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WSUSA members ready to welcome dancer participants. (Marissa Wolford / The Signpost)

Dancing ‘Cats raise hands and money for children’s hospital

Alyson Johnson April 4, 2019

Weber State University concluded the second annual Dance Marathon, raising nearly $14,000 to donate to Primary Children’s Hospital. The six-hour event was full of music, food, contests and inspiring...

Dancing for a cause

Dancing for a cause

Alyson Johnson March 10, 2019

To raise donations for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, Weber State University, students, members of the community, and other schools will dance for 6 hours as part of the Miracle Network Dance Marathon. Starting...

Reviving a golden era of arcade games

Reviving a golden era of arcade games

Landin Griffith January 24, 2019

Weber State University's radio station, KWCR, is integrating a new art competition for Wildcats in an attempt to ramp up their familiarity on campus and throughout the community. KWCR is a non-profit,...

Those auditioning are separated into groups and asked to perform the choreography which they had just learned. (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

Now plié! WSU dance hosts auditions

Colton Heward January 20, 2019

Students at Weber State University took the stage on Jan. 11 to audition for the Orchesis Dance Theatre’s 2019 spring concert. Professor Amanda Sowerby, who has taught at Weber State for 17 years,...

Gear Up participants holding up their banner for a photo.

Gearing up toward success

Danya Gil January 16, 2019

Parents, junior high and high school students came together to support students’ success towards higher education at WSU Davis for WSU’s GEAR UP Family Night on Jan. 15. GEAR UP (Gaining Early...

Tori Nybo preforming "Define Me" for the Dance Form. (Bella Torres / The Signpost).

Time and space take FORM in collaboration

Cameron Gifford November 17, 2018

Collaboration and choreography was the name of the game in Orchesis Dance Theatre’s fall 2018 production. The production, which ran from Nov. 15-17, was a major collaborative effort between the dance,...

Ask la Cour, left, and Unity Phelan, right, perform to Tchaikovsky's Diamons Pas de Deux." (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

Dancing towards a career

Ana Lichfield November 8, 2018

Professional dancers may not have a set routine when it comes to career planning, but what they appear to be in step with each other on is that regardless of age, timing and income dance is meant to move...

Students jam out at the Homecoming Dance

Mirror mirror on the wall, ‘Cats are the fairest of them all

Hillary Reilly October 5, 2018

Weber State University's annual Homecoming Dance will take place Oct. 12 at 8:30 p.m. in the Shepherd Union Ballrooms.The theme for the dance changes every year. In 2017, Wildcats dressed in disguise...

Professor of Dance Michael Hamblin leads the group in the choreography they will perform for their audition.  (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

Weber leaps into the new school year with dance auditions

Alyson Johnson September 5, 2018

Weber State students took the stage on Aug. 31 to audition for the Orchesis Dance Theatre’s fall performance and the Dance Program’s Moving Company. The auditions were held under the direction...

Each outfit worn by participants displays not only their personalities, but their heritage. (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

Students celebrate indigenous culture through a pow wow

Alyson Johnson April 4, 2018

Through music and dancing combined with drums, colorful ribbons and outfits, the "Indigenous Voices Pow Wow" brought an atmosphere of cultural celebration to Weber State this March 31. This year was the...

(Colton Pack / The Signpost)

No music, no problem for improv dance class

Colton Pack March 23, 2018

Among the food, students and booths in the Weber State University Shepherd Union Atrium, an improvisational dance class suddenly began their silent dance session at 12:45 p.m. on March 22."We often dance...

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Celebrating musical diversity through Zumba

Ally Nelson February 15, 2018

Zumba instructor Andrea Sward had the opportunity to teach Zumba, a popular form of aerobic and dance exercise inspired by different genres of music around the world, on Feb. 9.Sward led Weber State students...

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