Many Harvard students and recent alumni/ae were involved in the dance world this past summer:
Harvard had a strong presence at this year’s Vail International Dance Festival. Students Julia Lindpaintner ‘09, Caitlin Kakigi ‘09, and Jordan Roberts ‘09 were joined by recent alumnae Sarah Kenney ‘08 and Claudia Schreier ‘08 as interns at the Festival. Julia Lindpainter was the Production Intern, stationed at the Gerald Ford Amphitheater, setting up for classes and performances, and working the Amphitheater performances backstage right. Claudia Schreier was Morphoses Coordinator and Assistant to Morphoses Artistic Director Christopher Wheeldon, responsible for aiding Mr. Wheeldon in rehearsals and researching and writing about the company’s repertoire, in addition to writing the programs for all VIDF performances. Jordan Roberts also assisted Morphoses. Sarah Kenney and Caitlin Kakigi worked with Celebrate the Beat, an outreach program that teaches inspirational music and dance classes which help children discover their potential by motivating them to believe in themselves, value artistic expression and develop a personal standard of excellence.
Kevin Shee ‘10 and Merritt Moore ‘10,
in a 2007 Harvard staging of Balanchine’s “Apollo”
(Photographer: Courtney Bryant)
Kevin Shee ‘10 was a guest artist with Crockett-Deane Ballet over the summer, performing the Don Quixote pas de deux and the lead male role in Coppelia. About his experience, Kevin says, “it was just a few performances and minimal rehearsal time, but the roles I got the chance to perform were phenomenal and it really kept me in great dance shape over the summer.”
Sarah Christian ‘11, Nina Stoller-Lindsey ‘10, and Ray Keller ‘08 attended the Paul Taylor Dance Intensive in New York City.
Joanna Binney ‘08-’09,
performing student choreography at Harvard
(Photographer: Eric Antoniou)
Two Harvard students and one alumna joined dance companies over the summer. Madelyn Ho ‘08 joined Taylor 2 and recently embarked on her first tour with the company. Merritt Moore ‘10 is on leave from Harvard to dance with the Zurich Ballet Company in Switzerland. Joanna Binney ‘08-’09 joined local dance company Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre, and is starting her first performance run with the company. “Fearless Symmetries,” Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre’s fall production, runs October 10-26 and features two contemporary ballets, one of which is a premiere. Joanna says, “I’m really enjoying working through this choreographic process and am finding Jose’s work is incredibly musical and intricate.”
