ACARA Dance Workshop (Launch)
Students in Year 7, and 8
ACARA Outreach Dance Workshop
QACI (Queensland Academies Creative Industries) is a selective-entry state high school for highly capable students in Years 10 - 12. As part of the Queensland Department of Education Outreach program a limited opportunity for Year 7 & 8 dance students is available to participate in an ACARA curriculum based workshop on Friday 8 May, 4pm (Term 2 Week 3) at QACI. The $15 workshop includes dinner and two tickets (student and parent) to attend the Arriving At Dance showcase taking place on Friday 8 May, 6:30pm. There is limited availability for this workshop and bookings are essential.
Students are invited to engage in a contemporary dance workshop exploring key techniques and expressive skills. Led by Guest Artist, Chiu-Ju Wang students will gain insight into the creative process of Launch to uncover how the elements of dance have been used to communicate intention. Using concepts from a performance piece, students will explore improvisational practices to foster their personal style and develop their technical proficiency within the genre of Contemporary.
ACARA Curriculum links:
Year 7 & 8
Analyse how choreographers use elements of dance and production elements to communicate intent (ACADAR018 - Scootle)
Year 8
Improvise to find new movement possibilities and explore personal style by combining elements of dance (ACADAM020 - Scootle)
Practise and refine technical skills to develop proficiency in genre- and style-specific techniques (ACADAM022 - Scootle)
Workshop Itinerary
4pm – 5:30pm – Student Workshop in the QACI Theatre
5:30 – 6:15pm – Dinner (provided by QACI)
6:15 – 6:30pm – Go down to QACI theatre for Launch
6:30 – 8:00pm – watch Launch
Bookings for this workshop close Thursday 7 May, 9am.
Please wear free moving comfortable clothing. Students will have time to change after the workshop and prior to the showcase.
Tickets will be available to reserve soon.
Launch 2026, is made up of a musical theatre piece and two contemporary works created by QACI students in collaboration with QACI's Dance Teachers, Liz Collyer and Amanda Oliver.
Throughout this term, the students worked with Mrs Collyer and Mrs Oliver to explore and create movement. They took ownership to establish their own working processes and styles within movement. The outcome is dance works of varying genres and work that incorporates each student's individual compositions. The pieces were student driven and it was amazing watching their ideas come to life.
Friday 8 May, 6:30pm