Q: What have you learnt during the workshops with Ann?
• “Keep going when we make a mistake.”
• “To stay with the beat.”
• “Bond with people while dancing. Stay focussed. Working with different people. Learn better by listening to other people’s feedback.”
• “I learnt that everyone has to be brave and strong.”
• “To count to the beat of the music. Count the steps of the music. Dance synchronised with each other. Listen, and dance with my mouth shut.”
Q: What did you find surprising in the workshops with Ann?
• “The music was catchy.”
• “Dancing can tell a huge story and every dance has a different message and meaning.”
• “Ann said every step a makes a story that tells the audience what the dance is about.”
• “Dancing to classic, olden day music.”
• “That Royston Maldoom is famous.”
Q: What do you expect will happen when the rehearsals with Royston and Ann start?
• “Royston is going to teach us to dance.”
• “A lot of amazing stuff.”
• “We will have to be very quiet and focus a lot.”
Q: What are you looking forward to about the performance at the Aotea Centre?
• “I don’t know what to say about it, because I’m so excited.”
• “The dance and to make Royston proud.”
• “For my parents and sisters to come. Even though it’s quite difficult to pay the money.”
• “I’m lucky. I’ve got butterflies.”
• “The feeling of dancing to the APO and the tension that will be felt as we dance.”
• “Representing the school.”
• “Dancing on that stage and dancing for hours.”
• “Dancing to a full-on, long piece of music.”
• “It will be a good life experience for me.”
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