Board 2024

Producer

Xixi is our iconic ?Orchesis Producer, and she is a junior in Barnard College studying Art History and Visual Arts with a minor in Psychology (a true versatile queen)! Other than being known for having ~Big Orchy Energy~, Xixi also works as an artist assistant and a graphic designer for The Conversationalist. Her favorite Orchesis memory includes Xilin (the Xixi and Elin dynamic duo) choreographing their first piece together #HandClap ? #RIPFinalFrontOrchesis. Fun fact: Xixi loves shiba inus and would love to talk to anyone about them:)

CUPAL Liaison

Sophie, our wonderful CUPAL liaison, is a sophomore in Columbia College studying Sustainable Development!  Outside of Orchesis, she keeps busy with Columbia Theta, Consilience Journal of Sustainable Development, and interning at a NYC-based climate action group (we love an environmentally-conscious queen ?)!  Her favorite Orchesis memory is meeting her best friends in the whole world, and she loves baking, Bernie memes, TikTok, and the Bachelor!

Treasurer

Savannah, our amazing Treasurer ?, is studying Dance and Medical Humanities in GS! When she’s not coordinating Orchesis financials, she leads her own funded research project at the Edward Hand Medical Museum (cool, right?). In non-pandemic times, she also teaches dance and acrobatics while working as a freelance dancer and actress (she is a busy gal <3). Her favorite Orchesis memory is Orchy Sundays and she loves cats and taking care of her plant babies ?

Public Relations Chair

Liz, one of our wonderful PR Chairs, is a freshman in CC studying Computer Science and Dance! Liz is an incredible dancer for the MaMa Project, and beyond Orchesis, she’s heavily involved in the Columbia community as an editor for the Grey Matters Neuroscience Journal and a member of Questbridge and CUSP Alliance. Her favorite part of Orchesis has been meeting the greatest people! In her free time, Liz loves crossword puzzling, journaling, and taking care of her plants! :)

Space Coordinator

Kennedy Salamat, our amazing Space Coordinator, is a sophomore in SEAS studying Computer Science on a pre-med track! Outside of Orch, you can catch Kennedy TAing, serving on the Engineering Student Council, helping with biomedical engineering research, or giving tours of our lovely campus. You would be shocked to learn that Kennedy learned her first tiktok last semester during our TiktOrchesis show. :0 Beyond learning tiktok dances, Kennedy’s favorite part of Orchesis has been meeting so many amazing people! In her free time, she loves to bake, play the piano, and paint. <3

Archivist

Kelly is beautiful Barnard-babe in the class of 2023 majoring in Neuroscience & Behavior on the pre-med track and possibly minoring in Science & Public Policy. This year Kelly is reprising her role as our lovely Archivist and her favorite Orchy-memory is instigating a controversial debate about the proper utensil to eat mac and cheese with (She stands on #teamspoon). Outside of Orchesis, she’s keeping extra busy all over the Barnumbia campus doing Neuropsych research, UnTapped, the MaMa project, McAC, PULSE, and Synapse. She has a love for making crafts for her friends, fueling her coffee addiction, and showing people pictures of her dogs.

Costume Coordinator

Julia is one of our incredible costumers! She is a sophomore at Barnard majoring in Psychology and minoring in Science and Public Policy. When she is not busy being an iconic pillar of the Orchesis community, she can also be found doing incredible things with MaMa and the Peer health exchange. While she cherishes all of her memories in Orchesis, Sunday morning WIPs and midnight rehearsals will always have a ✨  special ✨  place in her heart. She loves cooking and her dogs (who she dearly misses), and don’t try to convince her to give up coffee, it’s not going to happen.

Costume Coordinator

Eliza is a sophomore in Columbia College and one of our lovely costumers. She is in the class of 2023 and is majoring in English with potential concentrations in gender studies and sociology. Eliza also danced with UnTapped when the pandemic allowed, but when she is not dancing she is busy being a senior editor for the  Blue and White Magazine, writing for Unpublished and Lithium, and occasionally contributing to campus literary magazines. Our favorite writer also has a miniature Dachshund named Ulysses (follow him @ulyssesthedoxie), and is currently obsessed with those super satisfying soap making and resin art TikToks. Eliza’s favorite part of Orchesis has been meeting new friends and reuniting with old ones!

Chair

Brooke (she/her), our Chair, is a junior in Columbia College majoring in Dance and Biology on the pre-med track. When not doing Orchesis (which is rare) you can catch her dancing in CoLab and the Dance Department Show. When not dancing (even more rarely), she is in CUEMS, an RA, does research at the medical center, volunteers at the Mount Sinai ER, and is a TA for Columbia Intro Bio (wow!). Her favorite Orchesis memory is orchy-formal in Spring 2023 where everyone looked super glamorous. Finally, she hopes everyone knows that she has a deep love for everything Orchesis (and we hope she knows that Orchesis loves her right back)!

Public Relations Chair

Billie, one of our incredible PR chairs, is a Junior at Columbia College studying Political Science and Economics. When she’s not putting up the best PR content out there, Billie is a staff writer for the Blue and White Magazine and a devout member of the ski club (and women’s ski team)! While she misses in-person Orchy life, her favorite Zoom Orchesis memory is playing Among Us with Xilin’s cast last semester. She might be obsessed with Mott’s fruit snacks, named her puppy Ruthie (after RBG of course) and is a co-parent of a snake named Lucifer!

Social Coordinator

Meet Athena Pagon, our beloved Social Chair! Athena is a sophomore at SEAS studying Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Dance. When she’s not planning events for Orchesis, Athena is busy with MaMa, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Caribbean Students Association (CSA), Christian Union, and the Engineering Recruitment Committee (ERC). Her favorite Orchy memory is watching her beautiful cast perform her Lion King choreography in Streng. Athena loves painting, tie-dying, embroidering, and obsessively using the :) emoticon.

Costume Coordinator

The incomparable Anais is one of our three costumers this season. She’s a Barnard babe in the class of 2023 planning to major in Psychology on the pre-med track with a potential dance minor. When she’s not bringing her signature energy to Orchesis rehearsals, she’s killing it with the Columbia Dance Team, being a part of Columbia Bioethics Society and Women in Medicine, or working at a speech perception psych lab. Her favorite Orchy memory is, of course, meeting her best friends. This STEM queen and dance extraordinaire is also learning to cook and be a plant mom, so if you have any tips for her, drop them below!