Training

Prospectus | Weekly classes | Seasonal "Get Fit" Programs | Code of Ethics

Move Through Life (MTL) offers dance classes for adults from beginner to advanced through it's regular weekly classes and through 8-week dance programs offered three times a year.

Prospectus

Download the MTL Prospectus (pdf 283KB), which outlines full details of MTL's philiosophy, programs and policies.

Weekly classes

MTL offers a weekly class program for adult dancers that spans three days, four styles, two levels and two locations. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays offer up a menu of contemporary, ballet, jazz and body conditioning for beginner/intermediate and intermediate/advanced in Glengowrie and Clarence Park.

What | When | Where | Cost | Payment & Enrolment | Enquiries & Bookings | Who can take part?

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What

Ballet, contemporary, jazz and body conditioning

Level 2 - for people with some dance experience, including people who've completed an 8-week seasonal dance program
Level 3 - for people with at least five years dance experience.

When

Thursday evenings
(Level 3) at the Glengowrie Uniting Church
- Ballet 7pm-8pm
- Contemporary 8pm-9pm, Level 3

Saturday afternoons
(Level 2) at the Glengowrie Uniting Church
- Ballet 2pm-3pm
- Contemporary 3m-4pm
- Jazz 4pm-5pm

Times may vary, so please book in advance

Where

Thursdays and Saturdays
Glengowrie Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Beadnall Terrace and Butler Crescent, Glengowrie

Cost

MTL's pricing system means you can reduce the class fee up to almost 50%, reducing the cost from $20 to $10.50. Read on for how ....

Members $15/class
Non members $20/class

Discounts available when purchasing multiple class passes:
6 classes (10%), 12 classes (15%), 18 classes (20%), 24 classes (25%), 48 classes (40%)

Payment and enrolment

Please complete download the enrolment form (Word 60.5KB) and bring the completed form with you to you first class.

You can pay in cash on the night or pay in advance by online transfer. Please email either a completed enrolment form (if it is your first time at MTL) or a Class Pass Online Payment Form (Word 55.4KB), along with an electronic receipt of your payment.

Enquiries and bookings

Call Jo McDonald on 0402 070 021 or email jo.mcdonald@movethroughlife.org.au

Who can take part

The class is open to both company dancers and non-company dancers.

Participation in at least one class per week will be a requirement of participating in a performance project, but you do not need to be part of a performance project to take part in the class.

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Seasonal dance programs

Would you like to learn how to move with grace and ease, and get fit at the same time?

Want to learn to dance with other adults who share your curiosity and passion about dance?

Move Through Life has a series of introd designed so people with little or no dance experience can learn the fundamentals of dance and develop the skills and confidence to join our regular weekly dance classes..

The seasonal dance programs are eight-week fitness course-cum-contemporary jazz class for anyone with a moderate level of fitness. A solid, low impact course of body toning stretches and energising dance routines.

Get Fit For Summer September and October 2010 Do you want to feel vibrant and alive this summer? Get Fit For Sumer and join our 8 week spring dance pgroam at 2pm on Saturday afternoons at the Glengowrie Uniting Church from 4 September to 23 October. Registrations now open >>>
Keep Your New Year's Resolution January and Feburary 2011 Keep Your New Year's Resolution will run in January and February 2011. Registrations will open in November. The first KYNYR program was held from 9 January to 27 February 2010.
Beat the Winter Blues June and July 2010 Beat The Winter Blues will run in May and June 2011. Registrations will open in April. The first BTWB program was held from 5 June to 24 July 2010.

Code of ethics

Move Through Life adheres to the following code of ethics for dance teachers
(Adapted from the Ausdance Code of Ethics for Dance Teachers)

Download code of ethics (pdf 26.3KB)

Please note - "participant" refers to students and cast members, "facilitator" refers to those whose role is teaching, choreography and/or rehearsal direction.

This code is intended to inform board members, staff, participants and members of Move Through Life of the ethical standards expected by the organisation.

1. The Board and Director (Artistic Director / General Manager) will state clearly defined aims setting out the broad goals to be achieved by the organisation. A similar set of objectives will be stated which outlines the benefits a participant can expect to receive through the facilitator's conscientious implementation of them.
2. The Board and Director will ensure that the organisation is capable of providing any services claimed.
3. The Director will engage facilitators with the experience, knowledge and/or qualifications required by the levels and techniques to be used. All personnel will receive an induction kit and will sign a contract to ensure maintenance of the organisation's teaching standards.
4. The organisation will conform to sound business practice and provide an efficient fee system.
5. The Director will ensure that classes and rehearsals are of a size appropriate to the levels and techniques being covered. Participants in each class will be of a compatible standard.
6. The Director and individual facilitators will ensure that facilities provided:
   · conform with minimum safety and space requirements
   · have suitable flooring, with a safe surface designed and constructed to minimise risk of injury.
7. Individual facilitators will use adequate and flexible teaching skills to create a productive learning environment. Individual facilitators will:
   · strive to communicate a love of dance
   · demonstrate professional attitudes, including punctuality, reliability and responsible care of participants
   · strive to develop self-discipline and self-motivation in the participants
   · encourage and support the individual in the class situation
   · transmit general concepts of movement in addition to those of a particular dance style.
8. Individual facilitators will recognise the role of dance in the well being of the whole person and will seek to recognise and develop each participant's potential.
9. Individual facilitators will endeavour to recognise physical anomalies, modifying the teaching and choreography and seeking medical advice when necessary. The teaching and choreography must be anatomically safe, and facilitators must be prepared to deal with medical emergencies.
10. Individual facilitators will strive to develop in the participants an appreciation of the characteristic style of each specific technique taught.
11. Individual facilitators will take responsibility for seeking further knowledge in all aspects of their work.

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