Turn Movement Into Income

Become a Parent-Child and Mom & Baby Dance Facilitator Aug 12 to 22, 2025 | Montreal

 

Studio training August 12-22, 2025 with Eryn Dace Trudell Artistic Director and Founder of MamaDances

Whether you're an aspiring mom ready to start a new journey, an instructor looking to grow, or a studio owner aiming to expand your offerings—this 10-day in-person training helps you turn dance into a meaningful, income-generating opportunity.

What This Program Is Really About

It’s not just training — it’s a transformation. You’ll walk away with the tools to confidently teach, the structure to start earning, and the heart to lead families through movement that truly matters. Whether you're starting fresh, growing your skillset, or expanding your studio’s offerings — this is your opportunity to turn connection into your profession. Learn. Lead. Make a living doing something that lights you up — and lifts others with you.

The Goal of This Program

To equip you with the skills, confidence, and structure to lead meaningful dance classes — and turn that into income. Imagine guiding joyful sessions where parents and children feel seen, safe, and connected — because of you. Whether you're starting fresh or growing your practice, this is your path to make a living through movement that matters.

Parent and Child Dance (1-4 years)

August 12- 16, 2025

Tuesday to Saturday

9-5 pm 

Dance Pavillion, UQAM - University of Quebec in MOntreal
840, rue Cherrier, Montreal

Mom and Baby Dances (2-12 months)

August 18 to August 22

Monday to Friday

9- 5 pm

Dance Pavillion, UQAM - University of Quebec in Montreal
840, rue Cherrier, Montreal

 

A Certificate of Completion from MamaDances allows the facilitator to develop or enhance  their own program and/or the potential to work under contract with MamaDances.

Eryn Dace Trudell

Eryn Dace Trudell, is the mother of two girls. She is originally from Ontario and is now living in Montreal, Canada.

As a dance artist, producer, presenter, choreographer, performer and teacher, she has experience in all aspects of dance from thought to stage. Her long and versatile career includes commissions from notable theatre, dance and opera companies and award-winning choreography.

Ms Trudell holds a BFA in Dance from Juilliard, is a certified facilitator of Skinner Releasing Technique™ and a practitioner of Contact Improvisation (CI). She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in dance at the Université du Québec à Montréal and is a member of Regroupement Québécois de la Danse (RQD) and The Dancers Transition Centre (DTRC) and The American Dance Therapy Association (AMTD).

Ms Trudell’s students include professional and non-professional adult dancers, educators, children, and parents with their children. She particularly enjoys inclusive dance practices, which ignite community spirit and collective consciousness through artistic aesthetic physical exploration. Ms Trudell has taught across Canada from Newfoundland to Lasqueti Island and in Yamaguchi, Japan and Florianopolis, Brazil.

Discover our MamaDances Parent and Child Dance Program Facilitator Training

We support the desire of dance artists and like-minded professionals, to expand their career by including Mom and Baby and Parent and Child dance facilitation in their palette of skills, and to consider offering MamaDances -type of activities as a parallel career to their other activities and employment. MamaDances  can provide a supplement to other revenue streams or become the main focus of a career or entrepreneurial endeavour.

A MamaDances facilitator is an entrepreneurial dance artist. movement therapists,  perinatal support professionals ( doulas, lactation consultants, babywearing specialists, massage therapists, postnatal fitness trainers, pre and postnatal yoga teachers) or preschool educators, who have a movement background or strong interest in developing one. This family friendly,  flexible career path where you create your own schedule and define your own working hours. You can take complete pride in the development of community in your neighbourhood or city. Classes are generally best-offered Monday to Friday 9-3pm and Saturday mornings before 11:30 am. The classes are not extremely physically strenuous but do require a lot of energy, skill and concentration.

We recommend each trainee to study the videos and guide, and prepare materials in the evenings to solidify the learning. Most class content is accompanied by videos.

A Mom and Baby or Parent child Dance facilitator has formal professional dance training or its equivalent in recreational dance experience, has some teaching experience and loves babies and children. Exceptions can be made for other professionals, such as perinatal support workers or yoga and fitness trainers with a passion to incorporate dance movement into their practices. Please submit your letter of intention.

Upon completing this program, the trainee will receive a Certificate of Completion of 35 hours.

Completing this program will support facilitation of Mother and Baby or Parent and Child Dance classes by incorporating the course content into your programs at your own discretion, and to respond to job offers in the field. This does not grant  you  the right to use the trademark name MamaDances. The teacher’s accreditation would appear as …” ( name of teacher) has completed the MamaDances Facilitator Training. ..or ( Name) is the recipient of Certification of Completion of The MamaDances Facilitator Training program.

A successful further evaluation process would grant the use of the trademark name  MamaDances if requested.

Once the Certificate of Completion is acquired, at a later date, either in person or remotely, the trainee will have the option of receiving an evaluation. A successful evaluation is required if the intention is to follow the course curriculum exactly ( within reason) and to operate using the trademark name MamaDances. or MamanDanse or another translation of the same name.. Successful evaluation will give  the option to engage with MamaDances using the MamaDances Teachers Certification Agreement. Please communicate your desire to have an evaluation at the beginning of your training.

Eryn Dace Trudell herself has the right to grant (or not) the use of the MamaDancesTrademark name, depending on the results of her final evaluation.

The signing of the MamaDances Teachers Certification Agreement will allow the teacher to produce and operate their own classes ( satellites) using the MamaDances trademark and to offer the MamaDances program to an organization within their community. MamaDances may also wish to offer you contracts within in its own program

 

 

To maintain the quality and the reputation of MamaDances, we  hope to provide ongoing support of teachers in the form of a Teachers Community Membership . Membership provides the following options: : opportunities for growth and continued learning, continued use of trademark name if rewarded, your teaching profile included on our web-site, listing of your classes (3 classes maximum per season), a link to your class registration page, updated class content and material, the use of our promotional materials, basic promotional support on our social media channels as well as other.

Your membership will also assist with the continuity of MamaDances.

Membership is renewable annually for $200 +tax. This fee is waived for the first year while the teacher is becoming established.

If you are offering more than 3 classes per week, launching in a new city under the trademark name MamaDances, you may need additional promotional support from MamaDances /or  to use our online registration system. This will require negotiation under a separate contract.

We  are currently waiting to receive our Canadian Trademark. Next we will begin the process of  applying for the International Trademark . We presently own The United States Trademark.

MamaDances uses pre-recorded music for its dances and exercises. You are given a playlist, but are required to purchase the music or follow the guidlines for music rights in your country of practice.

You may need to purchase certain supplies needed to deliver the different MamaDances programs – during the training, such supplies will be supplied.

Host of many festivals, Montreal is very busy during the summer. We suggest that if you are coming from outside Montreal, you start looking for accommodation as soon as you register for the Teacher’s Training.

If you are coming with you children, we also encourage you to inform us in advance, so we can try to help you with finding childcare.

If many participants come accompanied by their children, the cost of a babysitter during the course could be divided among them.

MamaDances provides supplementary revenue to local studios through hourly rental or additional programming, and can provide visibility to local businesses through promotional partnerships and affiliate marketing campaigns. MamaDances can be an addition to programming in community centres, cultural organization, dance schools, studios or other appropriate venues for physical exploration with similar vales.

To be considered please send a letter of interest to Eryn Dace Trudell

Mom and Baby Dance – In-Studio Training

$900

CAD

👉 Great for aspiring moms or birth professionals starting out

Want to turn your early motherhood journey into a professional path?
This 5-day training helps you start from scratch — no prior experience required — and become a certified facilitator for baby-parent movement classes.

You’ll learn how to create safe, sensory-rich, heart-centered spaces that new parents love and pay for.

✔️ Includes:

  • Teacher’s Manual

  • Mom & Baby Choreographies

  • Class Plans + Music Playlists

  • 36 hours of physical training with Eryn Dace Trudell

  • Teaching practice with live class observation

  • Certificate of Completion

  • Listing on MamaDances website

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Parent and Child Dance - In Studio Training

$900

CAD

👉 Perfect for dance educators or facilitators wanting to grow

Already teaching but struggling to stand out or grow your class base?
This 5-day focused training helps you add a trusted, family-centered program to your teaching or studio schedule.

Equip yourself with a complete system to deliver joyful, developmentally rich classes for toddlers and their parents.

✔️ Includes:

  • Teacher’s Manual

  • Parent & Child Choreographies

  • Class Plans + Music Playlists

  • 30 hours of training with Eryn Dace Trudell

  • Observation + Teaching with live class

  • Certificate of Completion

  • Directory Listing on MamaDances website

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Full Program (Parent & Child + Mom & Baby)

$1500

👉 Ideal for professionals ready to lead, scale, and earn

Want to serve families across age groups and double your offering?
This 10-day dual certification gives you the skills and tools to lead both Parent-Child and Mom & Baby classes — boosting your income and professional credibility.

Ideal for instructors and studio owners who want to make this a sustainable business model.

✔️ Includes:

  • Two Teacher’s Manuals (Both Programs)

  • Full Choreographies + Class Plans

  • 72 hours of in-studio training with Eryn Dace Trudell

  • Observation & teaching of two live classes

  • Two Certificates of Completion

  • Featured listing on MamaDances website

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"In the tumult of everyday life, quality time with my daughter is rather limited, MamaDances for me was a sacred time when there was nothing else but my daughter, music, my body and the others around me. I am convinced that MamaDances helped to link the attachment that is woven between my daughter and me following the happiness that we experienced together in dance."

Dominique and Maila
Mom and Baby Dance

"MamaDances was a voyage of discovery in dance and music – shared with my son. It was a fantastic opportunity to bond, express and communicate with my son through movement. We loved the community feel to our class, that was complimented by a passionate teacher."

Christine and Luca
Parent and Child Dance
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