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Dancers juggle school,social life
By Candis Stiles
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Morgan Dreyer, Emporia sophomore, Jun Kuribayashi, Lawrence junior, and Kristin Vaglio, Leawood senior, practiced dance moves in front of a wall of mirrors in a dance studio in Robinson Center. Dancers auditioned for the University Dance Company in late January. Dreyer, Kuribayashi and Vaglio made the company.
Members of the University Dance Company live for dance. From the tough tryouts to the time demands, they basically have to.
The Company's members are selected every semester and their numbers usually range from 20 to 30 dancers.
we usually have 40 to 50 people try out and we have had as many as 80," said Beau Hancock, president of the Company.
The group prepares five to six pieces for its performance at the end of the semester. The pieces are choreographed by faculty in the dance department and guest choreographers.
The number of pieces a dancer participates in determines the amount of time dedicated during the semester. Dance experience is not required to try out. All types of dance are practiced, but most pieces relate to ballet, modern and jazz styles. Members are strongly advised to take technical dance classes outside of the company to build strength in their bodies and learn proper form.
Meggi Sweeney, Carrollton Mo., freshman, came into the Company with eight years of dance experience. Being from a small town Sweeney felt limited by what she could learn in Carrollton. She went to dance summer camps in high school to extend her knowledge and skill beyond what she could get at home. Sweeney tries to balance her time between dance, school and her social life. She is also involved in the KU honors program and the Pi Beta Phi sorority.
The most important event for the University Dance Company is a performance at the Lied Center at the end of each semester.
"It's hard getting to know your sorority sisters and be a member of the dance company because of the commitment involved in
A double major in Dance and American Studies, Hancock said it is not uncommon to spend all day and most of the evening in the studio.
both." she said.
Members of the company said there was a lack of interest in dance performance at the University of Kansas because people were unsure of the show's content. Hancock said students had
negative stereotypes of ballet, jazz and modern dancing.
This semester's performance will be Thursday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Friday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m.
- Edited by Kevin Flaherty
Early bird special at the Rec Center
By Amanda O'Toole
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Small drops of perspiration formed on her upper lip. She didn't wipe them away; she just kept moving at a steady pace on the elliptical trainer, her blond ponytail swayed as she moved.
It was just past 7:30 a.m. and Nancy Stiles' hour on the trainer was almost up. The Prairie Village freshman does this routine every morning at the Student Fitness Recreation Center. She said she worked out early in the morning because she wanted to feel good about her body. Plus it gives her extra energy to take on her day. Stiles said she is more alert during the day and more awake in classes.
"It's just a part of my day," she said. "I don't have to even think about it anymore. I just do it."
According to Lezlie Tate, the center's facilities supervisor. Stiles is one of about 300 people
who work out at the Rec Center every day before 8 a.m. Tate said people who work out in the mornings are serious about staying in shape because it takes dedication to work out early in the morning.
"It's the best time to work out," he said. "It keeps people on schedule with their priorities and gives them a better attitude about their day."
Chris Ryan, Overland Park sophomore, said the center had better equipment than Robinson did. Ryan goes to the center three to four mornings throughout the week to work on different machines and lift free-weights. He alternates from working his arms to working his lower body. On arm days, he works on four different machines and does three sets of 10 reps with a 60-lb., dumbbell. He notes his progress in a notebook that he carries with him as he goes machine to machine. He's used to lifting. He had to lift
all through high school for football and rugby training. He continues now for personal satisfaction and stress relief. He said it was rewarding for him to be able to physically see his progress.
Rob Sands, Kansas City, Kan., junior, said he was required to go to the Rec. Center at 6 a.m. twice a week for Crew training, which consists of rowing for 45 minutes to an hour as well as running. The other three days a week Sands spends in the Martial Arts room and uses the boxing equipment. He does that for about an hour in the morning. He goes back around 4 p.m. to meet his lifting partner. He brings a gallon-jug full of water with him each trip he makes and it's always empty when he leaves. Sands spends 14 to 15 hours a week at the Rec. Center. Even though Sands is dedicated to his workout, he said he still struggles to make himself go from time to time.
ing well or something like that and I just don't feel like going," he said.
He remedies this by having a workout partner.
"There'll be days I'm not feel-
"You're not only ruining your workout if you don't go, but your workout partners as well," he said. "I have to go so I don't ruin his workout too."
Sands said he preferred to beat the rush and work out in the morning.
"I don't like to wait for the equipment," he said. "I'm usually pretty pumped about working out. It kind of kills it if you have to wait."
Sands said there was a different atmosphere at the Rec. Center in the mornings at the in the afternoons. People are more serious in the mornings and more social in the afternoons.
"For most people going to the gym is more social than for fitness," he said.
- Edited by Henry C. Jackson
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