On a Sunday afternoon, 15 dancers and choreographers gather in a Brooklyn dance studio to share their works in progress under the careful eye of Candace Thompson, the founding Executive Director of Dance Caribbean Collective. Together, they are preparing for DCC’s second annual New Traditions Festival, a performance series that celebrates Caribbean diasporic dance traditions…
With a flourish of long, colorful skirts, the members of Trainor Dance take their places for the day’s last run-through of their newly finished piece. The company will open its fourth performance season this weekend at Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, and though the seven dancers are undoubtedly tired, they betray no fatigue as they kneel and place their heads…
At 8:00 on a Saturday morning in November, most of Columbia University’s students are still in their beds, sleeping off the week’s midterms, papers, and problem sets. Dance Studio 1 in Barnard Hall, however, is already full of activity, as eight members of Columbia Ballet Collaborative warm up for their morning rehearsal with choreographer Andrew…
While most Ivy League students can be found working hard in the library, there’s a growing group of students that can be found working hard in a very different place on campus – the dance studio. Despite the demands of ever-looming midterms, term papers, reading lists and group projects, many Ivy League students are making…
As promised, here’s an update detailing my upcoming performance plans, as well as another show danced by many of my peers that is worth checking out this weekend. Keep reading to find out more about these two student showcases, both featuring Columbia University and Barnard College students. Columbia Ballet Collaborative’s Fall 2013 Season at MMAC…
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