Dance

Senior captain of the Cannon Falls dance team, Vanessa Peer, was awarded All Conference recognitions in both high kick and jazz. Peer has been a crucial part of the Cannon Falls dance team since making varsity in eighth grade. She is a very positive person who is always looking for a silver lining in negative situations. Peer explained how this year, the team changed the way they worked out and that she made every effort to be a positive reinforcement to push the girls through the change. As the season began, she and the rest of her teammates had the ultimate goal of making it to the state dance tournament, which they did, meaning Peer earned the opportunity to dance in her fifth state tournament. After putting her extremely successful high school dance career to a rest, she will attend St. Thomas University for Biology/Pre-optometry.

Jada Krinke has been dancing since she was just three years old. She has put in a seemingly endless number of hours working to perfect her skills, hard work that surely paid off. Krinke has been a varsity dancer since the eighth grade and was named an All Conference athlete in both high kick and jazz. Krinke began her final season ready to work, to have fun, and to be a positive leader. In her mind, the season was a successful one because she met her ultimate goal of dancing at state while acting as a positive role model for the younger girls on the team. After high school Jada is planning to continue dancing at St. Cloud State University.

Olivia Johnson has also been dancing since the age of three. She started out dancing in a studio and only grew in her abilities since then. She went into her senior season hoping to have the most unforgettable and successful season she could’ve had. Her goal was definitely met. She did her part by being a strong leader and positive role model for the younger dancers. Johnson has been a strong part of the varsity dance team since eighth grade and she will be missed in the years to come. After Johnson graduates high school, she will be attending North Dakota State University for nursing. She might be  pushing  pause on her dance career during college, but after she graduates she is hoping to become a coach or judge.  

Alison Larson was one of the three senior captains for the Cannon Falls 2019-2020 dance season. She is a very successful dancer for the team and was awarded All Conference in high kick. Larson entered her senior season ready to work as hard as she could to leave her mark on the team she would be leaving behind. She thought of her teammates as sisters and made the younger team members know she was always there for them, whether it be about dance or something off the floor. Dance has been a passion in Larson’s life since she was three years old and couldn’t imagine life without it. As she finished her last moments of her highschool career and earned a spot on the All Conference team, she felt honored that her hard work had been recognized by coaches beyond her own team. Larson is attending the University of Minnesota after high school either for architecture or literature and is hoping to join a club dance team. She also plans to support the University of Minnesota’s dance team as much as possible because “they’re fantastic!”