We caught up with dancer Kate Goddard Vandivier to see what she’s been up to after her time at Chicago Repertory Ballet. This is what she had to say!

CRB: When did you dance with the company?

Kate: 2013 - 2017

CRB: Thinking back on your time at CRB, do you have any favorite memories to share?

Kate: “There are so many great memories to choose from, but my hands down favourite one is during a rehearsal for MacBeth. During the ballroom scene, I stalk Tony to an upstage chair but when Tony went to sit down backwards on the chair, it completely collapsed underneath him. I don’t know if it was his expression as the chair was collapsing or the physicality of seeing his struggle to stay seated, but I completely lost it. We had to stop the rehearsal because I was laughing so hard.”

CRB: Do you have a favorite work that you danced?

Kate: “My favourite piece, hands down, was Peoplescape. I honestly loved all of the rep but I have a particular fondness for that piece.”

CRB: What have you been up to lately?

Kate: “I currently live in England, in a small Surrey village about 45 minutes outside London. I teach at a dance studio, Monarch Studios, and am also the studio’s Staff and Student Coordinator, where I handle all of the admin for the studio. Peter and I had a little boy in 2019 named Ben, and we have a little girl arriving in early 2021. I mostly spend my days answering emails for the studio, chasing my toddler, planning and delivering classes/choreography and drinking a lot of tea.”

CRB: Any accomplishments/joys that you’d like to share?

Kate: Making it to England!

Follow Kate on her journey!

Instagram: @kvdancer @monarchstudios