Open to Grade 9, 10, 11 and 12 students. No experience necessary. All welcome. Dance is an expressive way to challenge yourself physically, and it is informed by the history, culture, and community in which it exists. Dance Foundations students will explore a wide variety of dance styles, sweating it out and building skills in a creative environment of safe risk. Students can expect to gain flexibility, strength, coordination and confidence. Assessment tools will include collaborative group choreographies, dance research and skills testing.
Open to Grade 10, 11 and 12 students. No experience necessary. All welcome. Dance is an expressive way to challenge yourself physically, and it is informed by the history, culture, and community in which it exists. Dance Foundations students will explore a wide variety of dance styles, sweating it out and building skills in a creative environment of safe risk. Students can expect to gain flexibility, strength, coordination and confidence. Assessment tools will include collaborative group choreographies, dance research and skills testing.
Dance Performance will be a collaborative community of dancers ready to challenge themselves physically and creatively through training, rehearsal, research and performance. Guest choreographers, peer leadership, archive, repertoire and adjudication will keep us busy.
Dance Performance will be a collaborative community of dancers ready to challenge themselves physically and creatively through training, rehearsal, research and performance. Guest choreographers, peer leadership, archive, repertoire and adjudication will keep us busy.
Student playwrights/directors will explore a variety of voices, styles and perspective in their research, analyses, writing and presentations, digging into the history and significance of Theatre as a resonant, relevant form. Students need to be ready to get curious, work collaboratively, communicate effectively and show some initiative since they will be expected to mentor and peer-coach, building original work in this new program.
All welcome. Student actors will further their skills and understanding in this cooperative space of safe, creative risk. Student actors will improve their self awareness, communication skills, physical confidence and vocal power through scene creation, script analysis, character development, improvisation, movement and more.
PERFORMING ARTS LEADERSHIP 10-11-12
COURSE CODE:
MIDS-0D
MIDS-1D
MIDS-2D
All welcome. This course is open to students grade 9-12. Meetings for this course will occur outside the regular timetable and all activities will support River’s Edge Theatre events and productions. This elective can be taken in addition to a full course load and offers students a practical, innovative opportunity to contribute to the creation, production, management and marketing of Performing Arts programs at Riverside, as ambassadors of our multipurpose performance space.