Spotlight on our Alumni - Pia Lauritz
Pia Lauritz
At the beginning of March, I began my Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance at the Victorian College of the Arts (the Southbank Campus of the University of Melbourne) alongside 27 other successful applicants from the September 2014 auditions.
Despite our mixed assortment of backgrounds, the 22 of us remaining in the year have grown into a close-knit family due to the amount of time we spend studying (and sweating!) together. Unlike most of my friends who started university this year, my contact hours have increased since year 12, with every weekday starting at 9am and finishing after 5pm - sometimes as late as 8pm. Most mornings begin with Contemporary and Ballet technique classes, followed by lunch and then a combination of our weekly subjects and electives. These include: Improvisation, Duo, Anatomy, Kinesiology (the study of the moving body), Performance Psychology, Yoga, and Gyrokinesis (method is a movement method that gently works the entire body) . In second semester we also participated in a performance subject that consisted of a 12-week long development and rehearsal period for two works by external choreographers that we performed at the end of semester.
Naturally, the multiple changes in my lifestyle this year have produced some challenges - both mentally and physically - yet I have emerged feeling more certain than ever of my desire to dance. I am extremely lucky to be studying a practice that I deeply love, and to be in an environment and surrounded by people that support me to do so.
While I am passionate about pursuing a career in the performing arts, I have not lost my curiosity for literature, history and current world politics. After recently finishing the book ‘Malala, the Girl who stood up for Education and Changed the World’, my gratitude for the experiences and knowledge I gained as a student of Melbourne Girls’ College has been reinforced and deepened.
Pia Lauritz
Class of 2014
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