Dance Consort has had its auditions and is now working their butts off for their end of semester showcase. Dance Consort is a no-cut sport, anyone is welcome to join. Even if you have a ton of dance experience or little to no experience at all.
Freshman, Heather Sherant, who has recently joined this semester to get an insight into why she tried out and what she loves about Dance Consort. Sherant expressed why she chose to try out, she said she has such a huge love for dance and didn’t want to leave it behind when starting college. Her favorite part about dance is, “[getting] to express [herself] with people who also love dance just as much as I do”.
Lindsey Badeau one of the newest choreographers to Dance Consort, was interviewed. Badeau went into why she chose to be a choreographer this semester, “I’ve been dancing for a long time and I wanted to share what I’ve learned with others in a piece I’m confident in while learning along the way myself!” Having such a large group of dancers for this semester seems to have a given everyone a big outlook and Badeau feels the same way. “We have an amazing group of dancers this semester! So much talent in every one of them! I think we will have a successful year!”
President of Dance Consort, Morgan Houser gave more specific details about her role and about Dance Consort. In her role as president, she checks choreography applications, reserves rooms for dance, organizes practice times, and does the overall planning for every aspect of Dance Consort. Houser mentioned that every dancer can only do a maximum of 6 dances per semester and that they currently have 24 dancers this semester. She also explained that the latest you can join Dance Consort is just before the middle of the semester. This is because it would be a big undertaking to learn a whole dance within a couple of weeks before the showcase.
Something that was mentioned by all three dancers was that they were interviewed with was that Dance Consort is “like a big family”. This is something they all love most about doing Dance Consort here at Lock Haven University. So if you are looking for a new club to join, Dance Consort sounds like they are accepting people with open arms and it’s not too late to join. But if you’re just looking to see a good showcase mark your calendars for the end of November to watch Dance Consort perform.
