2023-01-312023-01-31Young Artists News, Arts News, Newsletter

Young Artists News

October 27, 2022

Welcome to our Young Artists news section! Here you will get a peek into our after school and weekend extracurricular program, and learn about our hard working and dedicated young artists. Preparations and rehearsals are coming along nicely, and we can’t wait to showcase their delightful programs at the Winter Wonders performance in December!

Open Classes, Trial Classes

Interested in something new? Want to shore up your training? Know anyone who might want to try out our dance or art classes?

The Young Artists program will hold free open and trial classes for students ages 4-17. We invite you, your siblings and friends to come see what our students are learning and how much fun they’re having! More importantly, we want you to have the chance to try it for yourself. Come experience a class with our expert teachers in our great facility, and discover the artist in you!

Please contact info@hsarts.org for more information.

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Featured Arts News of the Week

October 27, 2022
Ms. Dana Crigler, Ballet Teacher

Greetings HSArts Families! We are so excited about the upcoming holiday show which will include a Nutcracker Act 2 performance that is sure to please! Our performance includes little Forest Swans, the Sugar Plum Fairy, Spanish, Mirliton and Trepak performers. For our Forest Swans, a video of the choreography will be emailed to parents so dancers can practice at home. Please ensure your dancer takes 10 minutes each day to review so they can be their best on stage. It is very important that our youngest students begin incorporating ballet into their homework regimen – just like academic work – so they can continue to improve quickly.

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Musical Theatre Fall Showcase recap

October 20, 2022

Last Friday, we welcomed family and friends to our Musical Theatre Fall Showcase. After several lovely songs by individual singers and the group vocal class, our students performed the show play, The Con by Tracy Wells. Many of the students are first time performers who’ve never performed on stage, under bright lights, in front of an audience, and every student performed very admirably! Here are a few photos taken from the event for us to enjoy:

Congratulations to all of the performers! A special thanks to Ms. Hannah and Ms. Julia for rehearsing and helping our students prepare for the showcase! Looking forward to the Winter performance!

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Featured Arts News of the Week

October 20, 2022
Mr. Brian Nieh, Dance Teacher

There’s still a bit of time before our Winter Wonders showcase at Herbst Theatre on December 16. However, our performers have been hard at work to prepare their dances, both in our full-time and Young Artists after school programs. Ms. Hanna already introduced the Flowery Hat dance, which some of our families got to see our students perform at the Cole Valley Fair last month.

As for the boys, they’ve been hard at work learning and practicing the Tibetan dance, Snow-Capped Celebrations in their Chinese ethnic dance class. Originating from the ancient Tibetans’ entertainment of singing and dancing around bonfires, this folk dance style features energetic and festive movements in celebration. In this piece, the short sleeves represent the khata, a traditional ceremonial scarf in Tibetan Buddhism. Being so high up in elevation and close to the skies, dancers use their khatas to express their praise to the heavens.

These dances, along with many others, will be ready with full costumes, props, and backdrops for you to enjoy come December. See you then!

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Calling All SF Area Youth Artists!

Student Life News
October 13, 2022

Submit your best original artwork to the 2022 Fall HSArts Art Competition. This competition aims to uplift talented local youth visual artists and support their artistic passions. Winners will receive a scholarship up to $5,000! Prizes may be applied to any HSArts sponsored program of the awardee’s choosing.

Please visit the Art Competition page for official rules and guidelines.

Deadline is November 15, 2022 at 11:59pm.

*Hudson Contreras, 1st place winner of the 2022 Spring HSArts Art Competition*

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Featured Arts Project of the Week – School Mural

October 13, 2022
Ms. Lucy Cui, Visual Arts Teacher

From beginning to now, the students worked together to help create a beautiful school mural. Students led the design themselves with pattern and color, and then put them on the wall! We divided the wall into several sections, dedicating 3 areas for a spring theme and other 3 for autumn, which represent the 2 seasons of San Francisco! Students used their creativity and imagination to colored the white wall with nature and imaginations. Although it’s only been a week and still work in progress, the artwork already looks promising.

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Musical Theatre Fall Showcase is Friday!

Front Page News
October 13, 2022

HSArts’ Musical Theatre program is excited to invite you to our Fall Showcase! This night of performance will feature a one-act performance of a new play, The Con by Tracy Wells, and vocal selections from Singin’ in the Rain and Aquarius. The Con features an ensemble cast of characters attending a comic book convention. All is not as it seems as the audience discovers a devious plot to steal an expensive comic book is revealed right before our eyes!
Please join us Friday, October 14th at 6 PM! We hope to see many of you there! Make sure to RSVP via this link.

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Musical Theatre Fall Showcase

October 6, 2022

HSArts’ Musical Theatre program is excited to invite you to our Fall Showcase! This night of performance will feature a one-act performance of a new play, The Con by Tracy Wells, and vocal selections from Singin’ in the Rain and Aquarius. The Con features an ensemble cast of characters attending a comic book convention. All is not as it seems as the audience discovers a devious plot to steal an expensive comic book is revealed right before our eyes! Please join us Friday, October 14th at 6 PM! We hope to see many of you there! Please RSVP via this link .

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Featured Arts Class of the Week

October 6, 2022
Ms. Dana Crigler, Ballet Teacher

HSArts middle and high school students are not only trained in classical ballet techniques (Vaganova and Chaccetti), but also learn about musicality, artistry, dance history, and are exposed to different genres of dance (Contemporary, Jazz, etc.). All students have the opportunity to perform classical ballet works from different ballets along with original works choreographed by teachers. For students that have identified they would like to dance in college or perform with professional companies, dance teachers also provide career planning and development to assist students in their goals.

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School Mural

Front Page News
October 6, 2022

HSArts students are designing a school mural for the east wall. The community of students and teachers have voted on 4 beautiful designs by the students with the theme being the only two seasons in San Francisco, Spring and Fall. High school students finished selecting colors and the middle school students will begin working on the wall on Wednesday. Let’s see what they can accomplish!