Dancing with the Stars: Berklee Edition

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Wednesday / January 22, 2025 / 6:00 p.m.

Boston Conservatory Theater

31 Hemenway Street, Floor 2

Boston

02115

United States

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Dancing with the Stars: Berklee Edition returns on January 22, 2025. The fifth annual competition features well-known personalities from Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Berklee College of Music, competing on the dance floor while raising much-needed funds for Dance Division scholarships.

All proceeds from the event will benefit the Dance Division Faculty Award, a scholarship fund that provides financial support to continuing dance students in high academic standing with a demonstrated financial need. This scholarship is named in honor of the beloved faculty of the Dance Division, who have personally committed to serving as the founding donors of this initiative.

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Program Information

Hosts

Linda Embardo, Technology Training and Communications Manager
Derek Savick-Hesser, Technology Training/eLearning Specialist III

Judges

Rob Lagueux, Vice Provost
Maureen McMullan, Concert and Event Producer for External Affairs
Jean Appolon (guest judge), Jean Appolon Expressions

Performing Teams

Red Hearts
Sindhu Revuluri, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies
Partner: John Lam, Associate Professor of Dance
Dancers: Caitlin Eswein, Hailey Fleming, Sarah Hughes, Joelis Martinez-Santiago, Dafna Melamoud, Dimitris Michailidis

Club BoLeeCoBerk
Sara Tomassetti, Senior Business Analyst
Partner: Denise Pons-Leone, Professor of Dance
Dancers: Samantha Blanton, Emily Cosenza, Dimi Minkov, Alex Grant, Hannah Laski, Olivia Reid, Brooke Vass, Brooke Zid

It’s Rene Men
Rene Pfister, Assistant Professor of Voice
Partner: Georgia Lipari (BFA '18, dance), Project Manager for Alumni Affairs
Dancers: Sophia Davis, Kynlee McBride

Hot Lunch
Twinky, Cafe 24 Manager
Partner: Jennifer Kelble, Assistant Professor of Dance
Dancers: Marty Cardine, Kylee McBride,Trinity Marshall, Olya Pence, Aurelio Phillips, Jack Scarlett, Rianne Thomas, Lindsey Williams

I Like It Like That
*Aja Burrell-Wood, Managing Director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice
Partner: Segiy Georgiev, Associate Professor of Dance
Dancers: Talia Carpinteri, Emma Guan, Angela Ilic, Dafna Melamoud, Sofia Pargas, Sophie Reynolds

*Aja Burrell-Wood is unable to participate in the performance this evening, but donations may still be made on behalf of her team.

Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
Chris Reade, Associate Vice President and Dean of Student Life
Partner: Jim Viera, Associate Professor of Dance
Dancer: Tommy Coye, Instructor of Theater

The Circus Within
Alex Cabal, Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion
Partner: Liz Roncka, Associate Professor of Dance
Dancers: Marty Cardine, Kate Farmer, Yulia Maeda, Brooke Vass, Lindsay Williams

Winner Takes All
Rodney Alejandro, Dean of Professional Writing
Partner: Francois Noel, Assistant Professor of Dance
Dancers: Gabbie Calhoun, Sophia Davis Kynlee McBride
Guest appearance by Mariel Perez, Melaza Dance Studio

Production Staff

Director of Performance Services – Hanna Oravec
Assistant Director of Production – Rebecca Donald
Stage Manager – Katie Black
Assistant Stage Manager – Emily Hanson
Technical Director – Taylor Kaufman
Assistant Technical Director – Caleb Harris
Props Manager – Hannah Spangler
Lighting Supervisor – Jacob Inman
Production Electrician – Gabe Goldman
Audio Supervisor/A1 – Steve Deptula
Audio Engineer – Maddy Poston
Wardrobe Manager – Blue Barber
Assistant Director of Concert Services – Luis Herrera
Concert Services Production Manager – Kendall Floyd
Concert Services Coordinator – Matt Carey
Performance Technology Technicians – Goran Daskalov, Sara Pagiaro

Student Volunteers/Crew

Sadie Ferguson
Tarra Liu
Alena Manske
Rachel Pizzurro

Additional Support Provided By

Audio Visual Services
Boston Conservatory at Berklee Box Office
Conference Services and Special Events
Concert Operations
Office of External Affairs
Office of Institutional Advancement

Dance Division

Tommy Neblett, Dean
Mila Thigpen, Chair
Marissa Parmenter, Interim Chair
Margaret Falcone, Assistant to the Dean
Isabella Sun, Assistant to the Dean

Executive Leadership

Jim Lucchese, President, Berklee
David Bogen, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Berklee
Betsy Newman, Executive Vice President, Berklee
Michael Shinn, Executive Director, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Kim Haack, Associate Vice President of Administration and Chief of Staff, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Kaitlin Passafaro, Chief of Staff, Berklee