August 2011 - Boston choreographer Rebecca Rice was recently chosen to be a "Cultural Envoy" by the United States State Department and will be traveling to Almaty, Kazakhstan in August to set a original piece of choreography on the Samruk Dance Company. This collaborative project was developed as a cultural partnership between the United States Embassy in Kazakhstan, the US State Department in Washington and the Ballet Russes Foundation in Boston. Rice will be not only developing new choreography for the company but will be working on cultural outreach in a number of schools and performing arts communities. In Almaty, she will be giving presentations and master classes to the dance students of the Choreography College and Arts Academy, as well as a talk at the American Corner, a group of USA Alumni and young professionals interested in dance and art.