Dancers Prepare for “All the World’s a Stage”

The 30th Anniversary Caulfield School of Dance yearend shows are this weekend! Here’s a peek into Hailley Caulfield Postle‘s Professional Training Division Small Lyrical Jazz class as they prepare for the “All the World’s a Stage” shows.

These dedicated students have had a very successful competition season with their piece,  “Can’t Take My Mind Off of You” with extraordinary honours at the No Borders Group Dance Challenge Grand Championships and the Synergy Duncan and Burnaby competitions, as well as the  Chilliwack Lions Club Music and Dance Festival.

Conrad, Nathalie, Ms. Hailley Caulfield Postle, Kiara, Shanna, Carter, Aaliyah, Kaia and Lorena in rehearsal for “All the World’s a Stage”. Note: Dancer Kaia Neal was absent for this class due to competing at Performing Arts BC Provincials

Teacher and choreographer Hailley Caulfield Postle says: “I’ve been so proud of every dancer in this group for how much they have grown over the course of this year. I wanted to give them a piece that challenged them as individual artists and also required them to work together as a collaborative unit to tell the story of the dance.”

The members of this class all train in dance six days per week with ballet, conditioning, jazz and contemporary dance technique classes to develop their skills. Ms. Hailley began creating the piece in September in the weekly 45 minute classes. Once the piece was “set” class time is mostly about refining the movements, intensions, and the musicality of the dancers.

All the dancers in this course have many numbers including “Can’t Take My Mind Off of You” in the five “All the World’s a Stage” shows, June 7 to 9.

“It’s been a great year with these talented and hard-working dancers. They really made this piece came to life,” Hailley said, “I can’t wait to see them perform with lighting at Terry Fox [Theatre]!”

Good luck for the shows this weekend, dancers!