Norma Dalby Freestone dies.Respected composer and music teacher Norma Dalby Freestone free·stone n. 1. A stone, such as limestone, that is soft enough to be cut easily without shattering or splitting. 2. A fruit, especially a peach, that has a stone that does not adhere to the pulp. See Regional Note at andiron. died in May of complications following hip surgery at the age of 82. Dalby was a prominent member of the dance community, serving on the faculties of Stephens College in Missouri, the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School in Steamboat Springs, CO, and each summer for many years at the American Dance Festival The American Dance Festival is a six-week summer festival of modern dance performances, and a school for dance currently held at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. . In 1962 she joined the Cornell University dance department. Following two years as music director for the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company is an American contemporary dance company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Founded in 1964 by University of Utah dance instructors Joan Woodbury and Shirley Ririe the company is dedicated to furthering contemporary dance by creating and performing in Salt Lake City, she became Sarah Lawrence College Sarah Lawrence College, at Bronxville, N.Y.; primarily for women; chartered 1926, opened 1928 as Sarah Lawrence College for Women; renamed 1947. It is noted for its creative arts program. dance department composer-in-residence. |
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