Curriculum Dance

Early this year, Year 9 and 10 students studying curriculum dance attended the ‘2022 HSC Dance Call Back’ at the Seymour Centre.

The ‘2022 HSC Dance Call Back’ is an annual showcase of exemplary performances and compositions from the 2022 HSC Dance examinations hosted by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority and the New South Wales Department of Education. The ‘2022 HSC Dance Call Back’ provided the Barker Curriculum Dance students with the outstanding opportunity to witness exemplary Core Performance, Core Composition, and Major study works by the top performing students from New South Wales, and to understand the high expectations for undertaking Dance as an ATAR course in the HSC. Curriculum dance at Barker is a new elective choice for students, with the current Year 10 students from the inaugural class in 2022. This term, Year 9 is focused on the significance of social and cultural dance as well as the historical development of techniques such as Classical Ballet, Jazz, Musical Theatre and Modern dance through studying influential dance pioneers in both theory and practical lessons. Year 10 studied the influential choreographer Alvin Ailey, where they are focusing on performance and appreciation content through applying critical analysis skills to interpret movement choices and expression in their theory and practical lessons.

Year 9 and 10 Dance students thoroughly enjoyed the ‘2022 HSC Dance Call Back’ and have provided some reflections on their experience at the performance.

“I am so grateful for the opportunity to watch the ‘2022 HSC Dance Call Back’. The performances shown were vastly different but all beautifully choreographed and executed in their own way. It was inspiring to see the stories shown and worlds created in a dance piece with immense thought and emotion behind every move. I hope to be able to pursue my passion for dance into the HSC and create a piece of my own.” -

Zara

“Going to the ‘2022 HSC Dance Call Back’ was a great experience. Some dances required a lot of creativity and playing with sounds, while others included lots of technical components. It was interesting to see how different people express various ideas and stories through dance. We can’t wait to create our own dance compositions.” - Alicia and Mimi

Rachael Tait-Owens Curriculum Dance and PDHPE Teacher