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Upon learning of the impending eviction of the Dance Program, Harvard Dance Program Director Elizabeth Bergmann and a small ad hoc committee of undergraduate dancers began searching for a new space...
...Originally I wanted the whole QRAC,” laughs Bergmann. The committee of current and former student dancers, Rebecca J. Alaly ’04-’05, Elizabeth M. Darst ’00, Anne T. Hilby ’05-’06, Adrienne M. Minster ’04, Anna K. Weiss ’03, and Ryuji Yamaguchi ’03 submitted a proposal full of other ideas, such as using the Loeb Theater for some performance runs...
Plans for the conversion ran into unexpected obstacles. Fixing a leaky roof, allocating funds for geothermal heating, and problems with the building’s foundation pushed estimated construction costs $500,000 over budget, according to Bergmann...
...dance center would begin over undergraduate Spring Break, still without air conditioning. However, after weeks of vocal dissent from the student committee, Dance Program administrators, and OFA staff, the [finance offices of] the Faculty of Arts and Sciences finally agreed to put air conditioning back into the construction plans. Bergmann, Larson, Weiss, and Hilby received this information last Tuesday morning, to the delight of my fellow dancers...
Both Dance Office staff and student dancers worry about the potential pitfalls of moving Harvard’s Dance Program to the Quad. “I hope the beautiful space will draw people out to the Quad,” Bergmann says with a smile, “If a student center is developed at Hilles, we could have a wonderful community environment...