Free dance show features hip-hop, jazz

InMotion Dance Company co-director and junior Justine Menter said style, dance experience and creativity from all over the country will fuse this Saturday evening for a great \nperformance.\n"Fusion," InMotion's annual spring show, is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the auditorium at Bloomington High School North.\n"This is no high school pom squad or dance team," Menter said. "We are a hardcore, committed, college dance company. Every single girl on our team is extremely talented and our \nchoreographers have innovative and endless ideas."\nThe show features choreography from some of the 36 InMotion team members who participate in the concert. \nMenter said InMotion is "rolling with the times."\n"Our style is sexy, emotional and captivating," she said. "You won't want to take your eyes off of any of us. And when you watch us, you will feel what we are feeling."\nCo-director and senior Adrienne West said this show will be the best InMotion show in the four years she has danced with the group. \n"What sets our show apart is the fact that we are able to put on a performance that showcases hip-hop, lyrical, modern, street jazz, jazz and musical theater," she said.\nMenter said she watched a \nrun-through of the show without costumes or makeup. \n"I got shivers watching some of the dances," she said. \nAt weekly practices, the team goes through the motions, she said. \n"Although we may be doing it full-out, it is nothing compared to the excitement and adrenaline that you feel when you're on stage with the lights on you," Menter said. "It's like everyone transforms into another person when they are up there."\nCompany member and sophomore Devon Chaiken said Menter and West have worked hard to improve the company this year.\n"Every year the show is 10 times better than the year before," she said.\nWest said Menter's marketing skills have helped build the company a positive reputation in the community.\n"It is because of (Menter's) visions that we have been able to perform at different venues which in turn has gotten our name out on campus," she said.\nStraight No Chaser and Sequel Hip Hop Dance Company will make guest appearances at the show.\n"All the girls are really pumped," Menter said. "All of our families come in for this. This is what we work for."\nChaiken said students should come see the show because "it's not boring."\n"It's mostly upbeat music, geared toward students' likings," she said.\nThe show is free to the public because InMotion is funded by a University grant, Menter said.\nDirections to the show are available on InMotion's Web site, \nwww.in-motiondanceiu.com.