Daemen University - Summit Yearbook (Amherst, NY)

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LIFE Special Report Miss Ethel Winter Affiliate Artist, Rosary Hill College Ethel Winter, for many years a principal soloist with the Martha Graham Dance Company, has been appointed Af- filiate Artist at Rosary Hill for 1970-71. She will be on campus approximately six times, in visits of 7-10 days each, to conduct seminars, workshops and classes. The college will also make Miss Winter available as a preformer for as many outside academic and civic groups as her schedule allows. The program is made possible by Affilate Artists, Inc., un- der the sponsorship of the Sears-Roebuck Foundation in co- operation with the National Endowment for the Arts. It is the first Affiliate Artists project in Western New York. Founded in 1966, Affiliate Artists is a national non-profit organization with the purpose of strengthening the live pre- forming arts in America. It works with colleges to employ performers as “ambassadors at large” to the public, and by doing so, to provide dignified professional employment for these artists. Unbelievable as it may seem, 97% of the American population has never attended a live preformance of any kind. The Affiliate Artist program has made a significant breakthrough of this cultural curtain in other cities, and hopefully, will do the same here. Seenie Rothier. Adjunct Professor of Theatre Arts at Ro- sary Hill, sees many advantages for her dance students in Miss Winter’s appointment, as does Concentration Chair- man Sister Mary Francis Peters. The Art and Music Con- centrations will also be working closely with Miss Winter. Miss Winter brings an imposing background to her new assignment. She was the first dancer to perform the title roles in “Salem Shore,” “Herodiade” and “Frontier” made famous by Miss Graham, and has toured the United States, Europe and Asia with this famous troupe. She was guest teacher and choreographer for the Betshava Dance Com- pany in Israel, as well as for several schools in London. Her own dance company, formed in 1961. has won widespread critical acclaim. Additional experience includes solo per- formances with the New York City Opera Co., summer stock, Broadway productions and television. Her academic credentials are likewise impressive. She has a Master’s degree from Bennington College and has taught at the Juilliard School of Music and Dance and at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. 23