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October 18, 2002
Dance
Department Pas de Deux October 25
New York City Ballet
Dancer Merrill Ashley to Lecture and Give Master Class
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Merrill
Ashley
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When Merrill Ashley
retired from the New York City Ballet after an exemplary thirty-one
year career spent dancing throughout the world, the Wall Street
Journal summed up her career in this way: "[Ashley] basically
taught the world how ballet is danced." As this year's Five
College dance department's annual residency event, the world renowned
New York City Ballet dancer will be teaching Five College students
of dance a bit about ballet as well. She will deliver a lecture
and lead a master class at MHC on Friday, October 25. The lecture,
which will focus on the legacy of George Balanchine, will be from
1:30 to 3 pm in Gamble Auditorium. Beginning at 3:30 pm in Kendall
Hall studio, Ashley will work with students on a section of Ballo
Della Regina, a ballet choreographed by Balanchine for her. New
York critics have described the ballet as a "paean to Ashley's
lightning bravura." The dancer's visit to campus is being
cosponsored by the Five College dance department and MHC's dance
department. The community is welcome to attend the talk and observe
the class.
Music and Dance
Join Forces in Performance October 25
In a collaboration between the College's music and dance departments,
six Five College dance students will perform a new piece titled
Sonata 7 in C Major, choreographed by Rose Marie Flachs, associate
professor of dance, to the music (of the same title) of Vivaldi
as part of the Mount Holyoke Baroque Ensemble's concert. The event
will be held Friday, October 25, at 8 pm in Pratt Hall's McCulloch
Auditorium. The ensemble is composed of music faculty members
Robert Eisenstein, Linda Laderach, and Larry Schipull. In turn,
the baroque ensemble will perform at the dance department faculty
performance November 7–9.
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