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thing the two find interesting at the moment. They also put together their own electronic music with some of the films.
RIGHT Laura Love ’10 (center), the face of the new Vera Wang fragrance and featured model for Anthropologie
2007
2009
REBECCA NEHRING’s paintings were displayed last year at the Chase Young Gallery in STATE OF THE ART 2013, a group exhibition of emerging artists. After spending two years teaching community ballet and modern classes in Sewanee, TN, AMY NELSON is currently earning her master’s degree in English literature at Northwestern University. She plans to specialize in Shakespeare studies and feminist theory, and she hopes to continue her education in a doctoral program after completing her M.A. next summer. SAMUEL SWANTON is currently dancing with Dusan Tynek Dance Theatre in Brooklyn.
2008
NICK CHRISTOPHER performs eight shows a week in Motown: The Musical on Broadway.
GRACE HELLWEG stopped by the Walnut Hill campus on her way back from working at a summer camp in Casco, ME. After three years away from the Hill, she wanted to see some of her old favorite spots—all of which have been renovated since she graduated! She was most impressed by Eliot Dorm (where she was Dorm President), the murals in the ATC, and the Dance Studios. Gracie graduated from Indiana University this past spring with a dual major in creative writing and communication and culture. She will be working as a director of youth ministries at a Second Presbyterian church in Pennsylvania this fall. REBEKAH PRIESTLY graduated from Eastman School of Music last year. In June, NICHOLAS RANAURO traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa, to teach dance in an arts-intensive workshop for students and their mothers who have been directly
affected by HIV/AIDS. He worked alongside a team of musicians, actors, and visual artists from NYC, Los Angeles, and South Africa. After graduating from Elon University in May, BEN REDDING moved to NYC in September to start rehearsing for the Broadway tour of West Side Story. The musical opened on November 5 in Memphis, TN, and is currently touring the country. In May, EDWARD SPOTS and DANIEL SALAS ’12 danced in Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s spring gala at Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater in NYC. MEGAN WRIGHT was interviewed for the Alumni Spotlight of the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program
last spring. She is still living in San Francisco and is now dancing for the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Katharine Hawthorne, Maurya Kerr’s tinypistol, Sharp & Fine, and “some other lovely folks.” She also works in politics occasionally.
2010
Bruce Smith and Jillian Kohl took current University of Michigan students KEITH ALLEN, TEAGAN ROSE ’11, and SAVANNAH ROUNDS ’12 to breakfast at a local UM campus spot for a great time and lively conversation. KEITH ALLEN was part of the 95th season of the famed Muny theater in St. Louis, performing as an ensemble cast member in Les Misérables with well-known Broadway veterans Norm Lewis and Hugh Panaro.
ABOVE Bruce Smith, Nick Christopher ’08, and Jillian Kohl backstage at Motown: The Musical 2 4 | Behind Stowe
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