page 4/The Battalion/Wednesday, April 25, 1984 Performance Thursday at 7:30 Dance group perfecting steps By KARI WEEKS Reporter “Do you feel comfortable ith what we’ve learned?” Ca- hy Girard asks. “No, I’m confused,” Ellen ■lover says. ‘I can’t believe I’ve learned it so fast,” Girard says. “I know, I’m still not sure of that* last part,” Stover says. Girard and Stover are not discussing an upcoming exam. Instead, dressed in tights and leotards, stretching in positions comfortable only to those peo- DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE April 30 & May 1 % RAMADAINN Pre-register by phone: 693-8178/846-1904 FEE $20 Ticket Deferral and 10% Insurance Discount pie with limber bodies, they are discussing their tap dance for the Dance Arts Society’s annua spring performance. In the last few days, before members of the Dance Arts So ciety strut, leap and pirouette onto the stage of Rudder The ater, they are painstakingly try ing to perfect each individual step for the show Thursday night at 7:30. Admission to the show is free. The theme of the perfor mance is Dance Expressions and the show will highlight dance from classical ballet to aerobics. Seventeen acts are scheduled to perform. Most acts are groups, but there are some solo performances. T he one classical ballet act is “The Variation of the Sugar Plum Fairy” per- China Restaurant celebrates its 10th anniversary! Home of the Precious Recipe Sunday Special Our Deluxe Pineapple Rice Din ner with lemon chicken, egg roll, and hot & sour soup for only $ 3 95 Our Every Day Aggie Special Chicken chow mein with sweet & sour chicken or pork, egg roll, fried rice, and soup of the day. $3 95 for only 823-7831 803 S. Main, Bryan Take out orders welcome Open Daily 11:30-2:30 5:00-10:00 Open Tues. & Sat. 5-10 only ormed by Cheryl Hooks. T he other acts use original choreog raphy and range from humor ous and satirical to serious. A special feature of the show will be the emcees — Scott Hamilton and Don Wilder, who are members of the Singing Ca dets. Members of the society have been choreographing and re hearsing since February for their two hours of fame. For some the preparation for their dance has required hours of ex hausting work. Paul Licce, a full-time special education teacher and part- time dance instructor f or the so ciety, says it takes a lot of sweat, blood and blistering feet to be a dancer. It’s worth it though, says Ste phanie Hubbell, one of the dancers. Hubbell, who is per forming a solo character dance, says it’s good to know that you can accomplish the dance. Other members in the dance club are just as intent to perfect the performance, but are mainly interested in the society AUTO INSURANCE FOR AGGIES Call: George Webb Farmers Insurance Group , 3400 S. 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The main purpose of the so ciety and the performance is to have fun, she says. “We offer classes at nearly all levels of skill in ballet, tap, jazz, aerobics, pointe, modern dance and tech nique,” Tallas says. People aren’t required to have any pre vious dance experience. Seven teachers instruct the classes and choreograph the dances, and for them, the dance club i^ more demanding and time consuming than for many of the students, Tallas says. The aerobics teacher, Renee Vermaelen, says that the chore ography and teaching do take a lot of time. I love to teach though,” Ver maelen says. "I’m a people per son, and I like to pep people up." It is her pep and exuberance that got Vermaelen into some of the other acts, Vermaelen says. Fven though she doesn’t I it's p<)S' ing the h pi in Co At Mount the Skagg' lot. I fcourmt flavors ha the stand two and th ■Two e Phillip ant found a w profit and education ■“We li bnes at Phillip sal the way - Rensive Rlis yot 19, adds: Photo by DEAN SCfOW com ■at peop up Kay Dalton, one of Dance Arts Society’s ballet teachers, and Tom Van Dyke perform a pasde deux to Scott Joplin’s “Solace.” have any formal dance training, she enjoys being a source of hu mor in some of the lighter acts, she says. Ifhe b louiteent! chihIren, < link thei ter than a While these dancers may become professionals, you hear by their steady count* not can of one, two, three, fourandajMque i then repeated practice "snow” in these dam ets lovewhatlhtuRnston doing. And while it iiui;:* flavor fet e with sc hool m *ti.n''-Kukhei r muse les, the* love ol d,titi coconut, e satisfaction of sexompfaf .u e worth the work. 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