Deaths.

Iro Valaskakis-Tembeck, dancer, choreographer, teacher, researcher, international prize-winning dance author, and dance historian died in September at the age of 57.

Christena L. Schlundt, who was a founding member of the Society of Dance History Scholars, died in September. She was 82. Schlundt also worked with the California Dance Educators Association and the Congress on Research in Dance, and was a professor emerita at the University of California-Riverside.

Margaret Kelly, founder of the Bluebell Girls, considered among the most glamorous chorus lines in Paris, died in September. She was 94. The Bluebell Girls--one of the last remaining companies to dance the traditional cancan--still perform at the Lido, on the Champs-Elysees.

Barbara Schwei, a founder and producer of the American Indian Dance Theater, died in September at the age of 57. Her company was the first all-American Indian professional company of dancers, singers, and musicians, with a repertoire including both traditional pieces and modern choreography. They have twice appeared on PBS's Great Performances series.

Carol Mezzacappa, founding director of Young Dancers in Repertory and director of Dance Consort: Mezzacappa-Gabrian, which specialized in the repertoires of Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey [see "Nebraska Helps Put Weidman Back On the Map," October 2001, page 76], died in October. Mezzacappa served on the Board of Directors for The Charles Weidman Dance Foundation and worked with the New York City, Board of Education. She was the University of Nebraska's Fine Arts Artist/Scholar and Distinguished Lecturer of 2000 and the recipient of the 1998 Performing Arts Award from Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes.