After Escapade in February, SunDancers performed at their own choreography showcase on Tuesday, April 25. From 6:30-8 p.m. family and friends gathered to watch the product of the dancers’ hard work.

Some SunDancers created the choreography with the fellow participants they decided to perform with; others decided to take on the challenge of choreographing for a group alone.

“I would say it’s almost harder being a choreographer and having to be in your own piece because you spend so much time teaching it and trying to clean it that you don’t get to do it a lot of the time,” Tori Nunn ‘17 said. “I didn’t feel like I really knew it going into it because I had an image of what I wanted it to be like in my head but it was hard trying to actually make it happen and make it work for five people.”

Additionally, the event was possible with the help of the SunDancer Managers, who performed various tasks throughout the night.

“I took videos of every single performance,” Sophia Norton ‘19 said. “I know it’s important for a lot of the parents to look back on this because I know a lot of the dancers are seniors and this is going to be the last time that they’re going to see their kids dance.”

The SunDancers were supported by their audience, which was filled with parents, fellow classmates, and some Baby SunDancers who came to get a taste of what they would be doing next year.

“I thought it would be entertaining and I wanted to support my friends,” Elizabeth Wolf ’20 said. “I’m very excited for next year and I’m glad that I get to choreograph a dance.”

This showcase also preceded an event that will be at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio where the SunDancers will perform the whole show.

“There’s a big stage and all day they have it reserved for different fine arts that are in the United States and in Texas that can come and perform so that whole day there’s high schoolers, middle schoolers, and professionals that are coming in and performing that day just to advocate for the arts,” dance teacher Angel Scrudder said.

All in all, the event provided an experience for SunDancers to practice their choreographing skills and display their own creativity.

“The thing about SunDancers is it’s always very strict and choreographed and we do things exactly as the directors say,” Norton said. “This is the one opportunity for the SunDancers to let their personality shine and to be able to capture that and share iteverybody see a different side to SunDancers.”