A member of the Utah State University Dance Company rehearses prior to their spring concert ‘Where We Are’ at the Ellen Eccles Theatre on April 9.
LOGAN – The members of the Utah State University Dance Company performed the show Where We Are before a rowdy, enthusiastic crowd of mostly fellow students at the Ellen Eccles Theatre on Saturday.
It was a fun-filled, estrogen-powered show.
USU Dance Company provides an excellent opportunity for dancers on campus to perform.
The team performs at basketball halftimes, the homecoming parade, multiple school events and has created a solid name for itself in a relatively few years.
This was the group’s spring concert, so it was the last time for some of these dancers to strut their stuff.
In their swansong, Eve Barlow and Kari Ludwig choreographed and danced the show’s opener entitled Uppers. They also collaborated on Tumbling Lights, All Day and Night and If I Had a Boat.
The pair also shared credit with Cali Stephenson for the spirited dance called Shake Your Body. Stephenson also choreographed Fade.
Senior Venessa Farr choreographed Battleground, which was aptly named, and Savanna Koerner Buck, the Dance Company’s president, called the shots on Dial Tone.
Finally, Sarah Haslam gave a predictably sexy vibe to The Name’s Bond … James Bond, danced to the theme from the film “Goldfinger.”
Seniors were by no means the only ones to demonstrate their talents as choreographers.
Sophomores Alli Terry and Maia Strong choreographed Blue World for the underclassmen Allison Lingmann, Grace Barlow, Hannah Davison, Hannah Widdison, Kassidy Payne, Kosette Hobbs, Lexie Allred, Sarah Haslam and Sydney Jenkins. And themselves, of course.
Space Ghost was an interesting dance, choreographed by sophomore Hannah Widdison.
As was From the Dust, choreographed by Kossette Hobbs.
Hannah Davison, a sophomore, shared credit for the dance Still Brazy with freshman Allison Lingmann.
Then there were the freshmen.
Abigail Budge created a role for herself, along with Grace Barlow, Lindsey Hansen and Lizzie Hales when she choreographed Gooey, a refreshingly odd little quartet dance.
Lexie Allred choreographed No Role; Sienna Hunt did Fly As Me; Aubrey Pavich did Trainwreck; and Lizzi Hales did the exuberant Change is Everything.
All of those showed surprising talent for someone so young and we look forward to seeing more of those women in the future.
The less said about the boys — who attempted to do shtick while the dancers were changing costumes — the better.