Project Dance Summer School
We were very excited to run our first Senior Summer School, "Project Dance"... And it was a great success!
Around 45 young dancers aged 10-18 joined us for a 4-day dance course which included lessons in ballet, repertoire, jazz, cheer, commercial, contemporary and musical theatre.
Professional teachers
The students were fortunate to have classes with a number of guest teacher for their classes. Many thanks to them all for making it such a challenging and enjoyable week!
- Katie Deacon - ballet, repertoire and conditioning warm-up
- Kelly McCole - ballet and repertoire
- Claire McAlister - jazz and cheer
- Carlie-Ane Chuchla - contemporary
- Marie Buck - commercial
- Amanda Clark - musical theatre and conditioning warm-up
Performance and awards
As well as their technique lessons, the students learned choreography and repertoire to perform for family and friends on day 4. The performance ended with a presentation of certificates for all those taking part with 6 special 'star performer' awards being presented to students the faculty though had shown outstanding effort and performance throughout the course.
The star awards were presented to:
- Group 1 - Serena McCall and Neela Hossain
- Group 2 - Adam Smith and Kiera Paterson
- Group 3 - Dayna Lipski and Paige Lipski
And there was even more...! To celebrate the hard work and effort, we then had a Zumba party where all the students and their parents and friends got the chance to dance together. Many thanks to Suzanne Crooks for making it such fun (although we were all complately exhausted by the end!)
Photos and video
Amanda took hundreds of photos throughout the week and they are in 5 separate galleries on our CSBS Facebook page. There is also a selection of videos from both classes and performance being uploaded to our YouTube channel, so please go and have a look!
We are already planning next year's event!