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...Moore ’11 and Kevin Shee ’11 from the Harvard Dance Program will perform a set of pieces by acclaimed choreographer Trey McIntyre. Harvard dancers will also perform two pieces—choreographed by Ricky D. Kuperman ’11 and Nina K. Stoller-Lindsay ’10—that were recently featured in “Momentum,” Harvard Ballet Company’s dance showcase at the Loeb Mainstage this past November...
...program’s situation. “I think it’s hard because most people coming to Harvard have chosen Harvard because they want to do other things beside dance. There’s a reason we chose Harvard over a conservatory,” Stoller-Lindsey says. “The more they incorporate into the curriculum, the more we’ll be able to fit dance into our schedules...
...Stoller-Lindsey set her work to three pieces of music by percussionists Tigger Beford and Peter Jones, whose contemporary dance compositions highlight funky, eccentric sounds from prepared piano. “My [choreography] is not that balletic, though a lot of my dancers are ballet-trained,” says Stoller-Lindsey, whose choreographic background is rooted in modern dance. “It’s theatrical, gestural, and athletic...
...Stoller-Lindsey explained the challenges and rewards of the rehearsal process: “There’s always a struggle for choreographers to take something [they] create on [their] own bodies and put it on someone else.” During the first rehearsal, Stoller-Lindsey asked her dancers to improvise to “get a sense of the way they move and respond to the music...
...really aware of the ‘accidents’ that happen, the things that people do wrong that actually wind up working really well,” Stoller-Lindsey says of her decision to incorporate some of these accidental movements into her final choreographic scheme...