Word: performancy
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...team of two young students, obviously very close friends, was a refreshing taste of freestyle rap in a relaxed environment that often felt more like friendly banter between friends than a recital of memorized lyrical poetry. In terms of this relaxed style of performing, Floyd-Pruitt, a.k.a. MC Mikal, described, “We are laid-back and funny when we perform because we are laid-back and funny in general,” and explained that “Entertaining is not just reciting words, it’s also about holding the audiences’ attention and music...
Taking center stage after Wartofsky was the only female Harvard student to perform at the HOP benefit, the glamorous Leyla R. Bravo ’05, who later said, “many times my own family was nearly forced out of our rented apartments and we had to really fight to stay.” In a different twist on the idea of “homelessness,” Bravo explored the feelings of disenfranchisement that immigrants like herself experience. A true poet at heart, Bravo commented, “If one person found solace with my words...
...absolutely love performing, and I always have. It may sound cliché, but there is something completely indescribable about being onstage. The rehearsal process in order to perform a piece of choreography is so intense and detail-oriented, and it is wonderful to perform onstage, knowing that you have worked very hard get where you are. When you have put that amount of dedication into anything over the years, it becomes part of your identity; and upon coming to Harvard, I couldn’t imagine quitting ballet. Though keeping in shape and performing ballets is extremely intense, I love...
...terms of dance, being in a college program has definitely affected my approach towards the art. Because I cannot dance as much as I did in high school, I am required to take more initiative before performances to get myself in shape and learn my parts. I think my college experiences—and the challenges that come with not only being director of the company but also simply being a college student—have definitely changed the way I perform. Particularly having co-produced two performances for Harvard Ballet Company, I see how much work goes into...
...absolutely prefer to perform in pieces choreographed by other people. Student choreography is wonderful and necessary, but creating dance pieces is not one of my strengths...