Upcoming Events

Our launch event is just the beginning! We will continue with events online and in person in other locations, creating more chances to connect, share, and build healthier dance practices together.

Collaborative workshop for teachers and leaders
Sunday 24th May, Stockholm, Sweden
at Balletakademien

We are launching Empowered Dance Network with a full-day collaborative workshop in Stockholm. It’s a space to explore, reflect, and create practical tools you can bring into your classes focused on fostering intrinsic motivation by supporting dancers’ basic psychological needs.

We will also build connections and friendships to continue to inspire and support you beyond the workshop.

Event details & registration

Date & time

Sunday 24th May
10:00 – 16:00
Followed by an informal social gathering in the afternoon

Location

Balletakademien

Birger Jarlsgatan 70, 114 20 Stockholm, Sweden

About the day

The day will include interactive discussion, practical studio work, collaborative exercises, and time for reflection, it includes social breaks and the day will end with a relaxed social event to continue conversations and build connections.

Price

385.00 SEK / €35 / £30
Your place is confirmed upon payment.

Registration

To sign up, please use the button below.

Once your payment is received, you will receive a confirmation email with further details, including pre-reading and podcasts suggestions to prepare for the day.

A bit more about the workshop

Our framework for the day is the Basic Psychological Needs by Ryan & Deci:
autonomy, competence, and relatedness — and how supporting these needs helps foster intrinsic motivation in dancers, in real studio settings.

We’ll begin with a short, interactive theory session to ground our understanding and give us a shared language around motivation and learning.

Then we’ll move straight into practice.

You’ll take part in a short ballet class where we’ll explore:

How to actively support dancers’ motivation through the way we teach
Clear, real examples of language, structure, and feedback
Time to observe, question, and reflect

From there, we’ll move into collaborative working sessions.

Together, we will:

Share experiences from our own practice
Co-create practical exercises and strategies that support motivation
Refine ideas so they are immediately usable in day-to-day teaching, training, and leading

The focus is simple:
What can we actually take back into the studio on Monday to better support our dancers’ motivation?