SIMPLY DANCE 2014 On Thursday 24th April over 200 students from Worthing High School, The Vale, Heene C of E School and Thomas Becket Middle and First School all took part in the annual Simply Dance show held at Worthing Pavilion. The performers met at 4.00pm as they eagerly waited for their final rehearsal onstage before the big event. At 6.00pm the audience arrived, filling the Pavilion auditorium, as the performers all nervously waited patiently
backstage to complete their final performance after months of rehearsals. The evening consisted of twenty dance performances, each showing a different style, genre and theme. The evening was a brilliant success and enjoyed by all.
called “Iris”. The group worked extremely well together and all dancers thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the collaborative project.
The Vale & WHS G&T Collaborative Project For the second year running Worthing high School invited six gifted and talented students from The Vale to work collaboratively with 6 gifted and talented year 10 students, Isobel Hansel, Francesca Tratt, Sophie Penfold, Isabel Milne, Megan Mustill and Ella Digby to create a dance in a day. The group worked very hard throughout the whole day and created a piece based on the music “Let me be your star”.
Collaborative Projects TAB & WHS G&T Collaborative Project For the second year running five year 11 students Rebecca Sim, Lucie Melvin, Harriet Pilcher, Georgia McPherson and Neath Champion-Weeks worked collaboratively with students from TAB Middle school to create a contemporary piece
The Vale & WHS Collaborative Projects The year 10 students as part of their BTEC Performing Arts course had to run a 6 week extra-curricular dance club for students at The Vale Middle School. The dance club was very successful and the group were able to create two dances pieces, Matilda and Aliens, which were both brilliantly performed in the Simply Dance evening.
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