Shearwater’s Wearable Arts performance is a mesmerising production now in its 24th year of excellence. The WAVE (Wearable Arts Vision in Education) show for 2024, Deja vu, is now upon us.
From the music and costume designs, to the soaring dancers, the atmosphere is filled with the elation of performing.
Around 290 seats per show have been fully booked from December 4 to 7, and this year’s Wearable Arts performance is sure to be an enchanting one to say the least.
The performance encapsulates all aspects of the artistic realm combined in one fantastical event.
Inspired since little
Year 11 WAVE performer, Amani Wiriyanjara, told The Echo, ‘WAVE has inspired me so much since I was little. I used to watch it when I was in primary school, and I was so excited when I got to be a part of this amazing production.’
Amani has been a significant part of these shows for the past five years now, and dedicates herself to the artistic world with her input of dance, circus and singing. ‘It is my passion to be on stage, and WAVE gives me the opportunity to do that.
‘During WAVE I feel like it’s a great opportunity for students to experience working with each other to achieve an amazing goal. It’s great how everyone learns how much actually goes into putting on a production.’
Students engage in a surplus of creative passions; from dancing, designing and modelling, to the live music that fits, in congruence, with the performances. Each aspect comes together forming a special and authentic experience that displays costumes made by incredible artists within our community.
Collaborating with the community and providing amazing opportunities for students, WAVE has served as an impactful and heart filled event for the rising students of Shearwater for 24 years.
- Nes Lebovits is a work experience student
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