The Butterfly Workshop
Where dance and wellbeing finally meet.
Young dancers today face increasing pressures from comparison and perfectionism to anxiety, low confidence, and emotional overwhelm. Through my work with hundreds of young dancers across the UK, I’ve seen how these challenges can impact their motivation, body image, emotional wellbeing, and even their enjoyment of dance.
What makes these workshops different is that they aren’t lectures, assemblies, or generic wellbeing talks. They are movement-based, creative, and highly interactive sessions, designed with a child-first, sensitive, and psychologically safe approach.
Each workshop offers a calm and empowering environment where dancers can explore their emotions, build confidence, and express themselves freely.
Suitable for dance schools, performing arts academies, colleges, vocational programs, and private groups, the workshops are tailored for ages 9–18 and fully adaptable to the needs, abilities, and challenges of your students.
These sessions fill the gap many schools struggle to address, offering young dancers the emotional education, resilience tools, and supportive space they need to feel safe, seen, supported, and understood.
What the Workshops Cover
Every workshop blends movement, mindset, and creative tasks to help dancers navigate the emotional side of training.
Sessions can include:
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Confidence & Self-Belief - Helping dancers understand their strengths, build internal motivation, and trust themselves inside and outside the studio.
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Managing Performance Anxiety - Practical tools to recognise anxiety, regulate emotions, and approach performances with calm and clarity.
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Reducing Comparison & Perfectionism - Giving dancers healthier ways to measure progress, celebrate individuality, and release pressure.
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Emotional Awareness & Expression - Using dance and creativity to safely explore emotions, communicate feelings, and understand their internal world.
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Resilience & Mindset Tools - Teaching growth mindset, reframing negative thoughts, and strategies for dealing with setbacks.
Format, Structure & Pricing
Our full-day student workshop is a 6-hour in-person experience delivered at your venue, tailored for dancers aged 9–18.
Schools can choose to run it with mixed ages or split groups, each session is adapted to meet the developmental needs and emotional maturity of the dancers involved.
This immersive day blends kinaesthetic, visual, and auditory learning, weaving together music, movement, creative tasks, and reflective exercises. Students explore every aspect of their mindset, mental health, physical wellbeing, and emotional resilience in a way that feels engaging, energising, and empowering.
Every child receives a FREE 21-day Wellbeing Journal and a small gift to support them long after the workshop has finished.Your
And to help make your event a success, you’ll also receive a full social media toolkit to promote the workshop easily and effectively across your platforms.
Investment £550.00
For venues more than 100 miles from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, an additional fixed travel and accommodation rate of £100 applies.
What’s included:
✨ 6 Hour workshop for 9-18yr olds (Max 35 per workshop)
✨ All workshop resources provided
✨ A 21 day Wellbeing Journal for every student
✨ A social Media Bundle for Workshop promotion
✨ Pre written Email to care givers from Kim to invite them to sign up
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Cathie - Co Owner of BKD Performers
The workshop created a genuinely safe space for our students.
Everyone, students and teachers learnt useful skills for big emotions and life challenges. We've had amazing feedback and will definitely be booking another session.