Olivia Rehrman  Charles Andrew Kulp Scholarship

Olivia Rehrman through competing has found the importance of, “Dancing for yourself,”
and the wise notion that, “Dance is an art, not a sport.” Olivia is just as proficient with
her technique, as she is moving with her performance quality. She aspires to one day
dance with the contemporary Evolution Dance Company.
 



Mark your calendars…Olivia Rehrman should be featured on May 9th with Tony Award winning Choreographer,  Bill T. Jones of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Olivia was the 2008 recipient of the Charles Andrew Kulp scholarship, Finalist in Jazz dance 2009 youngARTS, Academy of Dance Arts Alum, Allen, Texas, and is currently a Freshman Dance major at The University of Arizona.
Funding for the arts in America may be dismal, but the talent in our high schools isn’t. “MASTERCLASS,” the new HBO series set to premiere Sunday, April 18, presents nine world-class creative artists sharing their arts and their life experience with young people representing the best of a new generation of talent in America . Each edition of MASTERCLASS highlights the importance of mentorship, allowing emerging young artists to meet and work with legends in the fields where they aspire to become legends themselves.
The nine-part series will feature half-hour episodes with:
Placido Domingo (premiering April 18th at 5:30pm)
Liv Ullmann (April 25th at 5pm)
Frank Gehry (May 2nd)
Bill T. Jones (May 9th)
Michael Tilson Thomas (May 16th)
Olafur Eliasson (May 23rd)
Edward Albee (May 30th)
Jacques d’Amboise (June 6th)
Julian Schnabel (June 13th)
The students in the series are part of YoungArts, the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Founded in 1981, this non-profit organization is dedicated to identifying, nurturing and supporting emerging young artists as they pursue their dreams and to raising appreciation for and support of the arts in American society.
MASTERCLASS is produced and directed by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, an award-winning documentary filmmaking team whose work has garnered four Oscar nominations, many Emmys and the duPont-Columbia Award for Independent Programming.