Our Mission: Here at Saint Augustine High School, we offer a variety of performing arts courses within SJCCA. In the dance department, our goal is to expose students to many styles of dance by ways of technique, terminology, history, and choreography. We will be exploring the foundations of many genres of dance throughout the entire school year while simultaneously preparing for our 1-3 performances per year. Dance students will get the opportunity to create their own work, constructively critique themselves as well as others, and perform in front of live audiences. The students will receive a wide range of dance knowledge by keeping up with current events in the world of dance, watching clips to grasp movement concepts of professionals, learning from guest artists, as well as visiting dance groups in our community.
Ms. Schippani’s Philosophy: Ms. Schippani’s method of teaching dance is centered on confidence. She wants to harness all of the dancers’ potential and improve on their self-worth by the relationships she forms with her students and the environment she creates in each of their classes. It is then that dancers step out of their comfort zone and explore parts of their practice that they have never discovered before. When a dancer learns “the basics” of dance and proper technique for each genre, they can learn to try anything and find out what they are truly capable of.
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Kaila Schippani Dance Director
For more specific information about dance, please visit the SJCCA Dance Page:
https://msschippanidance.weebly.com/
Instagram: @sjccadance @sahsdancecollective @sahsjacketpom
Website: http://msschippanidance.weebly.com
Facebook: follow St. John’s County Center for the Arts or by following Ms. Kaila Schippani