Expressive Arts Evening

The evening was a great success. Held on Wednesday June 25th, parents, families and friends were able to enjoy a wide variety of performance and display. The selection of work presented on the evening was really impressive and the Expressive Arts students are to be congratulated on their talent and skill. This really was a ‘showcase’ for those students and staff who are involved in the arts at St Wilfrid’s, and audience members commented on the quality of entertainment. The performances were organised by music, drama, dance, art and media teams. The evening was topped off with a brilliant art exhibition which the audience were invited to view as they gathered for refreshments in the art block.

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Since September students from St Wilfrid's Catholic High School have been rehearsing

extensively for the annual musical production. This year they will be taking the audience back to the 1970s with an exciting collaboration of singing, dancing and acting based around the fictional nighclub the "Disco Inferno". The show is full of songs that the audience can singalong to, with favourites such as "Celebration", "YMCA" and "Play that Funky Music". "Disco Inferno" will be shown in Brunseels Hall at St Wilfrids friom Tuesday 5th February to Friday 8th February at 7pm. Doors open at 6.45pm. Tickets are £6 (adults) and £4 (concessions). If you are interested in booking tickets you can contact the Performing Arts Department on 01977 691000 (ext 212). Michelle Birkett

Disco Inferno

It's 1976 and passions are on the dance floor, St Wilfrid's are getting into the groove, performing the hit musical 'Disco Inferno'. The funkiness starts 5th February 2008 until the 8th. Choreographed by Michelle Birkett this unstoppable show will take you back to the moves, grooves and styles of the 70's. Musical Director Rob Clarke leads the school band in playing all the famous hits of the 70's, guaranteed to get you up on the dancefloor!.

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Performing Arts Facilities

Over the summer there was extensive building work taking place in Theatre 1 and Theatre 2 that has produced fantastic new facilities for the Performing Arts. Theatre 1 has been developed into a larger performance space with a brand new sprung floor so that it is also suitable for dance. The space is custom made for performances and it can hold an audience of over a hundred. There are even more dramatic changes to Theatre 2 which has been developed into a state of the art dance studio equipped with mirrors, ballet barre and sprung floor. The students on the various performing arts courses are delighted with the new spaces and feel that it is a fantastic place to work.
See the new facilities in action at the open evening on Thursday 15th November where A’ Level Drama and Theatre Studies, BTEC National Performing Arts, and BTEC National Dance students will be showcasing a variety of their work for potential sixth form students and their parents. The showcase starts at 6pm and refreshments will be served at the end.

Dance triumph for Alice Wilkins!

Congratulations to 16-year-old Btec Dance Award student Alice Wilkins who has successfully auditioned for a place in the prestigious Yorkshire Young Dancers Company. This company is made up of 13-17 year olds with exceptional talent in contemporary dance. Alice will have to attend contemporary classes three times a week as well as intensive weekends and summer schools. It will give her the chance to be taught by leading contemporary dance teachers and professional choreographers.
Competition into this company is fierce with Alice winning a place out of two hundred other young dancers. She had to participate in two gruelling auditions where she had take part in contemporary dance and ballet technique classes and also choreograph and perform a one minute solo.
Alice has been interested in dance and gymnastics from an early age. She has trained in a variety of styles from ballet to disco at the Victoria Wills School of Dance and has developed a love of contemporary dance since she participated in GCSE Dance at Carlton High School. Alice joined St Wilfrid’s Sixth Form Centre this year specifically to continue her dance training and is an exceptionally dedicated student on the Btec Dance Award course. Since being at the school she has been a lead dancer in Fame! She has also won the Northern region of Festival 4 Stars in the duo competition alongside fellow Btec Dance Award student Rebekah Barraclough.
Alice is really looking forward to being part of the Yorkshire Young Dancers Company and hopes that it will help her achieve her dream of becoming a professional dancer.
If you want to see Alice in action, alongside the other Btec Dance Award students, come and see the “Evening of Dance” at St Wifrid’s on Wednesday 16th May. Tickets are £4 for adults and £2 for concessions and will be available soon.

Michelle Birkett