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By MARNIE HEYN
University Dancers and the
University's dance program
wound up their production year
last weekend with a five-part
concert at the Power Center. It
was an ambitious undertaking,
but audiences and participants
alike were pleased with the re-
sults.
Vera Embree, dance faculty
member, said of the series, "I
am very, very pleased with the
quality of the concerts, espe-
cially considering the number of
people involved and the number
of students who had never per-
formed before. I think we have
the best college program around
this year."
And Elizabeth Bergmann,
dance faculty coordinator, added,
"I feel good, but we can never
do a big series like this again.
There are too many technical
problems and it puts too big a
strain on us."
It is indeed a wonder that a
sub-department with only three
full-time faculty, three part-time
faculty, and five teaching fel-
lows could produce two major
concert series, a number of
smaller presentations including
masters thesis recitals, and also
teach the variety of classes that
is offered.
Dance on this campus has
come a long way since interested
students got to choose between
Folk Dance and Posture, Fig-
though
understaffed,
ince program shines
LINDA LEVY AND JANE SCHWARTZ perform a short dance "Senselessful", choreography by Jane
Schwartz, last Sunday afternoon in Power Center. Schwartz is a University graduate student in
dance. The performance was part of a program of new works by young choreographers.
ure, and Carriage to satisfy
t h e i r creative yearnings,
and talented dancers display-
ed their ability only in MUSKET
chorus lines. But the present sta-
tus of dance instruction is not
exactly rosy, and as yet the fu-
ture has no clear direction.
According to Bergmann, "Our
majors can't get all the courses
they need (because of the limit-
ed number and size of classes)
and other interested students
have almost no chance to get
in.
In spite of the fact that the
program has improved substant-
ially, financial and tactical sup-
port for dance activities is still
meager. There have been one-
time outlays for equipment, but
no financial growth and no fac-
ulty increase since 1965. Many
necessary production expenses
like room rental, costumes, and
union personnel salaries come
out of the pockets of partici-
pants.
"But the major question re-
mains where the arte are on this
campus," says Bergmann. "Stu-
dents who are interested in a
broad arts curriculum are out of
luck. The only way it's possible
is for honors students, and only
a few of them can be accommo-
dated."
She continued, "S e v e r a l
months ago Charles Witke called
all arts-related faculty together
to draft a statement, a proposal
for a unified arts program. The
statement went to (Vice Presi-
dent Allan) Smith. We got a let-
ter of thanks from him and from
Fleming. I don't know what
they're going to do with it, or
when to expect results."
In the meantime, hopeful stu-
dents will be closed out of
dance classes in droves, and
those who make it into sections
will encounter a plethora of
space, time, and money stric-
tures on their creativity.
Bergmann concluded, "We
feel we've done everything we-
can to demonstrate our quality as
a program and the interest stu-
dents have in dance. Now the
University has to demonstrate
whether the "A" in LSA means
something or not."
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