STREET: The evolution of eXpressions

Eric Shi :: Staff Photographer © 2013 The Daily Princetonian Publishing Co.

Eric Shi :: Staff Photographer © 2013 The Daily Princetonian Publishing Co.

By CHRISTINE WANG
Senior Writer

eXpressions’ upcoming spring show, “Evolve,” seems appropriately named considering the group’s evolution since its founding in 1979. eXpressions was Princeton’s first student-run dance company and tended to favor jazz back in the 1980s. Few realize that eXpressions is only a de facto all-female company. There is no clause in the company’s charter that states it will refuse male auditionees, and understandably so, considering the group was originally co-ed. However in recent years, the company has earned a campus reputation as the all-female lyrical dance company filled with girls looking to continue their competition days. Publicity chair Silvia Lundgren ’15, confessed to initially having a negative image of the company as one of the less serious dance groups.

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