The Upper School Dance program is designed to create well-rounded, strong technicians and artistic, powerful performers, regardless of experience. The program caters to the specialists who wish to work on an intense and advanced level as well as those who’d like to discover and learn a more personal development process through dance. Five levels of dance are offered during the day, including an Honors in Dance program.
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Episcopal also offers dance ensemble companies which audition in the fall and meet after school to work towards multiple performances, including chapels, Grandparents’ Days, Touring Day, Homecoming, Spring Fest, the spring dance concert, and much more. Students will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge choreographers and teachers from around the globe as well as with our excellent resident faculty.
Students will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge choreographers and teachers from around the globe as well as with our excellent resident faculty. ”
The Middle School Dance program is designed to make dance accessible to all students regardless of experience. It introduces them to basic principles of movement, such as a heightened sense of body awareness, coordination, strength, flexibility, balance, and poise. Its approach is universal, to break down stereotypes of what dance is all about. Middle-School students experience a quarter of dance in which they will explore hip-hop, east-coast swing, break-dancing, Pilates, choreography, musical theatre, Polynesian fire-twirling, West African styles, modern dance, yoga and much more. As with Upper School, Middle-School dance ensemble companies auditions in the fall and rehearse after school to prepare for year-round performance opportunities.