Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Dancers pictured above, clockwise from center: Luca Schumacher, Evelyn Rodriguez, Livi Skogen and Brielle Dauenhauer.
New Rockford Dance Camp attendees posed for group photos at the conclusion of the recital. They are pictured above with Northern Plains Dance instructor Taryn Johnson.
Lennix Langley, Serenity Millang and Hernesto Alcala perform a dance number.
Teigan Alderman and Anddie Schaefer strike a pose.
On Thursday, Oct. 6, nearly 50 youth concluded the three-day New Rockford Dance Camp with a recital at the Brown Memorial The camp was organized by Amanda Hegland, Executive Director of New Rockford Area Betterment Corporation (NRABC) with a grant from Arts Midwest. The NRABC was one of 120 organizations across the midwest to receive the $2,500 awards.
Each group learned different age-appropriate skills and techniques.The youngest group focused on basic movement and listening. The 5-6 age group were shown the basics of ballet. The older students learned are choreography, modern and jazz dance. Their choreographed dance was a mix of modern dance with the choreography meant to tell a story.
The instructor, Taryn Johnson, has been teaching since 2000, and has worked with all ages and levels of creative movement, ballet, jazz, modern and hip hop. She has spent the last four years as a dance specialist in a Portland elementary school.
