Hayes heats up Hinkle

Junior dancer Kayla Hayes performs at halftime of a Butler basketball game this season. Harris has been dancing since she can remember and is eager to get back on to the court this season. Collegian file photo.

KOBE MOSLEY | STAFF REPORTER | kmosley@butler.edu

If you have seen a performance by the Butler dance team in the past two seasons, then you’ve seen Kayla Hayes.

She’s hard to miss. More times than not, she’s at the center of the floor. Her movements match her facial expressions: radiant, happy and purposeful.

The way she performs takes months, maybe years to master. Hayes, an exploratory studies major, began dancing at DK Dance Productions in her hometown of St. Louis when she was three…