Performing Arts

About Performing Arts 

In Performing Arts we've been learning a style of dance called folk dance. We are learning the Virginia Reel and Durham Reel from England. They do the dance anywhere. Here is a little video.

Exercises

We have exercises to warm up our body, so we don't hurt ourself. Our exercises are the ending of a word like [ing] for an example [creeping] but we have to have ideas 'out of the box'.

Dancing

When we dance we start by ourself, but after, when we have chosen what we are going to do for the dance, we go into pairs and tell each other our ideas for the dance. Then we go as a pair into a group of four and do the same thing again and again.

Positions

We all have our 'do' and 'do nots' when we stand. We do not stand side by side when we are dancing because it is very hard to see each other in a line.

Written by Sonya Li-McHenry and Zoe Cookeson