Dance: A New Normal

“A New Normal”

This term in dance, our priority has been focusing on our upcoming group dance competition. Following the success of the solo competition, where Year Ten pupil Herbie Sleep won the overall award, we decided to enter the same competition “The Great Big Dance Off”. This time we shall be performing our new contemporary group dance entitled “A New Normal” ,

focusing on the current situation in the world and adapting to new beginnings. The dancers have been working extremely hard to produce a powerful and captivating piece, with dancers from Year Nine to Year Thirteen. Collaboratively, they have been com-

bining ideas, which have been extending their choreographic experience as well as dance and performance technique. We shall also be entering a duet performance, danced and choreographed by Millie Rose White and Herbie Sleep. This duet will be in the style of jazz to the song “Bicicletta”. Our final group dance is entitled “One Night Only” and once again involved all year groups. We wish all the dancers the best of luck in this upcoming competition and will update you all on the results as soon as they have been announced.

Following our last update in the newspaper, we have received our wonderful dance equipment. Already, these have been used well in all our classes, especially by the Year Nine pupils who have been using it for their dance technique. We have seen a substantial improvement, especially in our male dancers, across a range of technique elements such as turns and leaps. Miss Reid and Miss Lister have been particularly impressed with the following pupils from Year Nine who have all received Show Hsms for their continued outstanding work:  Sam  Angelina  Lorena  Harry  Alice  Ella

 Clarissa  Tiggy