Dancing because they can
On most nights, Lydia Deng ’17 curls up on her dorm room couch, listening to Young Thug or Kendrick Lamar as she scrolls through her homework. She loves rap and hip-hop, and that’s one reason she decided to dance in the undergraduate Expressions Dance Company’s fall performance, “EXecutive.” In performing, Deng and others have found a way to temper academic diligence with a healthy dose of fun during their final year at Harvard. Since there are just two shows, tickets to the semesterly compilation of student-choreographed dance pieces, which focus on hip-hop, jazz, and modern dance, are much sought-after by undergraduates. Angela Wu ’17 and Reed Shaw ’17 are among the more than 100 students with varying levels of formal training who danced in “EXecutive” at the end of October. A highly visible modern dance group on campus, Expressions is something that many students declare they’ll try out for freshmen year,...