College students wow audiences

GORDON PREECE

More than 100 Nayland College students took to the stage for the school’s annual Dance Showcase. Head of Dance Jana Polglase says the event, which featured a “diverse” range of performances, drew about 500 audience members to the college hall over two performances on 26 and 27 June. Performers included the school’s junior arts programme, NCEA dance classes, co-curricular groups and items inspired by the international stage production, STOMP.

“The showcase is the primary avenue for assessment for senior students who performed an engaging array of pieces,” Jana says.

“The Year 11 classes presented works based on Japanese origami [paper folding], while the senior dance class choreographed and performed a piece inspired by the sorts of backyard games we all played as children [e.g. spotlight and hopscotch].