Members of Entropy Dance Crew advertise for their hip-hop workshop on Sanford Mall. The workshop took place Sunday in Varsity Gym. Madelyn Rindal | The Appalachian

Students were exposed to a unique style of dance this weekend, through Entropy Dance Crew's hip-hop workshop Sunday in the Varsity Gym.

Entropy is a hip-hop dance crew made up of six students: sophomores Joshua Carr, Ershawn Wilder, D.J. Elliker and Kenley Joseph, junior Reshea Mackey and senior Ryan Parker.

"You're not going to see [hip-hop] normally around Boone," Carr said. "So I think it's really important for people to understand that we're here and we're actually a part of this community, so we fit inside this melting pot of Appalachian."

Attendees at Sunday's workshop learned a variety of dances, to songs by artists as varied as T-Pain and Lily Allen.

"It was a good workout, a good time and definitely helped me work on my dance moves," senior biology major Brian Bonville said.

Bonville attended the workshop after seeing Entropy around campus.

"Their crew is starting to mature as far as their style and their cohesion and they've been getting very involved," he said. "I was very impressed so I figured I would go out and support them, learn about dancing and have fun."

Carr started Entropy in November 2010 and the crew has been growing and gaining new members ever since. Still, Carr describes it as a tight-knit group.

"Entropy is a family," he said. "But we all happen to dance, so it kind of manifests that way. I guess on the outside, we're a dance crew - but on the inside, we're really just a tight family."

For Carr, who started dancing his senior year of high school, hip-hop is a stress reliever in the crazed world of college.

"In a weird way, it gives me a reason to get out of bed and a reason to get out of class, because you know that you're actually working for something," he said. "It keeps me in good shape and it's like, if I can dance and have that wow factor, it's like - you did your good deed for the day."

Story: CASEY SUGLIA, Lifestyles Reporter
Photo: MADELYN RINDAL, Photographer