Alyssa Fung, 14, leaps over Taija Scott, 15, as Kaitlin Dacanay, 13, back left, and Amy Winslow (obscured) dance together in the background at Spotlight Dance Center. The all-Renton foursome, the Senior Spotlight Dance Company, will perform in the Dance Educators Association Conference in Shoreline on Nov. 1 - Matt Brashears/Renton Reporter
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Alyssa Fung, 14, leaps over Taija Scott, 15, as Kaitlin Dacanay, 13, back left, and Amy Winslow (obscured) dance together in the background at Spotlight Dance Center. The all-Renton foursome, the Senior Spotlight Dance Company, will perform in the Dance Educators Association Conference in Shoreline on Nov. 1

Four dancers to perform at educators conference


October 14, 2008 · Updated 11:53 AM 

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Four dancers from downtown Renton’s Spotlight Dance Studio will perform at the Dance Educators in America-Washington Conference at Shorecrest Performing Arts Center Nov. 1.

The dancers are one of only 10 Washington groups chosen to perform. The conference performance is non-competitive.

The group was chosen after Spotlight owner and teacher Samantha Sullivan submitted a proposal.

Is she excited for the performance?

“Oh yes, absolutely,” she says. “The girls are a little nervous. It’s a very big deal to perform not only in front of an audience, but in front of people who teach dance.”

The four performing dancers are Alyssa Fung, 14, Kaitlin Dacanay, 13, Taija Scott, 15 and Amy Winslow, 26. They are in the Senior Spotlight Dance Company.

Sullivan choreographed the group’s performance piece, called “I am the Greatest.” The piece is a two-person dance-off.

“It’s a little lyrical, a little hip hop, a little jazz, a little modern — it’s meant to be a humorous piece,” Sullivan says.

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