{"632426":{"#nid":"632426","#data":{"type":"news","title":" Georgia Tech Engineering Grad Dances in Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EShe\u0026rsquo;s a full-time engineer and consultant \u0026mdash; and a professional dancer who just performed on one of the world\u0026rsquo;s biggest stages.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERaianna Brown auditioned just a few months ago to dance at Super Bowl LIV in Miami. That audition came not too long after she earned her bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree from Georgia Tech in industrial engineering. And after being selected as part of an elite cadre of performers, the work began.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We rehearsed for about a month,\u0026rdquo; Brown explained. \u0026ldquo;It was definitely one of the best dance experiences I\u0026rsquo;ve had. Working with this team has taught me so much about large-scale performances and how to truly put on a show to be seen around the world,\u0026rdquo; Brown says. It\u0026rsquo;s estimated that 102 million viewers tuned in to the game.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe dancers were all styled exactly the same, so it\u0026rsquo;s difficult to tell them apart. Brown says, however, you can spot her pretty easily in the final pose of Shakira\u0026rsquo;s performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m the third head down from the top.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile this might be the biggest stage, Brown is used to performing in front of a crowd.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe danced with Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Goldrush, and was a mainstay on the sidelines at Georgia Tech football and basketball games.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I really feel like that prepared me to perform in Hard Rock Stadium this past Sunday,\u0026rdquo; she says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech also primed her with the skills she needs to keep up with an incredibly hectic schedule. When she\u0026rsquo;s not dancing professionally, Brown is head of software development at CMB Global Partners, a consulting firm in Atlanta. On any given day, she could be splitting her time between coding and choreography.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;My time at Tech really prepared me for how to balance my career and dance,\u0026rdquo; Brown says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe says she\u0026rsquo;s also thankful for the support she\u0026rsquo;s received from the greater Georgia Tech community. Aside from being featured by Instagram main account during the Super Bowl, Brown also got a shoutout from her former college.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;They used my hashtag I started #WhoSaysEngineersCantBeDancers, and that really meant a lot to me.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial engineering graduate Raianna Brown was selected to dance at Super Bowl LIV with Shakira.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"2018 ISyE Graduate Raianna Brown Danced Alongside Shakira"}],"uid":"28766","created_gmt":"2020-02-13 17:51:39","changed_gmt":"2021-02-03 16:12:00","author":"Shelley Wunder-Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"632256":{"id":"632256","type":"image","title":"ISyE Grad Raianna Brown Performs in Super Bowl Halftime Show","body":null,"created":"1581357867","gmt_created":"2020-02-10 18:04:27","changed":"1581357867","gmt_changed":"2020-02-10 18:04:27","alt":"","file":{"fid":"240560","name":"Raianna 2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Raianna%202.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Raianna%202.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":221276,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Raianna%202.jpg?itok=ja8cfDWu"}},"632258":{"id":"632258","type":"image","title":"ISyE Grad Raianna Brown Performs in Super Bowl Halftime Show","body":null,"created":"1581358207","gmt_created":"2020-02-10 18:10:07","changed":"1581359046","gmt_changed":"2020-02-10 18:24:06","alt":"","file":{"fid":"240562","name":"Raianna1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Raianna1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Raianna1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":316856,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Raianna1.jpg?itok=By5Or3i7"}},"632257":{"id":"632257","type":"image","title":"ISyE Grad Raianna Brown Performs in Super Bowl Halftime Show","body":null,"created":"1581358043","gmt_created":"2020-02-10 18:07:23","changed":"1581358996","gmt_changed":"2020-02-10 18:23:16","alt":"Sancers with Shakira at Super Bowl LIV in Miami. 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