Secondary School Dance and Drama Programs
Inspire your students to grow as performers and creators through engaging, curriculum-based dance and drama workshops. Our programs—such as Sketch Comedy, Musical Theatre Performance, Elements of Dance, and The Creative Process—give students opportunities to collaborate, build confidence, and explore their artistic voice.
Each workshop is designed to support secondary curriculum goals while encouraging creativity, critical thinking, and self-expression. Whether students are refining their technique, developing original work, or learning to communicate through movement and performance, our teaching artists create a supportive and inspiring space for every learner.
“The Travelling Stage program helped me discover my potential. Not just as a performer, but as a person. It gave me the confidence to pursue theatre school and believe I belong there.” – Grade 12 student
The Travelling Stage
EMPOWERING SECONDARY STUDENTS THROUGH DANCE AND DRAMA
Give your secondary students the chance to deepen their artistic skills and explore new forms of expression through our engaging dance and drama workshops. Whether students are refining their technique in Studio Dance Styles or exploring production and performance through Behind the Scenes Master Classes, each session is designed to support creativity, collaboration, and confidence.
Our programs encourage students to take creative risks, build on their strengths, and experience the joy of learning through the performing arts.
CANADA WIDE VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON
SECONDARY SCHOOL DANCE AND DRAMA PROGRAMS
The following secondary school dance and drama programs work best as multi-visit bookings. Once you book your program, you will receive a form that allows you to choose the specific content you’d like us to cover with your students. You will receive both pre and post-workshop activities to enrich your The Travelling Stage experience as well as extension activities. If multi-visit programs are not possible for your students, modified one-time visits are available.
Sketch Comedy
Students will learn how to structure, write and perform their own sketch alongside an experienced comedy teacher.
Musical Theatre Performance Program
Students will experience all aspects of dance, vocal and stage acting as they work on a pre-selected production number from the Musical Theatre repertoire.
Elements of Dance and the Creative Process
This workshop series explores body, action, space, time, energy and creating original dance sequences.
Studio Dance Styles
We are able to offer you beginner through advanced instruction in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, hip hop and urban dance styles, Latin, Irish, West African, Highland, Bollywood, Swing and Flamenco led by teaching artists who personally identify with the style.
Behind the Scenes – Master Classes
This workshop series gives students an opportunity to experience what goes into the making of a theatre or film production behind the scenes. Sessions include playwriting, stage management, choreography, film direction, theatre direction, production, set design, costume design, dramaturgy, arts administration, makeup design and casting.
Collective Creation Program
Collective Creation, also known as Devised Theatre, is a technique wherein the students create the work using their own voices. Based on suggestions and brainstorms from the students, our artist will help them to create a full piece of theatre.
Artist’s Specialty
Many of our teaching artists specialize in a specific area of the arts and this program brings you unique offerings, such as commedia dell'arte, mime, verbatim theatre, forum theatre, contact improvisation and many other styles and topics. If you are interested in this program, we will send you a current list of options based on your desired time frame and artist availability.
The Screenwriting Series
This multi-visit comprehensive drama enrichment program includes instruction in generating and brainstorming ideas, storyboarding, building a script, filming, editing and showcasing a final product. Students will work alongside a professional writer/director/industry expert to create their very own short film. Your visiting artist will guide students to create from idea to final product over the course of the program. Students will use whatever technology is available to them (phone, laptop, etc) to do this. This program is meant to support students to find their own unique voice and tell their own story.
“Once I started taking drama classes, I asked myself why I had ever wasted so much time on a football team.” — Paul Newman
