Dance

Dance workshop – Karamu High School

Dance Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ), with support from Hawkes Bay Arts Festival brought, ‘A Taste of Tu Move’ to our school. A lot of students turned up and participated in this fantastic workshop of hip-hop, street and contemporary dance. The graduates of the New Zealand School of Dance who ran the workshop were amazing.

School Based Performances – Karamu High School

Performance Assessment Evenings - In term 1 our year 10 – 13 dance students performed for family and friends. Performing in front of a large audience was a new experience for many of the students and they did so well. The student performed set dances and also their own creative choreography. Open night – It was a beautiful calm night to perform in the circle. The Level 1 students performed their vibrant Havana dance, a lively Indian dance and their contemporary dance “Hope”. The students received lots of positive feedback which was wonderful. Arts Faculty Evening – our senior students performed an Indian dance and Jennifer Boyd and Amber Bisley performed a beautiful interpretation of the contemporary dance “Hope”. The Karamu High School Dance NZ Made team also performed their stunning contemporary dance.

Dance NZ Made – Hawkes Bay

Nationals

Regionals and Palmerston North

On Monday the 5th of August, a team of eight passionate dancers headed over to the Napier Municipal Theatre for the Dance NZ Made 2019 Interschool Competition. We had one team entered into the Open Division, for teams that have students from year 9 through to year 13, which included Thea Morton (y12), Sarah Weaver (y12), Jennifer Boyd (y11), Kate Weaver (y10), Maia Bassett (y10), Nikita Steffert (y10), Lena Ormsby (y9) and was choreographed and organised by Erika Balestie Diaz (y12). The dance was executed with precise timing and passion from all of the girls. The team placed second overall in the Open Category.This was an excellent result for the school and the girls, as they qualified for the National competition as well, being the second highest scoring team of the night. Also competing in the Year 10 solo competition, Maia Bassett placed first in her category and was also selected as one of the three nominees from all the soloists that performed who will go on to represent Hawkes Bay at Dance NZ Made Nationals. In September, the dancers travelled down to Palmerston North and performed at the Nationals. The Karamu team performed against many other talented teams and our dancers should be extremely proud of their performance. Maia Bassett performed her unique solo beautifully. Thanks to supportive families and teachers.