Term 3 has been somewhat a little crazy with so many of our planned events changing dates due to COVID restrictions however with the easing of these more recently, we squeezed in industry workshops and an excursion to QPAC.  The Year 7 Dance Excellence students have enjoyed developing their creative circus skills working with hoops and experiencing a workshop with Aerial Angels and our Year 8 and 9 Dance Excellence students engaged in a ballet history and technique workshop with Queensland Ballet. We finished the term with our Dance Excellence excursion to see Charlie & the Chocolate Factory which was not only long awaited but gobsmackingly entertaining!

Our Year 10 and 11 General Dance students have been exploring the communication of viewpoints through contemporary dance working as choreographers on their own projects with the Year 10s remaining in the traditional environment of the dance studio and the Year 11s exploring non-traditional site-specific environments to create their dance films.  

Rehearsals for our rescheduled Dance Excel Showcase have continued throughout the term and we are now more excited than ever to ‘Light It Up’ for everyone on Wednesday 6 October in the Miami High Great Hall. We hope to see you there for a very special evening of dance showcasing the talents of our students and staff from Dance Excellence, Senior Dance and Dance Xtreme programs.

Ms Miranda van’t Hof

Dance Excellence Coordinator