Kate Ashton kids Nia Instructor

Nia dance classes for children

Nia for kids

Nia fitness fun for children

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health and fitness for children

Nia dance classes for kids

Accredited Nia Instructors with the Nia Australia Association

Kate Ashton

Certified White Belt Nia InstructorNia dance instructor

Nia is a new dance style from the U.S combining dance arts and martial arts including; Modern dance, Jazz, Tae Kwon Do, Aikido and Yoga. It is a form of dance that focuses on the JOY of moving your body, your body’s way to funky specially chosen music. Nia uses combinations of 52 moves that are designed to use every single part of your body, dancing is done barefoot, and includes floor play, using your imagination and making sounds.

Kate is an early childhood and primary school teacher and an artist.

She holds degrees in both these fields and has ten years experience teaching children. She has worked as a general classroom teacher, as well as specialising in teaching drama, dance, art and PE. She has worked as a PE teacher for a number of years for the Active and Healthy Lifestyle Program run by the Brisbane City Council in parks around Brisbane. Kate has had her own kid’s party and entertainment business. She is also a face painter and an airbrush face and body artist.

Kate brings a love of life itself to her classes. She is passionate about children, and all forms of art including music, dance, art, design, fashion, and song writing.

She is highly creative and has a keen sense of humour and a playful nature.

Kate invites your child to join with her in one of her favourite pleasures in life, teaching Nia to children and celebrating movement of the physical body.

Benefits of children taking Nia classes include;

  • Strength
  • Agility
  • Flexibility
  • Stability
  • Mobility
  • Grace
  • Posture
  • Alignment of bones
  • Muscles
  • Ligaments
  • Improved circulation
  • Joy
  • Conditioning of the nervous system
  • Love of body
  • Improved concentration and cognitive development
  • Reduced stress and emotional problems
  • Improved self-esteem
  • New friendships formed!

“We dance to fall in love with the spirit of all things. To wipe out memory or transform it into moves that nobody else can make because they didn’t live it. We dance to hook up to the genius lurking within us, to seek refuge in our originality and our power and to reinvent ourselves. Shed the past, forget the future and fall into the moment feet first. This is our dance.” Gabrielle Roth.

Class details

Boys and Girls welcome, ages 6-11 years. Come and dance, have fun and make some new friends!

Children to wear casual comfortable clothing for dancing in or school sports uniform is fine, no shoes required, and a water bottle.

Classes are run in accordance with the school terms (please note due to a longer term in first term, classes will resume in week 3 of the school term.

Cost - Come and try first class for free, if you wish to sign up for the term, payment is whatever you think it is worth.

All classes are from 3.45- 4.30pm.

Mondays Nia Kids Classes at Fortitude Valley:
- Held at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Church St ( in between Wickham and Ann St), Fortitude Valley.

Tuesdays Nia Kids Classes at West End:
- Held at Jagera Arts Centre, 121 Cordelia St, South Brisbane.

Wednesdays Nia Kids Classes at Cannon Hill:
- Held at Cannon Hill School of Arts, 958 Wynnum Rd, Cannon Hill.

Fridays Nia Kids Classes at Paddington:
- Held at Rosalie Baptist Church Hall, corner of Fernberg Rd & Ellena St, Paddington/ Rosalie.

All classes suspended for this the last school term for 2011. Please contact me with an expression of interest if you would like to enrol your children next year. Many Thanks.

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For bookings or for further information please email Kate using the contact form or alternatively send a text to 0466969892.

I look forward to hearing from you!