Lake Worth Beach resident Ekko Greenbaum is a graduating dance major at Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts. A dedicated artist, Ekko has been chosen to dance an array of repertoire from George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco to Paul Taylor’s Esplanade through her years at Dreyfoos. She also serves as the historian for the National Dance Honor Society. An AP Scholar Honors Award recipient, she received the Silver Key Scholastic Art & Writing Award for film photography.
Combining her passion for art and activism, Ekko is the Public Relations Officer for Dreyfoos Dance Marathon, a student-led movement.movement supporting Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. In the fall, she will be attending her dream school, the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, as a merit scholar and contemporary dance major. Ekko intends to pursue dance in hopes of changing the dance world for the better, focusing her studies and choreography around breaking established binaries and gender roles. She will also continue to advocate for the representation of LGBTQ+ artists and dancers, who are often hidden and kept out of the spotlight. Ekko is currently a mentor to young LGBTQ+ artists who feel displaced in their art form; she hopes to continue this by starting an organization that will provide young LGBTQ+ artists with accessible mental health care and mentoring.
“Within my career, I hope to make both classical and contemporary dance a safe space for every human who has a passion, a place where diversity is honored - no matter color, size, sexual orientation," said Greenbaum. "This scholarship will help me attend Boston Conservatory, where I will learn about dance through a sociological perspective, allowing me to help reform the dance world and make it a more welcoming art form.” |
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