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...moving in and out of these bodies. Free, free, free, free, free, free, free, free!” Leaving her choreography and directing projects in New York for the weekend, Peck returned to her alma mater to instruct a workshop on creativity in dance expression for the budding CityStep teachers. Underneath her wavy mass of dark hair, Peck’s eyes light up behind her glasses as she describes her work, which ranges from teaching community-based performance at Duke and NYU to running a web strategy firm in New York. But Peck is most animated when she talks...
...CityStep was the product of fortuity. In her undergraduate years, Peck and her peers performed excerpts of an original dance theater production for an assembly of students at the Graham and Parks Elementary School. Following the performance, Peck spontaneously asked for eager volunteers to participate in dance exercises onstage, and the positive response from both students and teachers catalyzed the program’s conception...
...Today, Harvard undergraduates lead a total of six yearlong dance theater classes at Cambridge public schools for both new and returning students starting in late October. The CityStep teachers meet with the students every week to work on team-building activities and self-expression exercises...
...each year’s end, the CitySteppers’ work is showcased in a spring performance traditionally held in Sanders Theatre. The 1983 inaugural showcase delighted then-mayor Leonard Russell so much that he declared the following day “CityStep Day” in Cambridge. Former University President Derek C. Bok was rumored to have joked that he received more letters about CityStep and its impact on the community than about any University initiative...
...CityStep’s favorable reception prompted the organization’s leaders to establish an endowment in the late 1980s in order to bolster its long-term health. Just last week, CityStep was designated a “Shared Interest Group” by the Harvard Alumni Association, meaning that the program’s leaders will now be able to reach out to all alumni...