Fifty-one students from the Canadian College of Performing Arts, their mentors and their instructors will ensure the show goes on despite the ongoing pandemic.

Undaunted by the news that COVID-19 would bring their rehearsals for DisneyB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址ies to a halt B次元官网网址� at least in the traditional sense B次元官网网址� four weeks before its scheduled engagement at the McPherson Playhouse, the Oak Bay-based theatre school staff and students crafted a modern solution.

B次元官网网址淲e are incredibly proud of the staff and students involved who have fully embraced the challenge of transitioning a live intimate art form to the digital world with some surprising outside-the-box solutions,B次元官网网址� said Caleb Marshall, CCPA managing artistic director.

The year-end musical is a core component of the Diploma ProgramB次元官网网址檚 required performance hours. Determined to fulfill that educational objective the production and creative team created a new performance experience with a digital alternative.

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Director-Choreographer Jessica Hickman and Music Director Heather Burns came up with a new method of creating and capturing work that had already been rehearsed by the showB次元官网网址檚 youthful cast, now in isolation in their homes from coast to coast.

B次元官网网址淢anaging these types of challenges and being required to think creatively to find alternate solutions for going forward is an invaluable lesson we hope they will carry with them throughout their careers,B次元官网网址� said Burns, also the director of education and programming.

With the support of Technical and Production Director RJ Peters and B次元官网网址 Editor Pedro Siquieria, the students and creative team captured a digital musical through a fusion of audio, video and drone footage from 51 students.

A short video of the studentsB次元官网网址� cover of Seize the Day from B次元官网网址ies will be released online at on Saturday, April 25 at noon.

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