The AU Dance Club put on a great show, and raise money for charity
This year’s annual Dance Show took place on 1st March at the Peacock Theatre. In my humble opinion, I think Fl*shdance was a massive success. We managed to coordinate some amazing dancers for 14 acts in less than two months. From the beginning of term, rehearsals literally took over our lives. LSE became LSD (the London School of Dance), and it got so bad that people were going to lectures just to miss the rehearsals! The whole ordeal was difficult, people got pissy and I cried in front of the whole cast…twice.
With huge pressure on us to beat last year’s show (not entirely difficult), we wanted to make the show something worth seeing. Having auditioned endless acts and dancers at the end of Michaelmas Term, we could finally begin choreographing ready for the start of the New Year. We had acts that could create everything from human transformers to mildly erotic Moulin Rouge dancers (trying not to look at my Dad whilst rubbing my thighs), and classical ballet (where I chaînés-ed into the wing) to a crotch-grabbing MJ act with his own MJ sparkly coat.
We had 5 hours before the show to practice on the stage, so tensions were running high. 30 minutes before the show we finally finished, and had just enough time to gabble a quick pep talk, grab food, alter costumes and rest. The time had finally come for what we’d spent months practising, weeks perfecting and days trying to lose as much weight as possible…SHOW TIME! The audience was, as usual, a raucous rabble of LSE goers. Trying not to concentrate on them (helped massively by the blinding lights), we opened the show successfully. Everything went to plan, the tech was a million miles better than last year (where we failed miserably) and the atmosphere was fantastic. For those who missed out, you missed out on some incredible performances. We had secret agents tutting (really fast finger and hand movements), breakers breaking, belly dancers belly-ing, beyond normal flexibility and, more importantly, solid acts.
The curtains fell and 24 was the place to be. Dancers simply cannot wait for the next opportunity to show off, so there was, perhaps unsurprisingly, a dance off, followed by a strange hip-hop class in the club, led by none other than Del, our hip-hop choreographer. Drinks were flowing, the bass was pumping and apparently love was in the air.
Aside from all the highs of performing, we also managed to raise money for our two charities; BISEE books and EducAid, both charities for the education of the underprivileged in Ecuador and Sierra Leone respectively, and both with meaning to me. We managed to raise over £2,000, which may not sound like a lot, but every penny counts and I’m happy that we even built up awareness of these two charities.
Despite there being tears and tantrums, splitting of the legs and split costumes, the show was a massive triumph for the Dance Club. I think it’s safe to say we’ve finally established ourselves as a serious part of the AU. All I can say now is thank you to everyone who took part, thank you to the audience who helped to raise money for our charities, and thank you to Li Ee (fellow Captain) and Constantina (Secretary) for helping to put on an incredible show, and indeed making my final year at LSE so extra-curricular!
Good Luck to all the committee next year – you have big shoes to fill!
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