Expressive Arts Christmas Showcase 2011

The Expressive Arts Department at Dawlish Community College welcomed students, parents and visitors to their annual Christmas showcase which included musical, dance and drama performances and featured an exhibition of  willow figurative sculptures.

The audience were treated to a wide range of soloist performances by Key Stage 3 and 4 students followed by GCSE drama students who performed a powerful piece entitled ‘Them and Us.’  Year 9 students from the College’s Expressive Dance Movement group also performed two dances.  The evening finished with christmas songs and carols from the College Choir.

Festive refreshments of mulled wine and mince pies were kindly provided by the Dawlish Community College Association.

Visitors also had a chance to see a display of willow sculptures with the theme ‘Figure and Form.’  The starting point for the art students, was looking at a range of different artists approach to documenting the figure either through drawing or in a 3D sense.  Each student was given the freedom to interoperate the figure in any sense or pose, which then lead onto the making process.  The students went through a range of materials using wire, straws, wool, clay and willow to create some Marquette’s for ideas for their final willow piece.

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