Carrie Cai

Social Dance

I am addicted to virtually all forms of dance, particularly when it's a fusion of waltz, swing, hip hop, and jazz. I have performed in Movements In Time, Stanford Viennese Ball Opening Committee, Decadance, and The Academy of Danse Libre. In 2010, I choreographed Butterfly, a piece that mixes Dance Dance Revolution with shag.

Committee on Scholarly Interactions

I organized the MIT Presidential Fellows/Sidney Pacific Distinguished Lecture Series, which hosts leading thinkers at Sidney Pacific graduate residence, MIT's largest graduate community. This year's speakers so far have included Christina Romer (former chair of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisors), Benjamin Zander (conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra), Rafael Reif (MIT President) and Charles Limb (Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Peabody Conservatory of Music).

Music Improvisation and Composition

I also enjoy improvising on the piano and writing music for small groups. In the past, I've composed for piano trio, wind quintet,and orchestra.