Vol. 1, No. 14
North Carolina School of the Arts
April 21
TARTUFFE" HAS GUEST DIRECTOR
The drama department’s latest production, "Tartuffe," to be previewed
April 25, 26, and 27, will be produced under the direction of William
Woodman of New York. Before coming here, he directed the New York premier
of Chekhov’s ”The Wood Demon” and wa
DANCE
N EWS
Guest teachers, visiting com
panies, lecturers, and future pro
grams are of primary intrest in the
dance department. On Monday April
10, the dancers invaded Chapel
Hill to see a performance by Merce
Cunningham and his Modern Dance
Company. On the next day, ten of
the modern dancers participated in
a modern class taught by Cunningham
who is a student of Martha Graham
and the School of American Ballet.
In 1950, he formed his own company.
The use of electronic music and
the informality of presentation
proved to be a new experience.
BARNES LECTURES DANCERS
NCSA was very honored and
privileged to have as their guest
lecturer Monday, April 17, Clive
Barnes. Barns is a famous dance
critic of the New York Times and
was recently appointed drama critic
for the Times.
The lecture was on "Dance
Critism" but other ideas of intrest
to all were also presented. After
his talk there was a discussion
period in which students and faculty
had an opportunity to ask questions.
Mr. Barnes was sponsored by
the Schools of Music, Drama, and
Dance.
' TALLCHIEF to visit NCSA
One of America’s greatest
ballerinas- Maria Tallchief- will be
visiting NCSA on April 21- 23. She
will teach a master class on Friday
the 21st. Maria Tallchief, of
American Indian lineage, has been
soloist with the Ballet Russe de
Monte Carlo and with the New York
City Ballet. Most recently, she has
retired from the stage and is only
appearing as guest teacher and per
former.
3 associate producer of Synge’s "Dierdre
of the Sorrows" for Off-Broadway. He
has directed for four of the country’s
leading professional theatres: The
Cleveland Playhouse, Virginia’s Barter
Theatre, The Front Street Theatre in
Memphis, Tennessee, and The Hartford
Stage Company in Hartford, Connecticut.
Woodman has taught at the National
Theatre School of Canada in Montreal
and at Western Reserve University in
Cleveland. He served as co-director of
the Robin Hood Theatre in Wilmington,
Delaware, for three seasons and worked
for several seasons as stage manager
for the American Shakespeare Festival at
Stratford, Connecticut.
Woodman has an A.B. degree from
Hamilton College at Clinton, N.Y. and a
master of fine arts degree ftom Columbia
University at New York.
OPE'RA WORKSHOP
William Woodman, director of
"Tartuffe," will be in charge of N.C.S.A.'s
first opera workshop. The workshop will
consist of scenes from Verdi’s "La
Traviata", Gounod’s "Faust", Smetana’s
"The Bartered Bride", and Humperdink’s
"Hansel and Gretel".
The majority of the voice majors
will participate in the difficult task
of staging the following scenes:
"La Traviata" -- Act I
Violetta-- Ina Conant
Alfredo-- Bernard Thacker
"La Traviata" -- Act IV
Violetta-- Georgyn Geetlein
Alfredo-- Douglas Decatur
Annina-- Nita Paul
"Faust" -- Act II
Faust-- Douglas Decatur
Marguerite-- Ina Conant
Mephistofeles-- Johnny Williams
Martha-- Ella Cutts
Siebel-- Susan Corbett
"Hansel and Gretel" -- Dance Duet '
Hansel-- Susan Corbett ,
Gretel-- Sandra Plexico
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