Secondary Dance
Dance Notes April 2
A fun week for all!In the Primary School, the Dance Assembly last week was probably the best of its kind in a long time, and the children in the Primary School celebrated in style, by having some of the "fun" repertoire of dances revisited: Mexican Hat Dance and the...
Assembly Dances have been uploaded!
Please enjoy:K3 Itik Itik from the Philippines: http://youtu.be/8guWEBZKMf8Grade One Tea Harvest Dance from China: http://youtu.be/Q_TSgE6uEwM Grade Two Kummi Adi Dance from Southern India: http://youtu.be/Yx4JrRAkTuk Grade Three Pata Pata...
Dance Notes March 26
This week in the Primary Dance classes we have had the Dance Assembly! The students from K3 to Grade 6 have been preparing for their dance numbers, celebrating folk dance from around the world. A big thank you to the parents who worked hard to provide...
Dance Class
The sevens and eights had a great day today.....
Dance Notes March 19th
The week has been quick and uneventful in the dance classes. The Primary classes are finalising their rehearsals for next week's assembly and the Secondary students assessed their dance performances. See you next week!
Some news from the Dance classes!
Please find enclosed the links to the dances performed by the secondary students last Thursday. Students and teacher are now in the process of assessing their use of traditional steps, use of choreographic principles and accuracy of routine. Students will...
Dance Notes March 12
It has been brought to my attention that a post mentioning the date of the Primary Dance Assembly did not publish, so I will start with that this week.The Primary Dance Assembly is scheduled for March 26. It will start at 12.20. The students from K3 to Grade 6...
Dance Notes February 5th 2015
Students this week have been having a final practice before Oman Week arrives and the week off for the break. Our Primary Students have mostly completed their dances with some polishing and practicing to come in the next few weeks. The grade ones are very excited at...
Dance Notes January 29 – SECONDARY
With the short week, I was unable to meet with the sevens and eights, but I was pleased to see a group signed up to work in the dance studio for a lunchtime - well done the Brazilian group! The big event of the week was of course the Cabaret, for which our IGCSE...
Getting ready for ABIS Cabaret!
Last weekend some members of the decoration committee and other volunteers showed up at school on Saturday to paint the display boards black! This will help to create a great atmosphere in the gym (and hopefully make it seem like you aren't even in the gym!) on the...
Dance Notes January 22nd
This week has been busy. Primary School: Our dances for the coming March show are well underway with grade two nearly completing theirs! Well done grade two for your great listening skills and willingness to work hard on learning the choreography! The other classes...
Dance Notes January 15th
Due to technical difficulties, last week's post disappeared into the ether - so this week's post will cover the last fortnight. I start with Primary news and follow with Secondary news. Students in the Primary School have leaped into the folk dance learning with...
Dance Notes December 18
And a lovely end to the calendar year was had this week with students having "Fun Day" time! Primary classes practiced the popular dances such as the Mexican Hat Dance, the Happy Dance, the Limbo, the Azonto and the Macarena. Easy to pick up and fun to do, the...
Dance Notes December 11th
After a wi-fi issue destroyed my post last week, I have two weeks to talk about this time! First of all, last week the Dance classes were part of two shows - one a secondary, evening event in conjunction with Miss Camp's music classes and the other a primary school...
CHANGE OF DATE!!!!!
Due to the recently declared public holiday, our Secondary Concert will be on Tuesday, Dec. 2. The concert begins at 6:30PM; participating students should report to the MPA at 6:15PM. The theme for the evening is "Friendship". This concert serves as an assessment for...
Dance Assemblies and the Secondary Concert!
Dear families The Secondary Concert has been moved to the evening of the 2nd of December. Students are asked to be in the MPA at 6.15pm for a 6.30 start. The show has Friendship as its main theme with students singing songs and creating their dances with this in mind....
Dance Notes November 20th
The rehearsals for the Primary School dance assembly are about finished. Most classes have learned their dances and are doing some polishing preparing for the assembly. Which, as you now know has to be moved in order to accommodate the long weekend. 🙂 I am working on...
Dance Notes November 13th
Another fruitful week! Dances across the Primary School are gradually being completed in each class. Listening to children in Secondary checking to see whether a step is a Jazz step or not and what would fit where demonstrates some solid learning across those grades....
Dance Notes November 6th
What a JAZZY week we had! Students have been madly learning their performance items in JAZZ! Primary students have been recalling, revising and revisiting what they already have learned and know and have been learning the last few steps. Congratulations to Grade Four...
Coming Soon to ABIS…
What do a Chinese Folk Tale, Friendship and Ukrainians have to do with each other? They are all related to performances coming up within the next 2 months here at ABIS! First, on November 19th at 6:30PM, the 4-6 Grade students will present their evening program: an...