{"id":11121,"date":"2018-06-01T19:19:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T23:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/?p=11121"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:41:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T17:41:05","slug":"its-showtime-nwss-dance-students-rev-up-for-june-6-performance-at-the-massey-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/its-showtime-nwss-dance-students-rev-up-for-june-6-performance-at-the-massey-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Showtime! NWSS Dance Students Rev up for June 6 Performance at the Massey Theatre…"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>\n

Come on out for the NWSS Dance Show this Wednesday, June 6, at the Massey Theatre — the highlight performance of the NWSS Dance Program.
\nThis year, it’s\u00a0 hip-hop with a Monsters Inc. theme – and it’s\u00a0 fun for all ages!
\n<\/span>Tickets $8 at\u00a0ticketsnw.ca.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A dance performance that’s student-led and student managed….<\/h3>\n

June 1, 2018<\/em> – It’s the highlight of the year for the dance students in New Westminster Secondary School’s Performing Arts Program. <\/span><\/p>\n

Some 140 students from five senior and junior dance classes are revving up for a June 6 performance\u00a0 at the Massey Theatre Wednesday – in a show that’s student-led and student-managed all the way.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a hip-hop focus and a Monsters\u2019 Inc theme, it\u2019s a performance that\u2019s fun for all ages!<\/p>\n

The senior show with grade 11 and 12 students is based on the Pixar\u00a0movie “Monsters Inc”\u00a0 – about a little girl named Boo from the human world who visits a city of Monsters called “Monstropolis.”<\/p>\n

The Grade 9 and 10 students are doing a radio show theme called “83.5: The Dub – NWSS Radio.”<\/p>\n

For the students, the end-of-semester dance show is a group project and the culmination of the team-building skills they’ve been developing since the beginning of the semester.<\/p>\n

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The NWSS Dance Program is dedicated to providing students with a supportive, energetic, open and fun environment in order for students to develop fundamental dance skills, knowledge and experience in a variety of dance genres.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Teamwork, hard work, lifelong learning – and fun…<\/h3>\n

Encouraging student leadership and responsibility for the production “is one of the strengths of our program,” said teacher Lindsay Waldner, a chemistry, dance and musical theatre program teacher.<\/span><\/p>\n

She and teacher Megan Alandi – who also serves dual roles as a dance and science teacher – are guiding the dance performance process.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>But it’s the students who developed the concept and the script for the performance. Three three grade 12 choreography students were invited to develop the dance choreography.<\/p>\n

Waldner notes that dance education in the high school program is different from dance lessons.<\/p>\n

“As well as dance technique and theory, we are incorporating in dance the core competencies students need for lifelong learning – including the ability to collaborate, to communicate, to be role models.<\/p>\n

Performance also involves “risk-taking, problem-solving, and the ability to demonstrate confidence in front of people,” she notes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As Waldner is talking, one of the students takes charge of the rehearsal, counting the beat and guiding the movement in the mirrored dance studio.<\/p>\n

As well as the 140 dancers, 10 student crew members in this year’s new NWSS theatre production course will be managing the technical backstage production requirements, including sound and lighting.<\/p>\n

Waldner, who has taught dance at NWSS for 16 years, said\u00a0 a key pillar of the program is the emphasis on mentorship.\u00a0 All levels of dancers are integrated in each of the classes, so that strong dancers can mentor beginners.<\/p>\n

Waldner notes that the students incorporate acting, character development and drama in their dancing.\u00a0 “I think of it as a musical without the singing,” she laughed.<\/p>\n

As well as the evening show for the public on June 6, the students are putting on two school shows on June 7 for\u00a0 elementary and middle schools, and another performance for NWSS students.<\/p>\n

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