BrainDance Variations with Terry Goetz
Workshop | Available
Building on our BrainDance Foundations and BrainDance: Early Childhood & Primary Grades workshops, and/or prior knowledge of BrainDance, participants will have the opportunity to explore many ways of adapting the BrainDance. Bringing novelty into your BrainDances activates dopamine, enhances motivation, and sparks creativity. Neural connections are strengthened as the brain works to process new information. We will explore how integrating the elements of dance (Space, Time, Force, Body), and the use of different props, music choices, folk dances, and relationships keep the brain and body stimulated and challenged.
Variations for all ages and abilities will be shared – toddlers to elders. Whether you teach in a classroom, community setting, gym or dance studio, or BrainDance at home, you will come away with creative and fresh approaches to keep the BrainDance enlivened and engaging!
Limited tuition assistance available for dance teachers and educators whose employers do not provide Professional Development funding. Email info@creativedance.org for more information.
CDC is ADA accessible with elevator access from our parking lot at the rear of the building. Please notify terry@creativedance.org in advance if elevator is needed.
Attending all 3 BrainDance Workshops? Get a coupon code for $15 off! Contact us at registrar@creativedance.org.
- This workshop is in-person at the Creative Dance Center.
Please bring: water bottle, notebook and pen/pencil, non-messy snack. Dress in layers . We dance in bare feet.
Tuition assistance is available for this workshop. Email registrar@creativedance.org for details.
Terry Goetz
Terry Goetz (she/her) is Director of the Creative Dance Center. She began training with CDC Founder Anne Green Gilbert in 1997 and joined the CDC faculty in 2000. A former member of Pacific Northwest Ballet (1988-1995) and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (1986-1988), she performed works by Balanchine, Taylor, Limón, Lubovitch, Dendy, Cunningham, Naharin, Petipa, and Bournonville, as well as full-length classical works. Along with teaching dance across ages and genres at CDC, Terry presents workshops locally, nationally, and internationally in BrainDance and Brain-Compatible Dance Education. In 2015 Terry was honored as Dance Educator of the Year at the Dance Educators Association of Washington Conference. This annual award is presented to dance educators working in the state of Washington who exemplify excellence in dance education.