Meet Ava, our student correspondent extraordinaire! Ava has
been a Pegasus student for years and years. She brings joy to each and every
dance class and we are so happy that she will be writing for our blog. Ava not
only works hard in her dance classes but she is one of our dedicated Pegasus
Performance Group dancers as well. Ava has a wonderful attitude and commitment
in everything she does and we are excited to read her blog posts.
The weather at Dusk Dances on Saturday night
definitely DIDN’T put a damper on things. Even though it rained, many people
came out to Withrow Park to watch 5 SPECTACULAR dance pieces.
The night started with music from contemporary
string band “Moonshiner’s Daughter”.
The music got everyone on their feet, and grooving along. Lots of the
little kids attending were running around, and dancing their hearts out.
After the music had finished up, our host Ryan
Egan guided everyone to our first venue in the park to watch the world premiere
of the piece “The Horlogium”. It consisted of a woman playing the accordion,
dressed in a long, flowing white dress. Under the dress were four dancers who
were actually ATTACHED to the dress. The concept of the piece was these four
dancers trying to convince a businesswoman to join their dance. The piece had
lots of humour, and the movements were staccato and jerky, which made you not
know what was going to happen next.
The next piece was called “Strathcona High,
Class of ‘56”. This piece was about three girls at their prom. At one point two
girls grab two guys from the audience and dance with them as their dates. This
leads to the other girl being upset that she doesn’t have a date. Overall, this
piece was very comical and entertaining. This dance SCREAMED fun! The dancing
and music were perfect! This dance was GREAT!
A piece called “Eugene Walks with Grace” was
next. It was a reinvention of a piece from 1995. It was truly a BEAUTIFUL duet.
I loved how the two dancers seamlessly moved from fluid to sharp movements.
This piece was FANTASTIC!
The next piece was called “BoxSet”, and it was
my personal favourite. The three dancers used 5 boxes of different sizes in
their routine. They had lots of
acrobatic moves in the dance. For example, jumping off the top of one of the
boxes! The thing I loved was that they were so in sync, and so rhythmical. It
was WONDERFUL!
Last but not least,
was the piece “Bao”. It was an African Rhythm dance that was full of energy.
The four dancers were accompanied by African drummers, who were AMAZING! The
choreography had lots of intricate hand and foot movements that were very
intriguing. This was a GREAT dance to end the night.
Overall, Dusk Dances was FANTASTIC, and I highly
recommend that everyone attends next year!
