BODENS AUTUMN 2017 MAGAZINE

BODENS PERFORMING ARTS
During May and June, all our part-
made the show begin to come
performance, and told the story
time dance classes flipped their
alive. However, my personal
through her dancing. Jasmine
exam plans and decided that it was
favourite, in terms of costumes,
is someone who really feels
time for another dance show. This
was those for the evil fairies,
the music when she dances,
time we would delve into the world
especially the street dancers,
and it was just captivating to
of ‘flight of the fairies,’ a story of
who looked extremely cool in
see such a young performer
the fight between good and evil,
their red dungarees, giving the
give her all to a performance,
saved by one small girl with a heart
show an edgy twist.
evident she will continue to
of gold. The weeks leading up to
grow into a beautiful dancer.
the show were spent improvising,
devising and creating dances that
The shows finally came and
each made a building block, slowly
went by in a hurry, each
coming together as the story we
performance offering a fresh
would tell to our audience. I don’t
think I have ever seen any of my
classmates work harder towards a
dance show, each bringing a burning
passion to provide their friends
and exciting feel to it due
to the dedication of all the
dancers. ‘Flight of the Fairies’
was such a wonderful way
to showcase our work and
Bodens
Dance
and families with a dazzling and
evidencing what we learn at
mystifying performance.
Bodens within our classes, I
for one cannot wait until next
ALL OUR DANCE CLASSES
A couple of days before the first show,
I had the privilege of playing the
term to return to dance.
ARE FOR FUN, FITNESS
the excitement began to build up at
evil queen in this production,
AND DEVELOPMENT, WITH
the arrival of costumes. It was lovely
which I loved because I haven’t
STUDNETS
WORKING
to see everyone having fun in every
had much chance to play
TOWARDS PERFROMANCES
shade of pink, blue and purple, that
an evil character, so it was a
OR EXAMINATIONS.
nice change. I also had the
FLIGHT OF THE FAIRY
pleasure of dancing alongside
one of my best friends Lucy
who played the good queen,
PRE SCHOOL BALLET
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS &
SATURDAYS
Zoe talks about our 2017 dance show featuring performers
beautifully executing her
movements with her perfect
TAP & MODERN
pointe. It was so much fun to
MONDAY EVENING
play Lucy’s enemy; a change
for both of us, in terms of our
BALLET
dynamics as performers, but
THURSDAY EVENING
I think the fact that we have
a great connection brought a
STREET DANCE
special quality to the show.
TUESDAY EVENINGS
However, I cannot forget to
mention Jasmine, our leading
lady in all shows. Even though
Jasmine is one of the younger
dancers we have at Bodens, she
had such a maturity about her
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