Blog Archives - The Daedream Theater Arts Company

A moment with new director, Ron, WCHS Class of 2018.

7/31/2017

Week four begins . . .

7/31/2017

Both sadness and accomplishment are the feelings in the air during the start of Week 4 of the Daedream SEC today. Stick with us for more pics, videos and fun as we close our first OFFICIAL Summer Extension Camp.

Thanks are in order to the parents who supported our endeavor and enrolled cast members in our Summer Project.

Also, Ms. Felicia Shashinka for believing in us and our abilities to create and carry out a successful Extension Camp.

To the entire staff including Ms. Francis for the hours of planning, working and creating.

A great success, Daedream SEC!

BIG DAY at DAEDREAM-SEC....!

7/27/2017

Juan Castillo of WYBC came to see us! The team presented him with a "thank you quilt" made by all of the participants.

Summer 2017 Memories: Fun, Friends and Fam

7/27/2017

(l to r) Christina, Gillian, Ronald, Ava, Jeniyah, Julian, Deandre and Hayden. Emotion Switch Up Activity.

Coree and Des'Tahnee lead a vocal instruction class.

Dancing up a storm in Kevin's dance class. Participants, Jada, Kayla (back), Elsa, Nelly, and Jay. Viewers Tiyana, JeVaughn and Kevin. (l to r)

What else are we doing?

7/26/2017

Each day after camp, the mentor and choreography teams meet to work on next year's show (2018, "Fear Itself.")

These three hour sessions are on a voluntary basis and include:

music choice, editing, planning, sequencing
segment concepts, plans, storyboards
choreography of steps, transitions, genre, mood
very beginnings of casting possibilities and groupings for classes/dance teams
cooperation and team building
Filming/videotaping of all choreography for future reference

Daedream SEC Director Torey Robinson prepares to record a piece he created for the 2018 season.

Co-director and choreographer Kevin Kelly leads a large-group choreography session

Choreography is serious business. Co-director Deandre Ward leads a section; choreo team members look on (from right to left: Des'Tahnee Manick-Highsmith, Torey Robinson, JeVaughn Henry (obscured) and Ronald Dorsey. Also present, but not pictured: Nelly Torres, Marlon Harris, Kevin Kelly and Jay Candelario.

Computers, notebooks, and bluetooth technology are needed for choreography sessions. We also utilize video, music editing software, and plain old pencil and paper!

READY? SET? ACTION...

7/26/2017

The cast was excited to welcome back former member, Rachel Spence, who was a mentor during her time in high school. Now a junior in college, studying journalism, she worked with the cast with acting points, such as space, time and emotion. This ended up with each group creating a skit regarding a plane crash.

Everyone had a wonderful time!

Cast members work in groups to prepare their piece.

7th grader Trinity plays the pilot, and 8th grader Nelly portrays a flight attendant in the airplane crash skit focused on "time."

More fun with Daedream

Opera for Daedreamers

7/19/2017

Thanks to Shawn Jeffrey, our cast members are a lot more familiar with opera! See video below!!

Yoga and More . . .

7/17/2017

In today's Station B session, participants learned the distinctions between modern and contemporary dance and experienced some of it.

In closing, Kevin, Tiyana and JeVaughn worked with a few yoga visualizations and stretches.

Announcements - Cast Promotions

7/15/2017

Ronald Dorsey has been made a member of the directorial team by the current directors.

Marlon Harris has accepted the role of Student Safety Captain

Des'Tahnee Manick-Highsmith has been promoted to Program Lead Choreographer

Scenes from a Summer Camp . . . Week 1

7/14/2017

Deandre and Gillian conduct a session with some of the cast.

Kevin, JeVaughn and Tiyana give the introduction to the cast in dance class.

Whole group session: dance with NEW CHOREOGRAPHY!

Program Director Torey Robinson oversees the Vocal Performance and Social Development Stations

Coree demonstrates singing techniques for the class

Ronald, Deandre and Gillian tell the "wrinkled heart" story as part of a character-building activity.

Student Safety Captain, Marlon Harris, plays a musical game with cast members.

A little sneak peak of the work for 2018.

Dance instruction with Kevin