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

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

Four Wilson College student receive dance instruction.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 students rehearse an Orchesis dance troupe performance.

Wilson College student performs a Bharatanatyam.

Wilson College student stretches before a dress rehearsal with Orchesis.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Orchesis members practice their barre work.

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

A 1961-1962 dance performance of Wilson College's Orchesis dance troupe, including nine dancers in different poses.

Four unidentified women dance in pairs on Wilson College's campus in the 1950's.

"A dance recital on an outdoor stage along the banks of the Conococheague was presented last (Monday) night at Wilson College as the concluding even of Class Day.

L.T.R. Betty Higgins '40, Pottsville; Frances Farrell '42, Wilkes-Barre; Helen…

"A dance recital on an outdoor stage along the banks of the Conococheague."

A dance trio from Wilson College's Orchesis.
Written caption on back of photo: "L-R Mary Jane Townsend '47, unidentified, Mary Caughey '48"