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Jack Megan, director of the OFA, has high words of praise for Yu. “She is operating in a more abstract than representational mode, in a way that is quite different from the mainstream of Harvard art,” he says. Her work, he continues, is “both exceptionally fine and represents an adventure into territory we don’t often...
...athletics—his chosen activity up to that point—and a summer abroad inspired him to delve into drama.This year, however, Martin beat out many more experienced actors in winning the prestigious Jonathan Levy Award, which the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) grants to the most promising undergraduate actor in Harvard College. Martin charts his journey to acting beginning with his summer in Avignon, France, where he enrolled in a seminar taught by a famous Parisian director, despite the fact that he was there to study government. “I fell in love with...
...Mitnick ’06. “But they need to be taken seriously by the audience and by the creative staff behind them if they are to connect with a modern audience.” Mitnick, the recipient of the Office of the Arts’ (OFA) Doris Cohen Levi Prize for the “best combination of talent and energy with an outstanding enthusiasm for musical theater” is already hard at work stirring up the world of musical theater. Prior to college, Mitnick had written a handful of shows that were performed...
...something she refers to as “the thrill of the hunt”—has not only formed the basis for an impressive career in dance, but also brought her the Suzanne Farrell Dance Prize, awarded annually by the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA). Growing up in a military family, few may have expected Altenburg to become a ballerina. She cites her unusual aptitude for “creative movement as a kid” that made dancing an outlet for self-expression. Altenburg studied at The Washington School of Ballet for seven years...
...Savitsky ’07 has the habit of saying “lovely”: Thursday morning is “lovely,” as well as Jack Megan, the director of the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA). So is poet and Professor of English and American Literature and Languages Peter Sacks, who briefly interrupts our interview. Such a gentle staple phrase might be thought of as at odds with a young woman who has played such a forceful role in dramatic arts on campus. Savitsky has been involved in 16 productions, is the historian...