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Calendar
Tuesday, Nov. 19
What: A Conversation with Junot Diaz
When: 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Where: Hall Center, Conference Room
About: Discussion with Pulitzer
Prize-winning author Junot Diaz
What: Get a Jumpstart on your Finals Week
When: 12:30 to 12:45 p.m.
Where: Anschutz Library
About: Workshop with the Academic Achievement and Access Center
Wednesday, Nov. 20
What: Last day to drop
What: Last day to drop
When: all day
Where: all university
About: Last day to drop full semester classes, excluding School of Law
What: The Future of Food and Family Farmers: Thinking About Food Utopias
When: Noon to 1 p.m.
Where: ECM Center
About: Lecture with sociology and environmental studies professor Paul Stock
Thursday, Nov. 21
What: Pizza and Politics: In the Eye of the Beholder
Bender
When: Noon to 1 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Centennial Room
About: Pizza and discussion about creative expression with UTNE Reader editor-in-chief Christian Williams
What: Why Radical Connectivity Means the End of Big
When: 5:30 p.m.
Where: Spooner Hall, The Commons
About: Lecture with Nicco Mele on how technology disrupts our lives
Friday, Nov. 22
What: Global Entrepreneurship Celebration
When: 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Lied Center
About: Discussions and networking celebrating entrepreneurship
What: Can Democracy Survive the Digit?
Age?
When: 10 a.m.
Where: Spooner Hall, The Commons
About: Discussion with Nicco Mele
Unity creates bonds to improve performance
KATIE MCBRIDE
kmcbride@kansan.com
At a typical practice for the Unity Hip-Hop dance group, in between sessions of teaching choreography and repeating sections of the dance to nail every move, the group of girls laugh, joke, talk and create bonds that translate into the strength of their performances.
Mackenzie Justis, a junior from Shawnee and president of Unity, said the members all have their own styles in a dance, but, to make the performance look cohesive and clean, they work to become closer not just as dancers, but as friends.
In order to become closer, Unity creates a fun atmosphere during practices, and makes everyone feel comfortable and open with each other, like a family, Justis said.
"You have to know each other," Justis said. "You can't just be a random group of people and look good together."
They also take time outside of practices and performances to spend time together.
"You get so many fun, quirky personalities together, and we have a blast," Metzler said.
justis said she found the small moments to be the most significant, like a conversation, a drive home or one night when it was raining and a group of Unity girls came over to her apartment and watched a movie after opening the windows and lighting candles.
In order to create cohesive dances, Unity works on becoming close as a group of friends, not just dancers. Unity performs at multiple venues, including the Jazzhaus on Nov. 21.
Other times, things like girls' nights, a trip to the pumpkin patch and nights out bring the group closer.
At the start of a new dance, the group figures out who is willing and has the time to create the choreography. Most people don't realize how much thought goes into even a small piece of the dance, said Sara Nguyen, a junior from Garden City and vice president of Unity.
"It takes me hours to choreograph thirty seconds," Justis added. "I get to a choreography
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"I get goosebumps. My heart is pounding. There's just this feeling, and it's a good thing."
being a part of Unity was a movie night they had when they watched "Step Up Revolution." They headed over to a teammate's house, ordered pizza, and they fast-forwarded all through the "bad acting" so they could just watch the dance scenes and get excited about the dances, Metzler said.
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Each dance is tailored to the audience and environment in which it will be performed, which can be
challenging at times. When the group was planning their performance for Late Night in the Phog earlier this semester, they ended up having to change their music a handful of times to keep the songs "family friendly."
Despite restrictions like these, the dancers are able to use the
choreography to "put a piece of art together" that they're passionate about, said Justis.
Nguyen said she doesn't really know where she gets her ideas for choreography, and that it's just "pure creativity" from her brain. A lot of the time, she finds that the lyrics of an individual song will help her to start picturing a dance, while Justis described her choreography as more connected to the "groove" of the song, focusing on the music and intricacies of the background beats.
No matter how anyone acts off the stage, whether they're shy,
scared of people, or afraid to be the person they want to be, when they get up to perform it's a chance to "do something with no fear," according to Nguyen.
"Youd be surprised what you are capable of doing." Nguyen said. Justis and Nguyen described the feeling of performing as fueled with a "confident adrenaline."
"I don't think about anything when I'm performing, but I feel," Nguyen said. "I get goosebumps. My heart is pounding. There's just this feeling, and it's a good thing." Metzler described performing as being completely "in the moment."
and said it gives her a chance to not think about anything except feeling the music. Unity's next performance is Nov. 21 at the Jazzhaus.
Unity auditions are open to anyone with an interest in dance (male or female). If interested, keep an eye out on the Unity Facebook page for an update about tryouts after winter break.
Edited by Sylas May
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