Alumni Spotlight: Ottania Rosario
Written By: Jessie & Lisa, B Block Dance
Ottania Rosario graduated from MacDuffie in 2010. She has just finished her sophomore year at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania where she is a dance minor with a major in Psychology. Last week she came back to MacDuffie to work with the dance students on some jazz and hip hop choreography.
On Tuesday, May 15th and Friday, May 18th, Ottania Rosario came to teach our B block class a jazz combination. At first the combination seemed intimidating because of the tempo, but after learning the movement it wasn’t as difficult as it seemed.
The movement seems to resemble a girl who is independent and confident. Ottania’s upbeat attitude made it easier to learn the movement and master it in a short amount of time. She made learning a jazz combination more exciting than we were expecting. Her version of jazz has a hint of hip-hop which makes it more modern than previous jazz combinations we have learned. The movement featured a lot of hand gestures that told their own story.
Ottania also worked with the G Block class on a hip hop routine.
We all had a great time and would love to have her come teach us another combination next year!
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