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Drawing on her coursework in literary theory, dance ethnography, music theory and folklore and mythology, Braxton-Brooks is putting the finishing touches on her performance thesis. “Basically it’s a show that unfolds on itself in a weave of dance, song and theater,” she says. “Everything is going to overlap and it’ll be hard to place it in a specific genre.” To assist with her project, Braxton-Brooks traveled to Brazil this past summer to study samba and capoeira?...
While dance has been a central element of her performance life, Braxton-Brooks hasn’t limited herself to Harvard’s dance community, instead choosing to explore a wide range of activities. She also works part-time at the House of Blues, as an art gallery educator, has volunteered with Women and Youth Supporting Each Other, directed The Vagina Monologues, worked for Dorm Crew and starred as the lead—a “sinister kind of vamp”—in Kiss of the Spider Woman. Braxton-Brooks denies that any similarities exist...
...singing with Kuumba to the list. “Singing is a new interest for me and I want to do it seriously and visibly,” she says. But it hasn’t been easy. When auditioning for the Sisters of Kuumba ensemble, Braxton-Brooks threw up and had a feeling that she was “being run over by a tractor-trailer.” Vomit and tractors aside, she’ll be singing a solo this year at Kuumba’s annual holiday concert...
...have a wonderful and successful career,” she says. “According to my mom, I’m going to New York to wait tables.” Until then, she’ll keep playing off people’s misguided notion that Toni Braxton is a relative. “Unfortunately, there’s no relation,” she says. “Then maybe I’d know what I was going to do next year and she’d set me up with a backup deal...
Rich Halvorson recounted his conversion from Buddhism to devout Christianity in his first year at Harvard. In a pitch for prayer, Rich talked about living close to God. In fact, selfless personal advocacy was the theme of the evening. Krish Subrahmanian talked about caring for sick children. Shelby Braxton-Brooks stumped for the arts, leading the entire group in a samba session. Michelle Kuo recruited for the homeless shelter...