Game Play

Bringing Dance Education to Classrooms Through the Energy of Video Games

Game Play is an innovative dance education program, developed in partnership with the Department of Education’s Blended Arts Program. It offers a fresh way for students to explore movement inspired by the world of video games, while building confidence, creativity, and connection through dance.

How It Works

Everything in Game Play is aligned to the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0: The Arts – Dance, and links directly to the Dance Guidance framework. We’ve also woven in activities from our ACTIVATE dance card resource, giving teachers even more ready-to-use movement ideas and professional development.

In-School Incursion

A Dance Educator helps facilitate the first lesson. While students participate, teachers observe and participate, being part of forming a curriculum-aligned dance class and learning how it can run in action.

Professional Learning

The second lesson, provided so teachers can action in their own time, comes with a detailed lesson plan and framework so they can confidently lead their own Game Play session (an extension of the first lesson) with students whenever they like.

Student Learning Experiences

Through Game Play, students will:

Use their bodies to communicate ideas and emotions, developing personal autonomy and self-expression
Imagine and build their own avatars, worlds, and adventures – whether fantastical, natural, or wholly invented
Explore choreographic devices and dance elements to develop, manipulate, and refine movement phrases
Work collaboratively to share, discuss, and evolve movement ideas, giving and receiving feedback
Experiment with improvisation, take creative risks, and push movement ideas further through guided exploration

Teacher Benefits & Expectations

Teachers who participate in Game Play can expect:
Students to actively engage in both structured and improvisational tasks
A classroom environment built on collaboration, where ideas are respected and developed
Movement sequences to evolve as students apply feedback and refine their creative work
Integration of imaginative, game-inspired concepts into original choreography
Confidence in using the lesson plans and teaching frameworks to run their own dance sessions

Curriculum Alignment & Purpose

Fully aligned with the Victorian Curriculum F–10 (The Arts – Dance) – Levels 3–4 and 5–6.
Designed around purposeful learning, not just play: each activity and task builds choreographic thinking.
Supported by the Dance Guidance framework to ensure high-quality dance teaching.
Enriched with ACTIVATE dance card resources, providing classroom-ready ideas and ongoing teacher development.

Why Game Play Matters

We believe that movement should be more than a break – it should be meaningful. Game Play brings the joy and familiarity of gaming into dance in a way that supports curriculum goals while being deeply engaging.

With Game Play, teachers gain the tools to embed dance into their teaching practice, and students develop confidence, creativity, teamwork, and a stronger connection to their bodies – all within a familiar, game-inspired context.