2012 International Summer School
What a fantastic experience the International Summer School in January was for the students,teachers and faculty who participated.
Vocational level students attended a 2-week Performance Course of Classical Ballet, Repertoire, Contemporary and Hip Hop classes which culminated in two wonderful performances.
Grades level students attended a 1-week course of Classical Ballet, Musical Theatre, Creative Dance and Hip Hop classes, and enjoyed Mime and Mask workshops as well as a trip to visit the St James Theatre and Royal NZ Ballet.
Teachers enjoyed a week of varied and stimulating courses including Lisa Howell workshops, Karen Nimmo sports psychology session, a lighting workshop and Benesh classes with Peter Boyes as well as sessions covering different aspects of the syllabus with Lynn Wallis and Paula Hunt.
FACULTY:
Lynn Wallis (Artistic Director), Darren Parish, Tomoko Furuya Hristov, Janne Blanch, Merenia Gray, Tanemahuta Gray, Libby Calder, Ritchie Cesan, Sir Jon Trimmer, Peter Boyes, Karen Nimmo, Lisa Howell, Paula Hunt.
2012 NZ ISS Faculty Biographies (659 KB)
2012 International Summer School Slideshows >
COMMENTS:
Libby Lightfoot - Summer School Participant
I adored summer school because I had a great experience of different styles of dancing and I have a lot of enjoyable memories. My favourite thing of all was makeup and mime with Sir Jon Trimmer.
Isabel Norriss - Summer School Participant
Thankyou so much for the opportunity to attend the 2012 Summer School. It was awesome and I loved it all!! I enjoyed all the different classes, my favourite being the ballet. I'd never tried Hip Hop before and it was so much fun!! The teachers were great and I liked making some new friends. Can't wait for the next one!!
Lachlan Fraser - Summer School Participant
I really enjoyed all of the types of dance that we did and my favourite was the contemporary dance with Tanemahuta. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be a wonderful dancer when I'm older.
Madeline Lissington - Performance Course Participant
The performance course was such an amazing experience that I will always remember. All of the teachers were great and I learned so much from them all. During the two weeks I gained so much knowledge and experience and improved a lot. I particularly enjoyed the classical classes and also learning new styles like Hip Hop. One of the highlights of the course were the performances at the end of the two weeks. I also enjoyed meeting people and making new friends from different dance schools and from all around the country.
Tabitha Drombroski - Performance Course Participant
An awesome thing about the summer school was learning different techniques and trying out other dance forms like Hip Hop. It was such a cool experience having teachers from different places like London and Melbourne. A highlight for me would have to be the performance at the end of the two weeks. It was a little relaxed in the beginning as it was all about getting the material stuck into your head. But as the days went on the pressure sunk in as some of the dances took longer to learn than others. But the final performance was amazing, when all the groups, Red, Green, Yellow, Blue and Orange got together and delivered an amazing show. Dancing 5 hours a day for 12 days was tiring for everyone but we all managed very well and pulled off the show at the end of the course. Of course we all had our friends to help us out and go over the routines, but most of all for support. Plus you got to make new friends from all over New Zealand. So in conclusion the International Summer School was all amazing. Can't wait till the next one in 4 years time!!! :)
Nicky Galbraith - Mother of Hannah (Summer School Participant)
What a fantastic experience the RAD 2012 Grades Summer School was for my 11 year old daughter, Hannah! It was our first experience at a Summer School and we weren't really sure what to expect. We arrived at the New Zealand School of Dance on the first day to a very warm welcome. Hannah was so excited and that feeling remained with her for the entire week. She came back to the motel each night with a huge smile on her face and couldn't wait to get back to dance each day. She became really attachd to all the teachers and made some lovely friendships with the other students in her class. I was so impressed with the calibre of the teachers - what a fantastic opportunity for the pupils! It was an absolute pleasure to view the classes on the Friday and Saturday. Everyone was astonished at the extremely high standard of thechoreography and at how much the children had accomplished in such a short space of time. Hannah has such a love for dance and this Summer School has helped feed that passion even more. Thank you to everyone who put so much into making this such a wonderful experience.
Anne Samson - Teacher
Another fabulous International Summer Seminar. "Thanks RAD". What a great teachers' course we had. I am sure all teachers are in unison with this. We had such a choice of topics - Flexibility, Observation, Revision, Sports Psychology, Lighting to name a few. I have to mention Benesh. Peter Boyes was great to work with. With studying this 4 years ago and attending another session I now have much more clarity and understanding and am quite confident I can follow my syllabus. Faculty were an inspiration to all students and I am sure they will take back many wonderful memories. To sum it up, I can certainly say I have come away knowing I have upgraded my skills as a teacher.
2012 International Summer School Performance Programme (188 KB)