2008 Woodie Awards
A night of dance
Amandine Redington
Issue date: 5/27/08 Section: Entertainment
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This is the sixth dance show that has been held in the CSM theatre, although there have been six informal ones held in the gym. The show featured many different styles of dance including soft-shoe, belly dancing, modern, baton twirling, and hip-hop.
The Friday performance featured CSM dance students, as well as performers from Carlmont High School and the professional Kelly Kemp and Company dance ensemble of San Francisco. While some dances were choreographed by teachers, others were created by the students themselves.
"There is always such a variety and something for everyone," said Jasmine Medina, member of the audience.
The first dance was themed to "Hairspray," and featured students from the adapted P.E. class, "Dancing without Limits," which has about 25 students. The night also featured about 40 students from the CSM Dance Ensemble as well as about 15 guest dancers.
One dance that had an impressive stage was titled "Fright." With the fog machines which were on throughout the number and the light which projected changing colors from the right side of the stage, the dancing with jerky and slithering movements only added to the eeriness of the setup.
Another dance which stood out was "Let Go Surprise." It was danced in a Japanese style called Butoh, which is a form of Japanese dance which originated after the bombing of Hiroshima. The dance is a free form of improvisational choreography in which the dancers expressed themselves to the audience.
To the untrained eye, the overall performance was good. The dancers seemed to know their choreography and there were no noticeable flaws. Another thing that stood out was that all the dancers radiated an excited energy.
I have been coming to the dance show for the past five years and have enjoyed every one of them," said Kristal Moore, member of the audience.
"I'm the most proud of them I've ever been," said Heidi Eggert, director of the show and CSM dance teacher. "They were dedicated all the way to all the details and really put it out there and I couldn't ask for anything more."
This was Eggert's last production at CSM. After six years of teaching dance she is leaving the college for another teaching job at the University of Montana.
"I'm full of mixed emotions because where I'm going is really fantastic because it will be great for my family and professionally it's my dream job," said Eggert. "Leaving here, I'm mostly going to miss the diversity and the people that were here."
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Tryn Miller
posted 5/31/08 @ 11:58 PM PST
I really have enjoyed reading this article because it said a lot about the dance professor's personality and how much every piece of choreography was put together professionally we couldn't have done this production without heidi who really encouraged and inspired us to keep on dancing it is because of the way she taught everyone of her dancers we will never give up dancing as heidi says dancing is in our soul it is what the music does to our bodies we wish all the best of luck in our future as dancers and her future our hearts belongs to the beauty of music and what it does for us we are thankful to have such a talented warm hearted and inspiring professor we all love our dance professor and the beauty she has for a passion of dance and teaching that this article has brought in our lives thank you for the gift of beauty of music that flows in our bodies there is no other person who can replace the one we already have all of us love you so much heidi we are so grateful to have you in
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