Performing Arts
Whether in the spotlight or the wings, behind a microphone or the lighting desk, there is something for everyone in the Performing Arts at Kristin. A smorgasbord of performance opportunities awaits those passionate about the Arts. Excellent Music, Drama and Dance programmes are offered in all the schools, through the Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme, NCEA and the International Baccalaureate.
Annual performance events include a major production staged by each school, Music and Drama Festivals on a regional and national level, Dance performances, Whole School concerts and multi-cultural celebrations. Kristin is proud of a tradition of excellence and an outstanding reputation in the Performing Arts. Whatever his or her discipline of choice, the experience is certain to be unique and enriching for every student who chooses to become part of a Performing Arts event at Kristin.
Shakespeare in Dove
Dove Memorial Theatre, Wednesday 17 March, 7pm
The increasingly popular hour with the Bard features Year 12 students of Theatre and the Middle School Shakespeare Troupe. The Middle School Troupe enters the Forest of Arden in 'As You Like It', a Senior School cast embraces the legendary 'Romeo and Juliet' and students of Year 12 Drama/IB Theatre Arts enter several worlds of intrigue in their student-directed five minute scenes.
Entry is by gold coin donation, but seating will be pre-allocated. Please eMail ghedges@kristin.school.nz to secure a seat. This is one inspiring evening with the Bard that should not be missed.
'The Crucible' by Arthur Miller
Dove Memorial Theatre, 29, 30, 31 March, 7pm
Adults $10, Students $5
Kristin's passionate Year 13 students of Theatre, supported by Year 12 Theatre, are sure to move many. Drama in its most powerful form. "One of a handful of great plays that will both survive the 20th century and bear witness to it" - John Peter, Sunday Times.
Due to its highly charged emotional content, this play may not be suitable for younger audience members.
Tickets sales open to the public on Monday, 8 March, through www.iticket.co.nz
Major Productions
Junior School Production 2010
Information regarding this production is in the 2010 Brochure
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Junior School Production 2009
The Junior School presented 'Alice in Wonderland Jr.' to our Kristin Community in August. We were very proud of our Year 4-6 students who showed enthusiasm for their parts in the performance. The costumes were also a feast of colour. Click here for information about the Junior School production 2009.
Middle and Senior School Production 2010
To celebrate a decade of memorable major productions, Kristin is re-staging the legendary 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat' that last raised the roof in 2000.
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Middle and Senior School Production 2009
There have been few Kristin productions as ambitious as 'Beauty and the Beast' which the Middle and Senior School brought to the Auditorium stage in June. This show involved a cast of nearly 100 students plus 80 students in the crew.
It was totally professional! It was a delight! We hope you took the chance to see this vibrant creation.
Complete with clever inventions created by Kristin staff (the rose, the trolley and the vehicle), performers took to the Auditorium stage in this spectacular event. Click here for information about the Middle and Senior School production 2009.
Extra-Curricular Learning Opportunities 2010
In each of the three schools, there is a wide range of extra-curricular activities available to students passionate about the Performing Arts. There are, in addition, annual major productions which include casts from the three schools. Further information can be accessed on the online 2010 brochure – and in the specific show sections.
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Dance
Dance is offered as part of the Performing Arts programme at all levels, becoming a full option subject in Year 9 through to NCEA Level 3 and IB Dance at Year 13. Extra-curricular Dance activities span the three schools and ensure the continued development of the subject. Dance, both in its academic and practical contexts, plays a vibrant and highly significant role in the greater life of Kristin.
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Drama
 The aims of the Theatre/Drama course are to enable students to experience and participate in a wide and varied range of theatre activities and develop proficiency in more than one area of theatre technique.
Students will become familiar with forms of theatre from their own and different cultures, they will explore different theatre traditions in their historical contexts and develop academic skills appropriate for the study and understanding of theatre. The aim is to enable students to become reflective and critical practitioners and to develop the confidence to explore, to experiment and to work individually and collaboratively on innovative projects, which should involve challenging established notions of theatre. Students will learn to undertand the dynamic, holistic and evolving nature of theatre and the interdependencies of the aspects of this art form.
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Music
 The Music Department forms an invaluable part of Kristin life. Curricular, co-curricular and itinerant paths all lead to exciting destinations from this busy department. All Year 7 and 8 students take Music, with option Music from Year 9 and NCEA or IB in the Senior years. The department hosts 25 specialist itinerant staff and a variety of co-curricular groups that represent Kristin regularly, regionally and nationally, as well as within the grounds of the school.
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