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Rachel
Walker is a singer and dancer from New Rochelle, NY who received
her B.A. in Sociology from Tufts University. She is currently pursuing
a career in the performing arts. While a student at Tufts University, Rachel was the musical director of the Tufts all female vocal ensemble, ESSENCE, which specialized in music of the African and African-American traditions. Rachel Walker is currently a member of MYXX, a rhythm & blues/soul group, in New York City. Rachel enjoys the performing arts and hopes to continue to participate in artistic experiences in the coming years. Her career goals are to become a vocalist/dancer and to create a network of support for African Americans in the arts. She performs the modern dance piece “Fragile” in SOARS. |
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| Tamara Xavier pays close attention to movement and loves to make melodies without sound. Tamara’s Haitian-American upbringing is her font of inspiration when it comes to communicating ideas. Her research on Haitian Vodou dance as somatic education is supported by Temple University, where she is a Ph.D. candidate and Future Faculty Fellow in Dance. Tamara is the co-producer and the dance coordinator of Aishah Shahidah Simmons’ documentary, “NO!” and recently founded Moon Wisdom Dances- a dance based organization that uses movement and music to help people heal. She performs the modern dance piece, “Spirit in the Dark,” in SOARS . |  |
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