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$Dance professor Erik Stern, left, and student Whitney Ehlers, take part in a math dance class at Weber State University on Friday, Apr. 19, 2013. Stern teaches the course as a way to help future math teachers use dance in their instructions. (BENJAMIN ZACK/Standard-Examiner)$

Dance plus math = learning at Weber State workshop

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 6:33am

OGDEN — Math major Mollie Emerson had doubts as she waited Friday for a Weber State University workshop that promised to illustrate mathematical principles through dance.

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Weber State University dance student Shawna Neddo performs dance moves. The university’s dance company is raising money to send dancers to San Francisco to perform and take workshops from master teachers. (Courtesy photo)

Weber State dancers raising funds for educational trip

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 6:37am

OGDEN — Student dancers in the Weber State University Dance Company are hoping to kick-start their careers with an artistic project they hope to finance, in part, through the Kickstarter fundraising website.

As of Monday, the 14 students had raised 27 percent of the $4,000 they need through Kickstarter to complete funding for a three-day performing trip to a San Francisco theater known for nourishing emerging artists. The funds came from 26 backers who pledged funds through the fundraising website.

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Bailee Singleton and Braiden Singelton attend Syracuse High School’s Preference Dance together recently. Braiden has cerebral palsy, autism and other cognitive disabilities.
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A dance to remember for Braiden

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 4, 2013 - 1:03am

SYRACUSE — Bailee Singleton and Keileigh Reid will probably attend many high school dances in their lives, but the night when they accompanied Braiden Singleton will be one they will never forget.

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Public invited to Gospel Dance fest

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, November 11, 2012 - 11:33pm

CLEARFIELD — A Gospel Dance Festival is scheduled from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the auditorium at Clearfield High School, 931 S. 1000 East in Clearfield.

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A group performs a flash mob dance at a home in West Haven on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner

Zombie Flash Mob in West Haven on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012.

Nicholas Draney, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - 8:24pm

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Hackenslash performs at Lagoon during Frightmares, which continues through Oct. 30. The team began performing at Lagoon in 2002 and has performed every year since, except for one, when the park received complaints that the act was “too scary,” says member Anna Brown, a 33-year-old stay-at-home mother from West Jordan. Members dance with running chain saws while wearing makeup, mechanics overalls, leather aprons, boots, gloves to the elbow, hooded sweatshirts, hockey masks and wigs — and stink of gasoline and exhaust fumes. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Stay-at-home mom finds fulfillment as Hackenslash chain saw dancer

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 22, 2012 - 10:49am

FARMINGTON — The loud, eerie “EEERRR” noise of a running chain saw can be a real attention-getter.

Add a hockey-masked monster chain saw operator, and the hearts of observers can’t help but skip a beat.

For nearly a decade, the Hackenslash Chainsaw Demonstration Team has been a part of Lagoon’s annual Halloween-themed haunt, Frightmares. But this is the first year the eight-member dance team has been elevated to what one member refers to as “legit” status — the group’s likeness is now being printed on Lagoon Frightmares T-shirts.

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Lacey Knighton of Ogden hangs upside down with instructor Holly Jarvis below her during Ariel Hammock class at French Kiss Fitness in Ogden Thursday, October 12, 2012. (ROBERT JOHNSON/Standard-Examiner)

Aerial Hammock class at French Kiss Fitness in Ogden

Robert Johnson, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, October 15, 2012 - 6:42pm

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Youth dance class in Clearfield, Oct. 8, 2012

Brian Wolfer

Last updated Monday, October 8, 2012 - 7:41pm

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(BRIAN WOLFER/Special to the Standard-Examiner) Kids stand on their feet mimicking Angie Collinwood at the Clearfield Aquatic Center.

Instructor shares her love of dance with a younger generation

Tanna Woods Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 8:19am

CLEARFIELD — A gallop is not the same as a skip.

The difference is that the skip is a step, hop, meaning picking up one knee, whereas the gallop is like dragging one foot behind the other.

This simple distinction is just one of many things instructor Angie Collinwood tries to impress on a young group of students. She is teaching a variety of classes for youngsters at the Clearfield Aquatic Center.

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Registration open for Clearfield dance classes

Staff and correspondents Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 12:36pm

The city recreation department and the Clearfield Aquatic Center are now taking registrations for three different youth dance classes.

Little Dancers helps toddlers, age 3-4, explore movement using a variety of dance and movement forms. This includes an introduction to ballet. The class is from 10:15 a.m. to 10:55 a.m. on Tuesdays, starting Sept. 25 for eight weeks.

There is a hip hop class, for age 9 to 14, from 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., on Fridays beginning Sept. 28 for eight weeks.

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Public invited to free show at Ogden Valley library

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, August 27, 2012 - 10:46pm

HUNTSVILLE — Weber County Library’s Ogden Valley Branch on Thursday will host its Summer Sizzle music series, featuring music and dance by Nino Reyos.

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Idaho man accused of using gun to force 'moonwalk'

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 1:35pm

SANDPOINT, Idaho -- An Idaho man has been charged with assault after authorities say he ordered another man to perform the "moonwalk" at gunpoint.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Sixth-grade students hang out near a 1956 Chrysler New Yorker during a 1950s dance at Lomond View Elementary School in Pleasant View on Friday.

Pleasant View sixth-graders 'Rock Around the Clock' in true 50s style

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 13, 2012 - 6:51pm

PLEASANT VIEW — Jaden Spendlove wasn’t planning on attending his sixth-grade dance on Friday afternoon, but he’s glad he changed his mind.

“I was going to chicken out,” said the Lomond View student. “I was nervous about dancing with random people, but I practiced the steps and now I’m really glad I came.”

Dressed in a white T-shirt and jeans rolled up at the bottom, Jaden danced the waltz and swing with the rest of his classmates. The girls all wore their hair up in a high ponytail tied with a scarf. Each wore a wide swing felt skirt, called a poodle skirt, in bold colors that included red, lime green, purple, pink, blue and polka dot. The boys wore white T-shirts and jeans. Some wore leather jackets and sunglasses, and some slicked their hair back.

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Dance to the big-band beat tonight

Linda East Brady Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 6, 2012 - 10:40pm

OGDEN -- Come on out and shake a leg to the big-band beat of the Junction City Big Band on Saturday. The dance is at the Shepherd Union Ballroom on the Weber State University campus at 3848 Harrison Blvd.

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For LDS Institute, the Spring Variety Show is a time to remember

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 6, 2012 - 4:59pm

OGDEN ¬-- "Remember When ... A Worthy Tribute" marks the Ogden LDS Institute of Religion's 50th annual Spring Variety Show.

This year's show features more than 200 young adults from the Institute Chorale, Choralaires and Folk Dancers. These young adults will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. April 14 at the Austad Auditorium in the Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, 1901 University Circle, on the campus of Weber State University.

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