Secondary Dance
Dance Notes October 23rd
Hello families! This week, except for a few days where I attended a conference, has been go go go for the start of the dances we are preparing for the November performance. Secondary students will be performing on the evening of November 26 at their concert and...
Dance Notes 3
It's been a fun week. Children in the lower primary grades have started exploring different levels and the use of force in Dance. Children in the higher primary grades are choosing different choreographic principles to explore and express. Some work with locomotor and...
Dance Notes 2
A second week has sped by! Children have started exploring and re-exploring choreographic principles in the Primary School. The secondary school students have put themselves into groups and sorted their music ready to commence choreographing for their first...
Dance Notes
This week dance commenced well, with older students looking at how to warm up and stretch safely and younger students revisiting the Choreographic Principles and discussing what they remembered and knew and what assessments would look like. The very young ones started...
Going through Old Files
And look what I found! http://youtu.be/5j4OKif2sEM http://youtu.be/hK-QLNdvnqE http://youtu.be/XuPxT36eC1w
Fine Arts Evening!
A reminder that this coming Thursday June 19th 2014, starting at 6.30 pm, we are celebrating our year in the Arts by having our annual Arts evening. Come and see our students performing in song and dance and be wowed by the art exhibition put on by Mr Hampton and ABIS...
End of Year Show
Dear Parents Our end of year show is slated for June 19. The children have been working immensely hard to make this a night where they can strut their stuff and are looking forward to having you see what they have accomplished. Ms Camp and I would like all children to...
Glimpses of Dance
Here are sneak peeks at dance from grades four and five this week: http://youtu.be/j0XLChGw0wg http://youtu.be/47juhpKJqMY
Dance for Grades 7/8
The students have divided into three groups for this set of dances for June 19 and they are involved and collaborating enthusiastically. Enjoy the videos! http://youtu.be/lI7qcSVPz7I http://youtu.be/CU0UutWCxzs http://youtu.be/KT-Vq8epQ5U http://youtu.be/kziCkSuOpac...
IGCSE Dance
Two of our grade ten students elected to take Dance as part of their IGCSE assessments. They chose a choreographer/dancer that provided inspiration and viewed dances, movies and shows related to their inspiration. They chose music and created a dance developing a...
7/8 Dance!
We have had a busy few weeks in regards to secondary dance. Due to an injury, Isaac's performance was delayed and he ended up showing the IGCSE dance students his results. Secondly, our 7/8s were busy getting into groups, choosing tunes and starting choreography...
Grade 7 and 8 dance
Grades 7 and 8 had to have their first 30 seconds of their dance completed today. Here are their efforts. http://youtu.be/IadHNH3ZxHo http://youtu.be/GQYlTJGV5A8 http://youtu.be/nPMS81VbDJo http://youtu.be/xCUlMp7BEeA http://youtu.be/LndO6UCHfmA
Grade 9 and ten dance
The holidays have done the 9s and 10s some good. These last 2 weeks have seen some improvement in how their dances are taking shape.
Secondary Dance
Back with a bang! Secondary students investigated movement quality today and created a small routine using sustained, suspended, swinging, percussive and collapsing movements. Included are a few pictures from the creative phase. Your browser does not support the video...
Dance Assembly
The Dance Assembly went well. Here are video links to the dances. Many thanks to Mr. Atul for uploading them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZQyWWK_HHA girls omani dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjno09mJVBA boys omani dance...
Dance 7-8
The sevens and eights are madly putting finishing touches to their dances for December 5. We hope to see everyone there.
Dance dance dance!
A reminder that a Dance show is on December 5! Primary school parents: Please check the Broadcaster if you haven't already as a post went out several weeks ago explaining clothing requirements. Secondary parents: sevens and eights will be showcasing their first piece...
Dance 9 and 10
Grades 9 and 10 are presently choreographing using their knowledge of the Choreographic Principles. The dances will be performed on International Evening coming in March. Discussions about Floor Pathways, use of contrasting Force and Narrative Structures are happening...
And what have the sevens and eights been doing?
The grades sevens and eights are performing on December 5 during the primary school assembly. They will showcase their first group choreographed number for the year. They are presently working on their routines and setting their targets against their timeline. ABIS...