Meet Kennedy L | Dogwood Dance Company Feature | Year Seven
This is my seventh year working with Dogwood’s Dance Company and showcasing their talents through my camera. It has been such an honor getting to know so many dancers over the years, As a former middle school teacher I love this age and it fills my heart to get to know these dancers and work them in such a fun setting every year!
The Dogwood Dance Company was established in 2016. It is an audition-based student dance company from Dogwood Middle School, an arts integrated school located in Richmond, VA. Company members study Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Improvisation, and Composition within the Binford dance program. The company has performed throughout the community including: The 2019 Superintendent’s State of the Schools Address, Generation Dream, Richmond Public Schools Fine Arts Festival, Strawberry Street Festival, Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology, Petersburg Home for Ladies, and Cedarfield Retirement Community. The company also had the opportunity to perform in the music videos “Have It All” and “Love Is Still The Answer” by Jason Mraz. The Dogwood Dance Company inspires students to find their own voice through performance and choreography while learning valuable skills in the rehearsal process including collaboration, respect, and confidence.
This year the company dancers met at the Branch Muesuem and chose their favorite spots to showcase their movement and choreography they have learned through this year’s dance curriculum.
MEET Kennedy l
Kennedy L. - 6th Grade
I started dancing at the age of 4. My parents signed me up for this dance class at Richmond Ballet, and I loved it. I did that until I was about 5 or 6. Then I went to tap dancing and I liked that too but not as much as ballet. I also have taken hip hop and modern dance classes which were all held at Pine Camp. I then took another ballet and hip hop class at Grace Arts Dance Studio.Then I took a break from dance and went to competiteve cheer at Crown Athletics. I started that at 10 years old and I still cheer for Crown. Dance can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people, but to me dance doesn’t just really have to be just dance it can have a message behind it. I love dance because it can express emotion that you may not be able to express through words. Also I am pretty good at it and I like doing stuff I'm good at.
