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First Dance Major to Receive Louis Sudler Prize is Renuka Hines CC '08
updated
05.20.08
Renuka
Hines CC '08 is this year's recipient of the Louis
Sudler Prize in the Arts, and the first dance major to
receive the award in its history. Established in 1983 and
administered by Columbia University's School of the Arts,
the Sudler Prize is awarded annually to a senior who, in the
opinion of the Faculty, has demonstrated excellence of the
highest standards of proficiency in performance, execution,
or composition in one of the following general areas of performing
and creative arts: music, theatre, painting, sculpture, design,
architecture, or film.
"To
see a dance student receive this award is just wonderful,"
said Mary Cochran, chair of Barnard's dance department.
"We are thrilled for Renuka--this is a great honor and
well deserved."
Hines'
excellence has been recognized by Dance Magazine,
which nominated her for a national award as a result of her
outstanding performance at the American College Dance Festival
(ACDF), a national festival for college dance programs. Hines'
solo performance at the ACDF--created by Assistant Professor
of Professional Practice Colleen Thomas--was one of fifty
dances selected for the festival's gala performance in June
2008, which this year is sponsored by Barnard College and
being held at Columbia University's Miller Theater.
"This
is the first year that the National Festival will be held
in New York, instead of Washington D.C.," said Cochran.
"For one of our own dancers to perform at such a prestigious
event is very exciting, and even more so this year while we
are hosting for the first time."
During
her time at the University, Hines has interpreted and created
featured roles in both masterpieces and experimental works.
In 2005 she was a featured performer in Mark Morris'
"Marble Halls." The same year she demonstrated
her fearlessness as a performer in "Butterflies from
My Hand," a new work choreographed by Donna Uchinozo
and performed at Dance Theater Workshop. In Spring
2007, former Twyla Tharp dancer and faculty member
Katie Glasner directed a restaging of Twyla Tharp's
Eight Jelly Rolls. Glasner recast Hines in
the role Twyla created for herself, for which Hines received
praise from Robert Greskovic in the Wall Street
Journal. Most recently, Hines performed in Bill
T. Jones' "Mercy 10x8 on a Circle" at
the Barnard@AILEY performance and has since been working
with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. After
graduation, she will be performing excerpts from Eight
Jelly Rolls for the Barnard Reunion dance showcase,
and attending the Bates Dance Festival this summer.
The Louis
Sudler Prize will be awarded at the Academic Awards and Prizes
Ceremony to be held in Low Library Rotunda on Tuesday, May
20.
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