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The Review
The official student newspaper of St. John's School.

The Review
During Kai Gomez’s dance, "Can You Loosen Orion’s Belt?", Talulah Monthy, Genna Larsen, Kenzie Chu, Lydia Huang, Rayna Kim and Caroline Basu strike powerful silhouettes.

Students display creativity, emotion at annual choreography showcase

Eshna Das and Nathan Kim • January 23, 2025

As a mix of synths and drums set a steady beat throughout Lowe Theater, seniors Kai Gomez, Genna Larsen and Rayna Kim strode, shuffled and crawled onto the VST stage. With an unconventional entrance, the...

The audience cheers as the dancers in senior Addy McKenney's "Feeling Good" finish their performance with a striking silhouette.

Dance department kicks off new year with annual student choreography showcase

Lee Monistere and Eshna Das • January 19, 2024
On Jan. 5, students and parents flocked to the VST to watch student choreographers showcase a wide variety of performances.
Video: Behind the Scenes of Kai Gomez's "Dogs Playing Poker"

Video: Behind the Scenes of Kai Gomez’s “Dogs Playing Poker”

Virginia Carolyn Crawford, Annie Villa, and Diane Guo • January 27, 2023
In today's video, sophomore Kai Gomez tells her story of bringing an unconventional dance to the stage at the Student Choreography Showcase on Jan. 6.
Eight dancers dressed in bright colors begin their dance routine.

Students express creativity through annual choreography showcase

Eshna Das and Lee Monistere • January 17, 2023
On Jan. 6, students performed STUCHO, an annual production where students create original, complex routines to a wide variety of songs and recruit dancers to bring their pieces to life.
Along with choreography, lighting design was entirely student-run. Junior Diane Guo set the lights for senior Catherine Lu’s piece "Already Gone," allowing the audience to only see the dancers’ silhouettes at times, creating a dramatic effect.

Student Choreography Showcase returns to in-person format, features original dances

Mia Hirshfeld, Staff Writer • January 13, 2022
On Jan. 7, students and parents gathered to watch the annual Student Choreography Showcase. Over the past year, dance students took improv classes and rehearsed for weeks to prepare for the almost entirely student-driven production. 
To give choreographers more time to hone their dances and reduce dancers’ workload at the end of the first semester, STUCHO will take place on Jan. 17 rather than the middle of December. As the performance date approaches, Gidi’s choreographers are scheduling more rehearsals to finalize details.

Behind the scenes: dancers prepare for choreography showcase

Edward Chen, Bailey Maierson, Olivia Doan, and Fareen Dhuka • January 17, 2020
Go behind the scenes of the Student Choreography Showcase with editors Fareen Dhuka and Celine Huang and learn about STUCHO's new guidelines with our staff!
Sarah Hill ('20), Josephine Dodd ('19), Athena Adrogué ('20), Connie Yu ('21), Samara Moll ('20), Yuki Chevray ('20), Emily Feng ('19) and Karli Fisher ('21) rehearse before the showcase was delayed.

Dancers exhibit creativity at delayed choreography showcase

Celine Huang and Wenqing He • January 15, 2019
After the original performance was delayed due to inclement weather, dancers performed in the annual student choreography showcase on Jan. 9.
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