Corey Carnival Flash Mob!

Learn the Flash Mob for the November 12th Corey Carnival! The Corey Dance Crew will star the Flash Mob, and you can join in!

https://youtu.be/gMkAMsHMU9U

Auditions Results for 2016 Corey Dance Crew!

I want to say how proud I am of EVERYONE who came to the Dance Studio yesterday and auditioned! I told some of the students about when I was in elementary school, I was too shy to try out for teams and I always thought afterwards how much I would have loved to try!

The following list of students scored the highest total points by the judges which includes Memorization, Execution, Facials/Smile, Confidence, and Technique. 

6th Grade-
Naomi P

5th Grade-
Kayla B
Mack H
Kate J

4th Grade-
Zoe Z
Abigail E
Mia P
Isabela M
Ashley A
Ben W
Adam B
Rayna K
Maya C
Roman M

Congratulations! Our first rehearsal will be Monday September 19th 3:50-5:15. A parent meeting in the Dance Studio will follow rehearsal.

This is the audition for 2016, NOT for 2017. Please look at the blog Monday the 11th to start learning the Dance for 2017.

Corey Dance Crew Audition Info!

2016-2017 School Year Info!

The new studio is amazing! The students are having a great time dancing in our bigger, better space. I want to highlight a few things you will want to know for the new school year in Dance. 

- In order to maximize time we will need to wear our outdoor shoes during lessons.

- Acceptable shoes in the dance studio include tennis shoes, sneakers, flats with a strap around the foot, vans, converse and any other shoes that covers the toes and the heel. 

- When we explore Ballet and Jazz the students will wear socks or bare feet to properly execute dance movements. We have an entire supply of BRAND NEW TAP SHOES! Students will get to wear these during the class time (please wear socks.)


-If you have Ballet, Jazz or Tap shoes that you would like your child to bring and keep in the Dance Studio (I'm working on shoe storage!!) you may do so. Mark their name clearly on both pairs of shoes and bring them in a zip lock labeled as well.

- Attire is the same as last year, but please remember to include shorts underneath dresses and skirts for comfortable dancing.

- We have 3 classroom rules this year that I encourage you to talk with your children about!

1. Be in Control of Your Body

2. Be in Control of Your Voice

3. Be in Control of Your Mind

Thank you- Mrs. Evans

6th Grade Jazz Unit!

Corey Academy 6th Grade is working on classic Jazz movements. We have learned Pivot Turn, 3 step turn, Chasse, Leap, Jazz Kick and putting together a Chasse step Leap. Check out their demonstrations below!

5th Grade Performance at the AISD March 3Board Meeting!

So proud of these 5th grade dancers!

BOOM, CLAP, STOMP! Body Percussion- Dance Thunderstorm

BOOM, CLAP, STOMP, SNAP, PAT, WHACK, SLAP

If you have walked by the Dance classroom this week, you may have been hearing lots of booming, percussive and interesting sounds! 

My dancers have been learning about Body Percussion. What is a Percussion Instrument? How can we make our body sound like Percussion instruments? Create your own Body Percussion compositions!

The creativity and knowledge of movement by the students was astounding! They created a composition sheet with their percussion movements/sounds along with symbols that represent those movements. The key assists other to read and perform the movements/sounds. 

Jump Rope for Heart!

Help support our goal at Corey Academy to reach $6,000 for Jump Rope for Heart! Click the link below to donate on my JRH page. Thank you for your support to such a wonderful cause. 


Be sure to let me know if you dedicate your donation to someone who has been touched by heart disease. We are supporting the cause to aid in research for those who are battling with this disease. 

http://jumphoops2016swa.kintera.org/coreydance

Body Percussion 4th Grade Storm Project

Watch what we are... and then LISTEN to our storm! Creating Body Percussion by exploring the sounds a storm makes? Do you hear the Drums? Cymbals?

6th Grade Projects

Take a look at a few of my 6th graders who are working on some Dance projects that involve technology, teaching and technique of DANCE!!

Arabesque and Passe- Ballet Movements

5 Ballet positions of the arms and feet

Shape Movement Sequences

In the last few weeks the 1st-4th grades have been using MATH in DANCE! To their surprise---- it is possible to do! 

Our lesson started off by doing a new warm up where the students stretch and count patterns of numbers. We have done 8,4,2,1 and then in reverse, as well as 9,6,3 in reverse too. I wanted to incorporate counting with the beat of the music during our stretch to help teach the importance of keeping with the tempo of the song. 

Each student was given one of the 3 shapes: Circle, Triangle, or a Square. We determined that a circle has no true sides, but has one continuous round edge, a Traingle has 3 side, and a Square has 4. Depending on which shape a student got, they created counts of movement EQUAL to how many sides their shape had. 

We all taught our combinations to the class and composed a dance made up of all of our movement sequences. Here are some photos and videos that show their creations!

4th Grade

4th Grade

2nd Grade

101 Dalmatians Cast List 2016

Congratulations to all of the following students who will be a part of the 2016 101 Dalmatians Musical at Corey Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language!

Alex P	Scottie
Allison W	Nanny
Amaya R	Poodle
Andrea G	Boxer 2
Asha K	Cruella
Astrid S	Dogcatcher
Avery L	Scottie
Bella B	Scottie 1
Brooklyn R	Dot
Caitlynn R	Chihuahua
Carlie G	Boxer
Chase C	Pongo
Chelsea M	Poodle
Colin T	Scottie
Daisa Mc	Poodle 1	Understudy: Sgt. Tibbs
Dallin N	Horace
Danielle R	Perdita
Emily B	Boxer 1
Emily D	Chihuahua
Emily H	Poodle
Emily S	Scottie 2
Erin B	Sgt. Tibbs	Understudy: Cruella
Ethan S	Roger	Understudy: Horace/Jasper
Giulianna B	Poodle
Hannah Mc	Boxer
Helena S	Boxer
Jaxon E	Chihuahua
Jordan K	Narrator 3
Joshua B	Boxer
Kadence T	Spot
Kaitlyn Mc	Dalmatian Puppy	Understudy: All Puppies
Kenzie F	Patch
Kiley M	Narrator 2
Lexi T	Penny	Understudy: All Narrators
Lindy S	Narrator 1
Logan H	Jasper
Lulu S	Chihuahua 2
MacKenzie H	Scottie
Madi P	Poodle
Madison E	Boxer
Madison J	Poodle 2
Makenzie G	Narrator 4
Megan P	Chihuahua 1
Mia S	Chihuahua
Mikayla E	Pepper
Naomi P	Chihuahua
Olivia M	Policewoman	Understudy: Anita
Sean M	Lucky	Understudy: Roger
Selah T	Scottie
Sydney H	Anita
Torre C	Chihuahua
Tyler S	Scottie

2nd, 3rd and 4th Grade Movement Stories.

For 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders in Dance class this week, we created movements from several short stories. The students read a story together and put together movements that expressed the story's words. 

Some of our Movement Stories included: 

"Like Butter on Pancakes"

"Snow"

"I am a Dancer"

"Dragon Dancing"

May the Dance Force Be with You!

Since Star Wars has recently come out with a new addition to the saga I decided that it would be a perfect time to incorporate glow sticks as "Light Sabers" into our dance lesson!

We used small glow sticks and turned out the lights to make it even cooler! My Kindergarten Academy students danced along with the powerful Star Wars music and performed sharp movements. I then changed it to a slower more steady Star Wars song or asked them to move slower and create smooth movements with their "Light Saber."

When we finished our activity we discussed which movements we liked better between either smooth or sharp. The students got to demonstrate a smooth or sharp movement to the class.

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!