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.