Advanced Dance 2025

Since early November, Mrs Bedrosian and the 37 members of Advanced Dance have been working every dance in class to form the 32 number show Level Up. 28 of the 32 numbers were student choreographed by 19 different individuals, making the 90 minute show almost entirely student led.

Advanced Dance Co Presidents Sloane Beasley and Josie Crank

"They became friends about a year and a half ago and have been inseparable since, Josie basically lives at my house," Mrs. Beasley said backstage during the Friday night show.

While the two have known each other since early on in their freshman year, their friendship didn't really take off until junior year. In the world of dance, they couldn't be more different. Crank is much more focused on the hip hop elements of her choreography which was reflected in the five dances she choreographed this year, while Beasley is much more focused on contemporary elements.

"We may have very different styles when it comes to dance, but that is actually what brings us together. She is able to teach me new moves and I am able to do the same for her" Sloane Beasley stated.

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"I have loved learning choreography and teaching my own dances. becoming co-president with my best friend was honestly the best way to spend my last year in this program. She is the yin to my yang" Co President Josie Crank stated.

"You really become a family with everyone through the shared passion of movement. The class teaches you how to be a member of a team, technique , and how to push yourself as a dancer," Crank continued.

In order to create a show that was both creative, captivating, and cohesive, all 37 members of the Advanced dance team have been working on learning and choreographing dances since early November. Each day in class, dancers spent the entirety of every class period dedicated to learning new material, including several after school rehearsals. Some students were in as many as up to 13 dances, over a third of the show.

Senior Alex Ventura has been lighting up the stage for dance since fall of his freshman year. Opportunities to be on the tech team for shows at PRHS have given Ventura the ability to to practice his favorite styles of lighting, playing around with different looks and themes to capture all the elements of a dance, freedom to play around with different settings and ideas more than he would be able to in a theater setting.

As with all good things, Dance show concluded on March 8 and was an emotional goodbye for many dancers, tech crew, and leaders.

"The last show was really emotional for me because of how much I have grown through high school doing lights in the booth with Mrs. Bedrosian and the Advanced dance team. I have been doing the same amazing job for four years, I'm sad it was only for such a short time," Ventura stated after being asked about a teary interaction post show.