On March 16, 2018 at the Harvard-Westlake Middle School, I watched the Harvard-Westlake Dance Production Showcase. Performed by the dancers of DP, choreographed by Joe Schenck, Melissa Shade, and the nineteen dancers in the Company, Lights Out portrayed the blur of the line between reality and fantasy. It begins with a group of girls who have gathered for a slumber party. They do all the fun things one would expect at a slumber party and even tell scary stories before finally falling asleep. Throughout Act 1, we are then taken with them to their dreamscape where they live out their fantasies and encounter their worst nightmares. Going into act 2 the line between fantasy and reality becomes blurred and consequently traps the girls in this confusion dimension. The show concludes with the sleepers battling and eventually winning over the shadows, and being able to return home. Their hopes and fantasies as well as their greatest fears were conveyed effectively through the facial expression and motions of the dancers as well as the impressive lighting and costume production.
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For example, each of the dances were not all alike at all in my opinion whoever they all imparted the same idea. How were they different? They styles were new and interesting. One in particular was “All Dolled Up”. In this number I was drawn to Maddie who was consistent in really imboding a doll. Here movements we stiff, restricted, and by flexing in every movement, as opposed to flowing and prolonging them, she mimicked the way a doll would dance if it
For example, each of the dances were not all alike at all in my opinion whoever they all imparted the same idea. How were they different? They styles were new and interesting. One in particular was “All Dolled Up”. In this number I was drawn to Maddie who was consistent in really imboding a doll. Here movements we stiff, restricted, and by flexing in every movement, as opposed to flowing and prolonging them, she mimicked the way a doll would dance if it