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BETHANY CLANCY
Staff Writer
On Tuesday, Nov. 29, Orchesis Dance Company, a student-run dance company, put on their show of the semester, titled “Full Circle.” The show was the culmination of countless hours of work by students choreographing, designing and, of course, dancing.
Some students that were present had been dancing in Orchesis since their freshman year, and, for many, this was their last year and final performance with the group. Sierra Bedient, a junior theatre arts and economics major, who has been with Orchesis since her freshman year, explained what “Full Circle” meant to her.
“Full Circle represents a lot of things. In this particular show, I believe it connects [or] represents the wide range of styles we performed as well as the diversity in cast sizes, from duets all the way up to 16 people,” said Bedient. “On a personal level, this show really made my experiences with the company come full circle. The first show I performed in with Orchesis, which was “Tombé,” we were in the MPR. This is the first show since that one we have performed in the MPR, so it was really nice to feel like my experience was coming ‘Full Circle.’”
Each song in the performance seemed to tell a story, especially their fourth piece titled “Lockdown,” which featured the song “Timmy Turner” by Desiigner.
This piece was put together by Messiah Jacob Ames and featured a dialogue about a school shooting, hence the name “Lockdown.” It was used to bring awareness for safety when it comes to school shootings. The song featured breaks where you could hear a clock ticking, and it had the audience on the edge of their seats waiting for the “gun shot.” Before the show had even started and before this piece, the company gave two warnings, in case it would make anyone in the audience uncomfortable or triggered in any way.
The whole show had pieces with all types of music, duet dances and even some with the whole dance company. There were slow angelic-like dances that soon went right back to fast-paced beats. “Money On My Mind” by Sam Smith, “7 Years” by Lucas Graham, “America” from West Side Story and “The Phoenix” by Fall Out Boy were some of the popular songs used for this performance.