Dance Excellence at Marsden State High School is an audition-based program designed for students who demonstrate both potential in the Dance discipline and commitment to their growth as a dancer.
The Year 7 – 10 Dance Excellence classes run during curriculum time and are designed on the Australian Curriculum. This structure provides our Dance Excellence students with core Dance knowledge needed to progress through the subject while extending themselves beyond the expectation of a General Dance class.
Year 11 and 12 students who demonstrate a level of excellence in the ATAR-eligible Dance General subject or Applied Dance in Practice syllabus may be recognised as a Dance Excellence student.
Superior
Opportunities in Dance
Dance Excellence students are provided with extensive opportunities to learn from a range of industry professionals in their Excellence classes and extra-curricular teams. Our students are privileged to learn from Kirra Stray, Kyle Borg, Heidi Jennings, Vanessa Friscia, Wanida Serce, Jess Briske, Claire Griffin, and Casey Hargraves.
It is compulsory for students in Dance Excellence to participate in at least one extra-curricular team to extend themselves as dancers and performers. The extra-curricular team options include:
Elite Hip Hop
Elite Hip Hop Development
Elite Technique (including jazz, contemporary and lyrical)
Emerging Hip Hop
Emerging Technique (including jazz, contemporary and/or lyrical)
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Junior and Senior Elite Teams are entry by call-back or invitation only.
Superior Opportunities in Academics
- AVID Program | Advancement Via Individual Determination strategies that develops students’ skills in writing, inquiry, collaboration, organisation and reading.
- Rigorous curriculum that extends and challenges to deepen understanding and improve key cognitive skills.
- Various tertiary partnerships such as University of QLD, QLD University of Technology, Griffith University, The University of Melbourne and Harvard all offer support to our students.
- One of the largest QLD Schools to offer an extended range of Senior Subjects - General, Applied and Short Courses. Students are supported for various pathways beyond year 12.
- Each of our subjects are matched with 21st Century Skills and Job Clusters that you choose to guide you into selecting your dream career and your future world of work.
Community Partnerships
Dance Excellence is proud to have established a community partnership with Bloodline Dance Company in 2021. Students in the Junior and Senior Elite Hip Hop Teams have the opportunity to train weekly with mentors from Bloodline to improve as a dancer and performer. Both teams learn two original competition dances every year experiencing the invaluable lessons of what it takes to be a professional and innovative dancer in the hip hop community.
https://www.bloodlinedancecompany.com/
Dance Alumni