Zachary Jeppsen (Dance '18) and Jason Patera in Chicago Tribune — The Chicago Academy for the Arts pardot199062=fb2a23db1a658cf885c7bb70388a9b72230e30c327ed0389cd0dae04bbda9ef9

MEET OUR EIGHTH HEAD OF SCHOOL: DR. MELINDA ZACHER RONAYNE!

Zachary Jeppsen (Dance '18) and Jason Patera in Chicago Tribune

“I feel so loved and I feel that I got to become the person I am because I was able to find my people: my friends, my teachers.”

Zachary Jeppsen (Dance '19) recently graduated from The Juilliard School, was awarded the prestigious Martha Hill Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Dance, and has a summer job dancing with. The Buglisi Dance Theatre. To commemorate his graduation, Columnist Heidi Stevens revisits her 2017 article about Zachary and The Academy, discussing art, artists, and artmaking with Jason Patera. Follow the link below to read the full piece!