Word: qrac
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Originally I wanted the whole QRAC,” laughs Bergmann. The committee of current and former student dancers, Rebecca J. Alaly ’04-’05, Elizabeth M. Darst ’00, Anne T. Hilby ’05-’06, Adrienne M. Minster ’04, Anna K. Weiss ’03, and Ryuji Yamaguchi ’03 submitted a proposal full of other ideas, such as using the Loeb Theater for some performance runs...
...student committee, Dance Program staff, the OFA, and Harvard administrators eventually agreed to convert a small basketball court inside the QRAC into a new dance center, committing $4 million to the construction project...
While many undergraduates expressed vocal frustration over the lack of access to the QRAC for the remainder of the semester as construction takes place, most of the dance community was overjoyed. Though personally saddened by the upcoming loss of the Rieman Center and its quirky charm, in seeing construction begin I was glad to know that dance would still have a home at Harvard...
...dance center in the QRAC will feature a state-of-the-art performance space which will double as a large dance studio, as well as offices for Dance Program administrative staff and an additional smaller dance studio...
While the new dance center at the QRAC will have one more studio than the Rieman Center, Bergmann doubts that this will be an adequate increase in available space. “If we had eight studios open from 4 p.m. to midnight, I bet they would all be filled,” says Bergmann. I am all too familiar with the problem of insufficient dance space, having resorted several times to holding rehearsals in small common rooms, hallways, and even my bedroom. “But what university has the luxury of eight studios?” Bergmann laments...