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Phoebe Balsley Neville, American choreographer, dancer, educator, and member of Wilson College's class of 1963 performs on March 10, 1962 as a guest.

Orchesis members practice their barre work.

Wilson College students and Orchesis members perform "Dark Vision."

The junior chapter of Wilson College's Orchesis performs "Prelude... To a Party".

A dress rehearsal for the Orchesis production entitled "Carmina Burana" that was likely set to the scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935 and 1936, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection of the same name.

A group of Wilson College students and Orchesis members performance a group dance with props such as LPs, a broom, and a light.

Three Wilson College student perform as a trio in the Orchesis dance troupe in white dresses, 1964.

Wilson students perform "the Cocktail Party" at an Orchesis dress rehearsal.

Wilson College students and Orchesis members train as a quartet on stage in different coloured leotards.

Wilson College student stretches before a dress rehearsal with Orchesis.

Wilson College student performs a Bharatanatyam.

Wilson students rehearse an Orchesis dance troupe performance.

Six Wilson College student perform as a group in the Orchesis dance troupe in 1960. Three dancers in the back row are in jumpsuits, dancers in the front row wear dresses.

Wilson College students and members of Orchesis, Jane Graham and Mary B. Walters, rehearse "Waiting and Women."

Wilson College students, Jane Graham, Carol Nelson, Mish Karrasik, and Lucy Norman, rehearse for a dance performance at Convocation.

Wilson College students, Jane Graham and Mary B. Walters, rehearse their duet for the Orchesis dance troupe.

Wilson College students, Peggy Kauffman '61, Diane Farnyl '65, and Marilyn Meyer '66 pose during an Orchesis rehearsal.

Wilson College students and Orchesis members, Peggy Kauffman and Diane Farny, perform a duet with light and dark costuming.

Wilson College students, Peggy Kaufman and Diane Farny, rehearse a duet in black and white costumes for the Orchesis dance troupe.

Three Wilson College student perform "The Dot and the Line" in the Orchesis dance troupe in 1966.
Handwritten caption on back of photo: "Choreographed by Janice Dove '66. Right to left: Meredith Behr '66, Jean Blackburn '67, and Janice Dove '66."

Wilson College's Orchesis dance troupe performs "Séance" in 1966.

Wilson College students perform in all black in the Orchesis dance troupe's "Not So Immense a Journey" in 1966.

A group of Wilson College student rehearse for a dance performance during the early 1960s.

A group of Wilson College student perform in "Beside Myself" as a part of the Orchesis dance troupe.

Wilson College Students and Orchesis members, Leslie Reed and Mary Lynne Allen, perform in "Pygmalion."

Two Wilson College student rehearse a performance entitled "Abyss" for the Orchesis dance troupe.

Wilson College students and Orchesis members perform in a piece entitled "Danza de la Muerte (Dance of Death)".

Four Wilson College student receive dance instruction.

A portrait of a Wilson College student and member of Orchesis as she performs on stage.

Wilson College student and Orchesis member, Felice Jennings, performs in a piece entitled "Danza de la Muerte (Dance of Death)".

Three Wilson College students and Orchesis members rehearse a dance in black dresses.

Wilson College's Orchesis trains for an upcoming performance. The group of women, mostly dressed in black, are seated on the floor and reaching towards the ceiling.

Wilson College student performs a Bharatanatyam.

Wilson College student perform a dance entitled "As I Lay Eyeing" for the Orchesis dance troupe.

Wilson College student, Carol Mansi, performs a solo during "Interim" as a part of the Orchesis dance troupe.