On Thursday, April 24, the Wildcat Dancers Dance Team and the RPB Dancers performed 14 dance routines in the dance forms of tap, jazz, pointe, adagio and contemporary in Royal Palm Beach High School’s auditorium. The dancers showed off their techniques and passion for dancing.
The highlights of the performance were when the two dance mascots of the dance team, lovingly known as the littles, took the floor with their older sisters performing “Friend Like Me.” The dance team had numerous highlighted dances, but their combination tap and jazz routine “Dancing Queen” was a perfect blend of tap and jazz and spotlighted the graduating seniors from the team. Period 2’s “1, 2 Step” brought back a classic fun song with sharp moves to the beat. Period 6’s routine, “Just One Dance,” had an old-time jazzy feel, executed brilliantly with tremendous personality.
The Senior Spotlight solos were outstanding: “Hero,” a jazz solo performed by S. Wilburn; “Stay,” a contemporary solo performed by K. Reynolds; “Constellations,” an adagio solo performed by R. Raya Quintanilla; and “Spanish Dancer,” a pointe solo performed by G. Nembhard.
The Grand Finale, “You Should Be Dancing,” was perfection in technical dancing and showmanship, and the entire audience jumped to their feet with a standing ovation. During the grand bow, Michele Blecher, dance director and master choreographer at RPBHS, presented the four-year Dance Technique 4 dancers with their honor cords and a personalized speech. As the curtain began to close, the audience again jumped to their feet and gave the dancers another standing ovation.
