Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Dancers perform “Golden” by Danielle Naimie ’21. The evening featured a variety of dance styles, from modern and ballet, to Irish step dance, Afro-Caribbean traditions and tap, entirely choreographed by HWS students.

Choreographed by Danielle Naimie ’21, a performance of “Golden” kicks off the 2018 Koshare Dance Collective at the Smith Opera House. Koshare is the largest and oldest club at HWS, and is open to all students.

In this special edition of This Week in Photos, we feature photos from the November 2018 Koshare Dance Collective performance, celebrating the popular event’s 47th anniversary. With sold-out performances at the Smith Opera House, this year more than 100 students performed 22 original pieces.

Choreographed by Bella Siddall ’21, students perform to the song “Lovely” by Billie Eilish and Khalid.

John Camara ‘19, Delaney Hoodak ‘21, Bobby Leonhart ‘21, Hunter Meyer-Hanover ‘21 and Jack Polentes ‘21 perform “Mashup.”

Set to a mashup of Chris Brown songs, students perform “Run It” at Koshare 2018.

Lucy Denton ’21, Katie Kumta ’21, Grace Stewart ’21, Sarah Underwood ’19 and Hallie Varenka ’20 perform “Lovely.”

William Smith students perform “Last Run on Di Road” choreographed by Shaahida Samuel ’19 and Shaamar Samuel ’19.

Grace Faulkner ‘22 twirls during the piece “Cercle.”

Dancers perform “Mashup” choreographed by Ruby Verbitsky ’21 and Jill Crocetta ’21.

William Smith students perform “Slow Burn,” set to the music of the Broadway show “The Pajama Game.”

Erika Ireland ’19 and Grace Faulkner ‘22 perform “Cercle” set to the song “A Place Only We Know” by Manse ft. Robin Valo.

Set to “Baby Blue Sedan” by Modest Mouse, dancers perform “Today.”

The HWS step team “Hipnotiqs” presents “K.O.,” choreographed by Ifunanya Okeke ’19 and Rachel Irizarry ’19.

Set to a mashup of popular Indian music, dancers perform “Monsoon Season in Mumbai” at Koshare 2018.

Students perform “Today,” choreographed by Addison Brearton ’19.