About Us

Tiny Toones offers young children from the poorer areas of Phnom Penh the chance to dance but also offers basic education. As the dance group establishes itself, it has been deemed essential to also provide English classes and mentoring to the participants so that they learn to remain focused on education as well as improving their dancing skills.

Tiny Toones’ goal is to provide an after school environment for children to be part of a ground breaking dance group which will teach dancing skills but also skills to survive and be responsible and successful in today’s society.

The lesson:

Every day from 6.00 pm to 9.pm KK teaches various break dancing techniques. The classes begin with a warm up session focusing on different exercises to improve the body’s strength and performance. There are strict rules as to how to warm up and ensure that the body is fit to perform.

The actual break-dancing routines change from week to week as the children increase their know-how and talent. When a performance is coming up different routines need to be practiced. Each performance is a new hurdle, a new challenge, which the children work hard for to reach perfection.

Break dancing is hard.  It requires a lot of imitation, practice, having a go, getting hurt, landing on your butt and trying, trying, and trying again.  These talented kids are building self esteem and self discipline.  Dancing is also like an everyday life tool, if at first you don’t succeed, get up and try again.  After all, you can’t combine a turtle float into a windmill and finish it off with a head spin if you aren’t strong and fit.

The underlying Tiny Toones’ message is that hard work and dedication are what will bring success. A combination of these two factors, passion and discipline will bring the Tiny Toones troupe to the forefront of Cambodian modern dance and equally give hope and an enriching experience to at-risk children who face on a daily the harsh realities of living in extremely poor conditions.