The event reflects and celebrates the diversity of cultures and styles of youth dance in East London and Essex and offers young dancers a unique performance opportunity, as well as the chance to view each other’s work. The event includes the full technical support of the backstage team at the theatre, a warm-up led by a professional choreographer and this year participants also prepared and performed a finale dance!

The participants in this year’s first feat represented 11 different schools and dance groups from across East London and Essex, and included the Queen’s own youth dance group Jump Start. Performers spent the day working with the theatre’s technical team in order to achieve the desired lighting effects for their performance, as well as participating in a group warm-up and learning the finale with Jump Start’s choreographer Emma Mushens.

In the evening the participants performed in two separate shows (6pm and 8pm) to an audience of parents, friends, members of the general public and their fellow participants. Not only did they provide the audience with an entertaining and diverse evening of dance, but the hard work and dedication of the groups meant the subsequent quality of the work was superb.

A big thank you to all the groups involved in first feat ’07 and to their choreographers, teachers and tutors for their hard work.

6pm performance

Attitude
Dagenham Park Youth Dance Group

Performance Arts Pathway
Waltham Forest College

Taitt Academy

Bowerettes
Bower Park School

Jump Start
The Queen’s Theatre’s Youth Dance Group

8pm performance

Brentwood Performing Group
Essex Dance Theatre

Dancerama Youth performing Arts Company
St. Angela's School & St Bonaventure’s Sixth Form Centre

HSFC Dance Company
Havering Sixth Form College

Angela’s Fusion
St Angela’s School

The Chadwell Heath Foundation School

Jump Start
The Queen’s Theatre’s Youth Dance Group

Please note: Application forms for first feat ’08 will be available to download from November 2007
For further information about first feat please contact the Education Department on 01708 462373 or email education@queens-theatre.co.uk