THE DARINGLY DASHING & THE DASTARDLY DREADFUL!

THE DARINGLY DASHING & THE DASTARDLY DREADFUL!

No Theatre?  No Problem!  We took our work online to beat the lockdown lows with our comedy melodrama:
The Daringly Dashing & The Dastardly Dreadful!

The Daringly Dashing & The Dastardly Dreadful! is a short film production featuring the Students and Staff of the Performing Arts department plus Special Guest appearances including a professional performer.

Back in March at the beginning of lockdown we were determined not to be beaten by being in isolation so a group of us got together to discuss what our response might be:  No theatre?  No problem!  We decided to take our work virtual via Zoom and after a series of Production Meetings to discuss character preferences the script was written over the Easter Break.  Rehearsals took place in the weeks following and after that the footage was recorded, edited with after effects and Sound Design being completed entirely in lockdown.

This collaborative event brought staff and students of different abilities and groups together during a very unusual time and united us in a fun, creative project when the world outside was looking particularly grim.  Last week we held our premier via Zoom so the students could share their sense of achievement after three months of hard work before going their separate ways for the summer and some onto university.

‘The Show must go on.’  ...It did!

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The Daringly Dashing & The Dastardly Dreadful!
Episode 1: Afternoon Tea & Chaos

THE WSA CREATIVE FESTIVAL 2019

CELEBRATING THE CREATIVITY

OF OUR DANCE, DRAMA & MUSIC STUDENTS

Our 3 Day, In-House Festival will Showcase the Diverse Creative Work of Performing Arts and Music.

A Festival by the Students for the Students.



DANCERS TAKE FLIGHT

LIFT OFF!

Foundation Degree Year 1 Students are developing material for their Creative Performance Workshop Unit.

 The original choreography is based on Starting Points selected by the students and developed throughout the Creative Process using a selection of Choreographic Devices.

So far a variety of forms are being developed such as Live Dance, Dance for Camera and Multimedia Performance.

The work will be showcased later in the year.



LEVEL 2 GET CREATIVE

COMEDY & TRAGEDY

Level 2 students taking part in a devising workshop and creating material today for the WSA Creative Festival.

 The group are currently working on four original short pieces for the event as part of their

Devising Plays & Multimedia Performance Unit.

 The project provides the students with the opportunity to play both comic and serious characters

and to gain experience working as directors.



IN THE FRAME

GOOD TAKES

Level 3 Year 2 students are in production creating work for the WSA Creative Festival.

Jess holds a photo shoot for her Supernatural themed Multimedia Piece

and Natalia continues shooting scenes for her survival horror movie.



DANCE ON LOCATION

MOVING TO THE GREAT OUTDOORS

 Level 3 Year 1 Dancers Abigail and Nathan braving the cold today to shoot on-location

footage for their Multi-Media Dance Piece.

The work is being created for their Performance Workshop and Storytelling as Performance Units and the finished piece will be performed in a Creative Festival of original student work in February.



THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!

FESTIVE FUN!

Level 2 Performing Arts Festive Themed Physical Comedy as part of their Acting Skills and Devising Plays Units.