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Musical Theatre | Accompanist
Alex Wakim’s music scoring is currently featured in the National Portrait Gallery (through 2023), DOC NYC, New Orleans Film Festival (Glen Eden, dir. Rebecca Blandón), RAINDANCE Film Festival, (Frayed Roots, dir. Nay Tabbara) and more.
Wakim’s broad experience includes music directing and performing piano, serving as Associate Musical Director of the Big Apple Circus (2021), Musical Director of Madame Mathieu’s Soiree, the Friends of NAAP Cabaret. He is a frequent guest artist with the Kansas State University Orchestra, and more.
In addition to his film scoring work, Wakim has developed two successful shows: Dust and Ions, a concert experience through the stars, based on his album and featuring poetry and dance (currently being co-produced with 2500 Productions at The Tank NYC in December 2022), as well as An American in Beirut, a musical exploring epigenetic trauma and healing. Both have had sold out shows across the country. Wakim is based in NYC and collaboration is key to Wakim’s approach to creating. He has orchestrated for composer Oleksa Lozowchuk on Sony’s top game, Horizon, Forbidden West. For more, check out alexwakim.com
Dance Theatre: Afro-Latin Immersion | Creative Team Member
Born and raised in Peru, Akasia Ruthy Inchaustegui has worked with names like Madonna, Janet Jackson, Prince, Maxwell, P¡nk, Gloria Estefan, Santana, Mariah Carey, Celia Cruz, Puff Daddy, Cirque du Soleil, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift. Notably, she landed the role of the main stunt double of Halle Berry on Catwoman. Some of her TV appearances include Dancing with the Stars, The Grammys, The Late Show with David Letterman, MTV American and European Awards, VH-1 Music and Fashion Awards, American Music Awards, Latin Billboard, Saturday Night Live, Miss Universe, The Soul Train Awards, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Chris Rock and more. Not limiting herself to just the commercial dance world, Akasia wa
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD), in collaboration with the Craig Corporation are pleased to announce the affordable rental opportunity for one (1) rental apartment at 100 Fellsway West, Somerville. The apartment is available for rent through the Inclusionary Housing Program via an application and lottery process for income-eligible households with a combined gross income that meets the income eligibility requirements detailed below.
Preferences will be provided to households who currently reside or work full time in Somerville (32 hours or more per week) and provide current verification dated within the last thirty days from the date a complete application is submitted.
| Address | Unit Type | Tier | Rent* | No. of Bedrooms | No. of Bathrooms | Approx. Size (Sq. Ft.) | Minimum Household Size |
| 100 Fellsway West | No. 303 | 2 | $1,391 | 2 | 1 | 952 | 2 |
*Gas heating, electric cooking, electricity and water/sewage bills are paid separately by tenants and not included in rent
| Household Size | Tier 2: Minimum and Maximum Annual Gross Income Limits** |
| 1 | NOT ELIGIBLE |
| 2 | $47,401 - $71,400 |
| 3 | $53,351 - $80,300 |
| 4 | $59,251 - $89,200 |
| 5 | $64,001 - $96,350 |
| 6 | $68,751 - $103,500 |
**Minimum income requirement waived for households with MRVP, Section 8, PASS or other mobile rental voucher
*** Head of household cannot be full-time student; other eligibility requirements apply.
100 Fellsway West is a four story building with 19 residential units. Apartment 303 is on the third floor and includes an outdoor parking space as well as an in-unit hookup for a laundry machine and dryer.
Additional restrictions apply for the apartment available through the City of Somerville’s Inclusionary Housing Program including: 1) the head of household cannot be a full time student and 2) an asset limit of $250,000 excluding restricted retirement, college savings and health plans. I
Adult Program Head
Adult Program Faculty, Faculty, School Artistic, The Washington School of Ballet - Northwest Campus, Washington School of Ballet
With 40 years of experience as a dancer, teacher, choreographer, founding artistic/executive director, and urban planner, Miya’s life has spanned two continents with a commitment to diversity and excellence in the arts. Her vision has been realized through her companies: DC Contemporary Dance Theatre (DC’s first cross-cultural repertory dance company, 1984), and El Teatro de Danza Contemporanea de El Salvador (the country’s first professional dance company created after the civil war, 1994). A mover and shaker in DC’s dance scene, she has also been integral in the post-war reconstruction of El Salvador through the arts. Originally trained by Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, Erick Hawkins, Merce Cunningham, Mary Day, Gloria Contreras, and Gene Hill Sagan, with a BA in urban studies from Barnard College, and an MPA from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, she began teaching at TWSB in 1984 under the tutelage of Mary Day.
Miya has produced hundreds of concerts from President Obama’s White House to the rural pueblos of Latin America. Her DC company served as cultural ambassadors representing the USA for a 10-year world tour sponsored by the State Department, and her work has been presented at the Kennedy Center, Smithsonian Institution, Dance Place, the Central American Olympics, La UNAM/Mexico City, the Cleveland Clinic’s Art & Medicine Institute, Santa Clara University’s International Human Rights Festival, University of San Francisco, among others. She has had music collaborations with Bobby McFerrin and Gloria Estefan.
Her teaching credentials include being the former director of dance at Georgetown University; in El Salvador, former director at La Universidad Jose Simeon Canas (La UCA), faculty at La Escuela Nacional de Danza; creator of El Centro para Liderazgo en las Artes (the country’s
Thalia offers striking color, eye-catching prints in Macy’s collection
Thalia Sodi gasps with delight at a gold-flecked peacock print skirt a woman at a nearby table is wearing during lunch in West Hollywood. “Do you see that?” the pop star exclaims. “It’s a vintage skirt. I love it!”
For Grammy winner Sodi, who has been a celebrity in her home country of Mexico since the start of her singing career at age 9 and who received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013, inspiration seems to be striking everywhere, especially now that she has added a fashion designer title to her already robust résumé.
This spring, she debuted a line of women’s clothing and accessories at Macy’s, designed with the Latino consumer in mind and marking the biggest fashion brand launch in the 157-year-old retailer’s history.
The 266-piece spring offering in the Thalia Sodi Collection is made up of figure-hugging dresses, casual basics and glitzy jewelry and shoes. Prices run from $16.50 for a pair of hoop earrings up to $109 for a pair of embellished platform sandals.
Like the cool blue-greens of the peacock print, Sodi adores a palette of striking color, which is evident in the bold reds, bright pinks and overall eye-catching prints and added jeweled details throughout the line.
“I am big into prints, mixing animal with maybe florals or florals with color blocking,” says Sodi of her fashion aesthetic. “I also like color. I remember Mexico: the bougainvillea, the light green of avocados or being on the beach eating fish tacos and seeing the sunset. It evokes our culture.”
Sodi’s Latin background and high-wattage star power throughout Mexico and Central America made the partnership with Macy’s a natural fit, because Latino customers represent 16% of traffic for the department store and the company estimates that figure will climb to 20% within a few years.
“Macy’s and the Latin community have a love affair,” says Martine Reardon, Macy’s chief marketing officer. “It’s a big cu