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Sister's Trousers Dance Company Performs in Grace Hall
by Lucy Truglio staff writer
Sister's Trousers Dance Company held both a workshop in the Dixon Center and a performance to a large crowd in the Grace Hall Atrium on Friday Nov. 9. Sister's Trousers have been described by many as riveting, thrilling and mysterious. Sister's Trousers is a modem dance company, which uses dance and poetry to express its' views about gender identity, anxiety, community and folklore.
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This female dance company uses its performers' abilities in dance and the arts to convey positive messages to young women. Its goal is to educate young women on important issues which they must face each day. Sister's Trousers does this through choreography and performances. The dancersnot only performfor live audiences but the also key the audience into a creative process and make the audience feel as though they are a part of it also. ·
Sister's Trousers are not just about dancing beautifully but also conveying a message to young women, that will supply them with education, awareness and respect for themselves.
"The dancers are talented and use their feelings along with their Incredible dancing abilities, at the workshop we had to pick a feeling and describe It through dance which was an Interesting process."
Sister's Trousers performed expressive modem dance, they not only exhibited movements but they put feelings behind the movements, there was depth to their dance which is not seen often," said sophomore Laura Giorlando. Giorlando is involved in many activities on campus which deal with drama and the arts, "I really enjoyed the workshop, I learned a lot from it," said Giorlando.
First-year student Megan Mincoff bad this to say about the performance and workshop: "'Thedancers are talented and use their feelings along with their incredible dancing abilities, at the workshop we had to pick a feeling and describe it through dance which was an interesting process."
To express your own feelings is a wonderful thing but also to see feelings expressed by others can open a person up even more. That is what the goal of the Sister's Trousers dance company is, to share feelings with others and open them up to their own.
