Stage 6 Drama

OnStage is a presentation of exemplary performances and projects by HSC Drama students at the Seymour Centre, presented by the NSW Education Standards Authority, and the NSW Department of Education. 

Our Year 11 and Year 12 Drama class travelled into the Seymour Centre on Monday the 6th of February to witness the outstanding Individual Projects, Individual Performances and Group Performances on offer in this year's program. Our students were very impressed with the standard of work samples to inspire their own HSC. Here are some of their thoughts on our trip to the city; 

“Attending OnStage was really helpful to me since it allowed me to see the calibre of commitment required to get the band 6 I'm after. Additionally, I believe that OnStage allowed me the chance to draw inspiration from many works and performances. From this experience, I feel that I now understand how to accomplish my goals for the HSC.”

Tamara Roldan, Year 12

“OnStage was extremely beneficial as it has given me some very favourable ideas to include in my Individual Performance,  as well as demonstrating the expectations I'll need to meet in order to achieve a Band 6 in Drama. This experience has inspired me to be as creative and out of the box as I possibly can with my performances, as I can see that the more unique the performance is, the better it will turn out. The performance that stuck out to me the most from the evening was definitely 'Soccer Mums' as I found it the most entertaining as it included humour, dancing, and singing.”

Aleira Arrowsmith, Year 12

I certainly look forward to seeing how this experiential inspiration encourages our Drama students in the classroom here at Magdalene. 

Mrs Marino

Drama Teacher / CAPA Leader of Learning

Performing Arts News

Year 10 Dance Elective

On Thursday 9th February, year 10 travelled by train to the Seymour Centre in Chippendale to view Callback Performances. Callback is a celebration of the outstanding talent of students who presented their work as part of the 2022 Higher School Certificate Dance Practical Examinations.

This showcase included exemplary dance works presented by students from across the State, from all school systems in the areas of core performance, composition and major study performance. These presentations provide insight into HSC Dance standards and outcomes for current dance students.

This excursion proved to be invaluable to the dance elective students who later this term will create compositions and perform exercises in relation to safe dance practice. Students who attended the excursion have provided reflections from the day.

My experience at Callback was really entertaining. I loved spending the day in the city with the girls and Miss Cupillari and most of all watching the show. The show itself was absolutely amazing, I loved it. My favourite piece was one of the core compositions and it showed the story of someone getting in a car crash. The dancer who performed this piece was such a strong performer and he portrayed the story so well, it started to get a bit emotional. Overall Callback was a great opportunity, I would definitely go again. - Ainslie Saliba

This experience really helped me understand what HSC dance was about and made it sound easier to conquer. During the Q&A the dance students made the theory component sound like it was achievable and discussed steps to help with that. The practical part was amazing to watch. Watching these dancers make up their own story without saying a word was really memorising to see. - Ella Somerville

MISA Dance Team 2023

MISA Dance has always had an enormous amount of interest and this year was no different. 

On the 7th February a junior audition was held and saw an enthusiastic group of 40 students turn up and trial on the day. With the help of current year 12 students Deanna Corte and Brinna Skinner, the students were taken through a warm-up, technique consisting of turns, jumps and leaps and a commercial jazz style combination. 

After holding callbacks I selected a very energetic and vastly different group of 36 dancers ranging from years 7 to 12. I want to congratulate both the successful dancers and everyone who took the time to audition and those who stepped out of their comfort zone or decided to try something different.

The MISA Dance team will be performing at various events throughout the year, starting off with our Open Afternoon on Monday 27th February. Events taking place in Term 2 include Magdalene Shines here in our College Hall, and the Annual MISA Dance Showcase held at The Cube. Selected dancers and performances will also be entered in competitions throughout the year.

Congratulations to the following students

I am looking forward to working with such a talented group of dancers at our College this year.

Miss Tahlia Cupillari 

Dance Teacher