In Term 3, the Dance Department was proud to present our showcase: Pulse 2024. Over three nights in the PAC, we celebrated our Year 10, Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 Dance students with 26 performances. These included choreography by students, Mrs Laura McKenna, Mrs Danielle Saunders, and external tutors: Sooji Choi (alumna), and Alex Page (alumna). It was also a pleasure to include pieces by the Showquest team, Blueprint Street Dance team, Dance NZ Made team, and Punjabi Dance team. With a mix of jazz, hip hop, contemporary, Latin, cultural dances and more, there was something for everyone, and it was great to hear the audience cheering our dancers on.
Pulse served not only to showcase the talent and hard work of our students, but also fulfilled NCEA assessment criteria for our Level 2 and Level 3 students for a number of their internal assessments.
An event like this is never achievable without many people helping and I’d like to say a big thank you to all of the students and staff involved. A particular thank you to the tech crew students led by Gladon Chua 13E2 and Bonnie Huang 12J5, and the backstage students led by Tharika Nimmagadda 13B1 and Elysia Vo 13S4.
I am so proud of all our dancers and their amazing, beautiful performances. We will see you again with some fabulous new pieces in 2025!
~ Mrs Laura McKenna, HOD of Dance