Bridging the Gap between a Summer Internship and the Wesleyan Experience

Shira Engel ’14 interviews Allison Hurd ’11 about how a summer internship was connected to an on-campus production. During the summer of 2009, Allison interned for the Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group while the company was collaborating with Andréya Ouamba’s Compagnie 1er Temps of Dakar, Senegal. They created The Good Dance – dakar/brooklyn, which … Read more

Spring Dance Concert April 29 and 30

A preview of “Spring Dance Concert: Future Reflections” by Allison Hurd ’11. This Friday and Saturday at 8pm, in the Patricelli ’92 Theater, six sophomores (Matt Carney, Kate Finley, Lindsay Kosasa, Kelsey Siegel, Elisa Waugh, and Emily Wolcott) will premiere the first choreographic works that they have made as dance majors.  Their pieces are the … Read more

“The Narcoleptic Countess” on Friday and Saturday

A preview of the Spring Faculty Dance Concert by Allison Hurd ’11. This Friday and Saturday, Patricia Beaman’s Repertory and Performance class will premiere the result of its semester-long choreographic process, “The Narcoleptic Countess” at 8pm in Wesleyan University’s CFA Theater.  Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to talk with Patricia and two students in … Read more