Micaela Rich

= Division III =

This article is part of a Climax    Div III Issue. By Kendell Richmond, Staff Writer.

“Live it up, work harder than you think you can and don’t regret. The end is a time to feel complete and at peace.” This is Micaela Rich’s advice to other Hampshire students, and it’s clear that she followed her own instructions, with plenty of long nights in the airport lounge. When asked what her favorite place on campus was, Micaela simply answered, “outside the library at sunrise.”

Truly taking advantage of Hampshire interdisciplinary studies, Micaela combined her love of dance with an interest in psychoanalysis. Working closely with her committee, Fritha Pengally and Annie Rogers, Micaela completed her Div III titled Between Movement and Meaning: deciphering the language of loss through dance and Lacanian psychoanalysis. Her project consisted of a twenty minute original dance piece and an extensive paper on Lacanian psychoanalysis as it relates to dance.

Originally from New York, Micaela entered Hampshire College in the fall of 2005. The past four years have been memorable in many ways and yet first year will always be special to her. “Mel and me, our first year, stealing a sign from the pubs and Nick helped out too,” Micaela recalls as one of her favorite memories.

While Micaela has diverse academic interests, dancing has her heart. When asked what she would miss most about Hampshire Micaela said, “The community I feel with the dance program.” Next year she wishes to focus all her time and energy on dancing. While plans have not yet been set in stone, she does have a goal, “Dance where I can make enough of a living to eat.”