We are incredibly proud of our Dance NZ Made students and their effort and commitment for the Dance NZ Made Interschool competition. This year, the dances were mostly student-led and choreographed. The dancers have had a busy few months preparing with practices before school and on weekends. We had four groups compete:
Y9-10 ‘Funky Town’ which was choreographed and managed by Milla Watts in Y12.
Y11-13 ‘Rush’ choreographed by Amy Griffin and managed by Y13 students, Riya Patel and Siena Nepia
Y11-13 ‘Under Pressure’ choreographed by the students in the dance (Sophie Bunny, Annabelle Te-Huia Lilburn, Molly Strik, Scarlet Peterson, Lucy Samuel, Aliya Stratford, Olivia Wilson, Jordis Elmiger, Lily Mawson)
Open Team ‘Use Somebody’ which was managed and choreographed by Sophia Blewett in Y12.
The results for the teams are as follows:
Y9-10 ‘Funky Town’ 1st place
Y11-13 ‘Under Pressure’ 1st place
Y11-13 ‘Rush’ - 1st runner up
Open Team ‘Use Somebody;
2nd runner up in the Open category and 2nd overall regional runner up
Sophia Blewett (Y12) won an excellence in choreography award for this dance.
Many of our students also competed in the solo, duo and trio sections of the event.
The results for this were:
Y9
Isla Leonard - Champion
Ava Walker - 1st runner up
Gwen Holmes - 2nd runner up
Y10
Summer Olsen - Champion
Mia Beck - 1st runner up
Y11
Kea Nukada - Champion
Aliya Stratford - 1st runner up
Lucy Samuel - 2nd runner up
Y12
Sophia Blewett - 1st runner up
Duos
Y9-10
Isla Leonard and Summer Olsen - Champions in category and 2nd runner up for overall regional championship
Y11-13
Lucy Samuel and Aliya Stratford - 1st runner up in category and 1st runner up for overall regional championship
National soloists
Isla Leonard, Mia Beck, Summer Olsen, Sophia Blewett, Lucy Samuel, Aliya Stratford and Kea Nukada
Thank you to our wonderful students who led their groups showing our school values of wero, manaakitanga, and whakapono; Sophia Blewett, Milla Watts, Riya Patel, Siena Nepia and the Y11 students in ‘Under Pressure’.
Thank you to the parents and supporters who have given their time to their dancers for practices and the show,
Also, we would like to acknowledge and thank Iggy Gloy, owner of Dance Central, for the continual use of her studios for practices.
