Performing Arts

Inter House

This annual competition pits the Houses against each other in solo and group singing, dancing and instrumental categories. The variety of performances is astounding: one might see traditional Bharata Natyam followed by popping and robot dancing. One year, a performer went straight from a stunning rendition of Rachmaninoff on the piano to playing a Metallica song in a guitar battle! What makes the event so special though is the teamwork and unity: not only the students co-operation on their performances with members of their own House but their readiness to cheer on their competitors too.

Concerts

The Senior School's annual concert is one of the most anticipated events of the year. The pioneering combination of different dance genres and live music with choral and solo singing has made the shows famous in Colombo. They highlight the international nature of the school though music from around the world including dances from the Maldives, Korea and India. Revolve took the audience from the Jazz Age to the 21st century, beginning with the Charleston in the Roaring Twenties and ending with futuristic dances that amazed those watching with special effects and technological wizardry.

The professionalism of the productions makes it hard to believe the performers are so young, with stunning costumes, state-of the-art sound and lighting effects and lighting fast scene and costume changes. This is all the more impressive considering that everything is done by the students themselves: they come up with the theme, design the posters and publicity, choose and arrange the songs, and choreograph all the dancing. Often over half the school is involved in some way, including as many as seventy appearing on stage.