Saturday night in the Theatre in the Doudna Fine Arts Center, the EIU Dancers presented their last big performance of the semester titled “Dangerously in Love.”

There were 18 separate small performances in total, and all covered different forms of dance. Hip-hop, interpretative, ballet, tap and others dance styles were combined into the performance.

Liv Link, the president of the EIU dancers, said they performed different styles of dance because it is important to learn many different kinds of dance.

“Learning different forms not only teaches them the different kinds of dance but also entertains many people in the audience,” she said.

Many of the songs featured in the performances were remixes, with only a few being the original songs.

There were three guest choreographers that helped with the performance: Kristen Pierce, a former member of the EIU dancers and the Pink Panthers dance team; Nicole Varvarezos, a senior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a former member of the EIU Dancers; Lyndsey Weber, an Eastern alumna and a former member of the EIU Dancers.

Many of the dancers also choreographed the different performances.

Throughout the entire performance, there were short videos shown of the dancers during their practices.  Some of the dancers narrated the videos, telling the audience why they became a dancer for the team, what they like about being on the team and what being on the team has done for them in their lives.

The first performance, called “Who We Are,” featured the entire dance team, which introduced the audience all the dancers.

The next two performances, “I’m Doin’ Me” and “Living Without” featured a smaller portion of the team.

“I’m Doin’ Me” was the first hip-hop style dance of the evening.  The fourth performance was a form of interpretive couple’s dance called “Truth of Desire.” The next dance, “It’s All Over,” was performed by two dancers, Kristlyn Dalton and Nicki Sheridan, who were the co-directors of the entire performance along with the choreographers of the dance.

The performance featured a musical piece, called “Forget the Boy,” which is the only musical-styled performance throughout the entire show.  The dancers lip synced the song and used a prop in their performance.

Stephanie White can be reached at 581-2812 or sewhite2@eiu.edu