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This inclusive view of dance characterizes Quinn’s attitude about the art to which he devotes much of his time as a choreographer and performer. Unlike most dancers, Quinn did not practice the form until he arrived at Harvard. An actor during high school, he went to the final hours of Common Casting his freshman year. There, he happened upon “American Grace,” the Harvard Ballet Company’s 2006 dance showcase that was auditioning through Casting. It was during this production that Quinn discovered the beauty of the art that would...
...Backstage, I watched all the dancing and I was like, ‘This is so cool!’ I didn’t know people danced like that. I came back the next semester and enrolled in every dance class Harvard offered regardless of prerequisites, and that was it,” Quinn says...
While he is quick to be self-deprecating, Quinn has more than made up for his lack of initial experience. He has choreographed 11 dances in his years at Harvard, served as the co-director of the Harvard-Radcliffe Modern Dance Company (HRMDC) this past year, and taught dance at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School—all this among other activities, such as directing “Cabaret” his freshman year and helping to tech various productions. Although the Computer Science concentrator plans to work at Microsoft after graduation, Quinn will attend classes at the Pacific...
...also from natural talent. “Though Patrick doesn’t have the extensive dance training that I and many of his other dancers have,” says Marin J. D. Orlosky ’07, a dance associate at the Office for the Arts at Harvard, “he has a unique gift for embodying dance styles—and sometimes even specific choreography—after only watching a dance a few times...
Photo by Kane Hsieh/The Harvard Crimson...