During the month of October I attended the musically choreographed piece Stomp. This piece was performed at the Peoria Civic Center. Stomp is a talented group of dancers that perform a choreographed piece by banging on over one hundred objects. These objects range from trash cans to stop signs and cones. They even clap and of course stomp making the most unique kinds of beats.
Stomp originated sometime in the late 1980’s early 90’s when the leader of the group was sweeping one day and started pounding the broom and swishing it to make different sounds and eventually started making beats. It didn’t take long for the public to take notice of this out of the ordinary yet unique act. Within a year and after hundreds of hours of practice, Stomp was formed and was touring around the world to amaze people with their beat-making talent and incredible dancing.
My favorite part of the show would have to be when all the lights turned off and the group stood in a line in the center of the stage, all with Zippo lighters. They all synchronized together and flipped and closed their lighter at certain times to create a masterpiece. All this was going on while the audience was sitting in the dark, which made a cool effect of just being able to see the flame of the lighters go out and then light back up again. Stomp was a great group that I encourage anybody who likes dancing and beats, if you have the chance, to go see them. It was a great time and I enjoyed myself and didn’t get bored; as the routine flowed smoothly from beginning to end.
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