North Carolina School of the Arts
Agnes DeMille Premiere Nears
Calendar of Events
April 16 - Piedmont Chamber Orchestra, Winston-Salem, Hanes, 8:15; Starker Cello Qass,
RM 113, 10:00-12:00; Drama Scenes, RM 113, 7:00-10:00
April 17-Voice Aud.,RM 11310-12:00; R. Davies,H.S. Sr. Rec., Oi. 8:15
April 18 - Matthews Student Rec., RM. 113
April 19 - Anthony Hauser a-. Rec. Ch. 8:15
April 20 - Good Friday - Holiday
April 22 - Easter
April 23 - NCSA Orch. “B”, Ch. 8:15
April 24 - Evans Haile Rec., Room 113,8:15; W. Knapp, Jr. Rec. Ch. 8:15
April 25 - Matthews Student Rec., RM 113,1:30-2:30
Arpil 26 - N .C.S. A. Orch., Demille l^tacular, Rey. 8:15
April 27 - N.C.S.A., DeMille, Rey. HS.
April 28 - Prep Program 9-1 RAi 113, N.C.S.A Orch.; Linda Fowler, Ch. 3:00 Rec.
April 29 - N.C.S.A. Demille, Rey. HS 2:00; Pauletta Pearson St. Rec. Ch. 3:00; Walton
Carson Sr. Rec. Ch. 8:15
April 30 - Charles Jones St. REC Ch. 8:15
MAY
May 1 -Curt Hess, Fellowship Flayer, Recital Ch. 8:15
May 3 - Darrell RosenMuth, Piano Rec. Church of Christ 8:15
May 4 - Carl Wallace, Junior Rec., Ch. of C. 8:15; Piedmont Chamber Orchestra Concert,
Salem Hanes Aud. 8:15 ,
May 5 -Robert Severini Jr. Guitar Rec. Ch. 8:15; Qarion Quintet Salem (Shirley) 8:15
May 6 - Sandra LaRocco Sen. Rec. Ch. 3:00; Dale Schrimerer, Sen. Voice - 8:15 Ch. 8:15
May 7 - John LaRocco Rec., Ch. 8:15
May 8 - Fadel Priedlander, 8:15 Church
May 10 - Louis Tummer-Sherman Lowe 8:15 Church
May 11 - NCSA Choral Concert 8:15, First Presb. Ch.
May 11 - India Cooke Rec. 8:15 Church
May 12 - CJndy Gibson, Sr. Voice Rec. 8:15 Church; NCSA Orchestra, Emory, Vu-ginia
May 13 - Cathy Frank, Guitar Rec. 3:00 Church
May 13 - Donna Stevenson Rec. 8:15 Church
May 14 - Nick Munson Rec. 8:15 Salem (ISiirley)
May 15 - Neil Schwantes, St. Voice Rec. 8:15 Church; Qaude Frank, Master Qass; Alvin
McCall-Mark Fasshauer, Room 113 8:15
Agnes deMille has been associated with the North
Carohna School of the Arts since its inception in 1963 and
the School’s opening in 1%5. Fortunately, she has
remained in close contact with the institution and is
presently a member of the School’s Advisory Bard. Miss
DeMille has worked closely with the school, as with the
world premiere of her dance piece “A Rose for Miss
Emily”, frequently casting from the School’s student
body. Once again Agnes deMille is working with the
students at the North Carolina School of the Arts in
preparation of the premiere performance of her third
professional touring Dance Theatre. The company is to
be Agnes deMille’s American Heritage Dance Theatre
and is to be booked by the world’s foremost impressario
Sol Hurok, playing many of the nation’s cities.
In the fall of 1972, Miss deMille cast her company from
eager students auctioning here in Winston- Salem. She
taught them some of the company’s pieces and left them
under the watchful gaze and tutelage of Gyula Pandi,
ballet and character instructor at NCSA. In New York
she also works with her soloists and specialty people
when not rehearsing the people at NCSA.
Two very important people who have worked with
Miss deMille before and attended rehearsal sessions to
assist her in reconstructing some pieces from the past
are Mavis Ray and Vernon Lusby. Miss Ray is presently
head of the dance division of the drama department at
East Carohna University in Greenville, N.C. She
originally worked with Agnes deMille in the original
London production of Oklahoma! Later, she came to
America and assisted Miss deMille in other Broadway
productions such as llO in the Shade. As anyone who has
worked with Miss Ray can tell you, her wit and good
humor are a delight.
Mr. Vernon Lusby has also worked previously with
Agnes deMille. Presently, he is the artistic director of
the Royal Winnepeg Ballet of Canada. Students involved
in the production have worked diligently and constantly,
rehearsing usually on Friday evenings and when Miss
deMille is in town, three, four, or five days in a row
(sometimes as much as eight or nine hours a day). Two
students in the production, Delight Walters and Woody
Woodall, were selected by Miss deMille to travel to New
York over Spring Break, in order to learn a Lecture on
Ragtime - which is choreographed by Anna Sokalov.
The Agnes deMille American Heritage Dance Theatre
will premiere April 25, 1973, at Reynolds Auditorium
here in Winston-Salem. The run will be reportedly
through April 29. There have been reports that
President and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon have been invited
to be in attendance opening night, along with other of
ficials and dignitaries. In the Fall of 1973, the touring
company of the production, composed of professionals
and possibly student selected from NCSA, will open
October 2 or 3 in Raleigh, N.C., under the auspices of the
Friends of the College, a Raleigh concert association
connected with North Carohna State University. This
first tour will continue traveling the Southeast for ten
weeks until Thanksgiving. The second ten week tour will
be in the Spring of 1974.
The Agnes deMille American Heritage Dance Theatre
is definitely an undertaking for the NCSA students, as it
uses actors and musicians as well as dancers. The
production itself has costumes and set designed by
Christina Giannini, assisted by NCSA student Cam
Baird. As any performer can testify, only on the opening
night of April 25, will it be known if the blood, sweat and
tears lost were necessary.
-Randy Jones
Letter To The Editor Continued
(Cont. from Page 2)
As a high school dormitory
supervisor, I still too often feel
locked into a mold which should
never fit anyone. As if my only
goal in life is to lock the dor
mitory doors at night, and behead
anyone who tries to penetrate the
dormitory fortress after how's.
To the contrary, I am a fairly
nice person, actually quite
willing and eager to talk with any
student-person — on an honest
and open basis, as an equal, ^^th
no game-playing from either of
us. Social regulations, the bone of
contention automatically set
between myself and students, are
requisite for students under
eighteen; what these regulations
are is to some extent negotiable.
These regulations must be en
forced; style of enforcement is
discussable with nie.
In conclusion, I feel that many
of us NCSA citizens need to grow
up a bit, become more aware of
and then responsible for our
behavior, be willing to respond to
individuals instead of to mobs, so
that tensions will be loosened,
and positive creative energy will
be set free.
Respectfully submitted,
Stacy M. Williams