‘Mommy Daddy Will You Move Like Me?’ Movement Workshop for Families
‘Stop moving around and sit properly!’
Does this sound familiar to you? Did you get yelled at often when you were a child? Now that you’ve become a parent, do you find yourself saying similar things to your kids?
As parents, we naturally pay close attention to our children’s every movement —how they sit, stand, and behave, and may be tempted to ‘correct’ them. But have you ever wondered what certain movements mean to a child? Do they also see parents’ body movements as ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’, ‘Good’ or ‘bad’?
The ‘Mommy Daddy Will You Move Like Me?’ Movement Workshop takes a child-centered approach. After observing parents’ movements and learning about their habits, kids will take the lead to ‘teach’ their parents a more fun and playful way to utilise their bodies. Interacting with different props and the surrounding space, the workshop will also enhance both parents’ and children’s awareness of their bodies and external environment.
Led by a professional dance instructor, the workshop encourages parents and kids to step outside of their comfort zone to ‘switch roles’, and explore the possibilities of their own bodies, while keeping an open mind to reimagine things in life! Join us for a delightful afternoon, and ‘let kids be grown-ups, and parents be kids again’!
Date: June 30, 2024 (Sunday)
Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Quarryside (20 Hoi Shin Ln, Quarry Bay)
Fee: $280 (includes one adult and one child)
Instructor: Mary Jane Tang
– Designed for Families (2 in a group, each group includes 1 adult and 1 child)
– If preferred, each family may invite 1 extra family member to join the workshop (no extra charge; indication of whether the third family member will be an adult or a child is needed during registration)
– The workshop is suitable for kids of age 6-12 and is tailored for 1 parent and 1 child. With that in mind, the third family member may not be able to participate the workshop in entirety, or may need to take turns in participating.
Mary Jane Tang
Freelance dance & yoga instructor, artist, and a full-time mom.
Mary holds a Dance & Theatre Performance B.A Degree and a NH K-12 teachers certification from Plymouth State University in USA. She was hired as lead developer for The BabyDance Company, a HK base playgroup for 6 to 36 months old. Mary also works with Arts with the Disabled Association & Jockey Club Dance Well project for people living with Parkinson’s disease. She is passionate for creative dance, ranging from infants to elders. To re-fine individual body awareness through everyday movements and dance expressions. Mary has been a co-creator with Auro Dance of Finland & CCDCDC’s “B Free”. She has continued extended studies and research on theatre for the young ones in recent years with collaboration with CCDC Dance Centre (CCDCDC). Mary is also a long-term dance instructor at CCDCDC.
