Dance Display 2018

Months of dedication and practice paid off for Carr Hill Dance Students as they performed to a full house at the annual Dance Display last week.

180 students from across all year groups took part in the dance spectacular which included performances from a variety of genres and disciplines. Training for the event started in September and students have been practicing their pieces during lesson time, at lunchtime clubs and at the twice weekly Dance Academy. We were also joined by a dance troop made up of Year 5 and 6 students from Kirkham and Wesham Primary school who were accompanied by Headteacher Mrs Jones who said, “It was a great experience for our children to work with students from Carr Hill who choreographed the dance and taught it to them. Performing at the event was an invaluable experience and we’re very grateful to Miss O’Connor and Carr Hill for giving us the opportunity to collaborate with them”.

From contemporary, disco, to a chorus line and more traditional ballet, there were pieces to suit all tastes as well as the much anticipated staff dance which provided some comedic value.

Head Girl, and Deputy Director of the Dance Academy, Year 13 student Eliza ended the show with a heartfelt speech about the positive impact dance has had on her throughout her time at Carr Hill. She said, “Because I am in Year 13 this was my last dance display at the school. I started dancing when I was in Year 8 and never in a million years would I have imaged how much the subject has changed my life. Without dance I would never have had the confidence to perform, I wouldn’t be head girl, I wouldn’t have been a lead role in two school musicals, and I wouldn’t have auditions at some of the best Musical Theatre School’s in the UK. Through all the dance lessons, clubs and academy at Carr Hill I have found my passion and look forward to a career on the stage.”

This is the sixth annual dance display Dance Academy Director and Teacher Miss O’Connor has produced and once again the students emanated her passion for the subject through the technically challenging and well executed dances. She said, “The Dance Display is our opportunity to showcase not only the students’ performance abilities but also their creative skills as much of the display was choreographed by them. Their energy, enthusiasm and passion was evident throughout the training period and performances and I couldn’t be prouder of them and their achievements”.