Choreography

Last week was our second Homeschool Dance Camp, Creating Dances. The students had an opportunity to learn choreography techniques and then make up a dance of their own. Although I directed this camp, all the ideas that went into the dance, and all the choreographic decisions were theirs.

The name of the show was "All's Well That Ends Like a Fairy Tale." The Queen and her Princesses are having a ball with their fairy friends:


They all dance together:


Suddenly, the Queen and Princesses fall ill, and the fairies have to make a potion to try to make them better:


Luckily, the magic potion (made of a flower, a fern, and fairy magic) heals the royal family, and all join together in celebration:


This is a picture of the students after our little showcase on the last day:


We invited the homeschooling community and had a few other families besides those involved in the camp directly. The girls had a great time, and I loved watching the artistic decisions they made.

I am offering another choreography camp in August for all students ages 8 and up, and I have two signed up already, so I imagine it will run. I can't wait to see what the next group will create. Watching students choreograph for the first time is always inspiring to me, because everything is so fresh and exciting. It reminds me of when I would make up dances as a kid, and how much I loved it.