April 23, 2018

Put some spring in your step

Students in PC dance groups: Sitting, from left: Meghan Frazier ’19 (Dance Company), Rodelyn Cherry ’19 (Motherland Dance), Ashley Maitland ’19 (Dance Club), Courtney Formica ’19 (Dance Team), Sarah Hyman ’19 (Irish Dance), and Reymond Ntiamoah ’19 (Motherland Dance). Standing, from left: Clare Noone ’19 (Irish Dance), Katherine Martinez ’20 (Ballroom Dance), Cate Scuderi ’18 (Dance Club), Nicholas Ogrinc ’19 (Ballroom Dance), Maria Fonts ’19 (Dance Company), and Marialena Melillo ’18 (Dance Team).
Students in PC dance groups: Sitting, from left: Meghan Frazier ’19 (Dance Company), Rodelyn Cherry ’19 (Motherland Dance), Ashley Maitland ’19 (Dance Club), Courtney Formica ’19 (Dance Team), Sarah Hyman ’19 (Irish Dance), and Reymond Ntiamoah ’19 (Motherland Dance). Standing, from left: Clare Noone ’19 (Irish Dance), Katherine Martinez ’20 (Ballroom Dance), Cate Scuderi ’18 (Dance Club), Nicholas Ogrinc ’19 (Ballroom Dance), Maria Fonts ’19 (Dance Company), and Marialena Melillo ’18 (Dance Team).

Dance is so popular at Providence College that studio space is booked to capacity. We invited students from Dance Company, Dance Team, Dance Club, Ballroom Dance, Irish Dance, Motherland Dance, and Step Team to participate in a photo session with photographer Karin Michele Dailey on a Saturday afternoon in January. Their precision, enthusiasm, and skills were breathtaking.

Special congratulations goes to the Dance Team, which came in fifth in the nation in the National Dance Association Championships.

Read about PC’s dance minor and PC alumni in dance.

Ballroom Dance

Ballroom Dance
Ballroom Dance
Ballroom Dance

Dance Club

A dancer since age 3, Ashley Maitland ’19 (Nor- walk, Conn.), below, likes the variety of genres offered through DANCE CLUB, where membership frequently reaches 75. She favors hip-hop, lyrical, and contemporary but, as a member of Motherland Dance as well, enjoys rou- tines from African culture, too. The psychology major, who belongs to the Board of Multicultural Student Affairs, hopes to be a child psychiatrist.
Dance Club
Dance Club
Dance Club
Dance Club
Dance Club
Dance Club
Dance Club
Dance Club
Dance Club

Dance Company

Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company
Devon Guanci ’19 rehearses a routine with Dance Company, which has approximately two- dozen members and puts on a concert each semester.
Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company
Dance Company

Dance Team

Dance Team
Dance Team
Dance Team
Dance Team
Dance Team
Dance Team
Dance Team
Dance Team
Dance Team
Dance Team
Dance Team
Dance Team
Dance Team
Dance Team
Being upside down while performing an aerial is nothing new to Kathryn Printer ’18 (Coventry, R.I.), a four-year member of Dance Team. The team, part of PC athletics, revs up the crowd at home men’s and women’s basketball games and tournaments. A psychology major, Printer mentors middle school students at San Miguel School in Providence and is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council.

Irish Dance

Irish dance
Irish Dance
Irish Dance
Irish Dance
Irish Dance
Irish Dance
Irish Dance
Irish Dance
Irish Dance
Irish Dance
Irish Dance
Irish Dance

Motherland Dance

Motherland Dance
Motherland Dance
Motherland Dance
Motherland Dance
Motherland Dance
Motherland Dance
Motherland Dance
Motherland Dance
Motherland Dance
Motherland Dance

Step Team

Step Team
Step Team
Step Team
Step Team
Step Team
Jada-Iman Williams ’18 (Bronx, N.Y.) is a member of Step Team, PC’s newest dance group, which features intensive, rhythmic movement using stomps and claps, and had its origins in communication among slaves. Williams is a biology major who works as a student athletic trainer at PC. She hopes to study orthopedic medicine after graduation.
Jada-Iman Williams ’18

Providence College dancers

Providence College dancers
Providence College dancers
Students in PC dance groups: Sitting, from left: Meghan Frazier ’19 (Dance Company), Rodelyn Cherry ’19 (Motherland Dance), Ashley Maitland ’19 (Dance Club), Courtney Formica ’19 (Dance Team), Sarah Hyman ’19 (Irish Dance), and Reymond Ntiamoah ’19 (Motherland Dance). Standing, from left: Clare Noone ’19 (Irish Dance), Katherine Martinez ’20 (Ballroom Dance), Cate Scuderi ’18 (Dance Club), Nicholas Ogrinc ’19 (Ballroom Dance), Maria Fonts ’19 (Dance Company), and Marialena Melillo ’18 (Dance Team).
Providence College dancers
Providence College dancers