062 ARTS & CULTURE
Academy’s young dancers celebrate success in rock challenge
Beacon Academy Performing Arts are celebrating achieving second place at the UK Rock Challenge 2018 at The Hawth in Crawley. Thirty-five dancers from Crowborough’s Beacon Academy competed in the national competition, performing a piece exploring the topical issue of self-image.
Rock Challenge® UK and J Rock events encourage young people to make positive life choices and be their best without the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs. Rock Challenge® UK is part of the Global Rock Challenge™ and is the foundation’s main activity every year for promoting this cause. Year 12 student, Jack, introduced the dance, an interpretation of the story of Medusa, entitled Skin Deep, reciting: “Once upon a time lived a beautiful girl named Medusa. Cursed by gods, Medusa was turned into a gorgon with hissing snakes as hair. Mythology suggests this occurred due to Medusa’s vanity and obsession with her complexion. Our interpretation narrates modern day self-image, unfolding the pressures for young people to comply with rigid beauty regimes in order to feel beautiful.”
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Judges of the internationally-acclaimed competition praised Beacon Academy students for the professionalism of their performance, the multi-layered messaging in their production and the way they communicated with the audience. As a result of this, Beacon Academy
won nine excellence awards across various categories, including choreography, stage use, performance skill, entertainment, drama, soundtrack, video performance, concept and lighting – and then went on to achieve second place in the Southern Regional Competition.
Coming next month…
Make a date in your diary for the third annual Chiddingstone Castle Literary Festival, taking place in Chiddingstone, Edenbridge, from Sunday 6th-Tuesday 8th May.
The festival is for story-lovers of all ages
providing exciting talks and performances from famous authors, poets and theatrical groups, all set within the castle’s historic rooms and grounds. There will be a series of author talks aimed at adults and teenagers on Sunday 6th, a number of family-orientated events will take place on Bank Holiday Monday 7th May and Tuesday 8th will focus on children’s author talks especially aimed at school groups.
• For a full programme of events, times, tickets and prices, visit www.
chiddingstonecastle.org.uk/literary-festival/
A Boundless Summer spectacular
The inaugural summer festival, A Boundless Summer, which takes place in the glorious historical grounds of Borde Hill Garden in Haywards Heath on 7th-8th July, has clinched UB40 (plus support ASWA) and The Gipsy Kings (featuring Nicolas Reyes and Tonnino Baliardo) as headline acts, with further special guest to be confirmed in the countdown to the concert, set to become a highlight of the UK festival calendar, with tickets starting at just £40 per adult (booking fees apply). The concerts will take place in the beautiful parkland setting in front of the lakes and with the backdrop of the Elizabethan mansion house. There will be a good quality range of
catering and refreshments available to purchase on-site, and guests are able to pre-order a picnic hamper for collection on the evening of the show, to enjoy in the grounds. Attendees will also be able to bring in small camping chairs and picnic blankets from which to enjoy the concerts. • For more information, or for tickets, visit
www.boundlesssummer.
co.uk or
www.bordehill.co.uk/events
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