This past Sunday the MSU Dance Club took the stage at East Lansing High School for the recital of their 10th season.
For 10 years, the MSU Dance Club has been providing a place where dancers of all skill levels can come to share their love of dance, make lasting friendships and positively impact the community.
The club is unique from other dance groups on campus because they strive to include anyone who wishes to dance, whether they have been dancing for years or have never tried.
“We have all different varying experience levels — people who have never danced before, people who have danced their whole lives — so it’s good that we have a mix like that,” club president and marketing senior Kelly Munzenberger said. “We really like to focus on getting our dances to look good but also on having a lot of fun.”
The club has try-outs in the fall, but Munzenberger said it’s more about separating the dancers into various experience levels. The club has more than 100 members and has not cut anyone in the last two years, according to Munzenberger.
Munzenberger said she believes the club provides a place for passionate students to embrace something they love and also make lifelong friends.
“I hope that people can look back and have this be just some of their fondest memories from college. Something outside of class work that they had to do that was fun and allowed them to make a lot of memories,” Munzenberger said.
Munzenberger also said that one of her favorite parts of dance club is the amount of the community outreach they are able to engage in.
The club held a charity show in November to benefit Haven House, a shelter that provides emergency housing and support services for one- and two-parent families with children.
The dancers asked family and friends to donate money to attend the show and raised about $700 for the shelter.
MSU Dance Club will also be participating in Relay for Life on April 17.
Munzenberger has high hopes for the club that has been such a large part of her college experience.
“Moving forward I just hope that it continues to grow and have a positive impact and be involved with even more things over the years to come,” Munzenberger said.
