As the lights come on and the first notes of “Shake it Out” by Florence and the Machine begin to play, Peyton Carmody ‘26 takes her beginning pose and starts the choreography, opening the 2024 Eurythmics show. The music swells as the dancers create a flurry of movement onstage, allowing the company to truly Flourish—the theme of that year’s show. 

“My favorite part about Eury is how the whole process is very creative, and there’s a lot of emphasis on student choice,” Carmody said. “We get so much freedom in being able to choose the song, style, number of dancers, props, and costume vision for our piece, and it really makes the show feel like our own. Finally, putting on the show in May is a super rewarding experience, and I feel so connected to my fellow dancers and community members who come to support us.” 

Eurythmics is LT’s student-led dance company of 40-50 students, Hayden Frazier ‘26 said. They put on an annual showcase filled with mostly student-choreographed pieces, along with a few guest artist pieces from professional choreographers. This year, the company’s theme is Illuminate. 

“As I’ve progressed through the grades, I feel as though I’ve grown into a strong leader within the program and gotten more involved with the creative aspect,” Carmody said. 

Dancers audition at the beginning of the school year and begin production in February, culminating with the final performances on May 7-9, Carmody said. Since the girls are together for such long periods of time, they incorporate numerous team-bonding events into their season, such as a progressive dinner during the beginning of rehearsal season where the team goes to various member’s houses for different courses, making scrapbooks for senior team members, and team dinners after shows. 

“At the end of our season, during the shows, we get dinner after each show,” Carmody said. “The first show is a Eurythmics dinner [with the whole team], and the second show is split into upper and underclassmen. The final show is spent only with your respective grade. It really makes us all feel close-knit being able to spend so much time together, especially when we start tech rehearsal in the Reber Center, because a lot of the time we’re together for hours on stage waiting for lighting cues to be fixed.” 

This year, Eurythmics has an especially large group of girls who have participated in the show from freshman to senior year: Frazier, Carmody, Karina Singh ‘26, Liza Shorrock ‘26, Nora Foley ‘26, Macy Niemic ‘26, Avery Parente ‘26, Marissa Parente ‘26, Maya Bylsma ‘26, and Lily Martin ‘26. 

“These girls, especially, I feel super close to because we have been part of Eury together since freshman year, and it is so comforting knowing that we have had four years of this experience together,” Carmody said. “Going from the youngest to the oldest has been a bittersweet feeling, but I know my senior year will be equally as satisfying.”

In addition to those 10 seniors, the team has 13 more dancers who will be graduating in May: Julia Schwartz ‘26, Alina Ortega ‘26, Brooke Manley ‘26, Alexis Jain ‘26, Elaina Stoltz ‘26, Greta Newlin ‘26, Kennedy Campbell ‘26, Maddie Dienes ‘26, Lexi Steck ‘26, Lauren Mariduena ‘26, Lucia Nemeth ‘26, Maeve McCormack ‘26, and Sam Sexton ‘26. 

“Having such a big [senior] class is super fun because we all get to share the same experience and dance together on stage for the last time,” Carmody said. “As they say, the more the merrier! I think because the senior class is so large, it’ll be a really special show, and I hope that the audience feels the weight that our class brings.”

This year, Frazier is choreographing a hip-hop number with Carmody and Carmody’s younger sister, Madison Carmody ‘28, and a contemporary dance called ‘Rosalia.’ Carmody is also choreographing a ballroom number with Singh and the traditional senior Guy-Girl piece where each dancer picks a senior boy to dance with them. Without the seniors to choreograph pieces next year, underclassmen such as Avery Jorgensen ‘28 will have to step up and fill the shoes of the graduating class. 

“The seniors this year are all so amazing, and I look up to each of them,” Jorgensen said. “Watching them graduate will definitely be bittersweet because I have made so many great friendships with them, and it will be sad to see them all go.”