Emotion

Emotion is a student designed club which allows students of all abilities to perform and express themselves through dance. Currently, Emotion is one of the largest clubs on campus, with approximately 300 male and female dancers, ranging in abilities from novice to advance. The wide range in student ability creates a unique dance environment.

Over the past two years, Emotion has worked hard to gain artistic respect from faculty, peers, and the community. Dancers hoping to choreograph for the semester performances are now required to perform their dances in front of the Emotion cabinet, comprised of several dedicated students, and the faculty advisors. Student choreographers whose vision matches the Emotion criteria are chosen for the semester showcase…and then the fun begins!

Students practice long and hard all semester to learn and polish their dances. At the end of each semester, Emotion showcases its dancers in a professional performance. The show includes a broad mix of dance styles including ballet, modern, lyrical, jazz, hip-hop, Irish (hard and soft shoe), all male dances, and more recently, Broadway styles and couples dances. The two night performances draw in a large audience of students, family, friends, and community members who come to see the dancers perform.

Emotion also provides fun opportunities to grow technically and artistically as a dancer. Throughout the year, the club brings local and famous professionals to Etown to teach master classes. Benji, winner of the 2006 So You Think You Can Dance? competition, and cousin Heidi were among the professionals that have taught master classes in the past. These unique opportunities allow dancers to have fun, but also allow the dancers to be part of something professional.

Emotion is more than just a dancing. The club also strives on community service and sharing the talents of the young dancers with the community. Over the past three years, Emotion dancers have participated in various service projects and benefit events, including Into the Street, the Ataxia-Telangiectasia benefit, ETHON, and Relay for Life, just to name a few.

It may seem difficult to coordinate the schedules, organize the program and show order, sell merchandise, perform service projects, and contact professional dancers to teach master classes… and it is; however, Emotion has a wonderful cabinet of dedicated students and faculty advisors that go “the extra mile” to make sure that the club functions at a professional level. The student cabinet/position and faculty advisors are listed below:

Kristen Toscano- President
Caitlin Lenoir- Vice President
Angeline Alessandri- Secretary
Jillian Roberts- Treasurer
Kristy Wilson- Historian
Caitlin Cocchi- Fundraiser
Amy Huttenstine- Fundraiser
Samantha Quisgard- Webmaster
Andrea Beard- Public Relations
Courtney Lang- Costumer
Steve Roussel- Student Rep.

Advisors: Kristin Pontz and Michael Swanson

For more information about Emotion contact: EMOTION@etown.edu.