Congratulations to all of our musicians performing in the first music department recital of the year!

On Friday, October 12th, the Varsity Dance Team held a clinic to teach lower school dancers what it means to be on the dance team. Lower school students learned different dance skills and a routine that they performed with the varsity team at the football game that day. It was an awesome afternoon!

Please don’t forget to purchase your tickets early. Ticket sales are going very well. The show opens in about four weeks! Thank you to the entire production team and our FAB parents for all of your incredible efforts! https://teachtix.com/wps/peter-pan

Our WPS Dance Faculty, Gilliane Hadley, Allison Barron, and Stephanie Crane, are attending this year’s National Dance Education Association Conference. The conference will feature a variety of workshops.

Connection: In your teaching, how do you connect to your students with relevant, engaging practices that respond to differences in ability, socio-economic status, religious practices, body image, gender identity, culture, etc.? How are you building connections with other dance programs across sectors, genres, geography, and cultures? How can we use dance as a vehicle to connect communities during shifts in economics, politics, and demographics?

Knowledge: How do we expand and disseminate experiential, embodied, and scholarly research to re-envision how knowledge informed by dance can impact civic engagement, systems, and identity in a new era?

Leadership: How do we model, grow, and develop leadership that inspires innovative programming, political engagement, and local/global advocacy while advancing dance as an art form?

We are thrilled to see the first phase of set building come to life for the first all-school musical in the new Cypress Center for the Arts. Thank you to the amazing Pirate Crew for all of their work in creating this year’s sets and props! Peter Pan tickets are on sale now – simply go to teachtix.com.