27 June 2011
Dance Tour Returns Home
The College's Dance Touring Company, made up of
final year dance students, have been performing a mixture of
professionally choreographed and student choreographed original
pieces across London and the South East.
The dance department headed out between Tuesday 8 March - Friday
11 March 2011, visiting Plumstead Manor School in Greenwich, NewVIc
College in Newham, Darrick Wood School in Bromley, Harris Academy
in Peckham and City and Islington College with a special, final
performance at Trinity Laban on Tuesday 22 March for friends and
family.
Tuesday 14 - Thursday 16 June 2011 saw performances at the
Lewisham College Tressillian Theatre packed out for the end of tour
dance finale. Students have been working with top dance
professionals, including Lyndsey McConville, Geir Hytten, Sarah
Dowling, Stuart Waters to produce brand new original work to take
out on tour. Audiences were treated to an exciting mixture of
physical theatre, street dance with a contemporary edge and a big
musical theatre style finale.
Lewisham College Dance tutor Rebecca Henry-Litteck said: "Being
a part of Touring Company gives our students real-life work
experience. They're expanding their knowledge and learning about
producing and developing original works and then performing them up
to twice a day: it's very physically demanding.
"All credit to the students, they've been very innovative and
have done an amazing job; they're all growing as performers and
professionals. It's really exciting to be taking their work out on
tour."
Lewisham College Dance student Ed Hunter described the chance to
go out on tour as a "great opportunity and experience," adding: "it
has been incredibly hard work, but it really pays off!"
Fellow Dance student Shannon Catherine Leahy agreed, adding:
"Touring Company gives us a real taste of the future career and
lifestyle we could be going into - we can't wait to go out on
tour!"
Photo by Rachel Cherry.