I just arrived back from Freshdance, and it was truly remarkable. Remarkable I say, with extra exclamation points! Last year I danced in one of the numbers, but this year I was a regular ol’ spectator. But, ya know what? I am truly happy to have been a supportive audience member, whoopin’ and hollerin’ as each curtain dropped from the heavens. Because each time the dancers froze in time on their final step, I felt a surge of inspiration, a passion of movement and strength and sound, just spill over me like fairy dust blowing from a child’s hands. I felt a reason to appreciate art and love. Each dance piece brought so much emotion in my heart that sometimes it carried through my arteries to my head, where it overwhelmed my eyes, making them brim and slosh with water.

I don’t need to tell anyone who’s ever seen a dance recital how much work goes into these numbers. People become emotionally and physically exhausted with every piece of effort they thrust towards these pieces with grace and skill. Choreographers, dancers, lighting designers, costume designers, sound designers, stage managers, wardrobe crew, run crew, and every other type of crew imaginable combines their talents into one collapse piece of beauty called art. And this art, referred to as Freshdance, is only here for one weekend here on McKenna stage at SUNY New Paltz. So you best get your booties here! I’m serious! Support the students, support the local dance teams, and support art.

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I’ll be keepin’ ya posted!

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