Dance troupe shakes off exclusivity, competitive tone
Five years ago, the Vass Shakers performed just two pieces for their spring show. A relatively new group, the Vass Shakers have seen an immense growth since the early days…
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Dancers leap from Met Opera House to Kenyon stage
Not often does one see Vassar’s own Francis Daley Ferguson Theater hanging up that many mirrors. Reflections and projected images occupy the stage, and whenever a dancer steps into the…
Dialogue celebrates bodies marginalized in dance world
Walking, talking, thinking…there’s virtually no everyday activity that doesn’t rely on the body to perform. For dancers, besides an indispensable part of daily experiences, the body is also the essential…
Seasoned dancers reflect on first positions in VRDT
Just like every writer likes to imagine her name appear on the front cover of a book, every dancer probably has pictured a day when her performance is announced at…
From NYC to Vassar: premiere dancers to perform ballet
The world of a professional dancer includes the glamour of performance, the tedious memorization of complex choreography and diligence from an early age. A window into this world will open…
Beeman jetés into professional dance during gap year
From Washington D.C. to Chicago, and now at Vassar, Anna Beeman ’18 has made her mark on the ballet world. Beeman began dancing at four years old, but advanced her…
First Showings to exhibit student choreography, process
For members of Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre (VRDT), the ever-evolving creative and technical processes that go into choreography are given equal levity to the performance itself. For their debut performance…
Novices and experts welcome in Vassar dance groups
No matter the time, day or season, one can observe Vassar dancers—ranging from the highly trained to novices—moving across the open and airy studios of Kenyon Hall. For those interested…
ABUNdANCE valorizes quotidian movement as art form
Bella Kosmacher ’14 believes that our everyday motions—motions that most people think of as merely pedestrian—are a source of art. Kosmacher looked to these moments for inspiration when conceptualizing her…
Ballet gracefully fuses traditional, innovative forms
An opera singer stepped on stage in the Joyce Theater. Balls of light are scattered throughout. A single dancer enters, moving organically, yet precisely, grasping the small ball of green…