Team Building Through Dance ™

The SoHo Dance  “Team Building Through Dance” corporate program stimulates growth, builds confidence, enhances communication and shapes personal relationships in any working environment by using dance as the vehicle.  Partnership dance challenges your ego, presses your mind to think beyond the workplace and inspires a team to work to their full potential.  At SoHo Dance we do this through exercises in dance that:

* Stress team enthusiasm
* Building of self-esteem
* Develops a heightened sensitivity and concern for others
 
Program Overview

Ballroom dancing is one of the most time-honored, fun-filled and effective methods for building community and a shared sense of trust among people, making it perfect for instilling team spirit in a corporate environment.  For example, one of the most important components of dance is the lead/follow relationship. In order for a dance to work, partners share responsibility; both the leader and the follower need to use their sight, touch, feeling, momentum, weight shift, kinesthetic awareness, and sometimes verbal and non verbal communication in order to dance/perform well together.  Developing this level of trust in each other, and awareness of another person improves relationships on and off the dance floor. More can be accomplished in one 3-minute dance than in hours of other team building training!!!
 
Sample Time-Line of the Program

* 10 - 15 minute discussion on dance as a business tool
* 20 minutes to learn the basic components of a chosen dance
* 20 minutes of a dance exercise which builds listening skills, guidance, following, leading, focus and concentration skills
* 20 minutes of 1st turn series to tie movements together and work with a partner
* 15 – 20 minutes finale – Performance by each participant
* 15 – 20 discussion outcome and results – Q & A 
 
Overall Benefits

* Increases Team Synergy
* Enhances Connections
* Develops Mutual Trust
* Improves Communication
* Experience Success
* Practicing Effective Listening and Communication Skills
* Increases Creativity and Ability to Improvise
* Do Something You Didn’t Know You Could Do
* Encourage The Heart and Passion With a Team
* Individual Achievement Within the Context of a Team
* Valuing Everyone’s Contribution
* Creates an Atmosphere Where Healthy Risk Taking is Fun!

Here’s What People Are Saying About the SoHo Dance Team Building Through Dance Program.

Wachovia Bank, West Side Sales Team
New York, N.Y.

            “Brought this team closer together.”
            “Promotes cooperation, concentration and good will.”
            “It’s doing something different that takes me out of the box.”
            “Opened my mind to approach things in a different way.”
            “Saw my colleagues in a different light.”
            “It’s about trust.”
            “Great team builder.”
            “Fun while learning.  It was the first meeting I stayed awake for.”


The Leadership Program
New York, N.Y.