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Gifted and Talented Recent Events
Laban Open Day
On Friday, 23rd November 2007, Miss Kemp took 15 Gifted and Talented dancers to take part in an Open Day at
the centre for excellence in Dance: Laban.
The day included talks on careers and opportunities for training at Laban, a tour of the fantastic building and
facilities, a performance by Laban’s Dance Company, and an afternoon of workshops.
The pupils were truly amazing and engaged the whole time. Laban staff complimented the school on the talent, conduct and professionalism of all its pupils. Well done to all that came on the day, it was thoroughly enjoyable.
We hope to see some of you heading off to Laban in the future!
To view the full photo gallery of our trip to Laban please click here.
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Gifted and Talented Recent Events
A Day With 'Rambert Dance Company'
Recently a selection of the Gifted and Talented dancers were invited down to Patcham High School to participate
in a shared workshop with Patcham and Longhill students.
The workshop was run by leading contemporary dance company ‘Rambert Dance Company’. The pupils got to experience learning repertoire from Rambert’s new work, and then developed it creatively.
It is hoped that the work learnt will be taught and developed with all Gifted and Talented students and performed
as a piece in our forthcoming Dance Show.
Well done to all those who participated. You were an asset to the school and displayed yourselves in a truly professional manner. Teachers from the other two schools praised not only your ability, but your conduct too.
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Gifted and Talented
The Gifted and Talented Programme in Dance recognises those with a particular flare in performance, composition or both. The aim of the recognition is to help provide the students with some extra opportunities and chances to develop, that they might not necessarily obtain during curriculum time.
The register is updated regularly, implementing new pupils on to the programme. We hope to develop more ideas, initiatives and opportunities in the future to continue to support these pupils. Particular work will be created and displayed in Dance Show.
The Gifted and Talented Programme
Gifted and Talented Session: An early morning session will be taken to improve, firstly the pupil’s experience, but also hopefully their ability and chance to work with other capable students.
Individual Fitness Programme: Pupils have especially designed fitness programmes in the fitness suite specific to their own physical needs in dance. Pupils will be able to execute this fitness programme at any given time in the fitness suite. Each pupil has a key that tracks their workouts and progress.
Extra-Curricular Dance at Dorothy Stringer: Pupils participation in extra curricular dance clubs at school will be monitored
Links With Outside Organisations: Links will be made with Brighton university to give pupils an insight into the anatomy and diet of a dancer promoting good practice in dance.
Trips: Specific dance trips will be available for pupils including visits to dance schools that offer vocational courses in dance, for example Laban and The Place.
Video Analysis: Gifted and Talented pupils will be regularly videoed as a means to discuss improvements to technique.
Gifted and Talented 2007/2008
We are currently working with a strong group of dancers with exceptional talent. They are:
- Claudia Louis
- Rachael Martin
- Grace Spurgeon
- Gina Jamieson
- Alice Fuller
- Rosie Whiting
- Danielle Ashton
- Alex Bryant
- Rebecca Churchill
- Denzel Daniels
- Georgina Davey
- Helly Green
- Tess Langfield
- Brodie McBride
- Ella Nettleton
- Molly Puckering
- Sian Stevens
- Sita Yegba
- Jasmine Bassett
- Grace Berny
- Jacob Bray
- Martha Canning
- Tamsin Cull
- Francesca Dillon-Reams
- Elizabeth Fenn-Tye
- Rosa Firbank
- Michael Fitzsimons
- Katie French
- Josie Lucas
Gifted and Talented Selection Criteria
Meet ten of the following general indicators:
- Learns easily
- Original, imaginative & creative
- Persistent, resourceful, self directed
- Inquisitive, skeptical
- Informed in unusual areas often beyond their years
- Artistic
- Outstanding vocabulary, verbally fluent
- Musical
- Independent worker, shows or takes the initiative
- Good judgement, logical
- Versatile, many interests
- Shows unusual insights
- Shows high level of sensitivity, empathy
- Has excellent sense of humour
- Exhibits high motivation and self expression
- Speed and agility of thought and preference for verbal rather than written expressions
- Shows leadership qualities
- Socially adept
- Physical
- Behavioural indicators (which may be negative)
Meet all of the attitude indicators, which are:
- High degree of motivation
- Willingness to commit time and enthusiasm to developing skills & technique
- Within a dance context there will be a high degree of positive professionalism
- Often good decision makers are able to take the initiative
Meet three out of four of the physical skills:
- Has agility, balance, control
- Has confidence within themselves and their own physical domain
- Has good body co-ordination
- Excellence of execution and precision in physical performance
Meet the Physical fitness indicators, which are:
- Will have high levels of physical fitness in the following areas: Cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, strength, muscular endurance, reaction, speed
Meet five out of seven of the time/space/awareness indicators:
- Awareness of body in space
- Shows creativity, originality and adaptability: responds quickly to new challenges and situations
- Ability to anticipate what is about to happen
- Skills and techniques used well in combination and sequence and shows a natural ability to improve results
- Intelligent, thoughtful performance, planning and evaluation actively thoughtful, compositionally sound
- Shows an ability to link creativity, skills and techniques leading to clear communication with an audience
- Able to operate well as part of a team or pair showing sensitivity and empathy, towards the same goals
A good dancer must possess:
- A known enthusiasm and participation in dance to a high level
- A willingness and dedication to learning and experiencing different styles
- An established previous experience in dance
- An artistic ability
- The ability to learn independently
