IU group seeks dancers

Not many artists do their creative work lying on the floor. \nStill, members of the InMotion Dance Company lay on the floor Wednesday night, brainstorming moves to include in the dance for their upcoming audition.\nInMotion will audition dancers at 3 p.m. Sunday in the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation room 169. Co-directors junior Justine Menter and senior Adrienne West said they are looking for experienced dancers to round out the team.\nThe student-run company showcases choreography by its own dancers and experiments in jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, modern, tap and street jazz, a term Menter defined as a combination of commercial hip-hop and jazz. \nPotential members should bring both jazz shoes and sneakers to the audition and be prepared to learn a warm-up, floor exercises and a short combination. West said groups of 10 will dance for Menter and other members. \nThe directors said they're looking for strong dancers as potential teammates with style and a good overall package.\nA spring semester as an InMotion team member is a busy season, Menter said. "For our spring show, we have a nine-hour dress rehearsal," she said. "It's so much fun."\nIndividual choreographers within the company also conduct auditions and rehearse various pieces on their own time.\nSomeone from the company is at the HPER almost every night working on choreography, adding style to dances or practicing harder moves, West said. \n"Yesterday, my left turns were completely off," Menter said as she studied her frame in the new mirrors recently added to the HPER. One leg of her sweatpants was rolled up to her thigh, her hair hung in a loose ponytail and her mouth leapt into a permanent smile. \nMenter and West agree InMotion provides the creative outlet they need at IU to dance, make friends and have a great time. \nAnother team member, sophomore Brooke Rabin, said she's grateful to have found InMotion.\n"I would be so unhappy if I did not get the chance to join," she said. "I feel like I am part of a team and living my passion out."\nBobbing their heads to the beat of the audition song, Menter and junior Elizabeth Tejan struck a similar position.\n"Yeah," Menter said. "We're both feeling the same thing"