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The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

From right Mandy Transon, a senior early childhood special education major, locks hands with Rachel Wisner, a sophomore accounting major, at the end of their duet The Other Side from The Greatest Showman by Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron during the second dress rehearsal Wednesday at The Theatre at the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The two codirected the show and came up with the shows theme Time of our Lives because Transon is graduating and has had the time of her life and Wisner is just now starting to have the time of her life.

EIU dancers present “Time of Our Lives”

Alli Hausman, Copy Chief February 10, 2024

With a flash of the lights, a tap of a shoe and a roll of the body, the EIU dancers took to the stage in the Doudna Fine Arts Center, performing its annual spring showcase.   The show, titled “Time...

The Eastern Illinois University Dancers practice a routine in the Globe Theatre of Doudna Fine Arts Center Tuesday night.

Dancing for over 40 years or more

Chandler Smith, Reporter October 20, 2023

Every spring semester, Eastern's dancers come together to show what they have been doing and working on throughout the year.  Mandy Transon, the director of EIU Dancers, knows a lot about the team...

In the Spotlight performance to come Friday

‘In the Spotlight’ performance to come Friday

Chrstina Holman, Junior Events Editor March 23, 2023

The EIU Dancers will be putting on a production entitled, In the Spotlight. It will take place at the Doudna Fine Arts Center in The Theatre on March 24 and 25. There are several showtimes as listed:...

EIU Dancers 2018 show set for this weekend

Andrew Paisley, Campus Reporter March 1, 2018

Months of planning and preparation on everything from the dancing to the lighting on stage have culminated in the EIU Dancers’ 2018 show, “Oh, The Places You’ll Go.” “Oh, The Places You'll...

EIU Dancers to perform ‘Seasons’

Rachel Benda, Contributing Writer March 30, 2017

  The EIU Dancers will be performing a variety of dances, all portraying the theme ‘Seasons’ for their Spring Concert on Friday and Saturday at the Theatre in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. There...

EIU Dancers explore their inner ‘Queen Bey’

EIU Dancers explore their inner ‘Queen Bey’

Roberto Hodge, Multicultural Editor October 20, 2014

A total of 20 EIU Dancers will perform to a mixture of Beyoncé songs during Homecoming’s “Yell like Hell,” in McAfee Gymnasium Friday evening. Ahkeem Lang, a senior philosophy major, said the...

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