Dance is very popular at QM. Girls have the opportunity to try out different styles of dancing and have individual or group lessons. Some senior girls take dance to the highest level and work towards professional standard teaching qualifications. Currently one of our sixth formers is training with the Phoenix Contemporary Dance Theatre in Leeds alongside doing her A Levels and dance classes at QM and in September 2010 we will welcome our first Dance Scholar into Year I.
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The following styles of dance are taught at QM:
Ballet
Girls may take the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) and the Cecchetti Society Ballet Examinations. Girls work through the Children's Grade Syllabi and on the major vocational examinations.
Modern and Tap
The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD)examinations are taken. Again, girls work through the Children’s Grade Syllabi and on to the major vocational examinations.
HipHop
Non-syllabi HipHop dance classes, including warm-up and stretching.
Contemporary
Martha Graham technique and Contemporary release method, including creative choreography.
Workshops are arranged in all dance styles and have recently included Ballroom, Samba, Salsa and Scottish Reeling.
Over the last few years the annual performance has seen the Dance Department present its own version of The Nutcracker, Cinderella and Fame Academy. The 2010 production takes place on Sunday 7 March and is entitled ‘All Styles - No Boundaries’. Performances give the girls the opportunity to experience creating, rehearsing and performing.
Each year at Speech Day, QM's dancers perform selected works as part of the afternoon's entertainment. This is an opportunity for the dance prefect and girls who are leaving to mark the occasion with style.
The annual Inter-House Dance Competition involves all girls in years I and II representing their house for this challenge. By using not only their dance skills but by planning, scheduling and organising themselves their aim is to create a dance that has style, pattern and costumes! The girls learn a great deal and have great fun in the process.
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