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Volume LXI Number 17
Meredith College
April 18. 1963
Meredith dancers perform in concert
By Felicia Godwin
Under florescent lights and
in front of mirrors, dancers
stretch, bounce and fidget in
their vinyl pants and brightly
colored tights. At Meredith
College’s dance studio, nine
dancers - ali students • wait for
rehearsal to begin.
They look like any other
group of college students
enjoying the current popularity
of dance fashions,
meticulously arranging layers
of loose clothing to achieve a
casually athletic look. But as
they begin to move, their bodies
Dancer Tricia Matthem. shown here, win perlorm in the piece
‘Phase’ for the April 22-23 concert of the Meredith Dancers.
are transformed. Intense
concentration is evident as they
take on the characters of a
dance or simply t>ecorie bodies
describing patterns in space.
The students are all
members of Meredith Dancers,
a nvxiern dance and jazz en-
emble. They are rehearsing for
their Spring Dance Concert,
scheduled for April 22-23. The
concert will be the last in the
1982-83 Meredith Perfomis
series.
The program includes two
works by dancer choreographer
Ron Paul and several works by
students: “Herd,” “Rut,”
“White," "Phases,” "Reflec-
ions,” and “Lady l.azanjs.” The
titles suggest the variety of
styles and moods the concert
will offer.
Meredith’s dance instmctor
Ron Paul is enthusiastic about
seeing his work adapted to
Meredith Dancers. The students
themselves helped to create the
characters for "Herd.”
Paul describes “Herd" as
absurdist theater. The piece is a
mix of mime, sound, humor,
and message connected by
modem dance phrases. The
New Performing Dance
Company, of Di^^m - leoently
premiered “HercT with ap-
reciatlve reviews. Spectator's
Dee Dee Hooker credited Paul's
choreography with helping to
make the concert one of three
perfomnances in the last ten
years of loc£d dance which
transcended everyone’s expec
tations.
Meredith Dancers vnll
premiere Paul’s "Rut.” The
piece is a conceptual ab-
reviation of his “Seven Day
Cycle,” which was perfCHTtied in
Washington, D.C. two years
ago. “Seven Day Cycle" earned
Paul the title “post-post
modem” (i.e. newer than the
newest modem) choreographer
from the Washington Post critic
George Jackson.
A demanding danced biased
on Tai-Chi nnovements, “Rut”
suggests with energetically
repeated dance cycles the
stress of maintaining enrtttional
routines.
Two Meredith students
directed “White” and “Phases.”
Nichole LaMotte, a Meredith
senior majoring in Dance
Therapy, compiled “White”
from ideas and movements
brought to her by the dancers
who will perform it.
Set to selections from David
Grisman's bluegrassy “Hot
Dawg” album, “White” is a
.montage, of Anrterican dance
styles. The piece moves
energetically from square dance
patterns executed in jazz moves
to cheerleader jumps and
showgirl chorus kicks.
“Phases” reflects director
Myma Munchus-BullocK's more
traditional tastes in dance.
Myma is a professional dancer
who has toured the U.S. with
the Frank Holder Dance
Company of Greensboro.
Though she credits the
dancers with choreographing
“Phases,” Myma’s artistic
directorship makes the dance
cohesive, an artistic whole. She
describes the bouncy, tiebt^py
“Ptiases” as Rock-Jazz.
Betty Lyn Walters considers
her “Reflections” a dance self-
portrait. This exercise in
modem-jazz choreography
brings together the movements
and rtiythms that Betty Lyn
knows best.
Donna Daughtry, a hor-
iculture student at North
Carolina State University,
choreographed "Lady Lazarus.”
She and Nichole LaMotte will
perform two phases of the same
character in this short dance
about decay and regeneration.
Both performances will
tiegin at 8:00 p.m. in Jones
Auditorium.
Two bands
at Tling’
“Sky’s the Limit” is the
theme of this year's Spring
Fling, to be held Sunday, April
24, from 2-6 p.m., in the
Meredith College Amphitheater.
The two bands that will be
featured are "The Foster Family
String Band” and “The Waller
Family.”
Other features of this year’s
Spring Fling will be a canoe
race, bogel dogs, soft pretzels,
popcorn, ice cream, balloons,
paddle boats and a clown.
Surprises will also be in store
for those that attend.
“The Foster Family String
Band” is a group that plays
bluegrass music. Hailing from
Alabama, this group has ap-
eared in a number of festivals In
the South and played in concert
at many Southern colleges and
universities. Instruments that
the band use include a guitar,
t>ass, fiddle, mandolin, arxj a
five-string banjo.
“The Waller Family” is a soul
music group from Richmond,
Va. They have performed at a
number of nightclubs and
festivals across America. This
versatile band plays the music
of such recording artists as
Earth, Wind and Fire, Sister
Sledge, Hall and Oates, and
Stevie Wonder.
nereJirti
A group of Meredith students wavegoodb^ as the N.C. State tiasketbeill team [in the £»us] go to the airport to depart for
Albuquerque, N.M. and ttie NCAA finals. The Pack did luring t>ack the c^mpionship, becoming the No. 1 team in
college basketball. [NORTON PHOTO]
Invite a 'little friend’ to Meredith
Student Foundation is
sponsoring a “Little Friend
Weekend” on April 23-24.
During this time, Meredith
students are encouraged to
invite little sisters, cousins,
nieces, or friends between ages
of seven and 12 to conie and
spend a weekend at Meredith.
Registration will be held
from 12 noon until 1 p.m. on
Saturday, April 23. Other ac-
ivities during the weekend will
include swimming, relays, a
picnic on Saturday, a magician,
movie, and informal church
sen/ice on Sunday.
“little friend” is
requested to bring $10 to cover
food expenses for the weekend.
If interested in inviting a
“little friend,” contact Sherri
Gradford at 828-5118 or the
Office of Institutional Ad-
ancement, 833-6461, Extension
374.
Saturday - April 23
12:00p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Registration in the
Rotunda of Johnson Hall
1:15 Refreshments - Faw
Garden
(in case of rain Heilman parlor)
1:30 Scavenger Hunt
- Schedule -
UTTLE FRIENDS WEEKEND
Campus Wide
3:00 Swimming, Games
4:00 Free time & Dress for
Dinner
5:00 Picnic in Courtyard
5:45 Hike around the lake
6:30 Magician - Kresge
Auditorium
in Cate Center
7:30 Break-entertainment and
games
8:00 Movie - Cate Center
10:00 LightsOut
Sunday - April 24
9:00a.ni.
10:00
11:00
Breakfast
Worship
Homeward Bound