Dancers from Lawn Manor Academy brought home the title of best dancers in the South West as part of a national school dance competition, The Great Big Dance Off, held at the Wyvern Theatre.
The dance troop of 40 pupils from across Key Stage 3 (Years 7, 8 and 9) faced 20 other schools from across the region and wowed the judges with their street dance performance, which told the story of becoming who you want to be, as well as the importance of teamwork and the value of self-expression.
As well as winning the category for Key Stage 3, their performance also won them a second place overall against dancers aged up to 18 years old. The performance achieved an overall top score of 370 points, based on creativity, complexity, technique, execution and crowd appeal.
The group will now head to the national finals on Tuesday 1 July in Cheltenham, where they will be performing an updated version of the routine.
Natasha Dixon, Head of Dance at LMA, said: “We have such a great amount of talent across our dancers at LMA and I’m beyond proud of them. The expressive arts are at the heart of our school and it’s great that everyone supports our pupils through creative arts.
“They have all put in so much time and effort into creating, learning and perfecting their choreography and to have performed and won at the Wyvern, their local theatre, was just the best outcome possible. I would also like to thank the judges who came and spoke to the pupils. They said that they truly enjoyed their performance and could see how well the pupils worked as a team and their genuine love for the art, as well as their support for each other and the other teams.
“We’re now busy practising for the national finals this summer and I can’t wait to see the magic in what they create for the final.”
Lawn Manor Academy is part of the Ascend Learning Trust.
For more information on Lawn Manor Academy, visit www.lawnmanor.org.
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