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This is ME – Dance 2018

Dance Magic

Get Ahead Dance 2018

Class of 2018. Parents! Students!  Make a coffee. Take your favourite seat. Find the biggest screen you can. Sit down and prepare to be amazed.

9 hours

We gave students from all around the world just 9 hours to design and deliver a dance show in front of a live theatre audience. They’d never met before. They came from every corner of the world. They had a shared love of dance. This video shows how with a big dose of bravery and using English as a shared language, these teenagers created DANCE MAGIC!

The show commences
One team > Experienced Dancers & New Dancers

Some of the students were highly experienced dancers. Some of the students were dancing on stage for the first time in their lives. What is incredible about this project is how they worked together to create something amazing – to create some moments neither they nor their audience will ever forget.

What you learnt

A project like this does not just require dance skills. It requires courage. It demands resilience. You can’t do it without incredible team skills.

Creating this show was not easy. You learnt the moves. You learnt to listen to 3 dance teachers speaking in a foreign language. You learnt to conquer your fears and deal with the pressure.

During a project like this there are always going to be moments when you think that you can’t do it. There will be times when you measure yourself against the person next to you and think that you are not good enough. But then, you look at your new friends. You listen to the encouragement of your teacher. You focus yourself. You carry on. You get that on that stage. And you shine! You dazzle! You make magic!

And after all that, how do you feel?

You feel amazing!

We did it!
Moments we’ll never forget

Dance students! Next time you feel you can’t do something. Think again. Watch this video and remember that time when you overcame all these obstacles, and with your friends around you, achieved more than you believed was possible. Then take another step forward and carry on because “this is you!”

A final bow and a huge round of applause from the audience
Credits

Our thanks to Professional Dance Teachers Laura, Lauren and Bethan. You are incredible!

Thank you to all the dancers!

  • Agatha – France
  • Carla – France
  • Claudia – Spain
  • Costanza B- Italy
  • Costanza C – Italy
  • Daria – Poland
  • Daria – Romania
  • Eugénie – France
  • Florina – Germany
  • Ginevra – Italy
  • Laia – Spain
  • Lucia – Mexico
  • Margot – France
  • Marta – Ukraine
  • Mathilde – France
  • Naiara – Spain
  • Nicole – Brazil
  • Philipine – France
  • Priscila – Brazil
  • Sofia – Italy
  • Taissa – Brazil
  • Tamara – Lebanon
  • Tara – Lebanon
  • Victoire – France
  • Viktoria – Ukraine
Lead dance teacher Laura congratulations the students
Encore?

OK! Here’s some behind scenes footage that shows all the hard work behind the show.

Day 9 Monday 16 July

It’s the start of Week 2

Welcome new students!

In today’s blog:

  • Snapshot of Core English
  • Get Ahead Week 2
  • Michal from Radom, Poland has a birthday!

Core English

Teachers are starting the week with some challenging learning objectives:

Calvin’s C1 class analyse and then write news articles also focusing on the more advanced language of deduction and probability.

Eugenie from France – getting ready to learn more

Mat’s B1 class focus on academic English. Specifically they use the language of cause and effect to write a report about recycling.

Active Learning

They also develop their Critical Thinking skills and take ownership of their own learning by asking “thoughtful questions” themselves.

Academic focus
Academic English – report on recycling

 

Meanwhile, the B2 students in Jai’s class discuss the future of robots in human society and follow their spoken work with an academic essay.

Get Ahead options this week:

This weeks Get Ahead options are:

Get Ahead pro-Football starts today
  • Performing Arts: Dance Choreography
  • Leadership: Speech Making
  • Creative English: Creative Writing
  • Pro-Sport: Tennis, Golf, Football
  • Intensive English: FCE
Dance Choreography

The Dance students have 9 hours to create a show ready for performance in the theatre:

Yes, we said 9 hours.

Is it possible?

Watch the video and tell us what you think! This is what they achieved working together after just 2 hours and 15 minutes.

…Let’s just say, that we’re looking forward to the show on Friday 20th July.

Monday night means we’re going out

We love Monday nights out. It’s the perfect time for new students to get to know each other in a relaxed setting. Lucia, Taissa and Priscilla from different parts of Brazil “show us how it’s done”.

We’re off-campus bowling

Happy birthday Michal

<<< Warning: the next photograph is from the boys' accommodation area >>>

Finally, the day ends with all the boys singing happy birthday to Michal. How many people experience this? New friends from 16 countries “singing happy birthday to you”.

Happy Birthday B2 student Michal from Radom, Poland!
Goodnight everyone!

After such a busy day, everyone is going to “sleep like a log”.

Good night everyone!