IMPULSE hosts 19th annual spring show

‘RUCKUS’ features beginners workshop, collaborations with three dance groups

BY SOFIA BARNETT UNIVERSITY NEWS EDITOR

Performers were decked out in bright colors and dancing to upbeat hip-hop and pop hits in front of Alumnae Hall’s flashing strobe lights during IMPULSE Dance Company’s 19th annual spring show, “RUCKUS,” last Friday and Saturday.

“RUCKUS” featured collaborative work with members of various other on-campus dance troupes, including Fusion Dance Company, DAEBAK and Tempo Performance Company. The show also included over 30 members of IMPULSE’s “ELEMENTS” program, a four-week community dance workshop for beginner dancers at Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design. IMPULSE also invited audience members to join in on dances that have recently trended online.

“The show was super electrifying,” said audience member Tykerius Monford ’25. “It’s really cool that

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This year’s show included over 30 members of IMPULSE’s community dance workshop “ELEMENTS,” an on-campus program for beginners.

IMPULSE tries so hard to collaborate and bring in outside performers.”

Audience member Nora Starhill ’25 echoed Monford’s sentiment, calling the show’s strategic use of lighting “funky and new” and the dancing “beyond impressive.”

For Aziza Alford ’25, IMPULSE community co-chair, the group represents a unique and welcoming community within the University.

“IMPULSE has been my rock at Brown,” Alford said. “It is one of the most diverse communities that I’m a part of, and I love to be given a safe space to be vulnerable and share my choreography.”

“One of my favorite parts about the show is when we all start yelling on stage while we dance to hype each other up,” Alford added. “I love my IMPULSE family and I’m glad to have their unconditional support.”

Alford noted that this year’s

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