Orchesis combines popular music with personal messages in fall showcase
Reading Time: 5 minutesOrchesis Dance Company had their fall showcase earlier this month, which was full of popular music, cheering and excitement. ...
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TADA gives a behind-the-scenes look at backstage elements of a production
Reading Time: 3 minutesMIA CIECHALSKI Life & Arts Editor Design Elements from the TADA production of Book Women Photo by DREW PALUCH | Photo Editor Until April 17, students are receiving a sneak peek at the behind-the-scenes elements of the university’s biggest productions. Through their newest exhibit, the Emmitt Christian Gallery is giving......
Natasha McCandless presents Fredonia with a new face and optimistic attitude
Reading Time: 3 minutesMIA CIECHALSKI Staff Writer Amidst the closed-offness that lingers from what seems like never-ending Fredonia snowstorms, it is rare to see anyone, professor or student alike, become excited by the return to a perpetually snowy Fredonia. New adjunct professor Natasha McCandless appears to challenge this assumption. McCandless has recently joined......
Position changes in dance excite students
Reading Time: 2 minutesMIA CIECHALSKI Special to The Leader Professor Sam Kenney was just recently promoted as the new dance area coordinator for SUNY Fredonia’s dance department on Friday, Aug. 25. A new change has been put in place not just for the faculty, but also for the students at SUNY Fredonia. On......
Dancing into spring with the Fredonia Dance Ensemble
Reading Time: 3 minutesRACHEL BAYER Special to The Leader From left to right, Kaylee Brott, Kory Randles, Gianna Dobrich, Angelina Rand, Eleanor Fish, Nicolena Treasure, Mackenzie Phelps. Photos via Douglass Osborne-Coy. This spring, the Fredonia Dance Ensemble put dance majors in the spotlight for two days. On March 24 and 25, the FDE......
EnFusion Dance Team seeking out new members with Freestyle Friday’s
Reading Time: 3 minutesALANA WINGATE Staff Writer In an effort to get students interested in joining the team and experiencing what they have to offer, the Fredonia EnFusion dance team kicked off their semester with a Freestyle Friday following the campus Activities Night. Iaisha Babb, President of the EnFusion dance team, is a......
EnFusion brings dance to new audiences + gallery
Reading Time: 4 minutesWILL KARR Staff Writer In order to be a dancer, many people believe that one must have classical or formal training. However, Iaisha Babb, a senior dance major and the president of SUNY Fredonia’s EnFusion dance team, is working to change this narrative, showing that anyone can become a dancer. ......
Hopping into spring with Fredonia’s Spring Formal
Reading Time: 2 minutesTYLER LYBOLT Special to The Leader Many freshmen and sophomores studying at SUNY Fredonia missed their high school junior and senior proms due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Residence Assistance Program (RAP) wanted to provide an experience for those who may have missed the opportunity to dress up for......
Photo gallery: SUNY Fredonia Spring Formal 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minutePhotographs by Derek Raymond, Photo Editor of The Leader. “Step into Wonderland” was the theme of the Resident Assistant Advisory Board’s first-ever Spring Formal....
Photo gallery: Sigma Gamma Phi’s Danceathon
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDEREK RAYMOND Photo Editor...