Word: sabrina
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Citystep, a children dance troupe under the direction of Sabrina T Peck '84, has been bringing Harvard students and kids from the Agassiz, Longfellow, Fletcher and King elementary schools together for two years...
...Sabrina's amazing," agreed Andrea Fastenberg '86. "A friend of mine spent the day with her, and all Sabrina did was play the dance music again and again and again. She's always thinking the music, living it, trying to imibibe it so the choreography is perfect, natural...
According to Sabrina T. Peck '84, who created Citystep and also directs it, she and the 20 other undergraduates who work with about 100 fifth and sixth graders attempt weekly to portray the vitality of urban life, as seen through the eyes of a child. She says, "We don't just dance with the kids, we provide role models, we work on creating a curriculum that helps them explore events and themes in their lives...
...Council, and a grant from Stride-Rite, Citystep hopes at least to recover the approximate $6000 cost of the performance itself. "The future of the program will depend on the shows," said Executive Producer Catherine T. Davidson '85. "If we get a good response, hopefully it will go on. Sabrina's proven that absolutely anyone can dance. She took these fifth and sixth graders who had no experience and taught them...
...only thought the program would work in the beginning because of Sabrina," said company member Rachel H. Inker '86. "She's a wonderful teacher with such unusual energy...