SCHOOL WORKSHOPS

In Kaeja’s workshops, students are not assigned specific dance steps. Rather, the creation of movement is driven by the participants themselves. All workshops offered by Kaeja d'Dance support current Ontario Arts curriculum guidelines for dance education and are taught by professionally trained dance teachers.​

Extended or weekly workshops can be arranged to accommodate students' ongoing creative and physical education. Allen can also be commissioned to create choreography for student performances. 

Workshops and pricing can be modified to fit your needs. To inquire about customized workshops, or if you require any accessibility accommodations, please contact urban@kaeja.org.​

*All school workshops, with the exception of Kaeja Elevations, can be offered either virtually or in-person.*​

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  • "Allen has a unique ability to make the Kaeja Elevations accessible to everyone he teaches, regardless of their level of experience. He inspires confidence in all students and teaches them to ‘fly’ with ease, expertise, and a wonderful sense of joy."

    Vicki St. Denys, Director Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly RyersonU) Dance Program

  • “Amazing experience that helped me grow within myself and my skills in dance.”

    Student Participant

  • "Moving in connection with others is especially important when we're limited to the Zoom window to access community."

    Student Participant

  • "It was fascinating to learn new techniques for choreography and the lessons that [Allen] taught were very useful and valuable."

    Student Participant

  • "Thank you so much for sharing the final dance performance — it was truly wonderful to watch!  The choreography was beautiful, the performance was impressive, and it clearly reflected all the hard work, dedication, and talent you Alan (sp.) and the team put into preparing the dancers. We truly appreciate your creativity, patience, and commitment”

    Grade 4 child’s parent (2026)

EXPRESS DANCE

Best Suited For
Grades 3-8

Session Length
40 mins minimum

Number of Students
Up to 30

Express Dance is an inclusive, simple approach to bringing the joy of dance into any classroom - even virtual ones!

Students will discover a new way of learning dance, using their own movement vocabulary to create choreography in small groups. Suitable for students of all ages and experience levels, Express Dance is a fun way to promote physical activity, social connection, and mental well-being in young people.

This workshop has been taught to more than 40,000 learners and teachers across Ontario and internationally, helping them unleash the potential for physical expression that is present within each and every individual.

​Learn more about Express Dance Virtual Workshops with this video.

Elementary school students participate in an Express Dance workshop.

  • Young students dance in a school gymnasium. One child wearing a pink shirt with white hearts and a pink plaid skirt spins towards another child wearing a blue shirt who stretches their arms towards the first student. Other children sit in the background, watching the dancers.

Allen Kaeja, Photo by Megan Anderson

  • Allen, a white presenting balding male of Middle Eastern and Eastern European Jewish descent holds a film camera over his shoulder in a green field. He wears a black hat and glasses, and looks off to one side, his brows furrowed.

DANCE FILM

Best Suited For
Grades 9 -12

Session Length
I hour minimum

Number of Students
Up to 30

A unique opportunity for students to learn how to direct, choreograph and edit their own short dance films. Students will develop creative and critical thinking skills as they explore the technical, practical, and artistic challenges involved in producing dance for the screen. Allen Kaeja and the other Dance Film instructors have a wealth of experience as both dancer/choreographers and filmmakers.

​No experience in either dance or film is necessary, just a curiosity and willingness to take on all aspects of the course, from movement and director to camera operator.

One student lifts another off the ground in a Kaeja Elevations workshop.

  • Two female-presenting students perform a Kaeja Elevation. The supporter holds both the hands of the flier as the flier jumps in the air. Two other students are in the background. They all wear matching orange T-shirts with a circular purple logo on them

KAEJA ELEVATIONS

Best Suited For
Grades 6 -12

Session Length
I hour minimum

Number of Students
Up to 30

*Due to the physical partnering involved in Kaeja Elevations, it must be taught in-person.

Allen and Karen Kaeja’s style of dance partnering, known as Kaeja Elevations, uses momentum, anchoring, and the architectural structure of the body to help students safely take flight!

Kaeja Elevations allows participants of all experience levels to be on an equal playing field, building self-confidence and deeper communication.

Kaeja Elevations®, defined and created by Allen Kaeja, was developed from over three decades of refined exploration and collaboration with Karen Kaeja.

HOLOCAUST PRESENTATION

Best Suited For
Grades 6-12

Session Length
40 minutes plus 20 minute Q&A

Dance and film together create a powerful expression and representation of the Holocaust. Allen will present his 2nd Generation perspective of his father’s experiences as a survivor of the Holocaust, and his own journey to discover family roots in Poland. He will reveal his motivation for presenting Holocaust related themes through the medium of dance during this forty minute presentation.

Drew Berry and Mio Sakamoto