Dance

Fiesta begins today with food, fun, music
By Erin Castaneda
June 19, 2008
The 27th annual St. John’s Mexican Fiesta will kick off Friday night complete with Mexican food, live music, dancing and family fun. One of the key features of the fiesta is traditional Latin dancing performed every year by Fiesta Folklorica, a group of about 35 people from ages 7 to 18. “I’m looking forward to the kids having a good time,” said LaShane Starr, director of the Lawrence dance group.
Razzle dazzle
Dazzlers Christian Dance group marks decade of moving to unique beat
By Sarah Henning
May 30, 2008
Girls line the stage, black dance shoes highlighting each outfit. They kick, spin and jump as kid-safe “Hannah Montana” and “High School Musical” tunes blare as they get good feel for the large stage in Free State High School’s auditorium.
6News video: CJH puts on dancing shoes
By Lindsey Slater
May 7, 2008
A dance team at Central Junior High plans to hit the stage for cerebral palsy.
Sunday night fever
Seniors don’t miss a step after dances move
By Alexander Parker
April 28, 2008
When Mona Kelter and Frank Knernschield step onto the dance floor, they’re prepared to stay there.
Dancers ready spring concert
By Terry Rombeck
April 25, 2008
Relationships, headless figures and spiritual paradigms will be among the topics explored during the 940 Dance Company’s spring concert tonight and Saturday.
Renowned members of dance scene collaborate with KU performers for shows
J-W Staff Reports
April 15, 2008
Works by a Lawrence-native choreographer and a well-known tap dancer will highlight performances this week by the University Dance Company at Kansas University.
Out of the shadows
KU graduate finds fame with Pilobolus Dance Theatre
By Terry Rombeck
March 11, 2008
Last year, the Pilobolus Dance Theatre company wowed the nation with its performance at the Academy Awards.
Ballroom dancing gaining favor as next potential Olympic sport
By Suzette Laboy - Associated Press Writer
December 25, 2007
Both Evgeny Dyachenko and Inna Ivanenko spend hours in the gym lifting weights. Five, six days a week they practice at the ballet bar to keep their legs and backs strong, squeezing in yoga or pilates classes to help with their stretching.
Bonner Springs girl lands lead role in ballet
By Jesse Truesdale - jtruesdale@theworldco.info
November 23, 2007
For one Bonner Springs 12-year-old, this holiday season will be more memorable than most. The dancer landed the lead role in a production of one of the best-known ballets in the world. Madison Epp, a seventh-grader at Clark Middle School, is playing the part of Clara in the Kansas City Ballet’s production of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker.”
Dynamic dance
Incoming artistic director reinvents Lawrence troupe
By Mindie Paget
November 17, 2007
Susan Rieger watches intently as six dancers move slowly across the studio floor, winding around and rolling over one another in a series of carefully choreographed lifts and passes. She consults her notes, stops the dancers and turns off the Tin Hat Trio tune that’s been accompanying their movements. “Here’s something I’d like to try,” Rieger says, reworking a detail. She asks the dancers to repeat the sequence.
Review: KU Dance Company exhibits grace, versatility in first autumn show
By Dean Bevan - Special to the Journal-World
November 17, 2007
The Kansas University Dance Company performed the first of two fall concerts Thursday evening to a substantial house at the Lied Center. Varied styles in six dances showcased the choreographic skill of KU dance faculty as well as the versatility of the 23 student dancers.
Showcase to introduce new 940 dance company
November 15, 2007
Susan Rieger took over as artistic director of the 940 dance company this summer, but a Saturday performance at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H., will mark the first time local audiences will have a chance to see her work — performed by five new dancers and one company veteran.
Twyla Tharp Work anchors KU dance concerts
By Mindie Paget
November 12, 2007
Jerel Hilding remembers that it wasn’t easy to earn the praise of legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp. Hilding performed in three Tharp works as a member of the Joffrey Ballet.
A graceful approach to gym
Four area elementary schools are shaking up PE class with lessons in dance
By Lindsey Slater
November 2, 2007
There is a certain age for boys and girls that could be called the “yuck” stage. That’s the years before middle school, when neither gender wants to have anything to do with the other. So when the Lawrence Schools Foundation received money from donors who wanted to see ballroom dancing brought to the city’s elementary schools to put a twist on physical education, teachers were faced with a challenge.
6News video: Dancing isn’t just for the stars anymore
By Lindsey Slater
November 1, 2007
It's dancing with the sixth-graders at Lawrence's Quail Run Elementary. 6News reporter Lindsey Slater has more on the stepping and swinging.

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