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Jacob's Pillow Presents Lorna Strassler Award - July 23, 2008
BECKET — A Los Angeles woman has been awarded a full scholarship to a program of professional study at The School at Jacob’s Pillow and a $2,500 cash stipend.
Lindsey Holmes is the 2008 recipient of the Pillow's 5th annual Lorna Strassler Award for Student Excellence. The award will be presented by Strassler on Friday, July 25, at the annual Ted Shawn Circle dinner at the Pillow.
Holmes, 21, is a participant in this year's Contemporary Traditions Program and began her dance training at the age of 12 in the dance ministry of Faithful Central Bible Church in Los Angeles.
She continued her technical training at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Stephan Wenta Ballet Studio and the Ailey School. Holmes performed as a halftime dancer at Super Bowl XXXVII behind artists No Doubt, Gwen Stefani, Sting and Shania Twain. She has also performed as a SparKid for the Los Angeles Sparks in the Women's National Basketball Association and was a student performer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center. A recent graduate of Fordham University, she holds a bachelor's degree in English and religious studies.
The award honoree is chosen during the school's competitive audition and application process each spring based on his or her ability to demonstrate advanced technical abilities, superior performance skills, a strong work ethic, and an inexhaustible commitment to the art of dance. Past winners have gone on to dance in prestigious companies throughout the world. Min Li, also a participant in the Contemporary Traditions Program and winner of the 2006 award, spent a year in Israel with Batsheva Dance Company and is currently dancing with Scapino Ballet in the Netherlands. Shannon Kline, the 2007 recipient, is a member of Broadway veteran Chet Walker’s WalkerDance.
Strassler has been a member of the Pillow board of directors since 1988. The award was established as an endowment fund in 2005 by David Strassler in honor of his wife's longtime support of education at Jacob's Pillow. The Strasslers are residents of Great Barrington. |
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