THE dramatic retelling of the Cyclone Tracey story has earned Beaconhills College performing arts students a place in the Victorian finals of the Wakakirri competition.
Wakakirri is Australia’s largest performing arts event for schools, involving more than 20,000 students across Australia each year.
The Beaconhills Berwick Campus dance students from Years 7 to 12 presented ‘Cyclone’ at the Frankston Arts Centre on 28 August, earning them the Best Current Affairs Story Award. They now go to the finals on 16 September at Hamer Hall.
Dance teacher Stephanie Borrie said students loved competing in Wakakirri because it was a student-based project.
“The kids designed their costumes, choreographed and created the sets, projection and lighting design,” Ms Borrie said.
“What they produced was incredible and it turned out to be a very moving piece.”
‘Cyclone’ portrays the before and after of the devastating natural disaster – and how the common bonds of humanity and compassion united people suffering hardship.
The Beaconhills dance success follows a huge haul of medals at the Dance Star and Glee National Championships held last month at the Gold Coast, with nearly all 25 students earning either gold, silver or bronze medals.
