About Dance Matters

Like This Like That

Music: Lady Bri

Choreography:  Savannah Harrington Boyce of Untapped 

NLRHS Dance Troupe Students:

*Deborah Adams, Jasmin Aranda, Madison Courage Fleck, Krista Hampton, Mikiya Smith, Maggie Taylor, & Daphne Workman

*Dance Captain


 

Train Wreck

Music:  James Arthur

Choreographed and Performed by:  Shacoya Byers, Jacey Harris, and Desirae Randle


 

Scars To Your Beautiful 

Music: Alessia Cara 

Choreography:  Peyton Davis

NLRHS Dance Troupe Students:

Deborah Adams, *Jasmin Aranda, MarLyn Bolden, Anneke Cranor, Mackie Davis, Madison Courage Fleck, Krista Hampton, Karrington Jones, Adie Lockhart-Johnson, Drew Martens, Daniela Navarro-Alvarado, Mikiya Smith, Maggie Taylor, Amelia Wassell, & Daphne Workman

*Dance Captain


 

Let’s Get Loud

Music: Cinderella Original Motion Picture Cast: Camila Cabello, Nicholas Galitzine, & Idina Menzel

Choreography: Christen B. Pitts

NLRHS Theatre Dance I Students (A1):

Kashunda Chestnut, Sequoia Dodson, Terry Freeman, Za’Mya Hattison, Taniyah Jackson, Niylen Jones, Shania Layton, Cycelia Malone, Britney Moore, Hannah Moore, Olivia Rice, Adriana Richmond, Ta’shay Saulsberry, Samiyah Shorter, Ja’Niyah Smith, Sami Stafford, Angel Toliver, So’Miah Toney, & Keyona Walker


 

Jealous

Music:  Labrinth

Choreographed and Performed by:  Jasmin Aranda


 

NLRHS Dance Student of the Year:  Deborah Adams


 

I’m Tired

Music: Labrinth

Choreography: Dance Troupe members 

NLRHS Dance Troupe Students:

*Deborah Adams, *Jasmin Aranda, MarLyn Bolden, Anneke Cranor, Mackie Davis, Madison Courage Fleck, Krista Hampton, Karrington Jones, Adie Lockhart-Johnson, Drew Martens, Daniela Navarro-Alvarado, *Mikiya Smith, Maggie Taylor, Amelia Wassell, & *Daphne Workman

*Dance Captain


 

All That Jazz

Music: Glee 

Choreography:  Original choreography by Bob Fosse; restaged by Christen B. Pitts 

NLRHS Theatre Dance II Students:

Shacoya Byers, Zylah Dancy, Jacey Harris, Farrah Holman, Daisy Horton, Hannah Killeen, Aja Parker, Desirae Randle, Qur’an Salaam, Kenzie Tatum, Tristen Woods, and DeNia Workman


 

We Don’t Talk About Bruno

Music: Encanto Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 

Choreography: Dance III/IV students

NLRHS Theatre Dance III Students (B2):

Brooke Bethell, Jaci Donaldson, Calisa Gilliam, Lanasia Manning, & Kaitlyn Williams 

NLRHS Theatre Dance IV Student (B2): 

Jasmin Aranda


 

My Mind

Music:  Yebba

Choreography:  Maddie Drabble

Performed by: Mikiya Smith 


 

Good Old Days

Music:  Macklemore featuring Kesha

Choreographers:  Deborah Adams, Jasmin Aranda, and Maggie Taylor

NLRHS Senior Dancers

Deborah Adams, Jasmin Aranda, Brooke Bethell, MarLyn Bolden, Farrah Holman, Karrington Jones, Daniela Navarro-Alvarado, Kenzie Tatum, Maggie Taylor, So’Miah Toney, & Daphne Workman


 

Perfect

Music: Emma Heesters

Choreography:  Sara Wilson

Performed by:  Anneke Cranor


 

Fly Girls

Music: “Shoop” by Salt-n-Pepa, “Dangerous” by Busta Rhymes, “This is How We Do It” by Montell Jordan, “Queen of the Night” by Whitney Houston, and “Too Legit” by MC Hammer

Choreography:  Caitlin McGee

NLRHS Dance Troupe Students:

*Deborah Adams, Jasmin Aranda, MarLyn Bolden, Madison Courage Fleck, Krista Hampton, Karrington Jones, Adie Lockhart-Johnson, Drew Martens, Daniela Navarro-Alvarado, Mikiya Smith, Maggie Taylor, Amelia Wassell, & Daphne Workman

*Dance Captain


 

Cake by the Ocean

Music: DNCE

Choreography: Christen B. Pitts 

NLRHS Theatre Dance I Students (B4):

Marchelle Akins, Alisha Allen, Emily Bell, Jaleah Bennett, Danielle Casey, Keondre Davis, Ta’kerra Dukes, Lark Dupins, Tiasia Ford, Stephanie Gomez, Yuliana Gomez, Sereniti Janae’, Layla Mays, Jaynia McJoy, Kameron Merritt, Savannah Minor, Jania Terry, & Markael Thomas


 

Stormy Weather

Music:  Etta James

Choreography:  Katie Greer

NLRHS Dance Troupe Students:

Deborah Adams, Jasmin Aranda, MarLyn Bolden, Mackie Davis, Krista Hampton, Karrington Jones, Adie Lockhart-Johnson, Drew Martens, Daniela Navarro-Alvarado, Mikiya Smith, & Amelia Wassell

 

Sally Riggs Insalaco Spirit of the Dance Award/Scholarship: 

Jasmin Aranda 

 

Step in Time

Music: Mary Poppins, Broadway Soundtrack

Choreography:  Marisa Kirby

NLRHS Dance Troupe Students:

Deborah Adams, Jasmin Aranda, MarLyn Bolden, Madison Courage Fleck, Krista Hampton, Karrington Jones, Adie Lockhart-Johnson, Drew Martens, Daniela Navarro-Alvarado, *Mikiya Smith, Maggie Taylor, Amelia Wassell, & Daphne Workman

*Dance Captain

 

Behind the Scenes with Dance Matters

Video by Heroe Productions Entertainment LLC

 

Better When I’m Dancin’

Music:  Meghan Trainor 

NLRHS Theatre Dance I-IV students and Dance Troupe members

 

 

To our NLRHS Senior Dancers 

Deborah Adams, Jasmin Aranda, Brooke Bethell, MarLyn Bolden, 

Farrah Holman, Karrington Jones, Daniela Navarro-Alvarado, Kenzie Tatum, 

Maggie Taylor, So’Miah Toney, & Daphne Workman

 

We love you and look forward to dancing with you one last time 

in the spring dance concert!  Keep on Dancing! We are so proud of you all!  

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams and live the life you’ve always imagined!”  -Henry David Thoreau

North Little Rock High School

NLRHS is proud to have a long tradition as one of the largest speech, drama, and dance programs in the state of Arkansas. NLRHS presents two main stage productions, two dance concerts, a dessert theater night, hosts one of the largest speech and debate competitions in central Arkansas. NLRHS employs 7 incredibly talented faculty and educates approximately 500 students in ALL aspects of the speech, dance, and theater arts. If you live in or around the NLR/Little Rock/Maumelle/Jacksonville area, we would love to have you join us in the audience for an upcoming show.