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DANCE6th and 7th grades are preparing to attend the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (AAADT) at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Chicago on March 10, 2023. AAADT will be performing Mr. Ailey's Signature Dance “Revelations”. “When Ailey choreographed this dance in 1960 it was intended to show the growth and reach of black culture. He chose the spirituals, or sorrow songs, for this dance because it was designed to suggest a chronological spectrum of black religious music that would map out rural southern spirituality onto the dance concert stage.” | DANCE3rd and 5th grade: Students have been studying the works of Dr. Pearl Primus. She was the first person to get her Doctorate at New York University using Dance as a Language. She was known for her 5 foot high jumps. Students have learned the Lamba, a dance from Senegal, Africa. Adding to the basic steps students have worked with a partner or group to create a dance of Welcome including amazing jumps. | BANDKing Arts was well represented on Saturday, February 25th at the Illinois Grade School Music Association Solo and Ensemble Contest, held at Culver School in Niles. There were 24 band students from King Arts that performed a solo, duet, trio, or quartet. All events received a First Division rating, which is the highest score possible! Participating students included in 5th Grade: Elle Barnes, Olive Folger, Olympia Folger, Dylan Greenwell, Abby Minor, Jane Pearson-Kramer, Surrayha Sabbara, Maggie Trenkle; in 6th Grade: Nathan Baffa, Isaac Rochon, Xia Roberts, Nate Rowe, Zoey Slater; in 7th Grade: Vanessa Montoya, Simone Rochon, Kieran Saszik, Owen Zdawczyk; and in 8th Grade: Tiffany Arthurs, Max Chaitkin, Logan Eaton-Strong, Lyric Gray, Justin Henry, Arvin Powyer-Hutcherson and Carson Rowe. |
DANCE
6th and 7th grades are preparing to attend the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (AAADT) at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Chicago on March 10, 2023. AAADT will be performing Mr. Ailey's Signature Dance “Revelations”.
“When Ailey choreographed this dance in 1960 it was intended to show the growth and reach of black culture. He chose the spirituals, or sorrow songs, for this dance because it was designed to suggest a chronological spectrum of black religious music that would map out rural southern spirituality onto the dance concert stage.”
DANCE
3rd and 5th grade: Students have been studying the works of Dr. Pearl Primus. She was the first person to get her Doctorate at New York University using Dance as a Language. She was known for her 5 foot high jumps. Students have learned the Lamba, a dance from Senegal, Africa. Adding to the basic steps students have worked with a partner or group to create a dance of Welcome including amazing jumps.
BAND
King Arts was well represented on Saturday, February 25th at the Illinois Grade School Music Association Solo and Ensemble Contest, held at Culver School in Niles. There were 24 band students from King Arts that performed a solo, duet, trio, or quartet. All events received a First Division rating, which is the highest score possible! Participating students included in 5th Grade: Elle Barnes, Olive Folger, Olympia Folger, Dylan Greenwell, Abby Minor, Jane Pearson-Kramer, Surrayha Sabbara, Maggie Trenkle; in 6th Grade: Nathan Baffa, Isaac Rochon, Xia Roberts, Nate Rowe, Zoey Slater; in 7th Grade: Vanessa Montoya, Simone Rochon, Kieran Saszik, Owen Zdawczyk; and in 8th Grade: Tiffany Arthurs, Max Chaitkin, Logan Eaton-Strong, Lyric Gray, Justin Henry, Arvin Powyer-Hutcherson and Carson Rowe.
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