SPRING DANCE CONCERT
APRIL29&30
Starts at 7:00 PM
Northwood High Schools Northwood High Schools AcademyofMusic, Theatre, andDance AcademyofMusic, Theatre, andDance presents presents in the Auditorium at Wheaton High School
Tickets are $10
Thank you for attending Northwood High School’s 2025–2026 Spring Dance Concert. We encourage you to show your support for our performers at appropriate times, as excessive noise during performances can be distracting. Please hold all applause until the end of each dance. As a courtesy to our performers and fellow audience members, silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Recording and photography of any kind are not permitted during the performance. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
Most Wanted
Hip Hop
Period 1
Choreographed by Dancers & Joelle Solar
Music: DNA by Kendrick Lamar, Dreams and Nightmares by Meek Mills, Bad Man by Polo G, & Run It by Chris Brown
Dancers: Salma Amor, Viviana Aragon Caal, Morgan Charles, Cheyenne Edwards, Emma Garcia, Briana Gomez Santos, Stephanie Gutierrez, Nevaeha Ingram, Haddy Jallow, Isabella Leon, Heyse Rodriguez Gonzalez, Maria Romero Lovo, and Victoria Vazquez
Do You See Me Now?
Dance 2
Choreographed by Dancers & Joelle Solar
Music: 6 Inch by Beyoncé
Dancers: Kimberly Campos, Cassidy Carpenter, Maliah Cash, Aaliyah Felder, Katrin Garcia Boch, Amina Kilwake, Reese Lesnak, Ryan Lesnak, Jackson Logan, Corina Lopez Diaz, Izzy Lopez-Vasquez, Kara Scott, and Keilani Taylor
The strength underneath us
Student Choreography (Thursday Only)
Choreographed and Danced by Aminata Boulel Toure
Music: Pray by Sam Smith
all of me for you
Junior and Senior Dance Company
Choreographed by Chloe Saintime
Music: tear myself apart by Tate McRae
Dancers: Sofia Bernal Castillo, Rebecca Chen, Shaila Flores Prudencio, Britney Fru, Yadhira Huamani Peralta, Ryan Lesnak, Jordyn McPherson, Chloe Saintime, Arianna Soares, and Kaiya Wade
Just Out of Reach
Modern
Choreographed by Joelle Solar & Dancers
Music: Work Song by Hoizer
Dancers: Jetzemani Abarca Arevalo, Tierra Ashby, Morgan Charles, Leslie Galicia, Katrin Garcia Boch, Julieth Hernandez Valdez, Melany Maldonado Caal, Kaylah Matos, Bethelhem Michael, Lillian Oduro, Cinthia Orellana Orellana, Abigail Rufino, and Aminata Boulel Toure
Corporate Failure
Student Choreography (Wednesday Only)
Choreographed by Maliah Cash
Music: Who Dat Boy by Tyler, the Creator ft. A$AP Rocky
Dancers: Kimberly Campos, Cassidy Carpenter, Maliah Cash, Ryan Lesnak, Jayde Saunders, and Kara Scott
Take the Space
Dance as PE Period 5
Choreographed by Eva McLaughlin
Music: Move by Beyoncé
Dancers: Eldana Ahadu, Carla Argueta Menendez, Aiyana Bautista, Isabella Cabrera Vargas, Gemma Heard, Ariana Huezo Abarca, Yasmin Khadra, Ashly Lazo, Mayency Lopez Guevara, Camila Lopez, Ayi-A-Ne Mayanga, Idayari Mendoza Jandres, Salimata Ndiaye, Iris Orellana Arevalo, Eva Padilla, Eden Patterson, Jolie Plowden, Anneka Singer, Jolie Thermidor, Maria Valero Salas, and Elianna Vasquez-Barrera
Built to Rise
Hip Hop Period 5
Choreographed by Joelle Solar & Dancers
Music: Started from the Bottom by Drake, Level Up by Ciara, All I Do is Win by DJ Khalid ft. Ludacris, Rick Ross, T-Pain and Snoop Dogg, & All the Way Up by Fat Joe and Remy Ma ft. French Montana
Dancers: Caylee Beck, Claire Boyd, Karina Carranza Portillo, Maliah Cash, Yahnie Charles, LeAnn Dang, Olivia Davis, Magaly Escobar, Naomi Escubort Janekrabaunhad, Katrin Garcia Boch, Ema Gaudry, Kamilah Gutrick, Malaicka Hounnou, Izzy Lopez-Vasquez, Kaylah Matos, Zoey McCoy, Lilian Morales, Estefany Munoz Pineda, Cinthia Orellana Orellana, Sophia Perez, Trinity Pierre, Yarel Reyes, Mariana Rincon Cardenas, Kennedy Robinson, Jurney Saviñon, Kara Scott, and Victoria Yat Morales
Seed
Junior and Senior Dance Company
Choreographed by Cassidy Carpenter
Music: Retrograde by James Blake
Dancers: Magdalene Ahamazie, Tierra Ashby, Kimberly Campos, Cassidy Carpenter, Adelina Diop, Malaicka Hounnou, Shanique Marks, Bethlehem Michael, Lillian Oduro, Lucía Rocha, Aminata Boulel Toure, and Naima Williams-Loper
the Final Applause Senior Dance
Choreographed by Eva McLaughlin, Joelle Solar & Dancers
Music: Get’cha Head in the Game, We’re All in This Together, & High School Musical from High School Musical
Dancers: Tierra Ashby, Kimberly Campos, Karina Carranza PortilloMaliah Cash, Rebecca Chen, Leslie Galicia, Katrin Garcia Boch, Kamilah Gutrick, Corina Lopez Diaz, Izzy Lopez-Vasquez, Cinthia Orellana Orellana, Trinity Pierre, Valeria Sisco, Arianna Soares, and Kaiya Wade
INTERMISSION
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Thank you for attending Northwood High School’s 2025–2026 Spring Dance Concert. We encourage you to show your support for our performers at appropriate times, as excessive noise during performances can be distracting. Please hold ll l til th d f h dance. As a courtesy to ce members, silence all c s. Recording and photog d during the perform e show!
Cho cers M ye
Dancers: Kimberly Campos, Cassidy Carpenter, Maliah Cash, Aaliyah Felder, Katrin Garcia Boch, Amina Kilwake, Reese Lesnak, Ryan Lesnak, Jackson Logan, Corina Lopez Diaz, Izzy Lopez-Vasquez, Kara Scott, and Keilani Taylor
Paid In Full Hip Hop Period 1
Choreographed by Joelle Solar & Dancers
Music: Got Money by Lil Wayne ft. T-Pain, Cashin’ Out by Ca$h Out, Money Ain’t A Thang by Jermaine Dupri ft. Jay-Z, Let’s Get It by G. Dep ft. P. Diddy and Black Rob, Racks by YC ft. Future, & Commas by Future
Dancers: Salma Amor, Viviana Aragon Caal, Morgan Charles, Cheyenne Edwards, Emma Garcia, Briana Gomez Santos, Stephanie Gutierrez, Nevaeha Ingram, Haddy Jallow, Isabella Leon, Heyse Rodriguez Gonzalez, Maria Romero Lovo, and Victoria Vazquez
Keep it Classy
Junior and Senior Dance Company
Choreographed by Kara Scott
Music: Shake It by Charli XCX
Dancers: Caylee Beck, Lianna Bennett, Karina Carranza Portillo, Amanda, Lopez, Emmanuella Nsoga, Egypt Patterson, Kennedy Robinson, Jayde Saunders, and Kara Scott
The Space You Left Modern
Choreographed by Dancers & Joelle Solar
Music: David by Lorde
Dancers: Jetzemani Abarca Arevalo, Tierra Ashby, Morgan Charles, Leslie Galicia, Katrin Garcia Boch, Julieth Hernandez Valdez, Melany Maldonado Caal, Kaylah Matos, Bethelhem Michael, Lillian Oduro, Cinthia Orellana Orellana, Abigail Rufino, and Aminata Boulel Toure
Little Things
Dance as PE Period 6
Choreographed by Malaicka Hounnou (Student Aid)
Music: People Help the People by Birdy
Dancers: Viviana Aragon Caal, Jeymar Goncalves Godoy, Seidy Cardoza Lemus, Nalani Cevallos-Record, Maria Coj Avila, Geovanna De Morais Gregoria Alvarenga, Marieme Dieng, McKenzie Lopez-Barada, Cristina Martinez Martinez, Katherine Pena Carranza, Una Pereira, Bronwyn Philbeck, Marbeli Ramos Machado, Alyne Salazar, Ivana Sanchez-Escoto, Jakayla Swann, and Lailah Whitaker
Call the Shots
Hip Hop Period 5
Choreographed by Dancers & Joelle Solar
Music: Whistle While You Wurk by Ying Yang Twins, 6 Foot 7 Foot by Lil Wayne, A Milli by Lil Wayne, & Blow the Whistle by Too $hort
Dancers: Caylee Beck, Claire Boyd, Karina Carranza Portillo, Maliah Cash, Yahnie Charles, LeAnn Dang, Olivia Davis, Magaly Escobar, Naomi Escubort Janekrabaunhad, Katrin Garcia Boch, Ema Gaudry, Kamilah Gutrick, Malaicka Hounnou, Izzy Lopez-Vasquez, Kaylah Matos, Zoey McCoy, Lilian Morales, Estefany Munoz Pineda, Cinthia Orellana Orellana, Sophia Perez, Trinity Pierre, Yarel Reyes, Mariana Rincon Cardenas, Kennedy Robinson, Jurney Saviñon, Kara Scott, and Victoria Yat Morales
A Language Without Words
Dance as Fine Art Period 3
Choreographed by Eva McLaughlin & Dancers
Music: Futile Devices the Remastered Version by Sufjan Stevens
Dancers: Kimberly Alverez Garcia, Alisson Ayala Vasquez, Yara Coelho Do Carmo, Sintia De Leon Liriano, Suyane Esmitte Cardoso, Karla Fuentes Vasquez, Jeymar Goncalves Godoy, Elizabeth Guardado, Hellia Happy Tientcheu, Cinthia Orellana Orellana, Rosemery Osegueda Moreno, Miranda Pena Saavedra, Krystal Roy, Angie Salvador Martinez, Valeria Sisco, Raheema Sonny, Zari Tingle, Angela Velasquez, Camila Villeda, Amonnie Williamns, Victoria Yat Morales, and Betelihem Yemaneh
Rhythm of the Night
Junior and Senior Dance Company
Choreographed by Guadaloupe Kone
Music: Marry the Night by Lady Gaga
Dancers: Magdalene Ahamazie, Tierra Ashby, Caylee Beck, Lianna Bennett, Sofia Bernal Castillo, Kimberly Campos, Cassidy Carpenter, Karina Carranza Portillo, Rebecca Chen, Adelina Diop, Shaila Flores Prudencio, Britney Fru, Malaicka Hounnou, Yadhira Huamani Peralta, Ryan Lesnak, Amanda Lopez, Shanique Marks, Jordyn McPherson, Bethlehem Michael, Emmanuella Nsoga, Lillian Odouro, Egypt Patterson, Kennedy Robinson, Lucía Rocha, Chloe Saintime, Jayde Saunders, Kara Scott, Arianna Soares, Aminata Boulel Toure, Kaiya Wade, and Naima Williams-Loper
Thank you for your support!
LIGHTING AND SOUND
Kenneth Mckinney, Morenike Rossman, Vincent Sumbry, and the NHS Tech Crew
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO:
Wheaton High School, Northwood Administration, Northwood Business Office, Northwood Security, TADA, John Gunnison, Holly Jones, Sandra Spruill, Ryan Sullivan, Brett Harwood, Danika Wiggins, and Staff Chaperones
DANCE DEPARTMENT
Eva McLaughlin - Dance Teacher
Joelle Solar - Dance Teacher