Next Reflex Dance Collective offers various educational options for schools and organizations. From this page you will find information regarding school workshops and performances, community workshops, residences and commissions. Our educational opportunities give participants the tools to look at movement through various lenses and encourage them to think about how dance relates to their life.

NRDC offers various workshops that apply to the age level of each audience. Schools can choose to have just a performance or just a workshop or both. Please see the various topics and workshops available to your students. All workshops and performances focus on how to watch dance and includes collaborative work between students and artists.

Here are some of the classes offered:

• Music for Dance
• Creative Movement - For younger students who are just learning about movement.
• Watching Dance - Learning how to look at dance and what it means to be an audience and a performer.
• Making Dances - Students get the opportunity to create their own dances.
• Jazz Technique
• Ballet Technique
• Modern Technique
• Improvisation - Students experiment with different improvisational movement games and create dances from improvisation.

School Performances are generally 30 to 45 minutes in length and include various pieces from NRDC's repertory. Students have the opportunity to watch and contribute guided feedback on what they see and experience.
Please contact us if you are interested in a School Workshop and/or Performance.

NRDC is interested in working with various organizations to promote dance education and awareness. We provide workshops to organizations interested in how dance can be a voice for, surviving an illness, creating partnerships or collaborating in the work place. Please contact us if your organization is interested in providing a dance opportunity to your employees, patients, or community.

Inviting Next Reflex Dance Collective to be a company in residence at your school offers students to take part in classes and workshops provided by company members. Residencies include setting a work on your students and teaching a series of classes while we are in residency. Please contact us for more information.

Creating an original work is an exciting way to expand your company's repertory. To have NRDC create a new work on your company please contact us.