Deeper Learning 2025

More than ever, creating a cooperative classroom community where students feel they belong
and that their voice matters is crucial. The art of stepping creates the perfect context for this to
happen. Stepping is a highly-coordinated, percussive dance created by African-American
fraternities and sororities where the body becomes an instrument to produce complex rhythms
and movements. In this session participants work with Jason Nious, performer with Cirque du
Soleil, Stomp, Molodi, and the International Body Music Festival. Experience for yourself how
seamless the elements of teamwork, self-management, verbal and nonverbal communication,
goal setting, leading/following, and creative problem-solving are embedded in the creative
process of stepping. Get ready to stomp, clap, and get on beat as you learn how to create a
dynamic and cooperative step team.