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Goetzke dances through life

Goetzke dances through life

Hannah Boardman, Print Editor-in-Chief February 6, 2018

Body-aches, tired muscles, swollen feet, extreme exhaustion. All of these sound like symptoms of an illness, or side effects of a medication, but for freshman Isabel Goetzke they're proof that she's done...

Ballerina, Ava Wichser, has been dancing for 13 years and dances annually in the Nutcracker. “She started ballet because of her love to perform. The first time she saw The Nutcracker, she was not in it, but she knew she wanted to be.”

Ava Wichser pirouettes through the Nutcracker ballet

Tessa Rosa, Fashion Blog Editor December 7, 2014

For Ava Wichser, (’16) life is tights and tutus. From the time she was three years old she has been in ballet. In the last 13 years, the passion for the thrill of dance has not faded. If anything, it...

Wichser to play big role in “The Nutcracker”

November 18, 2014

To learn ballet, a person will need practice, patience, and poise. Not only does ballet require time and energy, but it also requires determination. Junior Ava Wichser portrays all of these characteristics...

Caitlin McDermott will be the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in this year’s performances of “The Nutcracker” produced by St. Croix Ballet.

St. Croix Ballet prepares for annual ‘Nutcracker’ performance

Maddy Boettner November 28, 2013

The lights dim and the crowd goes quiet, so quiet that the audience could hear a pin drop. The dancers hold their breaths, their hearts racing, until a bright light focuses in on them. They stare ahead...

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