Philadelphia Musical Academy - Da Capo Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Philadelphia Dance Academy Final moment in CORTEGE from the Philadelphia Dance Academy production of BAGATELLES. Lidia Kryzanowsky is being carried by Joseph Alston (left) and William Parker. Other dancers are left to right front row: James Lentini, Nora Winokur, William Moorehouse; back row: Lida Nelson, Cicely Johnston, Rose Dickerson. Photo by Nicholas Nahumch Phyllis Dersh (on the box), and Louise Rubenstein (far left), members of the class of 1954, appear with Dyane Gray (third from left) and Suzanne Lewis (center back) class of 1963 in a scene from CHINESE FLUTE, a work choreographed by Nadia Chilkovsky, with music by Ernst Toch. Photo by Biagio Pinto A scene from Nadia Chil- kovsky ' s SPRIG OF LILIAC, inspired by Walt Whitman ' s ode to Abraham Lincoln. The music is by James DePreist. (left to right Helen Truehart, faculty, Joseph Alston, Judy Jamison, Lidia Kryzanowsky - alumna and faculty, James Lentini, and Lida Nelson, faculty.)

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Philadelphia Dance Academy Composer James DePreist, former Conservatory student, Nadia Chilkovsky, choreographer and Nicholas Nahumck scenic designer, prepare a Phi- ladelphia Dance Academy program. The Philadelphia Dance Academy is located not far from the Philadelphia Musical Academy. It is supervised by Nadia Chilkovsky, and presently enrolls fourteen students. The principles of teaching are based on strict discipline of technical study combined with complete freedom of the imagination. Special attention is given to the talented student who is guided in a highly personal manner so that he may mature as an individual artist with an independent style of dance expres- sion. Upon graduation the student is ready to become a dancer, a choreographer, a teacher and notator. On Wednesday evening, March 4, 1904, the Philadelphia Dance Academy was featured at the Plays and Players Theater. The program was divided into three parts: Chopiniana ; Sprig of Lilac , a fascinating dance based on the poem When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed by Walt Whitman, and communicating the emotional climate at the time of Lincoln ' s assassination; and an exciting jazz ballet Bagatelles ' ' . James Jamieson, with Phyllis Dersh ' 64 and Lidia Kryzanowsky ' 63, members of the faculty of the Philadelphia Dance Academy, re- hearsing CHOPINIANA for per- formance at Plays and Players. Photo by Biagio Pinto

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Parents ' Organization A group newly formed at the Academy this year is the Parents ' Organization. Essential to the richest development of school family life and school reputation, this group will incorporate itself as an integral part of social activities, musical functions, and Academy benefits for stu- dents individually and for the school gen- erally. Judging by the enthusiastic support and cooperati on shown at the Covered Dish Dinner on February 13, we can be sure of a most active and successful Parents ' Organi- zation in the future. Alumni Association The Alumni Association has risen from the fact that the alumni body is the Academy ' s largest constituent body whose success in the profession of music is forever identified with the current stature of the school. Thus, it is easy to see that the alumni body has much to gain by helping the Academy in its plans of advancement. The Association hopes to sponsor the interests of the Academy and inaugurate and maintain cooperation among the Association, officers, and trustees. The Association will create scholar- ships for worthy and needy students and it will print a newsletter that will keep alumni informed of the most recent de- velopments at the Academy. The Alumni Association is, then, one of the best devices to make the Academy a first class music college.