Preview of Professional Photographs from "Virtue"

These are the first photographs available of the performance and dress rehearsal of "Virtue," the opera with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and Elm City Girls' Choir, performed Nov. 20 and 21 at St. Mary's Church in New Haven.

Daedream Goes to the Opera!!

This past week has been a hustle and bustle of planning, preparing and practicing.  Head choreographer, lead dancer and program assistant, Kevin Kelly, 7th Grader and choreographic assistant, Des'Tahnee , and 5th grade newcomer, Aissatou Diallo were part of a beautiful presentation featuring the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, The Elm City Girls' Choir, and local opera performers this week at St. Mary's Church on Hillhouse Avenue here in the Elm City.

Shawn Marie Jeffrey, a parent involved with Daedream for the last year, selected Kevin to choreograph a piece to incorporate into the opera presentation, entitled, "Virtue," and composed by a Yale musician Christopher Theofanidis.  Kevin, dancing as "Faith," created the dance with the theme of the musical story in mind and directed/coached the other dancers (Des'Tahnee as "Love" and Aissatou as "Purity") in this 23 minute presentation.

When more photos become available through the NHSO Website, we will certainly post them here!  Keep up with us via this blog, our Facebook page here:  Daedream Facebook Page and our twitter here: https://twitter.com/DaedreamNH

More news and updates coming soon!!!

The team getting briefed on the story of "Virtue"

by Shawn Marie Jeffrey

Kevin, Des'Tahnee and Aissatou

 

Shawn goes over the musical score with 

the dancers

Kevin works on choreography for the

presentation

Teaching session/rehearsal shots

SNEAK PEEK CHOREO SESSION, First glance, 2014-2015

What most don't realize is the amount of time it takes to create and choreograph the productions.  Music selection alone can take hours in order to fit the chosen (student-created) theme and provide a range and variety of types of musical pieces.  The talent of the cast also drives the types of numbers performed each year, as well as the mentors' plans for their own roles and challenges to their own performance levels.

An example:  it may take 1 to 2 hours to choreograph one and one-half minutes of choreography!

Here's a small slice of choreography work between head choreographer/program assistant Kevin and choreographer/mentor Alisha.

from the opening for our 2015 production, "A Year in the Life."

What are we up to?

A little blast from the past.  Choreo Session, 2013 for 2014 show....Kevin and De'Andre "True" from "Color My World."

We found out recently that many don't know what goes into a show like our musical productions.  So we will be doing small vids to explain the steps in creating a full-scale musical like this year's coming event, "A Year in the Life."

So be on the lookout for NEW vids of current events and planning!

Grand Opening Coming TUESDAY, Oct. 14!

We have been in session for a few weeks now, with our junior mentors in training, as well as the returning cast from last year's program.

It's been fun, and now, we open our doors to Season 27 and our NEW members on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014.

There are still spaces available in grades 3 - 8.  Contact Ms. Francis or any Daedream member for details.

Thanks go to Sophie for her recruitment in Grade 2 - a little mentor in training!

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