This week Year 5 presented their Performing Arts Showcase, which was a celebration of Dance, Drama and Music.
The showcase was based on Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
The showcase opened with an atmospheric dance, to Christophe Filippi’s ‘Above Water’, to introduce the drama, the play being an abridged version of Shakespeare’s original play. The magic and comedy of the story was skillfully captured by the girls, who brought the colourful characters to life and spoke Shakespeare’s verse with a mature awareness of the rhythm and emotions in the text.
This first section played out with a rousing dance, to Mannheim Steamroller’s contemporary version of ‘Greensleeves’.
In the second half of the showcase the audience were treated to a retelling of the story through music; using the songs from the musical version of  ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by Julia Cranney, Pippa Cleary and Mark Nathan. The contemporary twist on the story, through a variety of musical styles was brilliantly sung and narrated by the cast and conducted by Mrs Shaw.
It was a suitably energetic finish to a wonderful showcase by a clearly very talented year group.
The Dress Rehearsal was filmed and can be seen, together with a full photo gallery, on Firefly by clicking on the link below:
