Community Workshop experts

Restless led two workshops for local groups, (Learning Without Barriers, Aging Disability and Home Care, and Greenacres) with more than 20 people attending sessions on both days. Justin Bieber was banned from the workshop, so we relied on a random CD that was left in the stereo from a previous artist in resident. Staff from Bundanon (Tracie & Regina) joined in for part of the session on the second day (which I think was because they heard that one of the Restless dancers might be wearing his tights for this one).

The Restless team (Jianna, Dana, Andrew and Matt) were brilliant with the group. Most of the participants have had little exposure to dance in the past, although there were a couple of Merry Makers and several rising young stars amongst them. Jianna and Andrew both confidently led a warm up and received a big round of applause from everyone in the group. Within 30 minutes, Matt had transitioned from having never been on an education team ever, to leading half the group through a choreographic exercise which they performed in front of the other half. Dana brought all her knowledge and skill gained from working at Restless over the years and was an example of how this transfers into a community setting.

Everyone was fully engaging, focused and contributing in their own way which made a fantastic addition to the program at Bundanon. On all accounts, much fun was had by all, although Tracie and Regina exited early as they had other commitments. The highlight was probably the Thick Shake Monster solo and me finally giving in to Andrew's new Justin Bieber CD for the sake of having just the right atmosphere for the workshop finale - experts (solo dances from participants).

...and yes, Andrew did strip down to his tights and singlet top to knock out some pretty impressive moves. I think he's won a few hearts here in the Shoalhaven district.