Chasing down the globe

Casey Manzella
Reporter

When senior Emma Gruber was young, she took ballet and ice skating lessons, but neither of these seemed to interest her. One day when she was in elementary school, she attended the Lord of the Dance, a professional Irish Dance performance, and immediately fell in love. “I loved watching the high kicks and jumps!” she said. “It was so amazing, I just wanted to do what they were doing.”