< five weeks of rehearsing body rolls, hip thrusts and sassy eyes, the 165 participants in Ebony performed in the Great Space of Sayles-Hill last weekend.
“The dancers worked really hard for this and gave a great show,” said Ebony Director Chelsea Lau ‘12.
This year’s Ebony performance consisted of sixteen dances, all choreographed and performed by students.
“It was really fun and the audience really got into it, especially when there was [Ebony] crawling,” says Zoe Abdel-Moneim ’15, who attended the shows on both Friday and Saturday. Indeed, the crowd erupted each time the dancers hit the floor for the notorious dance move.
The dances ranged from *NSYNC to The Script, Lady Gaga to Nicki Minaj.
“There were a lot of fun dances and a lot of exciting costumes,” Jacob McNaughton ’14 said.
Each dance had a costume theme, including gold and black, nerdy and Britney pop, and highlighting the amount of student creativity that goes into Ebony.
The dances styles were just as varied as the costumes.
“This term has been a lot different from most Ebony terms because it featured a lot more lyrical pieces,” said Torre Edahl ’14, a choreographer and dancer.
The upbeat, sexier dances also got love from the audience. McNaughton deemed the risqué “Naughty Girl” his favorite because “the best dances are the ones that are so sexual they become comical.”
Ebony certainly delivered on this front. The group finale to “Oops, I Did It Again” by Britney Spears particularly exemplified the fun attitude that Ebony promotes. Although the number of dancers in this piece seemed too big for the space, the feisty moves and high energy of the dancers made it a perfect conclusion for the show.
“I was really nervous because this was my first time as a director, but they all blew the performance out of the water and made me very proud,” Lau said.
Lady Gaga to Nicki Minaj. “There were a lot of fun dances and a lot of exciting costumes,” says Jacob McNaughton ’14.
Each dance had a costume theme, including gold and black, nerdy, and Britney pop. The variety of the costumes highlighted the student creativity element of Ebony and added to the excitement of the overall performance.
The dances styles were just as varied as the costumes. “This term has been a lot different from most Ebony terms because it featured a lot more lyrical pieces,” explained Torre Edahl ’14, a choreographer and dancer.
The upbeat, sexier dances also got love from the audience. McNaughton says that the risque “Naughty Girl” was his favorite because “the best dances are the ones that are so sexual they become comical.”
Ebony certainly delivered on this front. The group finale to “Oops, I Did It Again” by Britney Spears particularly exemplified the fun attitude that Ebony promotes. Although the number of dancers in this piece seemed too big for the space, the feisty moves and high energy of the dancers made it a perfect conclusion for the show.
“The dancers worked really hard for this and gave a great show,” said Director Chelsea Lau. “I was really nervous because this was my first time as a director, but they all blew the performance out of the water and made me very proud.”