A Day in the Life of the Food & Housing Intern
My name is Page. I am a junior at Duke University majoring in music and literature. I am studying opera and hope to get a masters in music and start a singing career. I studied dance for a long time when I was young and have kept it in my life as a kind of therapy. I was interested in doing an internship with the ADF for many reasons. I had heard about it from my modern teacher as a young girl; it is held on my own gorgeous campus; and I could see tons of performances and take classes while getting paid. Additionally, as a striving performer in the arts, I was interested in the work it takes to create, advertise, and put on performances, and the ADF offered valuable opportunities to learn about arts marketing and management. This experience completely surpassed my expectations.
9.00a
Walk to Wilson Dorm on Duke’s East Campus. Make up a VIP dorm room for a visiting Russian choreographer, take lemonade and snacks to the Intern Seminar.10.00a
Chat with the Executive Director of Pilobolus while sipping lemonade and eating cookies. Ponder what it would be like to start your own dance company…11.00a
Check e-mail while eating yummy leftovers from the ADF staff dinner the night before. Order ID cards for incoming students in the Dance Professionals Workshop. Help students add money to their accounts for meals and laundry.NOON
Run errands to buy food and decorations for the student party you are throwing tomorrow night. Marking items off your list makes you feel a little bit like the mommy of ADF, even though most of these students are older than you.1.00p – 3.00p
Take an amazing modern technique class from Pamela Pietro. Chat with ADF students in your class before heading back to the office.4.00p
Make fruit and cheese trays for an M.F.A. student salon. Listen to a lecture on African American culture in modern dance while you pour wine for the guests.5.00p
Fold some linens, clean up the kitchen. Call Sam’s Convenience Store down the road to order a keg for that party tomorrow night. Feel a lot less like a mom than you did earlier today.6.00p
Run home, eat dinner, and spruce up to see a show with your fellow interns.8.00p
Be blown away by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in Page Auditorium. That new piece, “Lickety Split,” is definitely everyone’s favorite.11.00p
Bed after a jam-packed day.
