SUNY Oneonta’s Terps Dance Troupe Celebrates Broadway, Honors Late Member in Fall Performance
By JAQUELYN CARLO
SUNY Institute for Local News
ONEONTA
The Terpsichorean Dance Company, more commonly known as “Terps,” is one of SUNY Oneonta’s most popular student organizations, with over a hundred active members. And their biannual end-of-semester dance shows are always among the university’s top cultural events of the year, with tickets routinely selling out and family and friends traveling from all over the state to attend.
This fall semester, the student-run dance company is putting on a “Terps on Broadway”-themed performance for three nights: Thursday, December 4 and Friday, December 5, both at 7 p.m., and Saturday, December 6 at 5 p.m. The shows are held in the Goodrich Theater in the Fine Arts Center.
Every Terps show is an opportunity for SUNY Oneonta students to come together to choregraph their own original dances, as well as to show off their individual talents to their peers and the community.
For this year’s “Terps on Broadway” show, each class is performing a separate dance related to a musical on Broadway.
Senior Maya Johnson has been dancing for 20 years, nearly her entire life. She was elected to the role of Terps president last year. Johnson said that each class is a different character based on the theme each semester. This fall 2025 semester, the first-year students are “Annie,” the sophomores are “West Side Story,” the juniors are “Mean Girls,” and the seniors are “Chicago.” The executive board, or “e-board,” members get a special spotlight as the “Wicked” characters.
