A Moment of Note March 12-13, 1978 The Juilliard Dance Ensemble gave the New York premiere of Changes by Helen McGehee, formerly a leading dancer of the Martha Graham Company and Juilliard faculty member from 1951 to 1984. Oboist Anne Leekac companied the ensemble with a performance of Benjamin Brittens Six Metamorphoses After Ovid, Op. 49 (1951). Each of the works six sections was devoted to a mythological figure: Pan, Phaeton, Niobe, Bacchus, Narcissus, and Arethusa. Russell Lome, Susan Salinger, and Bruce Davis were soloists, McGehee designed the costumes herself, and Carol Sealey designed the lighting. Helen McGehees Changes received its New York premiere in 1978.
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