Woburn Dance also offers students many dance opportunities outside of class. Our extracurricular, student-led clubs span many different styles of dance, including:
Our Dance clubs often rehearse in the morning before class, after school or lunch time and perform in school assemblies, the Annual Dance Showcase, Kiwanis Dance Festival and many other performance venues (as many as we can find!). To see some of the exciting events and performances this year, check out our Upcoming Events. For more detailed information on this year's individual dance club, please click on 2017-18 Clubs.
All Dance Clubs are open to all students at Woburn C.I. There is no preference given to students who are already registered in a dance class or students who were involved in dance clubs in the past. Each Dance Club is unique and offers different styles, techniques and disciplines (please see 2017-18 Clubs for specific descriptions of each club) and, as such, will require different things from it's dancers.
There is an audition process at the beginning of October that consists of a 1-1.5 hour dance class which includes:
Once all auditions for all groups are complete, the lists of who has been accepted into each group will be posted on the Dance Happenings Board (outside the auditorium in the Phys Ed Hallway). Dancers can audition for as many clubs as they wish, however to be fair and ensure that everyone gets chance to get involved, dancers only be accepted into one club.
Every human enterprise is dependent on good leadership for its success. It is so important that countless books have been written about it, workshops are held in all major cities for all sorts of businesses to help teach people about it and how to be better at it and it is one of the top priorities of employers to find potential employees that have it!
Leading a dance club is an excellent way to begin developing these crucial and sought-after skills in a unique and creative way! All clubs are student-led and all student leaders must successfully complete an 8-hour leadership course. Within this course, we dissect the qualities of leaders and work to define what leadership qualities are most valued and most effective by reflecting on leaders around us and what makes them good leaders. To effectively lead a dance club your own peers is a challenging task and requires not only knowledge of leadership skills and abilities but also of many other subjects, such as:
At the end of the course, students are well-versed in all of the above subjects and keep up their skills by meeting with their groups once a week and meeting with their fellow leaders and Ms. Jankul-Tavchar once a month to review and update their knowledge and experience.