Welcome to Willowcreek Middle School's Dance Page!!
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Willowcreek Dance Mission:
Our Goal is to help students find within themselves the power to improve, to create and have courage. We strive to not only improve one’s dance as an art, but the dancer as a person.
Our Goal is to help students find within themselves the power to improve, to create and have courage. We strive to not only improve one’s dance as an art, but the dancer as a person.
Upcoming Schedule Items for Willowcreek Dance:
Spring Dance Concert: May 7th and 8th Auditions for Dance Company and Dance 2: Our audition classes are: March 26 (3-4:30) March 27 (3-4:30) Auditions: March 28th (3-6:30) – so put it in your calendars. :) COME AUDITION!! YOU CAN PICK UP AN AUDITION PACKET FROM MRS. BERRETT STARTING MARCH 1ST. UPCOMING DANCE COMPANY AND DANCE 2 AUDITIONS: Check out our Dance Company promo video: SPRING DANCE MASTER CLASS SCHEDULE HELD ON WEDNESDAYS
COME DANCE WITH US! January 9– TBA January 16 – January 23 - January 30 - February 6 – February 13 – February 20 - February 27 – March 6 – March 13 – March 20 – March 27- April 10– April 17– April 24- May 1 – May 8 – May 15- 2017-2018 Dance Company Promo video
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I AM SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU!
YOU NEED TO GO SEE THE COUNSELING OFFICE BY NEXT WEDNESDAY TO MAKE A CLASS CHANGE – You will tell them which class you would like to drop! Otherwise they will randomly pick a class for you to drop for Dance Company or Dance 2. :) Have a great weekend! Dance Co: 5 6 7 8 15 17 19 20 21 23 25 30 32 33 34 35 36 38 41 42 53 55 60 61 Dance 2: 2 4 9 10 11 12 13 18 22 24 26 27 31 43 44 52 54 57 59 The following numbers please continue dancing here in Dance 1 or Dance Fundamentals if you haven’t taken it yet. Then try out again next year! J 1 3 14 16 28 29 39 40 45 56 58 WILLOWCREEK DANCE CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:
DANCE FUNDAMENTALS Grades 7-9 Semester Note: $3 class fee NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED for this beginning course. It is the foundation for all other dance classes at Willowcreek Middle School. It is a prerequisite for enrollment in the Dance 1 class and Dance 2, regardless of a student’s technique level or previous experience. This beginning level course builds dance knowledge and skills in technique, improvisation, choreography, artistic expression, performance, history, culture, healthy life skills, and connections to other curricular areas. The class content will refer to many styles of dance; however, modern/creative dance will be given primary emphasis. DANCE FUNDAMENTALS ADVANCED Grades 7-9 Semester Note: Must have at least 2 years experience (out of the last 4 years) in a previous school or dance studio studying and performing ballet, modern or jazz dance and be able to do a single pirouette, jeté, chaîné, and plié.; $3 class fee This beginning class is an introduction to the foundational elements of dance, which are body, energy, space and time. The course caters to a student enrolling in a dance class at Willowcreek for the first time, but who has had a high degree of dance experience and a fundamental level of dance technique. This course builds dance knowledge and skills in technique, improvisation, choreography, artistic expression, performance, history, culture, healthy life skills, and connections to other curricular areas. The class content will refer to many styles of dance; however, modern/creative dance will be given primary emphasis. DANCE 1 Grades 8-9 Semester Note: Dance Fundamentals prerequisite; $3 class fee We will build on the skills dancers learned in Dance Fundamentals as a performer, dance technician, and an artist or creator. Intermediate dance techniques and movements will be taught and different dance styles will be explored. Dancers will perform a dance in the school’s dance concert and have the opportunity to choreograph dances in class. DANCE 2 Grades 8-9 Semester Note: Dance Fundamentals prerequisite and audition required; $3 class fee Advanced dance techniques and movements will be taught and different dance styles will be explored. Students will also study criticism and aesthetics of dance. Students will deepen understanding of elements of dance through improvisation, choreography, and performance. Students will perform 2 dances in the Willowcreek’s Spring Dance Concert. Auditions for the 2019-2020 school year are March 26th and 27th (3- 4:30pm) and 28th (3-6:30pm). DANCE COMPANY Grades 8-9 Full Year Note: Dance Fundamentals highly recommended and audition required; $25 class fee This is Willowcreek’s highest performing company. We perform in various dance concerts throughout the year, during a few halftimes, and we compete in Shakespeare Festival. Intermediate/Advanced dance techniques and movements will be taught and different dance styles will be explored. Students will deepen their skills as choreographers as they have the opportunity to choreograph at various times. We will focus on teamwork, performance skills, life skills, and artistry. This is an Audition class only. Auditions for the 2019-2020 school year are March 26th and 27th (3- 4:30pm) and 28th (3-6:30pm). |
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