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Visual and Performing Arts Capstones Shine During Annual Symposium

Each of Bullis’s four Signature Programs culminate in the Honors Senior Capstone where, in close collaboration with their Capstone teacher and a designated mentor, 12th grade students design and pursue unique projects within the structure and pacing of a year-long class. Skill-building is a key component of the experience with an emphasis on developing resourcefulness, critical thinking, creativity and strong collaboration with their peers.

Every April, the Bullis community celebrates the intellectual growth of Capstone students at the Signature Program Symposium, where seniors present the results of their deep explorations. Shared below are two outstanding Visual and Performing Arts Projects.

Throughout her yearlong Senior Capstone project, Anna Rose Robinson created dance videos inspired by various essays and concepts. A lifelong dancer and Elite Dance Studio student, early in life Anna discovered a passion for choreography, the primary tool utilized for deep exploration of both issues and emotions for her capstone.

The dancer in “Release,” also from Elite, perfectly expressed Anna’s internal thoughts and emotions. All year she was eager head off to college and to experience whatever comes next. “I’m excited to go but also uncomfortable, as if my mindset was in the future but I was still experiencing high school,” she says, describing the disconnect.

To view both of Anna’s films, read about the concepts being explored throughout the project, and find detailed information about the production process, please visit Memoirs in Motion to the right.

Anna will head to Stanford University in the fall to major in human biology, with a possible minor in dance.

Josselyn Lee’s goal is to create art in whatever discipline will have her, a goal realized through the Capstone project, “Within Me” where the emphasis is on the influences that have molded her into the Black artist that she is today.

Josselyn hopes that the project “is an eye opener for people, shedding light on challenging topics and provoking an, ‘I’m up out of my seat kind of energy after seeing things that people hear about but don’t often see.’”

Josselyn shared that she’s inspired by actor Viola Davis, the types of projects she embraces and the way that she carries herself in the process. She hopes to be the one who serves as such inspiration to others one day.

Visit Josselyn’s website to learn more.

Josselyn’s future plans include studying performing arts at Savannah College of Art and Design beginning this fall.

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