Gallery: WACSmash showcases visual and performing arts
The world arts and cultures/dance department's showcase, WACSmash, celebrates the visual and performing arts cultivated by dance students.
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Many of the WACSmash dances focus on audience engagement through off-stage dancing, sensory experiences and ground-level stages.
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"Mad Haus" by Raphael Smith, fourth-year dance student. Smith's dance features hip-hop dancing with Vogue Femme fundamentals to portray rebellion against the strict masculine standards and stereotypes he grew up with.
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"Ego on a Ledge" by Matthew Rogers, fourth-year world arts and cultures student. Rogers' original choreographed piece stems from thoughts of depression and anxiety, which he experienced over the past several years.
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"External Dialogue" by Michelle May, third-year dance student. May incorporated tap dance into her choreography for WACSmash, which moves from dark, quiet movements to faster floor work and tempo.
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"On Trials" choreographed by fourth-year dance and communication student Kelsey Manes.
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"The costume box under my bed" choreographed by fourth-year dance student Hannah Clarke.
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"Solo/Duo" choreographed by fourth-year dance student Lissette Argoud.
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"Open Eyes" choreographed by third-year dance student CJ Erasme.
