Tanzpro - Biodanza (Dance of Life) for Children - Ballarat East Neighbourhood House

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REGISTER NOW - Term 2, 2025

New children can COME & TRY for free! - Register here for FREE sessions!

Calling Ballarat children who love to move and dance, to be creative and share stories!

In Term Two at the Ballarat East Neighbourhood House at Barkly Square, our Participant Coordinator, Liz Wade, is offering “Tanzpro – Biodanza (Dance of Life) for Children” courses, for children aged six to twelve years. We are also taking expressions of interest for a younger children's program for ages three to six years.

The program involves dance, story sharing, art, imaginary play and movements with music, curated for children.

Tanzpro is an evidence-based program that supports children developmentally with emotional regulation, empathy, relaxation, self esteem and increased skills in communication and confidence, in a fun and engaging way.

Sessions include:

A shared story: A journey of discovery to another country and its people, geography and customs. Within each story are woven themes that highlight values such as joy, friendship, care for living beings, courage and solidarity.
A dance of the theme (Biodanza) with curated music.
Artistic expression: Children have the opportunity to process the experience pictorially via drawing, art and imaginary journeys.

Children will develop an awareness of self-perception, growing their identity and developing their self-confidence. They will learn to:

Express their potential
Have courage to take risks through creativity
Respect each other
Feel cared for.

This course encourages pathways to developing empathy which is a fundamental skill to foster lifelong healthy relationships.

TANZPRO‘s Foundations and History

The methodologies of Biodanza and Biodanza for Children form the basis to which story sharing, artistic expression and experiences from travelling around the world was designed, bringing TANZPRO to life in 2009.

Prof. Dr. Marcus Stueck and Dr. Alejandra Villegas developed, scientifically researched and evaluated Biodanza programs from 2008. They are: Scientists, Researchers, Psychologists, Lecturers, Educators, Didactic/Directors of BiodanzaSchools in Latvia and Germany and Dancers. They have scientifically investigated and published extensive works of research findings related to Biodanza for many years.

TANZPRO, including other methods and ‘School of Empathy’ involved many professionals and educators, 1800 children and 22 kindergartens and schools over a 4 year period, as part of a German Federal Ministry of Health Project. Source: auntynanas.com.au/tanzpro/

Term 2, 2025

6 to 12 year olds: 4.00 pm - 5.30 pm, Tuesdays from 29 April 2025, Ballarat East Neighbourhood House Community Room #103 -

Contact us if you have any questions. Liz is happy to chat!

3 to 6 year olds: Taking Expressions of Interest - REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE

Parents and carers are invited to attend sessions and participate, particularly the first session your child/ren attend. Please note that the registration links record details of the adult, not the children, and there is only one booking possible per email address. If you would like to register more than one child, please contact us.

Cost

We are offering FREE "come and try" sessions.

Term bookings are priced at $15 per session, $135 for a 10-week term including a free session, and casual places may be available at $20 per session if there is space available.

Registration

Please use the links above to register for the Tanzpro courses or "come and try" sessions.

There is a limit of 10 places available in each course.

About Liz Wade

Liz is a qualified teacher with many years of experience tutoring and teaching Primary and Secondary students and caring for young people in outside-school-hours-care and respite care. Liz is currently undertaking the Biodanza School which ultimately leads to qualification to facilitate Biodanza programs for adults. Liz has completed the Tanzpro training to be certified to facilitate Tanzpro – Biodanza for Children from Term 2.

Location & getting here

Tanzpro is held at Barkly Square, 25-39 Barkly Street, Ballarat East.

Walking: The building has entrances on Barkly Street and also access from Princes Street South via the car park.

Driving: You can park on Barkly Street, or behind the building in the car park or on the street along Princes Street South. You can access Princes Street South from Eureka Street or Barkly Street.

Bus: There is a bus stop close to Barkly Square: Route 20, near the corner of Barkly Street and Main Road.

Bicycle: There is bike parking available at Barkly Square.

Once inside the building, look for signs to locate our Neighbourhood House. If you enter from the courtyard next to the cafe, head to the end of the hallway, past the community area to the Ballarat East Neighbourhood House Community Rooms. If you enter from the Barkly Street entrance, keep going straight ahead and you will see our Ballarat East Neighbourhood House Community Rooms on your right.

Public toilets are available within Barkly Square.

View the Accessibility Map of Barkly Square.

Conditions of participation

Please read the Ballarat East Neighbourhood House Activity Terms and Conditions. You will be asked to agree to these upon registration for this class.
If your child has any injuries or issues which may affect your ability to partipate fully in the activity, and/or if you need any reasonable adjustments, please arrive early and discuss with your tutor.
Turn off your phone/digital devices and store your possessions in the room.
Registrations are not transferable.

Questions?

Please call Ballarat East Neighbourhood House on 0422 612 052 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. If you are having trouble booking or paying for this activity, we are very happy to find a solution that will work as we want everyone interested to be able to participate.