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After months of preparation and rehearsal, our students and teachers from across the school finally brought the classic Chicago Musical to life on the 7th and 8th of December.

On Wednesday October 5th, we welcomed Backyard Theatre Ensemble (BYTE), an Australian theatre company, and drama students from BVIS Hanoi for an amazing day of hands-on learning and watching of the touring production of Hedda, Nora, Julie and me.

Leeel Kwak, our Year 7 student, was recently admitted as a second violin member of the Vietnam Youth Orchestra (VYO).

Following a challenging year of virtual school and a postponed school musical, the Performing Arts team were eager to showcase the amazing talent of BIS students this summer term.

Our students were invited to submit a recording of themselves playing the traditional march "Slaidburn" by William Rimmer, and over 100 videos from 35 of our schools across 21 countries were submitted.

Excitement in the Performing Arts department reached new heights this week thanks to a range of fascinating activities - including a special dance workshop with Juilliard specialist Hilary Easton on Tuesday, and an invitation to this year’s Virtual Young Musician of the Year.

We are extremely lucky to enjoy the benefits of Nord Anglia’s collaboration with The Juilliard School across the age range at BIS, with access to curriculum resources, staff develop opportunities, global projects and world-class professionals in theatre, dance and music.

This week saw three performances of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by students from across the Secondary School, bringing together musicians, actors, technicians and managers to give life to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famous musical.

Thursday, 3rd December, saw over 150 students from across the school perform in our Winter Concert. This event brought together students from Year 2 through to Year 13 to share their Performing Arts learning from both ECAs and the classroom. The Auditorium was full, the audience was excited and the students rose to the occasion: without exception each ensemble performed superbly.

This term, Performing Arts Department decided to run some lunchtime activities for our keenest thespians to come along and have opportunities to act and dance outside of lessons. As a result, ‘Starbird’ was born.

Results are in! We are delighted to share with you that out of the 850 Nord Anglia pupils that entered the Young Musician of the Year Competition 3 BIS Hanoi Students are amongst those receiving awards.

As school life returns to normal, the Performing Arts department have been swinging back in to action to see out the month with two exciting Live Lunch performances.

Salla Saarikangas from Juilliard joined us on Thursday and Friday this week to explore the Juilliard dance resources and see how dance is working in our school.

We are pleased to announce that Nord Anglia have opened applications for the Summer Performing Arts with Juilliard 2020. Applications are open until 1st April 2020 and the programme will take place in July 2020 in three different international locations; Geneva, Shanghai and Florida.

On Wednesday, December 04, BIS Winter Concert was hosted in the festively decorated auditorium where talented students came together to dance, sing, act and play music that they have learnt from the Extra Curricular Performing Arts programme this term.

Christmas is coming and at BIS Hanoi, we celebrate the day with many different ways. One of which is our special Live Lunch – Winter Editions that excited many parents and students and got them into the Christmas spirit!

Our instrumental lessons for the 2019/2020 calendar year with lessons resuming on Monday 9th September. Deadline extended for instrumental lesson sign-ups until Tuesday, September 3rd.

We are incredibly proud to announce that our talented student, Eric Jang (soon to be in Year 6), recently took 1st prize in the 5th Chopin International Piano Competition in Thailand. Following on from that success, he also went on to take 2nd & 3rd place in the Hong Kong International Piano Competition.

Almost 160 students and teachers from nine schools across Southeast Asia participated in a three-day event for young talented musicians led by Juilliard-affiliated conductor.

This week, we are hosting the first Southeast Asia region Nord Anglia Performing Arts Festival in collaboration with The Juilliard School from April 2-5.