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INDIANAPOLIS — Do you know there are greater than 60 dance colleges within the larger Indianapolis space?
Mariel Greenlee-Lungu is prepared to guess you did not.
“It is there. It is there for anybody that has any curiosity. And I do assume that the extra that the audiences that devour artwork are conscious of the dancing that is out there to see, to expertise, the extra individuals will dance,” Greenlee-Lungu, the founding father of Indy Dance Council (IDC), informed WRTV.
Greenlee-Lungu was an expert dancer for practically 15 years with Dance Kaleidoscope right here in Indianapolis earlier than changing into a dance teacher. Though she’s danced in greater metropolitan cities extra acknowledged within the dance business, she says Indianapolis is her favourite dance metropolis.
“You’ve got completely different advantages in a giant metropolis. You’ve got all the cutting-edge developments occurring, you might have so many individuals passing by means of, you might have entry to all of this new and thrilling info. However in a smaller metropolis,” Greenlee-Lungu mentioned, “You’ve got this group that actually embraces what it has. And so that you get to know them on a extra intimate degree. Each the viewers and the opposite dancers.”
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Picture Supplied: Indy Dance Council
There are areas for Latin dancing, ballroom, swing, ballet, hip-hop, breakdancing, and extra in Indianapolis. Mariel says the dance group in Indy is huge and huge, identical to the Midwest.
“It is not that the advertising is not on the market,” Greenlee-Lungu began. “It is my guess that within the Midwest, we’re so unfold out. We now have house. And so we use it, proper? So all the pieces’s not piled on high of one another. You are not stumbling into issues fairly as shortly and simply as you might be in a really dense metropolis.”
Mariel formally launched IDC in Could for 2 causes. One, is to convey the a number of completely different sorts of dancing hubs in Indy collectively.
“I felt like, you already know, the road dance group, they do a very good job of speaking inside their sphere. And musical theater communicates fairly nicely inside their sphere. Live performance dance communicates pretty nicely inside their sphere. However the spheres do not all join with one another,” Greenlee-Lungu mentioned. “So I simply thought it could be actually cool to sort of join all the spheres. Due to the sort of dancer that I used to be, I actually loved all the pieces,” she mentioned. “I want I had identified extra about these issues once I was dancing.”
The second motive Greenlee-Lungu needed to begin a dance council was to place a highlight on the already thriving dance scene Indy has to supply for up-and-coming dancers, dance lovers, and dance audiences.
“There’s workshops occurring, there’s lecturers, there’s free occasions on a regular basis, there may be phenomenal dance occurring in each doable model. And it took me years and years and years to listen to about it,” Greenlee-Lungu mentioned. “So, how can I assist enhance communication? Shout what is going on on from the rooftops; make it simpler to come upon in order that the dancers of the group are getting to listen to about — and the viewers — what is going on in a well timed style to allow them to devour it?”
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Picture Supplied: Indy Dance Council/Claire Thomas
IDC is all about being a central place for Indy’s dance scene.
On the IDC web site, anybody can create a free account to publish about an occasion, class, or efficiency occurring within the metropolis. There’s additionally a studio map on the web site for people who find themselves taken with studying any explicit model of dance can discover their nearest class.
“Get impressed to get entangled,” Greenlee-Lungu.
IDC — which includes 19 council members — is at present developing with a listing of mission concepts for methods to convey dance to the forefront of Indy’s artwork group.
“Artwork actually exists to precise the sensation of individuals,” Greenlee-Lungu mentioned. “The artwork is the place we put our emotions. It is the place we cope. It is the place we specific. It is the place we discover group; that we’re not alone in these emotions and people experiences. That is actually the first — for me no less than — that is the first goal of constructing artwork.”
You possibly can be taught extra in regards to the Indy Dance Council and all about dance lessons, auditions, occasions, performances, and studios in Indianapolis at indydancecouncil.org.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Missing Persons detectives are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 64-year-old man with dementia.
Jeffrey Miller, 64, is described as a black male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 164 pounds, with brown eyes and bald hair.
Miller was last seen when he left his residence in 2600 block of Adams St. on July 28 at approximately 1 a.m. Police said Miller walked off his front porch in an unknown direction.
He was wearing stone washed jeans, a multiple color shirt, and a blue jean jacket.
Miller’s family says he has been diagnosed with dementia. He may be in need of immediate medical assistance.
If located, contact IMPD or Missing Persons at 317-327-6160 or 317-327-3811.
The Indianapolis Colts will be getting back second-year quarterback Anthony Richardson this season following surgery to his throwing shoulder. The No. 4 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft was limited to just four games but provided evidence that he could be the starter moving forward.
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He threw for 577 yards with three touchdowns and one interception. But where he was most dangerous was on the ground as he racked up 136 yards and four touchdowns.
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Shane Steichen was asked whether or not it could be beneficial for the Colts to limit Richardson on running attempts to avoid further injury. The head coach responded fairly honestly, comparing his young signal-caller to Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors.
“People ask this, too, a lot,” Steichen said at a Thursday news conference. “It’s just like ‘Hey, are you gonna limit the run game?’ And I kind of think, like, shoot, are you gonna limit Steph Curry from shooting three-pointers? Well, that’s one of Anthony’s strengths. So, we’re not gonna get away from that. That’s what he does well.”
Richardson showed that he was extremely effective in running the ball in limited time this past season. Before his injury, he was firing on all cylinders and Indianapolis is excited about the potential he has going forward.
The second-year player echoed a similar sentiment to that of his head coach but wants to do what is best for the team. He knows that his legs are what makes him special as a talent but also that he has to be more careful when running the ball going forward.
“My legs [have] always been one of my superpowers,” Richardson said. “So, trying to take that away from me, I don’t think that’s a good thing for this offense. It’s just more so me playing a little bit smarter, and learning how to take care of myself and my teammates. Knowing when to make the right play and knowing when to try to get the extra few yards. Don’t take my legs away, but being more smart.”
Staying on the field will be crucial to the development of Richardson and the overall success of the Colts. Playing in the wide-open AFC South, Indianapolis could make some noise and get themselves back to the postseason for the first time since 2020.
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Wilson York of Lakeside Swim Team in Kentucky swam to a new boys 13-14 national age group (NAG) record in the LCM 200 breast. York swam to a 2:15.11, getting under Ethan Dang‘s record of a 2:15.84 from 2016.
Prior to Dang, the record was held by Reece Whitley who swam a 2:16.48 in 2014, a time that still sits at #2 all-time for the age group. Dang now swims at Stanford while Whitley went on to swim for Cal.
York | Dang | |
100 | 1:06.22 | 1:04.99 |
200 | 1:08.89 | 1:10.85 |
2:15.11 | 2:15.84 |
York was out much slower than Dang was but was able to only have a two second fall-off in the race. York dropped a significant amount of time in the race as he entered with a 2:18.08 from January’s Pro Series stop in Knoxville. That time previously sat at #4 all-time in the age group.
York has had a busy week of competition in Indianapolis and has his last individual race with the 200 IM tomorrow. He notably swam the 100 breast earlier this week with a 1:03.77 in finals, exactly half a second off his 1:03.27 entry time.
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