JULY 14TH 2011
Dance Honours: Bethany Kayser
Bethany’s involvement in the Studio has given her the opportunity to be part of the, Grahamstown based ‘First Physical Theatre Youth Company’, to perform at the National Arts Festivals and to perform at every opportunity the school has to offer. She has danced solos at the Eastern Cape Eistedfodd, receiving Double Gold and main parts in the school productions, Magpie Love(d) and Footloose. Through this she has also developed her choreographic and leadership skills. She has been an exceptional Dance Captain, organising fund-raisers and getting the whole school involved in Studio activities through dance marathons and movie evenings.
She works tirelessly on improving her technique and her expressive performance. She is focussed on her dream of pursuing dance professionally and this has led her to participate in classes with exceptional teachers in Cape Town, New York and London. She is completely dedicated to the art of Dance and Performance and this she shares with the other members of the Studio in her role as Captain and often as teacher.
Bethany is most deserving of the highest praise the school has to offer.
Arts Honours Award(s) - Drama, Art and Dance - Kei-Ella Loewe
Kei-Ella Loewe has been an actress of distinction at The DSG and College since she was at St. Andrew’s Pre-Primary school - with her highly proficient playing of the lead role in the musical of Alice in Wonderland when she was at DSG Junior now being repeated in an acclaimed performance as the female lead in Footloose. Her focused characterisation of the granny in Happily Abba After is also well remembered, along with her extremely funny portrayals of the unwitting psycho-killer in last year’s Senior House Plays, and her fat school boy in the Junior ones.
Kei-Ella has been actively involved in drama at The DSG in both the playing in and conceptualising and directing of House Plays, at Eisteddfods and in Trinity Drama, for which she received a distinction for her Advanced Performance Diploma last year. She organises drama at the school, and she is performing at The National Arts Festival.
Kei-Ella has shown the necessary high level of dedication in both service to, and skill in, drama to be awarded Honours in Drama.
Furthermore, Kei-Ella has revealed an extremely high level of skill in, and service to, all of the arts at The Diocesan School for Girls. She has received Colours Awards in Drama and Dance, Half Colours for Chamber Choir and Highly Commended for Art. Kei-Ella has been visible as a choreographer and dancer, in The Dance Studio, and as a member of the First Physical Theatre’s Youth Company for three years, performing at National Arts Festivals and the Schools’ Festival. She has done the art work for posters and drawn backdrops for dance and theatre productions, and is an accomplished visual artist. She has also shown great skill on stage, including musically as a singer.
Kei-Ella has revealed the necessary high level of skill in, and dedication to, the arts, to be awarded Arts Honours.
