This is a follow up of yesterday's post about interesting stuff going out of sight that having kids helps you to find. In the evening we went to West High's Dance Department's show. Wow! This was good stuff - original choreography, interesting music, great lighting, and some fine dancing. I've seen little kids from Barbara's School of Dance to the Martha Graham Dance Troupe at West High. This was closer to the Martha Graham in quality and interest.
I didn't get going with the video until the first three pieces were over, but here's a hint.
The video does give you a good sense of the variety and quality of what we saw last night. Lori Bradford, I'm told, is the Dance teacher who is basically responsible and she's listed as the director for the show. Leslie Kimiko Ward choreographed several of the pieces and danced solo in Spectrum. Michael Alfaro is listed as a guest artist in Moving Statues, and if he's the dancer I caught in that one, you can see why I highlight him. There were lots and lots of talented students and it was good to see that they had various shapes. They were all good dancers. It reminds me of some of the great things going on in the Anchorage School District.
The program says you can buy a DVD of the performance if you email creativemotionproductions@gmail.com.
[Video has been closed to public access at request of Lori Bradford. Recognizable faces on photos have been blurred also.]
In the hallway after the performance.
This was great-- of course with all those dancers what did my kids have to emulate? The RECTANGLES at :45. They watched the whole thing then Mudd and Calamity Jane came out with pillow cases over their heads doing isolations (best attempts LOL!) and asking for dance lessons. :)
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