2009 Alumni Jonathan Delgado Returns as Guest Artist

On Monday, February 27, MacDuffie alumni Jonathan Delgado ('09) returned to MacDuffie to spend the day teaching ballet to our upper school dance students.  Jonathan is currently in his junior year at the University of The Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he is a ballet major.  

Here is what our current students thought of their special class...

"I liked that we were introduced to some new dane techniques" - Natalie

" I loved how the music was more modern. It made the technique fun!"

"I really liked how Jonathan used upbeat music for ballet.  It made it a lot of fun and gave the class a good feel!"

"I liked the playful atmosphere Jonathan brought to our ballet class."

"I loved his style.  He used movement that we knew how to do so we could focus on the technical aspects like our arms and heels in the rond de jambe exercises." - Eva

"I enjoyed the music.  It was contemporary and made doing the movements easier and lots of fun!" - Kim

"I loved the whole class in general! I liked the music, the warm up, the across the floor work and Jonathan's personality!  He was great!"- Nikai Fondon

"I loved the Whitney Houston music and the whole class including the warm up and stretch.  I appreciated our charming teacher a lot!"- Dela

"I loved the music he played when we did the stretch.  He combined popular music with classical ballet music.  The across the floor work was difficult but it was fun.  He was so nice!" - Li

"I loved the music and the way he taught us to dance.  He is so fun and I learned a lot yesterday!"- May

"The music was good!" - Evelyn

Hey Grade 7...What do you LOVE about dance?!

In honor of Valentine's Day, the seventh grade dance students were asked what they love about dance.  Here are their answers!

"I like being able to exercise and joke around with my friends.  In dance I feel I have the freedom to imagine whatever I want."  - Connor

"Tableaux because we have fun and we do funny poses.  We always have a great time!" - Maya

"Ballroom dancing because I LOVE Dancing with the Stars!" - Hannah

"I love tableaux because it is fun and educational!" - Dan

"Tableaux because it constantly changes but it is fun because we have a creative class." - Mary

"I like having the freedom of being able to move however you want." - Matt

"I like tableaux because our class is able to work together and form many settings as a whole." - Faith

"I like all different types of dance, it's so hard to pick! I like everything we do in dance class, too.  Ballet is fun because it is beautiful, dramatic and graceful.  We're learning a lot about cool choreographers, but tableaux is really fun too.  We break out into awesome poses.  Everything is awesome!" - Alexis

"The costumes because they are fun and pretty."- Hannah

"I like being given the chance to express myself through dancing because it is an opportunity to put my emotions into movement." - Mary

"Tableaux.  I like tableaux because it makes us think in a creative way." - Meghan

"Tableaux because it is fun and I like improv and that kind of stuff." - Hannah

"I like the freedom to do things from your own imagination." - Dan

"Watching different choreographers to see how others present or tell stories through movement." - Mary

Spring Concert Update!

All of our upper school dance classes have been hard at work learning new choreography for our Spring Concert which is coming up in late April.  Here is a sneak peak at what some of our dancers are doing!

Dance Team Celebrates First Performance

On Wednesday, February 6, The Dance Team celebrated their first performance at one of the home basketball games.  Great job girls!