Before covid, we often used our live dance performances as a way to tell stories. From our winter Nutcracker to dance interpretations of classic literature in our July Portfolio, students are involved in the creative process of telling a story through movement. In the spring of 2021 we transitioned our storytelling exercises from movement to illustration and the written word. Footlight students had the opportunity to create an original story of their own in our online Storytelling Workshop. 

Wings

By M.K. Erving
Opal Winslow is a person with griffon wings that lives high up in the clouds, hidden from polluting human civilization. She is about to realize, however, that there is much more to the world than she ever thought. Opal will undergo multiple situations that will test her bravery to the fullest, with concealed passages, ghostly spirits, and annoying foster parents! Finding a portal to go to the ground was not on her life to-do list. 

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​Moonlight on Stars

By Maisy D. Winling
Twilight is a girl who is unsatisfied with her family. But it isn't just annoyance with her siblings like most people, but really that she thinks she doesn't belong there. When she finds out a critical piece of information about her family, Twilight is determined to find out more. But when she starts to speak out, she is swept up in a journey far too brief and confusing for her ever to explain. The only thing that keeps her going is the idea of an aftermath where she really does belong.

Carrot Cake's
​Rules of Being a Cat

By Carrot Cake
​Carrot Cake is a normal, serious, cat. She has normal, serious, rivalries with her fellow housemates, and normal, serious issues with mice. But, not all cats are as normal and serious as her, so she has created a rulebook in which she explains how to properly disperse a crowd; how to give gifts to your so-called owner; how to pose properly for a photo. Follow along with the rules to learn how to behave properly — unless, of course you are not a cat. This book is for cat eyes only. Credit to Carrot Cake for the drawings. Credit too Carrot Cake for the writing and rules. Credit to Carrot Cake for the general book idea. Credit to Carrot Cake for........

Line & Color

By S.C. Lotus
A not yet famous artist, Ezra, feels like his art is locked away and he can’t get it to its full potential. He is late for work and that one day changes his art career forever. Can he finally become a true artist?

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Fire and Water

Lotus is a dog living in a pack in the forest, he goes on about his normal life until disaster makes its way to the pack. The whole pack is in danger- can Lotus help save the pack? Or will the pack’s amazing-heroic history end in ashes?

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Alice Underground

“Fall” into the world of Alice in Wonderland as you read Alice Underground. This story puts a fun twist on the original. In this book though instead of battling an evil queen, Alice must test her wits to find out if she can exit Wonderland. One of Khloe O’Kimberly’s best books.

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The Dark War

My name is Fluffy. I work at KHQ as a spy with my friend Claws. We have been on many missions, but this mission may be something else. We can study the boarder, but will we be able to survive....the demon dog??

Find out what happens in the final battle between cats and dogs.

The Temple Mystery

By Summer
The temple mystery is about four girls who go into the jungle. The girls think they are going on a hike in the jungle but things way off. The girls face complicated challenges that involve getting stuck in a maze and trying to find the way to a giant emerald to escape.
The Stage Left Project is an extension of Center Stage Dance Company of Willow Glen
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