Friends of Dance
Sally A. Radell Friends of Dance Scholarship
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Student Sharon Sibley received a Friends of Dance scholarship in 2006 and used it to attend the American Dance Festival. |
The Sally A. Radell Friends of Dance Scholarship Program was established in 1996 to make summer dance study more accessible to Emory students. It enables a student to study either in the United States or abroad with notable practicing artists, dance programs, and dance companies of his or her choice.
In 2008 the scholarship was named the Sally A. Radell Friends of Dance Scholarship in honor of Sally Radell, the founding director of the Emory Dance Program, who also established the Friends of Dance organization during her tenure as the program director.
We invite you to read recent dance graduate Ellen Lyle's blog about her experience at the American Dance Festival during summer 2009.
Past Recipients:
2009: Kirsten Cooper and Kaitlyn Pados - Bates Dance Festival; Tiffany Greenwood, Ellen Lyle, and Caitlin Yuhas - American Dance Festival at Duke University
2008: Alyssa Bruehlman, Jillian Edelstein, Helaina Klein - American Dance Festival at Duke University
2007: Irfana Jetha and Ellen Lyle - American Dance Festival at Duke University
2006: Sharon Sibley and Mitchell N. Sweeney - American Dance Festival at Duke University
2005: Pooja Lodhia - National Dance Critics Conference, Cara Lynch - Bates College Dance Festival, Mitchell N. Sweeney - American Dance Festival at Duke University
2004: Keisha Calderon - Bates College Dance Festival; Ashley Miller - Summer Stages Dance at Concord Academy and Boston Conservatory; Lillian Ransijn - American Dance Festival at Duke University
2003: Rosanne Benavente - American Dance Festival at Duke University; Haley Byrd - The Naropa Institute in Boulder, CO; Wesley Lim - Peridance Center, NY; Justin Ringgold - Polytechnic University; Maecy Spirito - Dance Space Center, NY; Nina Stratt and Kathleen Wessel - American Dance Festival at Duke University
2002: Erin Miles - Varone Workshop at University of Maryland; Douachee Kue - Off Jazz in France; Kathleen Wessel - American Dance Festival at Duke University; Lauren Gordon – Millenium Dance Complex, Los Angeles
2001: Amy Gish - Risa Steinber Workshop NY; Anita Kim - Atlanta Ballet; Rhyan Linthicum - Southern Ballet Theater
2000: Katherine Dunn - White Mountain Summer Dance Festival
1999: Crystal Davis - American Dance Festival; Julia Townsend - Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
1998: Rachel Stephens - Colorado Dance Festival
1997: Courtney King - Colorado Dance Festival
1996: Jennifer Gorevitz - Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
“This summer opened up a world of possibilities for me, not only in dance, but in self-exploration and identity as well. I stumbled upon the depth of what a dancer can say through movement, and was in awe of the power that lies in expressing what dancers as individuals have to say.” - Julia Townsend
“A solid month of dance from the inside out felt revolutionary to my body. A more internal approach to dance altered my technique, my movment learning patterns, and my stage presence...With this perspective, I could allow the choreography of others to enter and find its own life in my body.” -Courtney King