2012 Summer Interns Bearnstow’s intern program is designed to give selected young dancers a summer of total contact with good dance and to give Bearnstow a cadre of capable assistants who can “put their hand to anything.” While the basic job is housing maintenance and KP, interns have designed programs and promotional material, conducted research, composed sound scores, created their own choreography, and danced for others. The artistic calibre of our interns speaks well not only for the institutions from which they come but also for the Bearnstow image of the renaissance dancer. Nitzia Vieyra Velázquez (intern 2009–2011) joins us for her fourth summer. She is a graduate in dance from the University of Colima, Mexico, where she is currently teaching; she will arrive at Bearstow on July 10. She is a dancer in the FoBos Danza Contemporánea in Colima. Emmanuel Becerra (intern 2010) returns for his second summer at Bearnstow. He is also a graduate of Colima and, along with Nitzia, is a dancer in FoBos. During summer 2011 he toured as a guest dancer with the José Limón Company in Mexico and the U.S. Tyler Abramson will fill Nitzia's space for two weeks at the beginning of the summer. She is a student in dance at Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont. She is currently studying history and sociology for a semester at University of Havana, Cuba. Ashley Tanberg is a dance student at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. She is a recipient of the Michele Rusinko Dance Scholarship and is a member of Carrie Lande’s Minneapolis-based dance company, Live Wire. Dasha Chernova is formerly from Russia and is now a dancer, writer, and visual artist in San Francisco. She studied writing and journalism at the Ural State University in Russia before moving to the U.S. Her training has included butoh, contemporary dance, ethnic dance, and theater. Tea Party at Parker Pond The Final Concert of the Season was held on September 1, 2012, in Bearnstow Hall. The evening opened with a dance video by Dasha Chernova and included performances by Emmanuel Becerra, Dasha Chernova, Ashley Rose Tandberg, and Nitzia Vieyra. (Click arrow to begin video.) The evening’s program included: Separate, danced by Dasha Chernova, choreographed by Ashley Tandberg, music by Dinah Washington & Max Richter Duet, danced by Nitzia Vieyra and Emmanuel Becerra, choreographed by Emmanuel Becerra, music by Ludovcio Roncalli Eat Your Chicken, created and performed by the Company, directed by Nitzia Vieyra Remapping the Compass, danced by Nitzia Vieyra, choreographed by Ashley Tanberg, music by Balmorhea Meet Sexy Single, danced and choreographed by Dasha Chernova Sticks and Hats, performed by the Company, direction and décor by Ruth Grauert, music by J.S. Bach: “Chaconne from Partia in D minor”