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...senior year and her matriculation at Harvard, but when she arrived at Wigglesworth Hall, Koch discovered that setting dance aside would not be so easy. Koch’s freshman roommates—who are still her suitemates in Eliot House today—turned out to be dancers as well. They convinced her to audition for a piece in a fall recital (given by the Dance Program of the Office for the Arts at Harvard, or OFA) that would be set by guest choreographer Sean Curran. After casting Koch, Curran took her under his wing and convinced...
...horizon and sunny spring break destinations beginning to seem a distant memory, who wouldn’t love a getaway to Las Vegas to compete in the final casting process for a reality TV show? Such is just another day in the life of acclaimed hip-hop dancer Olakunle O. “Kunle” Oladehin ’07, who was recently a finalist to appear on the upcoming Fox reality TV show, “So You Think You Can Dance?” Oladehin’s national recognition provides the final touch to an accomplished...
...question must be asked: Where was the tambourine? Many of the most impressive parts of this variation typically come when the dancer alternates playing a tambourine with her hand, elbow, and pointe shoe, rapidly. Moore’s dancing, though technically impressive, seemed incomplete without this key prop...
Bobby (Nicholas A. Noyer ’09), a male dancer at the cabaret and part-time thug working for Ludwig, was perhaps my favorite character. Noyer made this role his own, and deserves high praise for the result. Although he was no small man, Noyer pranced about the stage like a graceful fawn, and was the highlight of the song “Two Ladies”—and just about every other scene...
It’s not every day that a former principal dancer of the foremost classical ballet company in the nation comes to teach a master class at a place that values physics over pliés and government over grand jetés. Nevertheless, former New York City Ballet (NYCB) principal Heather Watts is in the middle of a stint as visiting lecturer on dramatic arts in the Harvard Dance Program, instructing a new ballet class on technique and repertory. Last semester, Watts taught an academic class at Harvard on the work of George Balanchine, the renowned choreographer...