Category: The Modern Perspective

De’Anya Ezahni Bell is a senior at Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School. She has been studying dance for twelve years, receiving training in ballet, jazz, tap, flamenco, hip-hop, and musical theatre. Currently, Bell concentrates on the modern dance technique as a student and assistant to Sharon Skepple Mayfield at Skepple Mayfield Dance in Augusta, Georgia. When did your interest in modern dance start? I began training at a modern-based dance school early in my dance career. Growing up in the south heavily influenced my development as a modern dancer. The organic characteristics and endless possibilities of modern dance sparked...

Young Augustan, Jack Monnig, is a freshman at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Augusta Family Magazine caught up with Jack over the summer to ask him some questions about his growing interest in photography. When did your interest in photography start? Our family, really my parents, purchased a DSLR for our family to better document family trips and special events, such as graduations and trips. When our family returned from visiting Alaska in 2015, I got my hands on the camera and I haven’t stopped taking pictures since then. What do you enjoy most about taking photos? I love...