Sign up Survey!

We are excited about this semester's dance show. Please remember that we will do our best to put you in the dances you request, but it may not always be possible. You will be placed in a dance on the day that you can dance.

Please remember: Grade 6 = 1 dance, Grade 7 = 2 dances and Grade 8 = 3 dances. 
You can do tap as an extra dance on top of the number you are allowed per grade.

Dance Lists will be posted on the Dance Board Friday, March 7. 

Rehearsals start the week of March 17 (yes, the week before Spring Break)
Please check the dance blog weekly for MSDC news and announcements!

PLEASE ONLY COMPLETE THE SURVEY 1 TIME. IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE PLEASE EMAIL MS. V. AND MRS. MADSEN INSTEAD OF FILING OUT THE SURVEY AGAIN. THANK YOU!

Here is the survey link!
https://docs.google.com/a/sas.edu.sg/forms/d/1Lb49pCfhKZ4S8yBKW2tPRd2rfmAQTAcRCqp1oJAnkpw/viewform

Advanced Dances

Advanced Contemporary  

Wednesday

Maile Wong

Kenzie Kamei

Amanda Wilhoit

Amelia Lee

Hannah Bradshaw

Sophie Powell

Natalie B

Liz Westbrook

Jacqulyn Chan

Kathryn Tang

Natasha Ong

Sarah Choi

Milanna Mikru

Alex Starker

Sophie Anderson

Sarah Du

Savannah Davis

Christina McDougall

Thank you to everyone who auditioned! It was a very tough decision for us. Please come talk to Mrs. Madsen or Ms. Em if you have any questions.

Advanced Ballet

Tuesdays

Maile Wong

Lauren Fielding

Suahn Hur

Se Young Chun

Bella Salathe

Lina Drechsler

Kathryn Tang

Olivia Rucinski

Christina McDougall

Jaclyn Chan

Toto * See Ms. Em

Thank you to everyone who auditioned! It was a very tough decision for us. Please come talk to Mrs. Madsen or Ms. Em if you have any questions.

Small Groups

Superheros

Savannah Davis

Kenzie, Maile, Hannah, Amanda

Hannah T, Sophie P, Milanna M, Sarah C

Sophie A, Eric S, Migs D, Sheehan S, Justin A, Natasha O

Amelia and Amanda Lee

Se Young C, Suahn, Tess C

Thank you to everyone who auditioned! It was a very tough decision for us. Please come talk to Mrs. Madsen or Ms. Em if you have any questions.

Advanced Jazz

Thursdays

Maile Wong

Kenzie Kamei

Amanda Wilhoit

Amelia Lee

Amanda Lee

Hannah Bradshaw

Sophie Powell

Suahn Hur

Se Young Chun

Natasha Ong

Milanna Mikru

Georgia Jackson

Sara Arora

Asia Rutledge

Kira Sehgal

Lina Drechsler

Aiofe Haakenson

Lily Vore

Bryanna Entwistle

Joslyn Blass

Kathryn Tang

Elena Brown

Thank you to everyone who auditioned! It was a very tough decision for us. Please come talk to Mrs. Madsen or Ms. Em if you have any questions.

Advanced Hip Hop

Tuesdays

Kenzie Kamei

Amanda Wilhoit

Aiofe Haakenson

Sophia Powell

Sophie Anderson

Natasha Ong

Milanna Mikrut

Mary Herrick

Alex Flores

Liz Westbrook

Gracie Vapor

Sarah Choi

Jacqueline Lee

Amy Cho

Fuzzy Carpenter

Tess Charter

Nicole W

Kira Sehgal

Kristen Chan

Thank you to everyone who auditioned! It was a very tough decision for us. Please come talk to Mrs. Madsen or Ms. Em if you have any questions.

Advanced Ballet and Contemporary Auditions

Advanced Ballet and Contemporary Auditions have been changed to Tuesday, February 18 from 3-4:15 in S129. Thank you!

Dance Club Advanced Dance Days

Advanced Dance Club Days

Mondays: Mrs. Madsen Intermediate/ Advanced Tap

Tuesdays: Advanced Ballet and Yenny’s Advanced Hip Hop

Wednesday: Advanced Contemporary with Ms. V.

Thursday: Advanced Jazz with Ms. Em

Important Small Group and Grade 8 Choreography Try out Information

Both Small Group & 8th Grade Choreographer Try outs are on:

Wednesday, February 19 from 3-4:15 in S129

8th Grade Choreographer Audition Information:

Want to choreograph a dance as an 8th grader? You may try out groups of 1-3 people.

Come with one minute of choreography ready to show the judging panel.  

You must have one day of the week (Monday- Thursday) available from March -May for dance club rehearsals.

Theme: Please choose a clean song related to one of the following:

1. When I grow up I want to be a Rockstar

2. When I grow up I want to be a Movie star

(Please do not use the Pussy Cat Dolls song, it is already reserved)

Also, please sign up prior to auditions on the dance board outside of S129

Small Group Auditions:

Want to choreograph your own dance for the dance show?

Want to do a solo? Want to do a duet? Want to do a small group?

You may try out in groups of 1-6 people.

Come with one minute of choreography ready to show the judging panel.

Theme: Please choose a clean song related to:

When I grow up I want to be a Superhero!

(But please no Batman, as we used it in our last show).

Be creative and we will see you at auditions!

Also, please sign up prior to auditions on the dance board outside of S129

Dance Captain Auditions Friday, January 17 from 3:10-4:15

Dance Captain Auditions ~ Semester 2

If you would like to be a dance captain...

Dance Captain Responsibilities: In order to be a dance captain you must be willing to volunteer 1 day a week to help out at dance club as needed. You will be responsible for helping with daily attendance and tasks, choreographer thank you cards, t-shirts, program, website and updates and also the PowerPoint slide show. You must also be able to come early and leave late to Saturday and Tech practice and Tech week, as you will be needed to help set up. You will be responsible to read the dance board and check the MSDC blog daily so you may help others with dance announcements.

Please find the link to the Dance Captain Application on our MSDC blog.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rrpOIuQwV6pP5sOqkBe_UQMZ0bSQJQ3bH9wyk_sgAw0/edit?usp=sharing

Please print off this application, fill it out, and bring it to Dance Captain auditions 

Friday, January 17 from 3:10-4:15 in S 129.

Please come with your own music (on CD or ipod) and

30 seconds of your own choreography.

MSDC Semester 2 Important Dates

MSDC Semester 2 Dates

Middle School Dance Club

Tracy Van der Linden - Interim MS Director

tvdlinden@sas.edu.sg

Crystal Madsen—MS Dance Club Assistant

cmadsen@sas.edu.sg

Dance Club Performance Semester 2

Dance Club Performance aims to help dancers improve their technical and performance skills for success in dance. The semester 2 performance will be a fully costumed, loosely themed show.  No audition necessary; however, there will be auditions for advanced pieces to challenge our more technical dancers.

6 dancers may dance in 1 dance*

Grade 7 dancers may dance in 1-2 dances*

Grade 8 dancers may dance in 1-3 dances*

*Depending on availability and the dancer's schedule

·             Dance Captain Auditions

Friday, January 17 from 3-4:15 (7th & 8th graders only)

  Advanced Lyrical and Advanced Ballet Auditions

Changed to Tuesday, February 18 from 3-4:15 in S129

·             8th Grade Choreographer and Small Group dance Auditions

Wednesday, February 19 from 3-4:15 in S129

·             Advanced Jazz and Advanced Hip Hop Auditions

Thursday, February 20 from 3-4:15 (possibly until 6pm, depending on numbers)

Results of advanced dances posted on the MSDC blog page by Monday, January 24 at noon.

·             Sign Up Survey Opens Tuesday, February 25 at 3pm

·             Sign Up Survey Closes Friday, February 28 at 3pm.

·              Dance Lists posted on the Dance Board Friday, March 7

·             Rehearsals start the week of March 17 (yes, the week before Spring Break)

·             Dance Club will meet Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays (depending on the dancer)

·             Mandatory Tech Rehearsal: Saturday, May 3 from 9:00-11:00 am

·             Dance Club Shows in the Auditorium:

Thursday, May 8 @ 4:00 pm

Friday, May 9 @ 4:00 pm