This was originally published in the Principia College Alumni Dance newsletter, Back at the Barre (Issue #9 - March 2011).
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Back at the Barre is proud to share the stories of five Prin dance alums who traveled back to Principia College for the Alumni Reunion last summer to reunite with each other - and to watch the Alumni Dance Production 2010.
During the weekend, they decided to go to Morey Dance Studio, their "home" of a decade past. And there they saw quite a surprise - a series of charcoal drawings of themselves, still hanging where they had been ten years before. So they spent an afternoon there, dancing, taking pictures, and recreating their poses from their student days (see photo below).
I didn't know about this until a few months later, when one of those alums, Sherry Hopkins, posted those pictures on Facebook. To my delight, Sherry graciously gave me permission to use them in Back at the Barre, and so here is the result: alumni spotlights on Holliday Rees, Sherry Hopkins, Victoria Ries, Nicole Jenkins, and Emily Wakeling.
Principia dancers of the last decade are quite familiar with these charcoal drawings on the walls of Morey Dance Studio! But few have known the names, faces, or lives of the dancers who inspired them...until now.
Special thanks to Jeff Ward-Bailey, our guest feature-writer, and to Sherry Hopkins, for use of her wonderful photographs!
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Read about the alums in this special SPOTLIGHT series!
SPOTLIGHT on: Holliday Rees (C'00)
SPOTLIGHT on: Sherry Hopkins (C'99)
SPOTLIGHT on: Victoria Ries (C'00)
SPOTLIGHT on: Nicole Jenkins (C'00)
SPOTLIGHT on: Emily Wakeling (C'00)
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Back at the Barre is proud to share the stories of five Prin dance alums who traveled back to Principia College for the Alumni Reunion last summer to reunite with each other - and to watch the Alumni Dance Production 2010.
During the weekend, they decided to go to Morey Dance Studio, their "home" of a decade past. And there they saw quite a surprise - a series of charcoal drawings of themselves, still hanging where they had been ten years before. So they spent an afternoon there, dancing, taking pictures, and recreating their poses from their student days (see photo below).
I didn't know about this until a few months later, when one of those alums, Sherry Hopkins, posted those pictures on Facebook. To my delight, Sherry graciously gave me permission to use them in Back at the Barre, and so here is the result: alumni spotlights on Holliday Rees, Sherry Hopkins, Victoria Ries, Nicole Jenkins, and Emily Wakeling.
Principia dancers of the last decade are quite familiar with these charcoal drawings on the walls of Morey Dance Studio! But few have known the names, faces, or lives of the dancers who inspired them...until now.
Special thanks to Jeff Ward-Bailey, our guest feature-writer, and to Sherry Hopkins, for use of her wonderful photographs!
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Read about the alums in this special SPOTLIGHT series!
SPOTLIGHT on: Holliday Rees (C'00)
SPOTLIGHT on: Sherry Hopkins (C'99)
SPOTLIGHT on: Victoria Ries (C'00)
SPOTLIGHT on: Nicole Jenkins (C'00)
SPOTLIGHT on: Emily Wakeling (C'00)
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