DANCE AND DRAMA EVENTS

We strongly encourage our groups to get involved with local, regional and national events. Together with our curriculum and school-based activities, these events combine to provide a robust array of opportunities and experiences for our students.

These events all have excellent adjudicators who provide specific feedback to performers.

Some examples of events include:

• Our four dance companies performing in the DanceNZ Made festival held in Christchurch. Dancers can choose to do solos or duo pieces, and much of the choreography is done by students themselves, with support from Hannah Clarkson.

• The Year 8 students performing a piece devised by the students and Kirsty Bell in the Stage Art category of DanceNZ Made festival, which they work on as a part of the Year 8 dance course.

• A group of senior drama students headed to the National Shakespeare festival in Wellington with a five-minute performance from Romeo and Juliet directed by 2021 Head of Arts, Georgia Moynihan