Ms. Star Bound: Rowan Fryer has bright future in dance
Manteca High junior Rowan Fryer has been dancing competitively for Dance and Cheer Stars. (Photo contributed)
By RYLEE EBERLE
The Tower
Rowan Fryer fell in love with dance when she was a young kid and eventually her parents decided to enter her into competitive dance competitions. Seven years later, she continues to dazzle and amaze with her rhythm and movement.
A junior student Manteca High School, Fryer is not only an AP and honors student, but she’s also a club president, cheerleader, and an amazing competitive dancer. Having danced at a high level for nearly a decade, Fryer hopes to mold her future around it. Fryer is a young woman of many talents, but competitive dance is the one to overtake them all. Being in competitive dance and cheer seems hard but Fryer makes it look easy, rarely missing any practices for either of them even when having to do both in one day.
“Rowan can do everything in cheer. She can base, she can tumble, and she’s good at it, too,” said Calin Failing, a cheerleader at Manteca High.
Manteca High junior Rowan Fryer is a competitive dancer and cheerleader, and she hopes to one day own her own studio. (Photo contributed)
Fryer’s love for dance stems from her love for music. As a child, the beat and the rhythm of songs made her body want to move. Her parents, Dominique Fryer and Heather Mayes, registered Fryer into classes at Dance and Cheer Stars Dance Studio and she’s now been cheering there for nearly a decade.
In June, she earned the title of Ms. Star Bound at a regional competition.
“I have been a part of probably over 100 competitions and conventions (and) I place quite frequently. I’ve gotten first place one time,” said Fryer.
The Tower sat down with Fryer to find out more about how her competitive cheer is going now, and where she hopes dance will take her.
The Tower: What inspired you to start dancing?
Rowan Fryer: I always loved listening to music, and just moving as soon as it came on. My parent’s kind of noticed ever since I was little, I had wanted to dance, just out of my own nature. So, they just decided to sign me up.
TT: What is something you think about while performing?
RW: While preforming I kind of just think about the emotion I’m trying to feel or portray in the dance, or like what the story is that I’m trying to tell, and sometimes i’ll try to think about like what’s my hardest skill and like how to get past that and try to not be as scared of it.
TT: Who is your biggest inspiration?
RF: My biggest inspiration is probably my dance coach Harmony Flores, She’s always been supportive of me, and she’s incredibly talented. She was a Raiderette (Oakland Raiders cheerleader) … is very talented and has taught me a variety of different styles of dance so I appreciate her.
TT: Do you wish to incorporate this into your future? If so, how?
RF: Yes, I definitely want to incorporate dance into my future. It’s been my passion for a long time so I hope to make one of the college dance teams, or be in shows … go on tour, work for Disney’s parades. Anything like that would be really nice. Then eventually I want to start my own studio.
TT: Who are your biggest supporters?
RF: My biggest supporters are definitely my parents. They do everything that helps me get to the point I am right now. My mom does my makeup for competitions and she does my hair. They pay for the incredible amount of tuition fees and entry fees into competitions and costumes and makeup. It’s insane. So, they work really hard for me to just enjoy what I’m doing, and they do everything so I couldn’t thank them more for that.