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Dancers put best foot forward at recital
Mac Olsen
for South Peace News
From the little ballerinas’ performances to the Michael Jackson tribute, members of the Repertoire Dance Society offered a great recital to families and the community.
The society held two performances in the Performing Arts Centre at the Gordon Buchanan Recreation Centre May 1. Brogan Severson, 14, enjoys performing for an audience.
“It’s a rush, you have to be an adrenaline junkie and get over the butterflies,” says Severson.
However, it’s old hat for her, as she has been dancing for five years. She did a lot of the preparation work for the recital, including the program. It will look nice good for her resume, as she wants to make dancing a career.
The event opened with musical theatre entitled “Hard Knock Life,” about orphans commanded to scrub and scrub some more by their wicked overseer of a woman. While she may be a slave driver, they laugh and carry on when she is not there.
Next were the creative moment and group one jazz performances. Then Jake Poloz, dressed in a rabbit suit, hopped around during a musical theatre solo and gave his take about trust and friendship.
Just after Poloz, the trio of Bronte Backs, Hannah Cottingham and Hope L’Hirondelle performed a graceful ballet. Then Marissa Jackson performed a jazz solo and later she performed a musical theatre solo of Little Orphan Annie.
The first steps group and novice hip-hop group demonstrated their talents, too, as did Bailey Shunter and Hayley Cox, who performed a hip-hop duet.
Zoe Barrons, Kaitlyn Cooper, Rhylea Hughes, Emma Keay, Sunny Poloz and Brogan Severson performed a modern dance called “Retreat,” with an anti-war message. Also, members of intermediate hip-hop – Zoe Barrons, Michael Cooper, Emma Keay, Paige L’Hirondelle, Jake Poloz, Elizabeth Potskin, Brogan Severson and Jess Verstappen – performed a tribute to Michael Jackson.
Other dances included jazz solos by Madison Price and Jake Poloz, as well as a lyrical solo by Leann Peyre. The recital ended with a duet by choreographers Nathalie Lussier and Nicki Moore.
Joanne Miller, a committee member for the Repertoire Dance Society, thanks all the dancers, parents, volunteers and others for their involvement.
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The Repertoire Dance Society’s recital opened with the musical theatre performance “Hard Knock Life,” about life in an orphanage. Above,
Brogan Severson, top, holds Emma Keay.
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Emma Keay performed a musical theatre solo about Christmas, with a song from the story, “The Grinch who stole Christmas.” She also performed a lyrical solo later.
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Jared Gomes makes his moves with the novice hip-hop group. Not shown are dance partners Emilie Aubin, Jennifer Barrons, Darbie Billings,
Hannah Dion, Grayce Keay, Eve Keay, Emily Norgaard and Alexa Prpich.
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Under Angela Bodnar’s direction, who choreographed many of the numbers at the recital, Elizabeth Potskin and the rest of the intermediate
hip-hop group performed a tribute to Michael Jackson with a compilation of his songs.
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Under the direction of choreographer Angela Bodnar, Marissa Jackson played the part of Little Orphan Annie for her musical theatre solo,
which she performed early in the recital.
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Under the direction of Angela Bodnar, Bailey Shunter, left, and Hayley Cox performed a hip-hop duet late in the recital.
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The Saturday ballet trio offered a very graceful performance. Above, from front to back are Hannah Cottingham, Bronte Backs and Hope L’Hirondelle.
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The second-last performance was called “Retreat.” At left is Brogan Severson, in front is Rhylea Hughes and at right is Sunny Poloz.
Behind Hughes are Emma Keay and Zoe Barrows and at the top is Kaitlyn Cooper.
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Under Angela Bodnar’s direction, Jessica Smith performed a jazz solo. She also participated with the intermediate hip-hop group, which performed the
Michael Jackson tribute.
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Under Nicki Moore’s direction, Leann Peyre performed a lyrical solo late in the recital. Earlier, Peyre performed the beginner lyrical with
Marissa Jackson and Jessica Smith.
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The recital ended with a duet performance by Nicki Moore, above, and Nathalie Lussier (not shown). Not shown are other choreographers,
Angela Bodnar and Janis Cunningham.
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Danika Aubin was all smiles during the first steps of her performance.
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Late in the recital, the “Shakin’” jazz performance was offered by, left-right, Jessica Smith, Brogan Severson, Emma Keay, Jake Poloz,
Zoe Barrons and Marissa Jackson.
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Jake Poloz performed a couple solos, including the jazz solo above and a musical theatre solo where he dressed up as a rabbit and gave his take
about trust and friendship.
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Under the direction of choreographer Nathalie Lussier, group one ballet made a graceful performance. In the front row, left-right, are
Emilie Aubin, Madison Price and Naomi Strebchuk. In the back row, left-right, are Alexa Prpich, Hayley Cox, Grayce Keay, Chloe Maisonneuve,
Gracie Smith, Malakae Sharkawi and Darbie Billings.
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