Students Reach For The Sky With Performance For Plymouth Big Arts Week
The threat of rain did nothing to deter the enthusiasm of students from Lipson and Stoke Damerel Community College’s today as they each performed dance routines on the roof terrace of the Foot Anstey building in Plymouth.
The work, choreographed and performed by students between the ages of 16 and 18, was part of Plymouth Big Arts Week in conjunction with the Plymouth Summer Festival, and supported by The Barefoot Project, an Arts Education Partnership Agency for Plymouth that links businesses, schools and artists.
Dance Teacher Laura Secker at Stoke Damerel Community College said; “This was an opportunity for the students to create a site-inspired piece of work within one of the most beautiful settings in Plymouth. Over just two days they worked hard to create a performance that combines a reflection of both the breathtaking views of the skyline structure, the calm waters of the harbour and the rough, windy appearance of the sea.”
Teacher Kelly Oates said; “The students involved here are doing their B tech in Dance and today has proved a huge success for all of them, they have worked extremely hard and we are very proud. We owe our thanks to Foot Anstey for giving us the space and opportunity.”
Julia Green, Head of Education at Foot Anstey said; “The young people here today should be very pleased with themselves, they gave two wonderful performances. At Foot Anstey we are very keen to show our support to local schools, to build relationships with them, and to support and encourage their education; today has been a perfect example of a successful collaboration. This is just part of the education work we do within the city, we also provide internships and work placements for students 16 or over, and do presentations on a number of legal and non-legal issues, including workshops in Marketing and Communications skills.”
"We are always looking for new, interesting performance opportunities at Lipson and when Barefoot offered us the chance to ’Dance in the Clouds’ as part of the Big Arts Festival it seemed to be perfect. Our students have been working on this particular piece for a number of months now and performed it in Portsmouth as part of a national competition. The dancers here are totally committed to improving and have shown fantastic dedication this year. Thankfully the sun was shining on Thursday morning and we managed to finish the school year in a really different way!"
Published 09/07/2009
