Head's Newsletter - 21 January 2022

one and everyone's efforts came together to produce an almost flawless performance. We were lucky enough to do well enough in that event to qualify for the London Youth Games which has given us a boost of confidence that we are hoping to take forward into more events. So far it has been an amazing experience performing for tiffin as we have had the chance to improve so much and learn so much more about dance. Ethan O'Keeffe THE NUTCRACKER

TIFFIN DANCE COMPANY — NEW PIECE “REPEL”

Since the beginning of this academic year, the tiffin junior dance company has been working on a new piece of choreography with the assistance of James Aidan - Kay, from Traceworks Dance. The piece is contemporary and centred around the theme of magnets, and tension between body parts much like how we were almost repelled away from each other during the pandemic. The piece is to music by Ludovico Eunaudi. It was performed by a group of 11 year 7s, 8s and 9s. We have been rehearsing every week, along with some 2 - hour long workshops during school time. Working with James on this piece has been amazing as he has taught us how to be more professional with our movement and how to make the piece more emotional. Given all the rehearsal time we have spent a lot of time polishing the smaller aspects which overall made the piece so much clearer and more meant we performed accurately and in unison. For me one of the highlights of this whole process was in our first performance for an audience when we were all moving as

Daniel Houghton took part in a production of The Nutcracker at Esher Theatre with his dance company, Dance Direction, in December 2021. The show ran from 15 - 18 December with two performances on the 18th. Daniel had the role of the Nutcracker and was in a pas de deux (ballet duet) and a street dance reimagination of the Sugar Plum Fairy dance. Rehearsals lasted nine weeks including two technical rehearsals before the performance. The production contained different dance styles, including street dance, jazz, tap, contemporary and ballet. It was an exciting and thrilling experience performing with his friends.