Teaching 

 Dance
 

Sarah Hopkin’s classes start with grounded movement on the floor focused on finding release and ease in movement with flowing energy and momentum. She then builds to upbeat exercises that use modern dance techniques to move through space and groove to unusual time signatures. Sarah likes to focus on how movement can relate to space and how it can create a feeling of joy and sense of community. Her exercises and class structure have been inspired by many of her own instructors - her largest influences being Darryl Tracy, Peggy Baker, Yvonne Coutts, and Patricia Miner. Sarah’s main goal is to have everyone leave class feeling energized and connected to the other dancers in the room. 

Sarah’s passion for teaching began when she was working as a demonstrator for Peggy Baker at Canada’s National Ballet School. It inspired her to begin her own teaching practice at The School of Dance in Ottawa in 2016. She taught contemporary dance and choreographed on the students at The School of Dance for five years in the professional ballet stream to dancers ages eleven to seventeen. In 2018 Sarah began to teach morning class for the post-secondary Contemporary Dance Diploma Programme at the School of Dance under the direction of Sylvie Desrosiers. Sarah then moved to Halifax for three years where she taught at Halifax Dance in their Intensive Training Program, the Maritime Conservatory for Performing Arts, and morning professional classes, community classes, and senior chair classes for Mocean Dance. Sarah is now back living in Ottawa and will resume teaching at The School of Dance.