Head's Newsletter 26 November 2021

House dance competition

On Wednesday 20th October, one of Tiffin ’ s brand new Dance studios was filled to the rim with spectators for the House Dance Finals. After an incredibly competitive round of heats just the week before, the final was spectacular and the bar had been raised so much that it surpassed the expectations of the Judges. In the Free Piece Category, there were a few houses who were particularly good in the heats and in other years, they may well have gotten through to the finals. However, in terms of choreography, precision, timing and sticking to the theme of Geometry, Livingstone were head and shoulders above everyone else. They were so good in fact, that they were the only house to get through to the finals. Despite the guaranteed win, their performance was excellent and every move was concise and perfectly timed. The Set piece was much more competitive. With ‘ Children ’ by Tokio Myers as the assigned

piece of Music for all houses, it was surprising to see the variety and difference in creative ideas for the choreography. Darwin Wilberforce (DW), Kingsley Montgomery (KM), Raleigh (R) and Scott (S) all had performances in the Set Piece categories. DW ’ s piece was well timed and contained the most participants from Junior years, which they were commended for by the Judges. It had a big finish and ended in a human pyramid followed quickly by an uproar from the crowd. KM ’ s piece was tremendous, two of the major highlights worth mentioning are the conclusion and a lift. The lift saw a dancer perform an incredible solo in the air containing hypnotic hand gestures. The end of this piece, however, blew the socks off everyone in the dance studio with an incredible

stunt consisting of a series of lifts followed by a dancer jumping and rolling through the set of carefully positioned dancers. Raleigh ’ s piece made the best use of the stage and had the most variety with different sections, passages and solos. It had a complex storyline showing the force and fragility of power. Raleigh used ties to represent who was in power through the piece with four dancers taking turns to control everyone else. In the end, representative of a revolution, they all wore their ties, symbolising that they were sharing the power. They ended their