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Laura Smit Emerald
Cheryl Lemmer, a dance instructor at lane Community College, gives a hip hop dance
workshop for Dance Oregon, a University dance club, Wednesday at Gerlinger Annex.
Hips shake, feet hop
with Dance Oregon
■The campus dance club
sponsors its second hip hop
workshop of the term
Wednesday evening
By Tara Hadley
for the Emerald
“Let things loosen up ... untuck
your shirt, it’s OK!” booms the in
structor across the gym. It was an
hour and a half full of booty
shakin’ fun while students’ hips
swayed, feet stomped and the mu
sic played.
The first 50 people through the
doors of Gerlinger Annex learned
some new moves Wednesday as
they followed the lead of Lane
Community College dance instruc
tor Cheryl Lemmer.
Dance Oregon, a campus dance
club, sponsors hip hop dance
workshops about once a term. Al
though, it has already had two this
term, with a turnout of 90 people
for the first. Dance Oregon pro
vides the workshops at a cost of $8
per student. Students of all majors
and experience levels attended the
event, eager to see what Lemmer
had in store for them.
Though technique is important
in all forms of dance, hip hop tech
nique is one anyone can make
their own. Lemmer emphasizes
keeping an open mind while danc
ing because of the diversified back
ground that hip hop comes from:
clubs, jazz, street and each teacher,
who brings in his or her own style.
She says she is drawn to the work
shops because “they reach differ
ent people from all over town. Peo
ple get excited who normally
wouldn’t.”
Megan McGregor, a senior exer
cise and movement science major,
thought the workshop was ex
hausting but fun.
• nf “Cheryl,kicked our butts,” she
said.
Dancing is often considered a
therapy session between one’s
body and the music being played.
The rhythmic motion of dancing is
relaxing and can help relieve anger
and stress. This exercise can im
prove muscle tone, balance and
posture in addition to coordina
tion, confidence and mental out
look.
Eugene also has several dance
studios and lessons available for
all skill levels. TaDa Productions
Dance Studio offers beginning and
advanced hip hop classes that
meet once a week for an hour. The
cost is $36 a month, although the
first class is offered free.
Musical Feet has an all-level hip
hop class tentatively scheduled for
this summer as well as jazz classes
offered every term.
Freshman journalism major
Megan Amedo expressed her sen
timents of the workshop Wednes
day:
“The music was loud, she was
loud, and it was a good time. You
didn’t have to know what you
were doing.”
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