Performing Arts News
Congratulations to the year 12 Drama class 2021
This year the stimulus for the group performance task was Hart Island – the story of a little island.
Performance Focus:
“Hart Island is located in The Bronx, New York City. It has a phenomenal history, yet remains, even to New Yorkers, quite unknown. Access to Hart Island is tightly controlled, but in recent years, changes have taken place to right the wrongs of Hart Island’s past, leaving hope for the future. Using eclectic performance styles, your task is to tell the story of this little Island and consider the lessons to be learnt”. (Outcome 1)
Two performance pieces were created;
“H(e)artless”
Nyanah Clarke, Charlotte Dirckze, Sue Duong, Ashleigh Illingworth,
Rose Kavanagh, Iryna Loboda & Abigail Williams
In a checked past Hart Island was utilised, amongst other things as a boy’s jail. It is now a mass graveyard for claimed and unclaimed bodies. In an exploration of Hart Island as a land of buried emotions we have interpreted the Island symbolically as a depository for emotional disconnection. This performance follows a series of public figures who, in order to cope in the vision of the public eye and celebrity, travel on the ‘plane of thought’ to Hart Island, stripping away their emotions and quite literally, taking their hearts.
“Afterlife Anonymous”
Marnie Florence-McNeil, Sarayah Hoolihan, Jemima Kavanagh,
Jean Palamara, Campbell Perkins, Claire Riverland & Jayda Young
This performance takes you on a journey to an “Underwater Museum”. Here you will meet the lost souls of Hart Island looking for their identity and memories after death. Whilst traversing the “Underwater Museum” you will investigate the history of Hart Island’s people and learn of the Islands past purposes. Get involved and become part of the Hart Island Project, working to restore identities.
Year 11 Music Evening
Tuesday 18th May 2021
It was with much excitement that we were able to show case the talents of our Year 11 Music students with a performance evening for family and friends on Tuesday, 18th May at MGC.
Students performed a solo and a group number and an honorary Year 11 ensemble also performed, which included Milli Coburn on drums, Talia Meiri on flute and Zoe Tregloan-Dunn on Sax.
Congratulations to the following Year 11 Music students, in order of appearance:
Jaeda McPherson, Maeve Sharrock, Sandu Mahapatuna, Natasha Lowe, Violette Spataro, Alex Morris, Evie Scott, Eloise Higgins, Aimee Blecher & Arianna Camillacci.
Thank you to Lindy Mumme for videoing and for Wen Chin for photos.
We look forward to our next Music Performance evening in Semester 2 and wish the Year 11’s all the best in their upcoming exams.
Anne Corry
Year 11 Music
Dance Night!
On Thursday the 13th of May 80 MGC dance students from Year 7 through to Year 12 performed in the first Dance Night since 2019. It was a fantastic evening with performances from the co-curricular dance program, year 9 dance elective and VCE dance students. A massive congratulations to all performers and thank you to everyone who came along to support our wonderful dancers!
SEMESTER 2 DANCE PROGRAM
There will be a meeting held on Friday the 4th of June at lunch time in the dance room for any students interested in the Semester 2 co-curricular dance program.