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Beginning and Intermediate Dance students practice dance team skills during class on March 27. Junior Jenna Jarboe said, “My dance class is my B1 (class) so I start my day with it. It’s like a warm-up to being at school, and it just feels like a class that I’m not stressed about."

Dance classes offer more than just an opportunity to move

Mady Kiser March 27, 2025

For junior Jenna Jarboe, taking a dance class at school was a perfect next step in her dance career. Jarboe said she has danced her entire life and wants to continue dancing after she graduates. “(In)...

Senior Joely May Stupeck performs a solo during her dance competition. Stupeck said she practices five to seven times a week for competitive dance. (Submitted: Joely May Stupeck)

Athlete Spotlight: Joely May Stupeck on competitive dance

Aida Karim February 13, 2025

How did you first get into dance?  My mom was a dancer and she was my first dance teacher, so I kind of just was born into it.  Is there a specific style of dance that you specialize in?  I...

Humans of CHS: Letters to your Kindergarten Self Ep. 1: Ella Williams

Caitlin Follman February 3, 2025

Tune in to the first episode of "Letters to Your Kindergarten Self" hosted by Caitlin Follman as she talks with Ella Williams about growing up, navigating highschool, and more in the letter she wrote to...

Junior Eva Marci and senior AJ Lehikoinen pose at a swing dance event in Indianapolis. (Submitted photo: Eva Marci)

Q&A with Eva Marci and AJ Lehikoinen on Swing Dance Club

Parker Kelso and Ivy Zhen January 15, 2025

How would you describe swing dance? Marci: East Coast Swing Dancing is a fun partner dance you do to fast, upbeat music, usually swing or different types of rock and roll. It has simple steps, with...

Asini Jayarapu and Emma Hu

Culture influences continue to modernize ballet

Riva Jain and Ryan Sharp December 11, 2024

Ballet is an artform that has been around for centuries. It began during the Italian Renaissance, and with funding from Catherine de Medici, an Italian noblewoman, and King Henry II, ballet became a widely...

Senior Ella Williams dance competively at many different competitions. In response to “Dance Moms”, Williams said, “It’s not exactly accurate, like 100% to actual competitive dance. You’re not performing new dances every single week.” (Submitted Photo: Ella Williams)

Amid Dance Moms revival, dancers, counselor weigh in on representation of dance culture in media

Keira Kress and Salima Sher September 19, 2024

News of “Dance Moms: A New Era” left many “Dance Moms” fans highly skeptical of its ability to live up to the original series. Despite the popularity of “Dance Moms” and its legacy in pop culture,...

The Coquettes practice on in the main cafeteria on Jan 26. Liviya Sharp, Coquette dancer and junior, said, "I feel like (the goal) of every sport is to practice and get good at something and then you showcase it somehow whether it's playing in a game or presenting it to an audience. I consider it a sport for that reason."

Q&A with senior Uma Kalluparambil and junior Liviya Sharp on dancing as a sport

Asini Jayarapu February 4, 2024

Liviya Sharp, Coquettes member and junior What is your position on the Coquettes? We don’t really have positions on the (Coquettes); I’d say it’s all just a group effort. However, there are...

Sophomore and ballerina Haylie Fletcher practices the "Arabesque" ballet position. Fletcher performed in "The Nutcracker" at The Center for the Performing Arts. Shows began in November.

Q&A with Haylie Fletcher on ballet, The Nutcracker show at the Palladium

Safin Khatri November 27, 2023

Can you describe your journey as a ballet dancer and how it has led you to your role in “The Nutcracker?” I was put into ballet at the age of 3, and I really just liked the idea of the pretty tutus...

CHS Bollywood Dance Club meets on Nov. 6.

Club Spotlight: Bollywood Dance Club

Keira Kress November 16, 2023

Uma Kalluparambil, Bollywood Dance Club president and senior What inspired you to start Bollywood Dance Club? Since the age of six, I have been dancing. I first did Bharatanatyam and then I started...

Q&A: Winter Formal with Senate sponsor, student body president

Q&A: Winter Formal with Senate sponsor, student body president

Darshini Shankar January 26, 2023

Michelle Foutz, Senate sponsor Where is the Winter Formal? “It’s held in the fieldhouse.” How much are tickets and when can students buy them? “It's $5 ahead of time and $10 at...

Winter Formal Q&A with Macie DeLilo and Michelle Foutz

Winter Formal Q&A with Macie DeLilo and Michelle Foutz

Tsion Daniel January 21, 2022

Macie DeLilo So what would you say your role is as a senator?  I mostly help plan events for the whole school to participate in, be part of that leadership group and being an active member.   Can...

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