October 21, 1969
The N. C. Essay
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For the '69-70 school year, the
Dance Department has acquired
several new teachers. Peggy Hack
ney, Gina Pandi, and Leland
Schwantes are part-time teachers
who will teach the dancers their
individual style, technique and
understanding of their art.
Peggy Hackney, who teaches in
the Modern Dance Department, is
originally from Oklahoma City but
has always traveled and now lives on
a farm in Efland, N. C. She teaches
at NCSA on Tuesday, Thursday, and
Friday. On Monday, and Wednesday
Peggy travels to Durham and teaches
at Duke. Duke is also where she
received her B.A. in psychology.
Peggy has worked with the Peace
Corps in Ethiopia, and studied
Modern Dance from Martha Graham,
Merce Cunningham, and Paul Sana-
sando. Before moving to North
Carolina, she and her husband lived
in New York. Peggy has observed that
"the School of the Arts is a fan
tastic opportunity for dancers to
have their training while still in
school".
Gina Pandi is also a part-time
teacher whose major interest is in
the Ballet Department. Besides
teaching at NCSA, Gina is also em
ployed at a local dancing school.
Born in Czechoslavakia, Gina has
lived all over the world and can
speak Hungarian, Italian, and
English fluently and some Slavic.
Living in New York Gina trained at
School of American Ballet for six
years, five years on scholarship.
^e then joined
Harkness Ballet Company for one year.
After three years with American
Ballet Theatre, Gina met the well-
known Gyula Pandi, also on the dance
faculty, and moved to Winston-Salem
as Mrs. Gina Pandi. "I always enjoy
watching ballet, I love dancing and
now I find enjoyment in teaching
ballet", she commented.
Leland Schwantes is on the
Modern faculty on a fellowship. From
Montreat, N.C., Leland trained at
NCSA before getting his degree last
June. He has performed at Lost
Colony, Sullins College, and as an
Equity Member for the Gristmill
Musical Playhouse. He was among
the twenty-one dancers who toured
Italy this summer, dancing in several
modern works. Asked, "how he likes
teaching"? Leland stated, "It has
been invaluable experience for me.
Since I've been teaching I have
appreciated being a dancer much more".
Several visiting dance teachers
will visit NCSA throughout the year.
In the past such teachers as Carol
Wallace, Maria Tallchief, John
Kritza, and Norman Walker have taught
Master Classes. For the past two
weeks the Modern dancers have been
studying with the visiting teacher,
Kazuko Hirabayashi.
With the additions to the Dance
Department it only seems right to
mention the "oldies" too: Robert
Lindgren, Pauline Koner, Duncan Noble,
Gyula Pandi, Joan Sanders, Job
Sanders, Sonja Tyven, and Peter Van
Muyden.
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In an effort to catch up a bit,
this column will deal with more than
one LP. A lot of records have been
released in the last few months and
many of them deserve attention. I'm
certain I've ommitted some worthy
albums, but hopefully this is a
cross-section of some of the more
interesting things released re
cently.
Satin Chickens
Elektra 74056
Rhinoceros
The second album from this West
Coast-based group, it stays close to
the stance they established on their
first LP, Basically a hard rock
group, this hornless seven-man band
often draw comparisons with the de
funct Buffalo Springfield (Doug
Hastings, the group's rhythm gui-
tarist, was once a member of the
Springfield). Lead vocalist John
Finley is a convincing singer, although
he pseudo Otis Redding style often
misses the mark. Instrumentally,
Rhinoceros is one of the tightest
bands happening. The rhythm section,
spearheaded by ex-Mother Billy
Mundi's drumming, is solid.
Fort Worth, Oct^ 12 -
Christina Ortiz of Rio de Janeiro
was awarded first prize in the third
Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition, which ended here last
night.
When the 19-year-old Brazil
ian, one of the six finalists, fin
ished playing Brahms's "Concerto No.
1 in D minor", the audience gave her
a standing ovation.
The 11-member jury, repre
senting seven nationalities, ap
parently decided she was ready to
begin "a concert career of inter
national importance." One of the
goals of the competition is to dis
cover such professionally ready tal
ent.
In addition to her cash award
of $10,000, Miss Ortiz will come
under the management of Hurok
Attractions and receive about a dozen
contracts, including a New York
debut in Carnegie Hall May 6. She
is to play a concert this afternoon
and be soloist Tuesday with the Fort
Worth Symphony Orchestra.
Miss Ortiz has studied and per
formed in Europe, but this is her
first visit to the United States.
She also won a gold medal in the con
test's preliminaries and, as the
highest-rated contestant from the
Americas, she will receive $500 from
the Pan American Union and give a re
cital in the Hall of the Americas in
Washington. (^^ont. of page 5)
Lead guitarist Danny Weis has im
proved since his Iron Butterfly days.
So far, the group's biggest problem
is a lack of exciting material, which
to date has been repetitive. Some
how, their songs lack character. The
best cuts here are" "Top of the
Ladder", "Don't Come Crying", "In A
Little Room",(on which Finley shines),
and an instrumental, "Funk Butt",
A good LP, but still not what was ex
pected from this so-called "super
group". They've never been able to
capture on record the excitement and
intensity of their live performance.
A shame, because they are one of
rock's great live bands.
"Terry Reid" (Epic BN 26477)
Reid's second LP is a vast im
provement over his first, "Bang Bang
You're Terry Reid". Apparently, Terry
has learned some lessons in economy;
with one regretable exception, there
are none of the long, meandering,
non-directed cuts which marred his
first record. The one exception,
"Highway 61 Revisited/Friends", is a
real bummer. The combination of the
two songs is a poor choice and
BY '3IKE FEEGUSON
an insult to the talent of Bob Dylan;
it just doesn't work. Terry fares
better on other cuts, especially
Donovan's "Superlungs (Super Girl)",
a classic rock song, "May Fly", and
the remarkable "Stay with Me Baby",
a tour de force of hard/sex rock.
Reid is a member of that school of
British rock/blues musicians which
includes Jeff Beck, Ten Years After,
and Led Zeppelin, although Reid has
yet to approach the artistry achieved
by these groups. Again, Reid suffers
from an inability to put onto record
the incredible brute power of his
live performances. Aretha Franklin
once said that Terry Reid was, aside
from the Beatles and Stones, the
one thing happening in Britain, If
he ever puts it all together, he
could be rock's next super star.
(Cont. on page 5)