Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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UU لے‎ EN LECHE ا‎ کہ سے تج جس ج۔ WM pS wer — — P 4 bu NNLLA A ee نت‎ NU Grinning nervously, sophomore Kim Olde- | | hoeft takes center stage in ‘Keepin’ You Mov- EC OU MR in!’ The dance was produced by one of the ee four junior choreographers, Tracy Rogers. SL bo 7 EE | | ۱ | (Photo by Doug Adams) | I (Lt p E Rr AE ! | | | | Bang glasses atop her head, Martha Trujeque dances the 'Jarana, a dance native to the Yucatan. Trujeque was a part-time stu- dent from Mexico who assisted with Spanish classes. (Photo by Doug Adams) pcm the show with her own moves, choreographer Ann Basart demonstrates an attitude jump. The dance, 'Give Us A Hand, was choreographed to music by R.E.M. (Photo by Doug Adams) سے e - — w Oo — IÓ—NqÓÀ‏ س A ————ÓMÀ‏ ہے

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= ۲ 2 pP 2 x D , 6 adeb lb دھ‎ Qe مہات دم جو‎ Riding his mountain bike in the winter was Aerobics in the privacy of home was Junior a favorite pastime for senior Pat Connolly. He Jessica Miller's answer to fitness. Many stu- practiced year round for summer races. dents kept in shape to their own personal (Photo by Jayna Jarnagin) beat. (Photo by Jayna Jarnagin) Fitness Student Life

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Stacy Morford Months before the dance show anic began, choreographers were ZEElaving away on dance designs. ven after their dances were per- حم ‎ the tension of practices began Bnd revisions became a common ` practice. ئ۲۲‎ “A lot of things | made up that 3 thought were easy were confusing fo teach to my dancers, so | made 6 lot of revisions during practices. e had to put in a lot of extra time, specially when it came to learning he quick steps,” senior choreogra- Eher Ann Basart said. Dance ch oreographers were llbften portrayed as impatient and de- manding. But in Terpsichore, cho- Sreographers also took the roles of a Fellow dancer and friend. We had a lot of fun with our Hance. There were only five people bain it so we helped each other and `` ٥0ا٥‎ laugh over mistakes, fresh- aman Anjie Gupta said. Many dancers had taken les- Bons together for years, and Terpsi- —Ehore seemed like just another re- 331 ra cital. To them, the unusual dances were more appealing. “Cheryl (Kaplan's) dance wasn t quite as jazzy as the others, it was slower and just flowed with the music. | could really get into the moves and | liked it a lot,” freshman Neena Paul said. Learning the dances was sim- ple for those who had been subjec- ted to weekly ballet and jazz clas- ses. But newcomers to dance found they had to struggle. | took two years of modern dance at school, but | still had some problems. | worked with Craig (Neal) during my free periods before the show to get my moves up to per- formance level,” senior Jeff Sturges Said. Once tryouts were over, those dancers who were chosen were as- Sured a spot in the show. A few re- turning dancers unable to attend tryouts were also put into the show, but they still had to prove them- selves in practice. | was really nervous about get- ting into the show. | was on crutches when they had tryouts, so Mrs. 2 D | ۱ ] A | WË: | i A LI e H - Bee CH » P i v à LJ H 4 ! A V ' 1 Du l| a d Í » ef | 1 P d N C ۶ » 13 ۸ 1 Í L4 4 4 » d s: v » || m M WI . H p ta j e 2 Dancers were plagued with fears (Mary) Kautzky put me in on a trial basis. | could have easily been kick- ed out, junior Mignon Iber said. Many fears arose beyond just getting in to the dance. One common fear was 'unitard-i-phobia . | used to think that | wouldn't be caught dead in a unitard. They are so explicit and the first three rows are always filled with guys and photographers, junior Allison Hor- ner said. But terror of tight-fitting uni- tards and fears of staying in the show were often upstaged by the horror of stage fright. “The night before the show | could hardly sleep. | kept going over the dance in my head again and again and thinking ‘What if | screw up?' sophomore Nikki McCubbin Said. As the show developed from choreographing to opening night, tension built. But to the dancers, the weeks of frustration and the three nights of frenzy were worth the ex- perience. forming Deb Smith's dance, ‘“Danzan Solas,” junior and choreographer Sara Git- chell slides toward the floor in a dramatic Sweep, portraying a woman's sorrow for her missing son. (Photo by Doug Adams) Drowing some shoulder flesh, senior cho- reographers Cheryl Kaplan and Jenny Lang take it all off (well almost!) in the choreogra- phers' strip tease. (Photo by Jamie Watt) | kept going over the dance in my head again and again and thinking what if | screw up?’ -sophomore Nikki McCubbin Terpsichore Student Life