UCONN’S UNIQUE DANCE

ORGANIZATION IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER

DANCE CLUB LOCATED ON THE UCONN CAMPUS. THE MEMBERS OF

PREMIER DANCE TROUPE

ARE PARTICIPANTS OF A NEWLY FOUND ORGANIZATION AT UCONN. PREMIER

DANCE TROUPE HAS A FOCUS TO

ACCOMPLISH WHAT NO OTHER GROUP ON CAMPUS HAS

DONE, AND THAT IS TO ENTERTAIN AND

MASTER THE ART OF PERFORMANCE.

PHOTO CREDIT: HAROLD BUTLER

PREMIER DANCE TROUPE

STARTED OUT AS PIVOTAL MOTION

DANCE TEAM IN THE FALL OF 2008. THE TEAM REPRESENTS

ENERGY, TECHNIQUE, AND A NEW PURPOSE. THE CHOREOGRAPHY IS UNIQUE, THE TEAM IS

DIVERSE, AND THE PASSION FOR DANCE IS

SEEN IN EVERY MOVEMENT .

PHOTO CREDIT: HAROLD BUTLER

PREMIER DANCE TROUPE

IS A GROUP OF 8-11 UCONN STUDENTS WHO

COME TOGETHER WILLINGLY TO SHARE

THEIR COMMON LOVE AND PASSION FOR DANCE. PREMIER DANCE TROUPE ENCOURAGES DIVERSITY IN DANCE. THIS DANCE COMPANY HAS A WIDE

VARIETY OF DANCE STYLES RANGING FROM: CONTEMPORARY,

AFRICAN, HIP-HOP, BALLET, JAZZ, AND

LYRICAL.

PHOTO CREDIT: PHOTO: ARIEL CAMPOREALE

PHOTO CREDIT: PHOTO: ARIEL CAMPOREALE

ESSENTIALLY, THIS ORGANIZATION IS NOT MANDATORY IN

ATTENDANCE. HOWEVER, IT DOES BRING STUDENTS

OF THE UCONN COMMUNITY TOGETHER WHO HAVE A COMMON LOVE FOR DANCE. THESE STUDENTS CHOOSE TO

USE THEIR FREE TIME TO LEARN AND

CHOREOGRAPH NEW DANCES FOR CULTURAL EVENTS, DINNERS, AND COMPETITIONS ON AND

OFF CAMPUS.

PREMIER DANCE TROUPE PARTICIPATES IN UCONN’S LIP

SYNC CONTEST AND GUEST APPEARS IN UCONN DANCE

COMPANIES FALL AND SPRING SHOWS.

ANYONE CAN CHOREOGRAPH IN THIS DANCE COMPANY.

THOSE INTERESTED MUST TRY OUT AND CHOREOGRAPH A 30 SECOND DANCE NUMBER AND PERFORM IT IN FRONT OF THE DANCE TEAM CAPTAINS AND

CHAIR MEMBERS. AFTER THEY PERFORM THEIR WORK THEY MUST WAIT TO HEAR IF THEIR PIECE WILL BE SELECTED FOR

THE UPCOMING SEASON.

PHOTO CREDIT: HAROLD BUTLER