's book adaptations of the epic tale to help bring it to life, and explore steps used in traditional dance styles including Maypole dancing, Morris dancing and country dancing.
Sessions are tailored for primary school children of all ages:
Older children explore the traditional retelling of Saint George and the Dragon by Louis Stowell, illustrated by John Joven, which also includes history of the story alongside different ideas of how the legend developed.
Younger children use George and the Dragon, an adaptation by Chris Wormell, which tells the story with a twist: of a mighty dragon so fierce that nothing can scare it – except mice. And of what happens when a mouse named George moves into the cave next-door the very next day…
Led by a professional dancer-facilitator, these class by class workshops are the perfect way to develop teamwork, inspire confidence, and spark the imagination.
Choreography by:
Mairi Cowieson & Emma Cannon.
Find out more about our creatives.
- We work with individual classes for sessions of between 35 and 50 minutes.
- We can work with up to seven classes per day.
- To work with fewer classes we can visit for just an afternoon or morning session.
- To work with more than seven classes we can visit across multiple days.
- We will send you a suggested timetable when you enquire and we can work with you to create a timetable that works for your school day.
- To develop an understanding of the medieval legend of Saint George and the Dragon.
- To gain confidence in physical literacy and explore how physical vocabulary can express emotion.
- To develop creative ownership and the imagination by working alongside a professional dancer-choreographer.
- To collaborate with classmates to celebrate British heritage and culture.
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