STARLIGHT performing arts
The Show Must Go On-line By Nate Efinger
This spring, Landmark High School’s Performing Arts faculty thought “outside the BLACK box” for ways to connect, motivate, and inspire their actors, dancers, singers, and technical theater students during the shift to remote learning. While the concert and recital series came to an unanticipated end for the 2019–2020 school year, we still found ways to collaborate with, influence, and motivate our students who participated in the Performing Arts.
Evening of Dance
The cornerstone of our virtual performances was our annual Evening of Dance recital. Yes, you read that correctly. We still held this annual event—just not in our traditional way. Dance instructor Evelyn Burke tirelessly pieced together videos, some from rehearsals before the stay-at-home advisory, and some recorded from Google Meet classroom sessions. The end result was a virtual version of the Evening of Dance performance. In coordination with the Marketing and Communications team, the Performing Arts Department hosted the event on Facebook and Instagram Live on May 22 and then posted the recording on YouTube. The platform gave us an opportunity to come together in a safe way, to be entertained, and to celebrate the talents and year-long dedication of our dancers.
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Check it out! Watch Landmark’s first-ever Virtual Evening of Dance.
The Lantern
SPRING/SUMMER 2020
