The Ark: Underwater Moves – Online Early Years Dance Workshop for children aged 2-4 and their grown-ups.

Join dance artist Monica Muñoz for a delightful underwater movement adventure in this online dance workshop. Come with us on an imaginary journey under the sea. We will practice all our swimming moves and then dive deep beneath the big blue waves. There we will meet lots of incredible sea creatures. Look out for a wobbly octopus, snappy sharks, speedy clown-fish and scuttling crabs. How do they move around in the water? Can we try that too? We will create our very own dancing waves in our homes and maybe even practice some surf moves too! In this workshop, we will use some everyday household objects to help us with our dance moves. This will help activate imaginations as little ones explore, discover and dance with the help of their grown-ups. You will need:

1. A sheet or blanket (if you have a blue one that is great, but any colour will do)
2. A pillow or cushion
3. A few soft or small toys (any favourite cuddly animal will do, but if you have some that really like the water such as fish, seals, penguins, dolphins, seagulls or even octopus then bring those ones along).

This delightful interactive dance workshop invites little ones and their grown-ups to enjoy imagining and moving together. So if you're a parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, godparent or carer, join us with a 2-4 year old to explore moving underwater from your very own home.

Requirements for Participation

• Computer/Tablet/Phone with internet access for Zoom – placed on a table at children’s eye level
• A clear floor area of about 8 paces square – free of movable furniture and all other hard objects
• The best floor surfaces are carpet, lino or wood
• For safety reasons dancing on ceramic kitchen tiles or concrete is to be avoided.
• Children and adults should wear: Tracksuit, leggings & t-shirt | Bare feet or trainers as preferred | No jewellery

Important: A parent or adult in the family must actively engage in the workshop with their child and be present in the room throughout the workshop.

The Ark: Underwater Moves workshop will be delivered using the Zoom video call software. This will be a private Zoom session that will only be accessed by those booked into the workshop, the artist and The Ark's staff. The session will be recorded for the safety and security of all participants, however, this recording will not be shared publicly and will be deleted within 30 days.

Booking information
Tickets: €10 per child | €8.50* | 20% off for Members
Dates: Friday 17^th July @ 10.15am & 11.45am
Duration: Approx. 25 minutes
Age Range: 2-4

*The Concession price is available for Children accompanying third-level students, senior citizens and those in receipt of social security. Concession tickets can only be booked directly through the box office by emailing [email protected].