Festival of Lights Performance & Workshops
Alison and I are very proud of the students who performed at the 'Day of Dance' for the Festival of Lights on Sunday, after three days of rehearsals - you all danced so well! An especially big well done to students who saved the day by filling in for others who couldn't make it - particularly Anika, who learnt the Bolshoi choreography for 'Dance of the Hours' (Coppelia) in less than three hours and had it perfect on the day!!
We also had a lot of fun taking open workshops for ballet and jazz, and we hope everyone who came along enjoyed themselves, as we certainly did. Once again a big thank you to senior students Amber, Anneka, Sydney, Ella, Anika, and Charli, who volunteered to help. Now it's on to another year of dance - the studio re-opens on Monday 4 February, and if you're new this year we'll see you for Meet and Greet on Saturday 2 February. Keep a look out for an email from Alison regarding time slots.
In the meantime, here are some of the pictures myself or Glenn were able to get from the side.
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Group warm-up and debriefing from Alison
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Intermediate and Advanced II Ballet performed 'Dance of the Hours' from Act III of 'Coppelia'
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Lovely action shot of Amber and Anika
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Grade 2 Ballet perform 'Raindrops on Roses'
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Grade 4 Ballet perform 'Spring Harvest'
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Grade 5 Ballet perform their Silver Ballet Medal dance
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Grade 4 Jazz, 'In the Summertime'
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Pre-Elementary Jazz, 'Burn'
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Grade 4 Jazz, 'In the Summertime'
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Pre-Elementary Jazz, 'Burn'
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Big finish for Pre-El
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Grade 5 Jazz, 'Walking on Sunshine', and a great cat jump from Aliana below - I didn't quite manage to get Charli's aerial on camera...
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Gentry's Open Contemporary class danced their concert piece, 'Intro'
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Jazz Under 5 Years
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Jazz Under 5 Years (and yes, I'm not wearing shoes. Long story)
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Jazz 5 and Over
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Anneka with Ballet 5 and Over
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Ballet 5 and Over
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Anneka, Amber and Sydney help Alison demonstrate
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Lovely arabesque Amber
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And lovely arabesques from Anneka and her mini-me
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One adorable rainbow unicorn in the Jazz Under 5 class
Thanks for reading!
- Selene