Castilleja Dance Performance: The Future's So Bright

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Recently, I had the pleasure of seeing the performance The Future's So Bright performed beautifully by the Castilleja Dance Department and Production Workshop at Castilleja Private School. At first glance, this performance space looked like an average stage in a small auditorium, yet then the lights dimmed and it turned into a bright, musical, spectacular performance of dance.

Prior to the actual dance, the school put together a well written slide show to help the audience visualize the issue of focus, which was to help create a better learning environment in east Palo Alto. After this was shown a wonderful ensemble of dancers proceeded onto the stage. The upbeat music started playing and all the dancers began to carry out many exciting and

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