By Minah Seo
This year’s dance show theme was “Studies in Contrast”. All of the dances were choreographed to fit this theme by style, costume, or music. The show featured dances that Ms. Tench and students had choreographed and worked on throughout the year. The next and final show for the year is, however, Headmaster 500 in June.
This year’s dance show theme was “Studies in Contrast”. All of the dances were choreographed to fit this theme by style, costume, or music. The show featured dances that Ms. Tench and students had choreographed and worked on throughout the year. The next and final show for the year is, however, Headmaster 500 in June.
The dance show featured dancers from grades eight to twelve, comprising students from scheduled dance classes to Senior Dance Company and Hip Hop Crew. This was my final year being a member of the Senior Dance Company, having been a part of the group for four years. Senior Dance Company performed three dances: “Lose Yourself”, “Sinner man”, and “Fifth of Beethoven”. “Lose Yourself” was a dance done in 2009 and revived again with Senior Dance and Hip Hop Crew. It introduced the types of dances that would be present in the show. “Sinner man” was a more intricate piece with dancers trying to overcome their fear of being different. It featured solos by Breezy Dunlop and myself. The dance was choreographed as a story of expressing oneself uniquely and not following the typical norm. “Fifth of Beethoven” was a piece that combined technology with classical music. The piece was not only amusing to watch, but also served to highlight how addicted people are to their phones. When the dance cut to a part without technology, dancers became freer and expressed themselves better.
The whole show really fitted the theme of contrasts well. Trevor Smith, also a graduating member of the class of 2014, thought of the original idea. This having been my last show made the experience emotional yet really fun. Although I was not quite the best dancer, having a small solo part in “Sinner man” also meant quite a lot to me. Finding a way to express myself was difficult but in the end, I managed to perform and to not fall in all three numbers. Dance has been a big part of my Collingwood career and I hope I will continue with it at university. As for the dancers back at Collingwood, they are in great hands with Ms. Tench guiding them every step of the way.