Lia released a new album, Family Album, on January 29 via her newly-founded label Natural Music. Check out this article about her career and projects.
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![Barrett Wilbert Weed '07 in Bridge and Tunnel]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1607873894/walnuthill/szt7myfqbxarebvhm0gk/2007-weed.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1607873894/walnuthill/szt7myfqbxarebvhm0gk/2007-weed.png","width":462}])
Barrett has been cast in a recurring role in Bridge and Tunnel, Epix's upcoming half-hour dramedy.
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Nik is a member of the newest class of fellows for Ensemble Connect, a two-year fellowship program.
![Harley Chamandy '17]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1608230623/walnuthill/w0195lczxdeqm7jzolni/ScreenShot2020-12-17at14328PM.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1608230623/walnuthill/w0195lczxdeqm7jzolni/ScreenShot2020-12-17at14328PM.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1608230623/walnuthill/w0195lczxdeqm7jzolni/ScreenShot2020-12-17at14328PM.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1608230623/walnuthill/w0195lczxdeqm7jzolni/ScreenShot2020-12-17at14328PM.png","width":886}])
Harley recently directed a music video for viral rapper Matt Ox.
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Tess was featured in Pointe Magazine for her recent work with the Paris Opera Ballet.
![Nichole Gantshar '81 at Louisville Ballet]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1603375113/walnuthill/nepbere5jnez8adyd3qx/1981-gantshar.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1603375113/walnuthill/nepbere5jnez8adyd3qx/1981-gantshar.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1603375113/walnuthill/nepbere5jnez8adyd3qx/1981-gantshar.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1603375113/walnuthill/nepbere5jnez8adyd3qx/1981-gantshar.png","width":1024}])
Congratulations to Nichole, who has been named Louisville Ballet's new Executive Director!
![Catching Up with Charlie Hodges '98 (VIDEO)]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1602897083/walnuthill/hfe4j22sngaezqlmrfrd/ScreenShot2020-10-16at85448PM.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1602897083/walnuthill/hfe4j22sngaezqlmrfrd/ScreenShot2020-10-16at85448PM.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1602897083/walnuthill/hfe4j22sngaezqlmrfrd/ScreenShot2020-10-16at85448PM.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1602897083/walnuthill/hfe4j22sngaezqlmrfrd/ScreenShot2020-10-16at85448PM.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1602897083/walnuthill/hfe4j22sngaezqlmrfrd/ScreenShot2020-10-16at85448PM.png","width":1276}])
This month’s alumni spotlight is on Charlie Hodges ’98, a graduate of our Dance Department who is making the leap from being a European Critic’s Choice Award winner for Best Male Dancer of the Year to a designer of sustainable toys. Charlie sat down for a Zoom chat with Senior Development Officer Garrett Murphy ’08, during which he filled us in on his latest project, a toy house called Archamelia: The House of a Thousand Stories.
![Jace Pauly '15 joins the Cincinnati Ballet]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1602623427/walnuthill/vpu0yvpbd7rj623ht2qz/2015-pauly.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1602623427/walnuthill/vpu0yvpbd7rj623ht2qz/2015-pauly.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1602623427/walnuthill/vpu0yvpbd7rj623ht2qz/2015-pauly.png","width":696}])
Congratulations to Jace, who is Cincinnati Ballet's newest dancer!
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Trudi is the Director of Volunteer Ministry at a Franciscan church in Hartford, CT, and proudly reported that they logged more than 50,000 hours in 2019. Recently, she has been teaching her husband to play the flute.
Check out this article about Madison, who is in the process of bringing the Up North Dance Initiative to her hometown of Traverse City, MI.
Ana has been named to the Festival Ballet Providence board of directors.
Courtney is finishing her MFA in Dance Performance, and is forming Mortal Coil, a dance performance company in Kansas City.