Blue Sky Dance

Bringing Dance Education to Regional and Rural Schools

Blue Sky Dance gives primary students and teachers the chance to explore dance in a meaningful and engaging way. Designed to align with the Victorian Curriculum F-10: The Arts, Dance, this 8-week program brings high-quality dance education to schools across rural and remote Victoria, highlighting the many benefits of dance in the classroom.

Just as music can support mathematical learning, dance helps students develop and strengthen literacy and language skills. Through guided movement and creative expression, students learn how to use choreographic tools to create their own expressive dances.

Since 2021, Blue Sky Dance has reached thousands of students through a hybrid model that combines live-streamed sessions with in-person workshops, led by experienced dance educators. The program is fully funded and delivered in partnership with the Department of Education, with participating schools selected by the Department.

Beyond movement and performance, Blue Sky Dance encourages creative thinking, collaboration, and confidence—skills that benefit students across all areas of learning. The program is set to run again in 2025, continuing its mission to make high-quality dance education accessible to more schools across Victoria.

Blue Sky Dance Pedagogy

To be exciting, practical, achievable and interactive.
To be delivered by appropriately qualified and experienced teachers.
To build on concepts so that learning is sequenced and progressive, and linked to the Victorian Curriculum F-10: The Arts, Dance.
To provide guided learning via themes and an interdisciplinary/cross-curricular focus.
To deliver resources for each session (lesson plans, worksheets, pre- and post-session activities, safety advice, assessment information).
To deliver professional learning opportunities for classroom teachers to develop their skills for ongoing implementation.
To provide synchronous learning experiences (streamed, rather than recorded content and face-to-face delivery).
To enable greater access to content by saving the recorded content of the streamed classes onto a suitable digital platform upon completion of the project.

Professional Development Opportunities in Blue Sky Dance

As well as providing meaningful lessons to students who might otherwise miss out on Dance as a subject, Blue Sky Dance has been designed to equip teachers with skills, knowledge, understanding, and terminology to enable them to more confidently lead dance as a subject in the Victorian Curriculum. They learn to use choreographic and dance teaching methods by actively engaging in sessions and facilitating the streamed component in their own classrooms.