Annual Spring Dance Faculty and Guest Artist Concert

STAR // Dennae Taylor

Spring Dance performers on Thursday.

On Thursday, April 27 the Theater Arts and Dance department put on the Spring Dance faculty and guest artist concert. The concert showcased the talented students of the theater arts and dance department who performed for a crowd of around 40 at Person Theater. A little more than half of the seats were taken but there were still enough to accommodate anyone running late. Those who attended were able to purchase tickets online and also at the ticket window near the theater entrance. SSU students were able to get free tickets while regular tickets cost 12 dollars. Throughout the entire show there was applause and cheering from the crowd not only was the weather warm but so was the atmosphere.

Two student dancers introduced the show at the beginning by discussing the dances and how excited they were to perform for an audience.Every dance that was showcased had unique choreography as well as its own wardrobe. Between each dance, the dancers would switch their wardrobe which  gave some time for anyone that might need to step out for a bathroom break to do so. It was easy to tell that a significant amount of family and friends of the dancers were in the crowd because of all the cheering and names being called out.

Leslie Alvarado was one such person who had a friend performing. Alvardo, who is a third-year nursing major, told the Star,” My friend has been working hard all semester for this show. I’m so glad that I was able to come out and show my support for her.” A performance that stood out was the poem called “Perfect”. This poem looked at perfectionism and the trouble it may cause someone mentally, physically, and spiritually. First-year communications major Jared Huff said,” One of my favorite parts of the show was the poem because of how well it was delivered. I could feel that they really cared about what they were talking about.”

It was easy to see just how passionate the students were about their routines. Third-year biology major Alex Elias mentioned how physically difficult it must have been to perform each routine, especially the ones where there was a lot of running and choreography. Elias said,”It looks like it could have been a workout. I noticed some of them were out of breath by the end of the performance. After the final section of the night was done all the participants gathered on stage for a bow. Attendees were also asked to stick around at the end for a Q and A section with the dancers and choreographers.