#class of 2004

[tikitania]

do you know who the dancers in this video are, please? the blond dancer in particular! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtc1vK6_Gsc&list=LL&index=48 from

Great find! I'm 99% sure that blonde is Alexander Sergeev, current 1st soloist of the Mariinsky with a growing reputation as a choreographer. His partner appears to be Maria Yakovleva, now a prima at the Hungarian National Ballet.

Those cheekbones gave it away for me, but then I checked the creator's page, and Vadim Sirotin appears to be a character dance teacher at Vaganova who posted a lot of videos and one identifies Sergeev. That's a better confirmation.

And then I found this post where Maria Yakovleva talks about Vaganova exams. I think it's just an excerpt, but it's still quite interesting:

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[wutbju]

My journey from being a young-earth Creationist, Dispensationalist Republican to seeing my neighbor as worthy of my vote

My body was tense as I sat in the white-walled classroom of my Baptist high school in Middle Georgia. With the sounds of pretend canons firing at the Civil War reenactment across the street, I listened to my teacher tell us about how President Bill Clinton was preparing to declare himself “Preside

Remember? BJU Class of 2004 Rick Pidcock remembers:

When we sat in shock for our chapel service on Sept. 11, 2001, we were told it was over. God was bringing judgment to America. Of course, we had our economic differences from the Democrats. I always figured that trickle-down economics was just common sense, and that if anyone knew the basics of economics they’d see that. But as vehement as we were about tax policy, we didn’t believe tax brackets were ultimately why God was supposedly judging us. We believed God was using the Muslims to judge us because of our toleration of evolutionists, the LGBTQ community and the abortionists.

[dresupi]

@anais-ninja-blog got me feeling nostalgic. ;)

[tilbageidanmark]

Yearbook - Class of 2004

[teruterujiru]

20 years ago today, I graduated from Arts & Communication Magnet Academy as part of the last class from when the school was known as Arts and Communication High School.

Here’s to us, Class of 2004! I know we’ve all done some amazing things and we will continue to do even more!

[wellesleyunderground]

February 2019 #WAOTM: Anna Kurien ‘04

Anna is a fiercely committed public defender, who works hard to make sure her indigent clients have a voice in a country committed to the mass incarceration of people of color. Anna has been interested in the intersection of social justice and the law since her Wellesley years, when she volunteered during the Gujarat riots in 2002 and observed the Milosevic trial in 2003. She first fell in love with public defender work during internships while she was getting her law degree at Emory and has been an attorney at the Fulton County Public Defenders’ Office in Atlanta since she graduated in 2008. Anna strongly believes in public defenders as a movement and a community – she is active in organizations like Gideon’s Promise and the Transition into Law Practice Program (TILPP) as a trainee, then as an instructor, and often brings new practices and techniques back to share with her office. As a public defender, she believes that one of her most important roles is to bear witness to her clients’ stories and to bring them agency in a deeply disempowering criminal justice system. One day, when she wants an even bigger challenge, Anna hopes to start a second career teaching students in middle-school. In the meantime, she continues to be deeply loved by her partner, her almost-two-year-old daughter and a small bad dog who are all grateful that she’s making the world a better place to live in.

Thank you to Anna’s partner Jacob for this month’s submission! Have a Wellesley alum you want to nominate for #WAOTM? Send us your submission today here!

[noratilney]

Angelica Mandy as Gabrielle Delacour

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Attended Beauxbatons: 1996 - 2004 Major role: a muddle of blue and silver, A Matter of Magic

[mikeadkins1985]

It was 13 years ago today on May 17, 2004, that I graduated from high school walking across the Grand Ole Opry stage in Nashville, Tennessee, and received my high school diploma.

It was 13 years ago today on May 17, 2004, that I graduated from high school walking across the Grand Ole Opry stage in Nashville, Tennessee, and received my high school diploma.  I am a member of the Hunters Lane High School class of 2004.