Local resident participates in Connecticut College Dance Club performance

NEW LONDON, CT (06/02/2009)(readMedia)-- NEW LONDON, Conn. - Emily Richard, a senior at Connecticut College and a resident of Waltham, took part in "Three Weeks Notice," the Dance Club's spring performance, held Feb. 19, 20 and 21 at the Martha Myers Dance Studio at Connecticut College.

The concert featured works choreographed by students, along with student light designs. Students danced to music by Max Richter, Tom Waits, Claude Debussy, James Newton Howard and other greats.

Richard choreographed "Five Hail Marys" and danced in "Changability" and "Rewind Maturity".

Richard, a 2005 graduate of Dana Hall School, is the daughter of Bonnie and William Richard of Amherst, Mass..

Situated on the coast of southern New England, Connecticut College is a highly selective private liberal arts college with 1900 students from all across the country and throughout the world. On the college's 750-acre arboretum campus overlooking Long Island Sound, students and faculty create a vibrant social, cultural and intellectual community enriched by diverse perspectives. The college, founded in 1911, is known for its unique combination of interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.

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