Speakers
- Rachel DeLauder
- Drexel University, MA Candidate
Rachel Mariah DeLauder is a recent honors graduate of the University of Delaware, with a B.S. Degree with Distinction in Exercise Science, with double minors in Theatre Performance and Dance. Ms. DeLauder will be attending Drexel University Dance/Movement Therapy & Counseling MA program for Fall 2019 and Trinity Laban Dance Conservatoire (MSC) Fall 2020. Ms. DeLauder’s experience in the performing arts started at age four, studying violin, theatre and dance with dance and theatre companies, orchestra and performing arts schools and recently studied abroad in London with the Shakespeare Globe Acting Intensive. Ms. DeLauder conducted a senior thesis, entitled, “Dance and Posture: The Effects of the Alexander Technique on Alignment”, and published in Undergraduate Research in Dance: A Guide for Students. Additionally, she is a part of (SOL) Sharing Our Legacy Dance Company, where she continues to embody and present her research on Mary Ann Shadd Cary, under the direction of Dr. Lynnette Overby. Ms. DeLauder enjoys exploring narratives, identity and complexities of the human condition through the performing arts and the community through embodied choreographic research framework.